This pasta is delicious. It’s perfect for summer. It has tomatoes. Garlic. Butter. Basil and sweet fresh Dungeness crab. But, and don’t hate me for this, I’m not sharing the recipe with you here. Instead I’m giving you the opportunity to win a copy of Alice Currah’s new cookbook Savory Sweet Life that includes this delectable pasta and 99 other mouthwatering recipes.
During the 3+ years that I have been blogging, I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of people. Bloggers from my community, bloggers from around the US and even a few from other countries. It’s really a great community and when one of my fellow bloggers, one whom I consider a friend, releases a cookbook well that is just pretty darn cool.
If you have never visited Alice’s blog you should check it out now. One of the reasons that I enjoy reading her blog, and one of the reasons I’m absolutely head over heels with this cookbook is that she cooks how I like to cook: simply. One look at her recipes and it is obvious that she too feels that food doesn’t have to be complicated or gourmet to be good. I think that is something we can all relate to.
There are 100 recipes in this cookbook. But unlike some more traditional cookbooks that are divided into appetizer, soups, entrees etc… this book is divided into occasions like Sunday Mornings, Game Day, Summer Fun in the Sun and Holiday Get Together to name a few. Each section is full of simple, down to earth recipes like Banana Cream Pie, Spicy Bacon Spinach and Artichoke Dip, Breakfast Pizzas, Grilled Top Sirloin with Herb Butter and Hawaiian Plate Lunch Macaroni Salad. And each recipe is accompanied by a gorgeous photo that Alice took herself. Really, you want this cookbook. Trust me. You need it. And I’m going to give you a chance to win one of four copies. All you have to do is leave a comment below telling me what your favorite summertime food is. Ice Cream? Macaroni Salad? Potato Salad? Grilled Corn? Whatever it is, I’d like to know. My favorite is tomatoes. Nothing beats a perfectly sun ripened tomato simply seasoned with a little salt, pepper and olive oil.
Disclosure: I was given a copy of this book. The opinions are my own. The 4 copies I am giving away I purchased personally.
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One entry per person.
Giveaway ends 5pm PST on Friday June 8.
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Watermelon! I could subsist on nothing more than bowls of watermelon cubes all summer long.
Corn on the Cob! And Potato Salad.
CORN ON THE COB
Hi there,
my favorite summertime food is Pacific Northwest blackberries any way, anytime!
Caprese salad with basil grown outside our kitchen window compliments any summertime meal!
I love grilled Chiavetta’s chicken and my homemade pasta salad. So light, healthy and not overly creamy nor oily!
Blueberry Pie with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream!
Homemade Strawberry Pie and Ice Cream!
That is really hard! Definitely corn on the cob but also watermelon. Anything fresh!
Hands down- ice cream!
pasta salad
Heirloom tomatoes with sweet basil vinaigrette!
I love ceviche and fresh corn salsa!
I enjoy corn on the cobb
My favorite summertime dish is homemade ice cream.
My favorite summertime food is grilled rainbow Kabobs, using a vegetable from every color of the rainbow and a delicious meat (chicken, shrimp, or beef) in a citrusy marinade.
Watermelon and cantaloupe!
Gilled peaches, corn on the cob and salmon!
My favorite summertime foods are all the fresh fruits available, particularly watermelon, mangoes, and white nectarines!
My fav would be corn on the cob with lime-cilantro butter!
Tomatoes!!
I love peaches and rainer cherries!
My favorite summer time food? Corn on the cob, for sure. I can be seen purchasing several dozen ears at a time from our local farmers, just to come home and blanch the ears and freeze the sweet little kernels! I haven’t purchased frozen corn from the supermarket for over 2 years. GO ME! :)
grilled corn
Cucumbers from my garden (it’s the only thing I plant).
My Nana’s homemade strawberry icecream! Yummm!
The cherries and peaches which grow in my area.
Summer fruits! Watermelon, berries, mangos, guavas, and more!
Nothing say summer to me like potato salad.
Fresh corn on the cop bought from a roadside stand in August. Loaded with butter and salt. That is my absolute favorite thing to eat in the summer.
A summer tomato! Straight from the garden with a sprinkle of salt and lots of freshly ground black pepper. Yum.
Ice Cream
Peaches! Pie, grilled, salsa… any way!!!
Any kind of seafood for the summer with a gin and tonic WITH lime. Those definitely say summer to me!!
Hands down, watermelon. i go all the way through the white rind until i hit skin
My favorite summer time recipe is simply a fresh green salad straight from the garden. Walk out about 4 pm and pick fresh lettuce of several varieties, spinach, radishes, cherry tomatoes, kale, and small green onions. Mix up a dressing of mustard, lemon juice, olive oil, and your favorite herbs-delicious alone or with chicken or steak.
