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I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but, look at this one!
Cookie inspiration at its finest and without even cracking the cover!
Julia Usher is the author of the recently published book, Cookie Swap: Creative Treats to Share Throughout the Year, a wonderful book filled with inspiring party ideas, mouth-watering recipes, and of course – my personal favorite – gorgeous decorated cookies. Hers are amongst the most beautiful I’ve ever seen, and I was thrilled to have her join me for an interview where she shared cookie tips of all kinds!
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I’m also happy to announce that I will be giving away one signed copy of Cookie Swap thanks to Gibbs Smith Publishing! Details on how to enter can be found near the end of this post.
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Not only does Julia focus on cookies beautiful to look at, but she includes a multitude of unique and delicious sounding recipes such as Rosemary Blonde Brownies, Lemon-Thyme Bonbons and Under Her Thumb(print) Cookies pictured below.
I confess I haven’t actually tried making any of them yet, but as far as I’m concerned all I needed to buy this book were pages like this:
And this:
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You can find Julia’s book on Amazon and visit her website at www.juliausher.com for more information. Enjoy!
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Cookie Swap GIVEAWAY!
Now on to the giveaway! One lucky winner will receive a signed copy of Julia’s book, Cookie Swap!
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How do you enter?
It’s easy. Just leave answer the following question in the comment section below before 7pm EST on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010:
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What is your favorite cookie to eat or to make?
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Another way of entering the draw is to retweet this post on twitter. Tweets will be added to the draw!
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The contest is international and the winner will be chosen randomly at www.random.org.
Hope you enjoyed the interview and good luck with the giveaway!
xo,
Marian
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Yvonne H. Nichols says
My favorite has to be a peanut butter cookie. Yum!