May 1, 2007
Mother’s Day Giveaway – Leave Entries Here
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30 Tulip Stems and a Green Vase from 1800Flowers and Spot A Mom
- 3 Month Subscription to The Scramble meal planning service
- 24 Homemade Peppermint Patties from FatDaddySweets
- Matching Organic Linen Napkins & Coasters (set of 2 in green) from natsuminishizumi
- Mini Meal Planner from smbriones
- Tea Towl from dizzydesign
- 20×36 Basketweave Kitchen Mat from GelPro
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Blue Lotus bowl from redhotpottery
- 1 – 11 oz. Jar Pure Noe Valley Honey from PollenPrincess
- MomAgenda Kitchen Folio from Organized Parent
- 3 Kitchen Soap Bars from mirasolfarm
- Polka Dots Pot Holder & Kitchen Towel Set from BeanPickleSprout
- 20×36 Basketweave Kitchen Mat from GelPro
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8 Many Mixers Cocktail Napkins from avrilloreti
- Handmade Maple, Cherry, and Black Walnut Cutting Board from Substrata
- $25 Gift Card for a Custom Granola Mix from MixMyGranola
- 24 Personalized Recipe Cards from Penny People Designs
- 20×36 Basketweave Kitchen Mat from GelPro
- Organic Raspberry Jam from Heidi’s Raspberry Farm
- Set of 4 Reusable Produce Bags from Wonderthunder
- 2 Kitchen Prints (Plenty of Pots and Too Many Tea Cups) from seasprayblue
- 3 Qt. Round Covered Casserole Dish from Cuisinart
- Hostess Apron from Lorcomlane
- 20×36 Basketweave Kitchen Mat from GelPro
- Recipe Notebook from edessedesigns
- Set of 2 MOM reusable grocery sacks from Baggu
- 4 Herbal Blends (Vanilla Lemongrass, Fruits of the Forest, Angel Falls Mist, and Orange Grove Vanilla) from TeaForAllReasons
- 3 Piece Set (pot holder, towel, and magnets) from kitchenstitchen
- $50 Gift Card to From the Farm – America’s Online Farmer’s Market
- Kitchen Gift Set (dish soap, hand soap, all-purpose cleaner, and dishwasher detergent) from Method
- 20×36 Basketweave Kitchen Mat from GelPro
Teresa says
I voted for you in all three categories!Thanks. TRigell at aol dot com
Teresa says
This is a great giveaway! My favorite kitchen memories are always ones about my Mom. My very favorite one is about a Thanksgiving meal when I was 14. It was the first year I asked to help my mom with the big meal. We got up early to start the turkey. We were the only ones awake in the house and I felt so special. My mom told me things about her childhood that she had never told me before. I think that was the day that I really understood that my mother was had once been a young girl herself. I remember feeling really sad when my father woke up and came into the kitchen. I felt like he ruined my special time with my mom.
janis says
Wonderful give away! I would have to say Alice Waters and the “slow food movement” has influenced me and reinforced my own feelings about the value and joy of cooking.
Megan says
I subscribed to your feed also.
thehorizontalyoyo says
I’m a subscriber.
thehorizontalyoyo says
Believe it or not the woman who is most influential to me in the kitchen is my mother in law. She is wonderful in the kitchen and wonderful with impromptu recipes. She is also a great frugal cook. Basically, she can make nothing out of nothing and it comes out wonderfully.
Megan says
My mom taught me to cook at a very young age but my SIL really inspired my to try different ingredients and make things pretty. She taught me everything from how to cater a wedding to a simple elegant dinner party. She is my biggest inspiration.
Tami says
This is such a fun give away your doing I have loved reading the comments.The woman who influenced me the most in the kitchen would have to be my Banny(grandmother) she was always encouraging me to come help her in the kitchen and never criticized my ideas of things to add to the dish we were making. She would encourage me to think outside the box. Take for instance when we made oatmeal(which was every weekend) we usually put raisins in it but she had some dried cherries and I wanted those in so we did and I remember asking why we didn’t put vanilla in it. I thought it was strange that we didn’t cause we always added it to the oatmeal cookies. She said lets try it and you know what it was really good. I’ve been doing my oatmeal that way every since. We found out that you don’t have to add as much sugar as the fruit and vanilla add a sweetness to it. Thanks to my Banny(who has been gone from our lives since 1999) I have learned to experiment in the kitchen and have come up with many great results and a few flops. But you never know if you don’t try.
RecipeGirl says
Fun stuff! My grandmother (who lived on a farm) most influenced me in the kitchen. She grew everything and did everything fresh… jams/jellies, pies, veggies, roasted meats, etc. Loved every minute I spent at her farm 🙂
Deb K says
My fondest memories are of cooking with my Dad as he was one of the best cooks in our house! When I was first learning to cook~he took me to the store and bought all kinds of spices and sat and told me what each one was for.To this day I still use all the spices that he told me about!
Anonymous says
One of my favorite kitchen memories was baking bread with my Yiayia(Greek grandmother). She never read a recipe, cookbook or food blog:) but she knew how to cook! Her “special” bread was a family tradition and a 90 years of age I was finally able to shadow her in the kitchen and take detailed notes that included statements like, “1/2 juice glass of warm water, 2 large spoonfuls of orange juice, a medium size handful of wheat germ.” I will always remember that day and certainly her free spirit in the kitchen…especially as I carefully clutch my recipe cards! I love family food traditions!! Joy H.
Kay G says
My mother was a great cook and was very patient in teaching me her tips!
Anonymous says
I subscribed to your blog last month and love it…I’ve already made several meal. Thanks! Joy H.
Lyndsay says
And I just tweeted about you…www.twitter.com/elle1015Also, want to add that I found this because of Susan (doughmesstic)’s tweet!! And man am I glad I did!! I think these giveaways are filled with awesome products!
Lyndsay says
I added you to my reader 🙂
Jill says
My Grandmother has influenced me the most over the years. She took great pride in preparing and cooking for the family. She always stressed how important it is to eat together as a family. I remember as a child, my grandmother sitting in the kitchen peeling apples and listening to a recipe radio show called “Kitchen Klatter” When visiting almost daily, our time together was almost always spent in the kitchen with the warmth of the oven filling the air with yummy goodness!I miss those days!!