Fresh garden tomatoes w/ crushed garlic on top drizzled with olive oil! Yumm-o!
I’m with you. I love tomatoes. When I was much, much younger, i was able to grow beautiful tomatoes. Then, I tried to grow them at my home in southern Delaware and failed every year. This year, I managed to get some aged horse manure and the plants are going bananas (I mean, Tomatoes). I expect to have my first fully grown Better Boy by the 4th of July.
Green beans, tomatoes, and more green beans !!!
Fresh-picked Strawberries … over homemade strawberry shortcake!
My fave summer salad: a big bowl of Leon Salad! simply the best.
All local ingredients, even fresh crab from pacific ocean! Yum!
Caprese salad with fresh tomatoes!!
Anything from the farmers market is great, but especially the local corn on the cob!
Anything off the grill – shrimp, burgers, pineapple, you name it!
One of our favortie summer foods are salads with greens from our garden.
Fresh watermelon…we loved having seed spitting contests as kids.
Oh man, its hard to pick just one but I definitely LOVE my mom’s potato salad!
Homemade Ice Cream! Made with love, not electricity.
Hot grilled corn with salt, pepper, lemon, a dash of paprika, and whatever herbs I can find! Perfect!
Summer time means outdoor grilling…veggies, potatoes, chicken, fish, beef…you name it as long as it can go on the BBQ!
Yakitori fresh off the grill and Raspberry Granita!
Sorbet! I have recently or should i say finally got an icecream machine and i make fresh fruit sorbet all the time! my favorite so far is fresh watermelon with a lil lime zest!. fresh ight and deliciously cool for those hot summer days.
Rootbeer floats. They are the BEST IN THE SUMMER!!!!!!
Summer is short here in the upper peninsula of Michigan, so summery foods are a necessity to enjoy fast and furious. PESTO in any form or in a salad is my favorite taste sensation. The format of this cook books sounds awesome, helping with the meal or occasion start to finish is a time saver. Great idea. Look forward to having this cookbook.
My favorite summer food is watermelon! So sweet and juicy to quench your thirst on a hot day.
My favorite summer time recipe is Shish Kabobs, heavy on the red peppers.
My favorite summertime food are juicy sweet cherries!
My favorite summer recipe is a juicy grilled Hawaiian burger: One tasty sirloin beef patty topped with a slice of deli cheese & a slice of grilled pineapple. Add a kick of flavor with spicy mayo (half mayo/half sriracha) and you’re in paradise!
“By far and away my favorite food for summer has to be tomatoes, tomatoes and more tomatoes!” I have ten plants now producing every day in my small patio home garden. Must list another though, fresn strawberries dipped in sour cream and then in brown sugar, YUM!
My favorite food for summer is something light like a great salad with fresh fruit and veggies from the garden.
My favorite summer time food would have to be strawberry and spinach salad. Tossed in a sweet and tangy vinaigrette with goat cheese and toasted walnuts. Yummy! :)
Nothing beats fresh “from the garden” tomatoes!
watermelon, definetely a refreshing crisp summer staple that never fails to hit the spot :-)
My favorite summer time food is this dessert my mother makes with blueberries and graham crackers it’s amazing!
my favorite summer time food is BBQ ribs *drool*
i’m a cookout kind of girl
Tostadas piled high with pork tinga and smothered with cheese, lettuce, avocado, and sour cream. Best served outside, surrounded by family and with a beer in hand : )
I have so many Summertime favorites and it’s really hard to choose just ONE :-( I love freshly-picked strawberries, chilled, juicy, watermelon, and ANYTHING off the grill…throw a salad on the side with fresh tomatoes and a light vinaigrette dressing and you’ve got and INSTANT SUMMERTIME DINNER! Homemade ice cream with fresh strawberries is oh so delicious as well!
My favorite summertime food is easily a good old fashioned Italian Ice. It is as if summer in Chicago doesn’t begin until the small neighborhood Italian Ice stands open and lines form. :)
It would be so lovely to have this delicious-sounding cookbook. I would try everything in it all summer long! Farmer’s Market, look out, I’m on my way!
My favorite summertime food has to be all that can be made from all the wonderful summertime produce!
My favorite summer dish is Grilled Halloumi cheese with cold water melon slices and some torn basil mixed together and enjoy, it’s so refreshing in a hot day…
A Greek Salad with Light Balsamic Dressing without Feta and . . . With or Without Chicken. Simple, Light, and Delicious! =)
Tomatoes. I’m just beginning to see a few small tomatoes on my plants. I can’t wait!!!
Nothing beats a warm tomato fresh from the garden.
any food from disneyland during the summer. churro, corn dog, ice cream, cotton candy, bbq even the grilled chicken.
