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Giveaway of The School of Essential Ingredients

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Time for another giveaway. I’m giving away my gently read arc of The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister. This was such a good book that I really enjoyed and was sad to see end-it was one of those books for me that could have continued on for another couple hundred pages. You can read my review of it here.

The rules are as follows:

  • for 1 entry leave me a comment(be sure to leave an email address if you don’t have a blog so I have a way to contact you or you won’t be entered)
  • for 2 entries tell me about a favorite smell that takes you back to somewhere good in your memory
  • for 3 entries subscribe to my blog (tell me if you already are and you’ll get an extra entry)

I’m leaving this giveaway open worldwide as I have a few readers who wouldn’t be able to enter otherwise. I will draw for a winner on Saturday, January 24. Good luck everyone!

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  2. OHH! Enter me, please please please! As far as smells, the smell of green peppers cooking on pizza takes me back to when I was a kid and we would sometimes have homemade pizza at night for a treat! YUM!
    I follow you on blogger (is that the same thing?)

  4. How funny, I was just reading about it on worducopia’s blog and realized that I already had it on my wishlist from reading your review. Please enter me (I’m a follower). Favorite smell? Cardamom! Brings me back to baking cookies with my grandma as a child. Good times!

  5. I’ve wanted to read this Dar. Please enter me! Smells? Wow, there are so many. Does it have to be food related? LOL! When I smell horses, I think of my grandparents and spending time on their ranch. Burning wood takes me back to my dad and our camping trips.

    I’m already a subscriber. Actually, I might even be a follower. I should check!

  6. Pick me! Pick me! I’m also a follower of your blog 🙂

    The smell that takes me back… roasted turkey is a fave but so is popcorn made in an old fashioned popcorn cart. Makes me think of the fair.

  7. Sounds like a delicious read. I loved your review.

    Hmmm, you’re already in my reader. A smell that takes me back? Oh, wow, that’s hard. I’d say that fresh smell after a spring rain. Usually, it smells moldy and damp, here, but on those very rare occasions when there’s a fresh smell after rain, it reminds me of how much I loved curling up during a thunderstorm in Oklahoma.

  10. I wasn’t going to enter, but then Ali just raved about the book on her blog, so count me in.

    And of course, you’re already in my Google Reader.

    And the smell of chocolate chip cookies baking always reminds me of home and my mom, who is a fantastic cook.

  11. Enter me please!

    I subscribe to your blog and a smell that really takes me back is… garlic. My mom cooks with garlic like she gets paid for it and it always makes me think of home.

    – Lu

  13. Burning wood takes me back to the vacations I used to take as a child to Costa rica. To this day wherever I am if I smell wood burning I remember that.

  14. This sounds awesome! I would love a chance to win.
    This is weird, but the smell of Pepsi makes me think of being at my Grandma’s house when I was little.
    You are on my blogroll that shows new posts, and I am a “follower!”

  15. Dar,
    I loved your review of this book, made me want to read it instantly.

    A favorite smell of mine is mint. One night my husband and I were out late riding the motorcycle and we drove by this big field of mint. It was heavenly and whenever I smell it I remember that night.

    I already subscribe!!

    Thanks for the giveaway!!

  16. I subscribe in Google Reader.

    The scent of frangipani always reminds me of a holiday I went on to Bali four years ago. Ah, the tropics! I even bought a potted frangipani because I love the fragrance and all it evokes, but its growth is rather stunted here in Tassie.

  17. After reading your review I would definitely enjoy winning your copy of this book!
    One of my favorite smells is Play-Doh! Whenever I smell it I can distinctly remember my little blue table I sat at as a kid while creating with my Play-Doh. Now that I’m a teacher I find ways to incorporate Play-Doh into some of my lessons…the smell is a bonus.

  18. One of my favorite smells is watermelon hubba-bubba. I don’t chew gum, but when I was expecting my first baby I could smell an unopened package from about 10 feet away. I just couldn’t get enough of the smell. So now when I smell it it takes me back to the joys and excitements of that first pregnancy.

    I subscribe to your blog via rss.

    akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com

  20. A smell that takes me back would be peach cobbler…it reminds me of spending time at my grandmothers house, she was always baking.

  23. please enter me. I already follow you on reader. Favorite smell would be of the cake my mom used to bake on each of our birthday’s. It really has a distinct and delicious smell.

  24. Hi Dar! I to go back and re-read your review to make sure I was interested in this book. It does sound like a real good book. So Please enter me.
    Smell that takes me back would be lemon. M grandmother made the best Lemon Meringue pie, I miss it and her.
    I will try to subscribe to your blog, if I haven’t already. If I can figure out how, LOL.

  26. It sounds beautiful. There is nothing better than reading about food. ‘Chocolat’, ‘Fried Green Tomatoes at the ‘Whistlestop Cafe’all make my mouth water. I will actually pick up a book if it has food on the cover.
    Please could you enter me for your competition and thank you for opening it up worldwide.
    My favourite smell would have to be limes. When I was pregnant with the girls, I could be found sucking limes and every home cleaning product smelling of limes were used in my house. I am already subscribed to you blog as I enjoy reading it.

