cookbook

As I mentioned earlier, I (somehow) won Foodista.com’s Best of Food Blogs contest and was selected to appear in a book of their favorite 100 blogger recipes. It was a crowd-sourced publishing experiment in merging the two things we foodies love best: blogs and printed cookbooks. I had always wondered how do you get a book published but I never thought this would be it for me! I’m elated!

The book, Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook: 100 Great Recipes, Photographs, and Voices, published today! I haven’t received my hard copy yet, but from the images and photos on Amazon, it looks fabulous. I had thought my photo was on the cover, but that was just Foodista’s promotional poster. No matter, it’s gorgeous and brilliant (I read some with Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature) and I’m SPAZZING OUT I’M SO EXCITED!!!

Ahem.

So, how abouts you pick up a copy at the link above? (Click the book cover image.) From what I’ve read, it has lots and lots of inspiring recipes, not to mention the snazzy writing of 99 of my fellow food bloggers.

And me. I’m on pages 174-175.

Hows about this…a contest! I’m offering a two-night stay at the Wilderness Club at Big Cedar Lodge near Branson, Missouri. Facilities and dates will be worked out upon awarding the prize, based upon availability. I will randomly choose one winner from those who spread the word (and use this link) via Facebook or Twitter. Just let me know in the comments below that you did it! (If you tweet, please cc me using @ARFoodie, too.)

I’m giving you one week, so your deadline is next Tuesday, October 26 at noon, Central time.
UPDATE: Just to be clear, travel is on your own.

The link, in case you have trouble copying: http://bit.ly/bLC9Nx

Good luck!

Look, my photo is #4 on the top row!

If you happened to be reading Fancy Pants Foodie about a year ago, you may have seen (or even tasted) my inventioneered fall recipe, Spicy Pumpkin Carrot Muffins. It was an experiment gone, well, right.

Apparently, the folks at Foodista.com agree. The recipe was among 100 winners of their Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest and will be published in a cookbook on October 19.

From the announcement at Foodista:

Foodista and Andrews McMeel Publishing are thrilled to announce the winners of The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest! From December 1, 2009 through February 28, 2010, Food bloggers worldwide were invited to submit their favorite blog posts, recipes, and photos to compete for a spot in a published cookbook. After receiving over 1,500 submissions, which were then voted on by the Foodista community, the selection process shifted into a more traditional editorial effort (informed by community votes), to choose and edit the final 100 entries.

Andrews McMeel will publish the winning blog posts and recipes in a beautiful, full-color, internationally distributed cookbook, set for release on October 19, 2010. Born out of the “Blog to Book” panel at the first International Food Blogger Conference (IFBC) in 2009, the cookbook celebrates the best food bloggers worldwide.

Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to everyone who participated!

[Pre-order your copy of the Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook by clicking here]

I am SO excited!!! I know there are a lot of awesome, experienced food bloggers out there, with recipes better than mine…so I’m very blessed to have a recipe chosen for this book. Hope you’ll pick one up so we can do a silly happy dance together.

Or at least cook some cool stuff.

I’m Published! (Plus a Branson Getaway contest)

And it’s a winner…Spicy Pumpkin Carrot Muffins!