Grilled salmon and veggies
Corn on the cobb
I absolutely love a big old salad with as many veggies as I can get from the garden with some chicken, pasta and a bit of shredded cheese added to it then topped with some home made ranch dressing. Definitely a fave!
Hard to pick just one! A very simple favorite is cubed and seeded watermelon, the juice of a fresh lime, salt to taste but what makes this stand out is to add ground red chile powder, of course to taste! Gently toss and chill in the fridge and snack on it all day long!
My fave summer food?? Do I have to pick just ONE?? I can’t do it!! I love fresh summer veggies! Sliced homegrown tomatoes, skillet fried yellow squash, fresh picked green beans cooked with new potatoes & seasoned w/onions. Oh, and a cucumber & onion salad made with vinegar, salt, pepper & a lil sugar!! I’m a southern girl and these are all traditional southern favorites. When the garden comes in, these are the things we look forward to!
I love mediterranean salads; cucumber, tomatoes, and red onion with balsamic vinegar, olive oil, and red wine vinegar! I can eat it with anything!
Avacado + pretty much anything is deliscious!
It is so difficult to pick just one! Tomatoes – still hot from the sun; or maybe corn on the cob; or my grandmother’s cucumber salad! But I will say fresh, sweet peas, freshly shucked but still uncooked!
Nothing can compare to a vine-ripened tomato sandwich, especially heirloom tomatoes!!!!!
My favorite summertime food is tomatoes picked off the vine and eaten right then and there. Warm from the sun–it’s heaven!
Fresh chilled cucumber salad with sour cream & fresh dill… I’ve loved this since I was a little girl. Reminds me of picking the ingredients right out of the garden as a kid.
I’m in a rut and need some new recipes to add to my family’s menu. I’ve rediscovered farmer’s markets and love the organic freshness of everything sold there. I can’t wait for the Northwest summer to finally get here so I can make meals from stuff in my garden!
My favourite summer food would be watermelon. We tend to go through one every two to three days! Yum :)
Anything farmers market. It tastes so much better because the people growing it care about the product more than the profit. It doesn’t have to look perfect, just taste spectacular.
My favorite summertime salad is Caprese … home-grown tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese and fresh basil with a light balsamic dressing … what could be more satisfying than that!!
My favorite summer food is pulled pork sandwiches and homemade fries!
I love strawberries!
My favorite summer foods are ripe berries! I love the abundance of sweet fruit in the summer
I love lentil sala with green beans, kale, shredded carrot, and red onion AND grilled sustainable (:p) salmon
sandwiches made with homemade bread. summer makes me want to bake bread for some reason!
Warm summer tomatoes tossed with cool, mozzarella pearls, basil, olive oil and balsamic with a little s+p. I was born in Jersey so therefore I was spoiled by the best tomatoes on EARTH, I tell you. Dreaming of them now with a very large 37 week belly. I bet my son would appreciate them too!
I love ice cream. I would eat it every day if I could.
I LOVE Macaroni Salad!!
My favorite summertime food is a fresh fruit salad!
Definitely all the fresh fruit!! Watermelon, Peaches, Cherries, you name it!
I love being able to eat tons of fresh vegetables from the farmer’s market (or garden, if I’m lucky!) I also love being able to get fresh fruit from all of the orchards nearby
My favorite summertime food has got to be fresh raspberries or maybe cherries! Any recipe, even savory recipes, with fresh raspberries or cherries has my vote.
My favorite summertime food is either fresh, sliced tomatoes or macaroni salad with tuna fish and green peas.
gazpacho made with fresh vegetables
Chicken and veggie kabobs!
This is really hard, but I’m gonna have to go with ice cream. I love all forms of it- sorbet, frozen yogurt, soft serve especially! Very close runner up: fried seafood. YUM.
Anything off the grill, with a giant side of avocado or guacamole!
Im with Laura above, your Creamy Bacon Tomato and Avocado Pasta Salad is beyond amazing and easy to prepare! It’s my go to side dish where ever I go! Also, very glad to be checking out Alice’s website as well now!! Thanks!!!
grilled corn on the cob
Simple, my favorite food for summer is potato salad. It can be made a thousand different ways, and I never make it the same way twice.
Definitely garden tomatoes!
My favorite summertime food is cantaloupe. We pick them from our garden and place them in the deep freezer for about 2 hours. Then slice and eat with a few shakes of salt. Ice cold goodness on a hot summers day.
Your avocado blt pasta salad is my automatic summer go to- I just add some roasted chicken to make it a complete meal in a bowl! Every picnic I go to, I always have to bring it with me- or else! haha
My favorite summertime food is Tomato, Cucumber, Avocado salad with balsamic dressing. :)
Anything off the grill! Grilled Corn, Sausage and Pepper Sandwich, Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs – ANYTHING!
My favorite summertime recipe is my grandmother’s tomato cucumber vinegar salad!