  27. Forgot to say – thank you for looking at my scrap pages. I am glad you enjoyed them. I do hope to post more when I get round to doing them.

  28. Hi Dar, Holy penguins! I might be the first this time. At least I didn’t see the logo. I have awarded you the Well Worth Watching award as I do so enjoy your blog. Stop by and pick up the logo details. Have a great week!

  29. Ooh, I really want to read this one, count me in! You know I’m an avid subscriber of your blog 🙂 And as far as a favorite smell…this is going to sound weird, but the smell of motor oil reminds me of visiting India when I was young.

  30. I have this book on the top of my wish list…I really want to read it. They ran out of ARC copies and I missed out, boo hoo!! Your review made me want to read this book even more!!!

    Favorite Smells…I love the smell of coffee. My mother always had a pot of coffee brewing growing up and on Sunday mornings I would wake up to that delicious smell along with eggs cooking. Yum!!

    I am a subscriber of your blog already through my google reader and blog follower!!

    Thanks!!!

  31. I would love to be entered. As far as smells go, I’m having trouble thinking of one. I love the smell of spaghetti sauce simmering, but it doesn’t really take me back to a particular time. I follow you using NewsGator’s FeedDemon.
    djecse at yahoo dot com

  33. I just read your review on this and it sounds wonderful. Please enter me in your giveaway. Thanks.

  34. The smell of pineapple and coke takes me back to a seaside overlook cafe at my hotel on the big island of Hawaii. And it’s a hard smell to recreate, as mainland pineapple isn’t aromatic enough to compete with coke smell.

  36. Please enter me. The cherry-almond scent of Jergens lotion reminds me of my grandmother who died when I was 10. I use Jergens lotion and think of her every morning when I put it on. This is definitely my favorite smell.

  38. Please enter me. The book sounds great. As for my favorite smell…
    I love the smell of the ocean. When I was little we owned a boat and my family would go fishing a lot. I loved those trips. Thanks
    rebecca.bradeen(at)verizon(dot)net

  39. The smell of cotton candy always takes me back to my childhood and going to the state fair every year.
    traymona[at]aol.com

  40. I subscribe to your blog! A smell that takes me back is root beer. I used to drink it all the time. And I really want to read this book (I’m not supposed to be getting anymore books, but I am making an exception for this one!)

  41. Wow this book sounds great. If you read “Eyeless In Gaza” by Aldous Huxley, he builds quite a case linking scents to memory and emotions…

    In any case, please enter me to win. And my favorite smell is bread baking, it reminds me of my Grandmother’s kitchen when I was small.

    steve(DOT)fisk(AT)gmail(DOT)com

  45. Sounds like a great book! I’d love to be entered please, as for smells the smell of coconut reminds me of tropics or nice warm weather which always reminds me of my trips to florida and how much I miss the nice beautiful paradise! Thanks for entering me!
    unforgetable_dreamer_always AT hotmail DOT com

  46. The smell of gardenias always reminds me of my grandmother. She had a bush outside her house and I would pick some every visit. She was a wonderful lady but I never got a chance to know her because she was so intimidating to me as a child and she died when I was still young. I remember her very fondly now though.

  47. Please enter me, this one sounds great (another one added to my wish list).

    Crazy as this sounds, but the smell of custard makes me think of a scratch and sniff book that I had when I was a kid.

    I subscribe in Google reader.

    jgbeads AT gmail DOT com

  48. I would love to be entered. I’ve subscribed via Google Reader.

    My favorite smell that takes me back? A homemade cake. My mother and I used to bake them together when I was a kid. She was the only mother I knew who did.

    Valorie
    morbidromantic@gmail.com

  49. I’m in! 🙂 The scent of Tide detergent reminds me of the boy I loved all through high school. (I’d spent all day doing laundry- my dad used Tide- and then when I got to work and smelled the boy’s shirt when he was standing next to me, he smelled exactly the same as the detergent we used at home, and he smelled so good! LOL Who knew that swooning could be done to the scent of laundry detergent…Even now, the scent takes me back…)

  50. This sounds delicious! 😛
    I’d love to be entered for a chance to win.
    A favourite smell would be cinnamon. It always takes me to a warm kitchen and my mother baking.
    I don’t comment very often but I do have your blog in my reader.
    Thanks.
    (tanabata2000 at gmail dot com)

  51. Oh boy, I have really been wanting to read this, please enter me!

    The smell of Chanel No. 5 perfume will always remind me of my lovely Grandma. After she passed away we were cleaning out her house & my sister pulled me over to the coat closet. She opened the door and said "smell!". There it was, her signature scent. It was just like hugging my Grandma. I'll never forget it.

    Just signed up as a follower! Thanks for a great giveaway!

    Carey

  52. One of my favorite smells when I was growing up was walking into my grandmother’s house. She was always cooking up a storm. Even after I went vegetarian, I still loved the smell. My grandma always made something for me to eat. Even though the smell was often of meat, it was always special to me. I miss her.

    I subscribe to you through Google Reader and I blogged about your giveaway here:

    http://teddyrose.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-weeks-giveaways-galore_10.html

  53. Hi Dar – your review of this book was so good – I’d love to read it. The smell of sage always brings back my gramm’s kitchen at Christmas. I used to love to bury my fact in her apron when she was cooking and baking when I was wee.
    And I am a follower/subscriber!

  54. my mom loves to cook so i think she’d really like this book! please enter me!!
    my mom says that a smell that reminds her of something is downy fabric softener. it makes her think of our home in NJ and sometimes makes her homesick! =( – (so she uses a different one at school so the novelty does not wear off)
    i already subscribe to you so hopefully i can get more entries!!

  55. I’d love to be entered. As for smells, um…rain. Not cold rain, but warm summer rain. It makes me think of my childhood.

  56. Please enter me in the contest! Thanks.

    What about the smell? Really, I don’t know…perhaps warm bread…

    avalonne83 [at] yahoo [dot] it

  58. For a smell I would have to say the smell of Funnel cake reminds me of trips to Wonderland as a child.

  59. This book sounds great! Favorite smell would be vanilla. I remember mom letting us taste it so see that things aren’t always what they seem. You are in my google reader too.

  60. I would like to enter too. I have heard such good things about this book.

    A scent that brings back pleasant memories for me is cinnamon. On rainy days, my mother would make my brother and I toast, put cinnamon on it and cut it into strips we called fingers. She’d top that off with a mug of hot chocolate.

    I do subscribe to your blog already through Google Reader.

  62. Dar: Posted about your giveaway … no need to enter just wanted to say I loved reading all the comments for this contest!

  63. I’d love to be entered into the giveaway draw!

    There are so many smells that evoke strong memories. New pencils, my mum’s baking, the smell of imminent rain, and baby powder!

  64. Count me in! And let’s see, favorite smell… kind of cheesey, but I love the smell of coffee and when I stop and think about it I think back to when I first started drinking coffee, in high school, my dad and I would always have coffee together in the mornings before school/work. 🙂

  65. Hi, I just found your blog via West of Mars. What a great giveaway this is.
    Please enter me. Thanks. jessica(at)fan(dot)com

  66. Please enter me – but as for a favorite smell.. I lost my sense of smell about 8 years ago (I have a disease called Wegener’s Granulomatosa) – but I can remember how it smelled right before it rained… and popcorn at the movie theatre! I have also just became a follower of your blog!
    Thanks!
    Kristi
    kherbrand(at)comcast(dot)net

  67. My favorite smell has to be, and don’t think I’m crazy, but it’s the of a cow field. It reminds me of these trips we used to take in middle school to an old, run down graveyard. It was on top of a ridge and the only way to get there was to duck under the electric fence and walk through the cow field. We would spend the day there cleaning up, setting up the headstones, mapping, putting up a fence, the memories are so good, they make manure pleasant!

  68. This book looks so good!

    The scent that really takes me back is the outdoorsy smell of little kids after they’ve been playing out in the snow.

    And I subscribed! First time I’ve ever subscribed to any blog. I really didn’t understand what it was. Thanks for forcing this technology on me! Pretty cool!

  69. The smell of apple pie baking makes me feel comfortable and safe. I started following you today, I saw you were following me, Thanks!

  70. Oh please enter me..this sounds like a great book! I just love the smell of cookies baking because it reminds me of my mom-she died when I was 19, and every now and then I have a dream that includes my mom baking chocolate chip cookies.
    I am already a follower.
    joannelong74@gmail.com

  73. I love the smell of sauce thats cooking on the stove all day. It reminds me of sundays at my grandmothers house as a child and it doesn’t get much better than that.
    sports[dot]erikalynn[at]gmail[dot]com

  75. Please enter me, too. 🙂 I love the smell of books. It’s basically the smell of possibility. (Lame, I know.)

    I don’t have a way to subscribe to your blog, but I bookmarked it if that counts. 🙂

    Kelly

  76. Oh I finally thought of a smell that reminds me of something: the smell of homemade spaghetti sauce cooking reminds me of my childhood because it was one of my mum’s favourite things to make.

  78. I think the greatest smell that I can remember is my grandmother’s spaghetti sauce. It was the best smell. Plus when she made it, I knew that I was going to have fried spaghetti the next day for breakfast. If you’ve never tried fried spaghetti, try it. Just fry it in some butter. It’s really good.

  80. Please enter me. One of my favorite smelss, which takes me back to a good place is grease. As in motor oil. Though not a pleasant smell, my dad always tinkered with cars, was a part time mechanic. He died six years ago, and all I have to do is smell grease on someone, and I can perfectly conjure up my father.

    I just became a follower.

  81. I just read a glowing review of this over at A Reader’s Respite and would love to win a copy. Oh and I just added you to my Google Reader 🙂

  82. I read your review and thought the novel sounded very interesting. Thanks for having the giveaway.

    dianad8008 AT gmail DOT com