It’s giveaway time! It’s a massive one guys and I’m pretty excited! For the past week or so I’ve been featuring recipes using Staub, Shun, Cuttingboard.com, Finex, and Kitchen Aid and now’s the time to finally bundle everything up and give it all away. Well, not literally, because you’re actually going to win new items, so there’s no real bundling, just figurative bundling.
win this staub!
I hope you’ve been following along – so far I’ve made Slow Braised Japanese Chashu Pork, Mini Puff Pastry Roses, Caramel Corn and Rice Krispie Mix, and Mint Snowman Marshmallows, but with these giveaway items you can make pretty much anything, which is perfect for the holiday season.
win this shun knife and cuttingboard.com boo’s block!
I love food – as I’m sure you know – and one of my favorite Christmas memories is of me, my brother, and Christmas chocolates. As little kids, come the first of December, we would get chocolate advent calendars. I still see them around now: those thin cardboard drugstore boxes featuring a Christmas picture with tiny numbered windows and chocolates hiding behind them. My brother and I lived for that moment at the end of the day when we got to pry open the cardboard for our long awaited treat. Our eager fingers would melt the chocolate ever so slightly as we tried to eat our chocolates as slowly as possible.
win this finex cast iron pan!
One year, we got it in our heads that we didn’t want to wait. We snuck our calendars down to the basement – it was cold and dark down there and I didn’t like it but my brother convinced me it was the best place to hide – and ate every single chocolate. We ate the entire month of December. And the thing is, we did it in a gentle, artful way where we could close back the windows so that at a casual glance, you couldn’t tell that the calendar was ravaged.
win this kitchen aid!
Maybe it was the sugar-high making us crazy, but we totally thought we got away with it. That is, until it was time for our nightly ritual with our parents. Needless to say, there was no chocolate treat that night. Or the next night, or the next. But, it was okay, because come Christmas morning, there were still presents under the tree. Apparently, our chocolate binge didn’t leave us on Santa’s naughty list, which was a huge relief, because, presents.
These days I’m more into giving than receiving so I couldn’t resist putting together this giveaway for you! I wish I could send everyone a Christmas present but since I can’t, I thought I’d do the next best thing and giveaway some of my favorite things. So, let me know your favorite holiday memory and maybe you’ll be the lucky reader who wins! Good luck!
Giveaway: I’ve teamed up with some of my favorite brands to do a massive giveaway. One lucky reader will win:
Staub 4 Quart Round Cocotte
Shun 6-inch Dual Core Utility Knife
Cuttingboard.com Boos Block Walnut 20×15 Cutting Board
Finex 10-inch Cast Iron Pan
Kitchen Aid Artisan Design Series 5-Quart Stand Mixer w/Glass Bowl in Pearl Silver
To enter: Leave a comment on the blog with your favorite winter holiday memory. I want to hear ALL the details! I’ll randomly choose a winner and notify them through email. Open to US residents only. (Sorry international friends, only American companies agreed to this one!) If you’d like some extra entries use the widget below to follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest. Contest ends December 21st at 12pm PST. Good luck!
The giveaway is closed! I’ll be announcing the winner in the next week or so after reading through all of the comments. Thank you everyone who entered! There are some beautiful memories here!
Update: Congrats Chelsea, you won! Look for an email from me shortly!
I was a teenager in Texas. It was one of those very rare ice days and all the schools were closed. I was tasked with babysitting my little brother for the day. He was 5 at the time and had never experienced ice and snow on the ground. We both got bundled up and spent the day romping through the neighborhood. It was really fun to see him wrap his brain around how to walk on an icy surface. I wiped out a few time myself. We stayed out until we were too cold to take it anymore. It was a great day!
My favorite holiday memories are all about food traditions. Every year, my mother and I would bake about a dozen different kinds of cookies throughout the whole month of December. I think all that holiday baking is what taught me to cook and be comfortable in the kitchen. We always had some classics- chocolate cookies, pizelles, cranberry bars- and always made a few new ones to try out every year. The other holiday memory is making borscht and pierogies with my aunts on Christmas eve. Every would cook for hours, ending in a huge traditional feast!
My favorite holiday memory is renewed every year when I get to see the greatest man I know one more time. My dad is one hell of a guy.
My favorite holiday memory is probably when my grandparents lived with us. I was 12 and for breakfast Christmas morning we had rice soup. At first I was so disappointed but when I tasted the simple congee with abalone it was the best breakfast ever. It was simple but it was from the heart and I still remember it from time to time.
To be honest, my favorite winter holiday memory was going today to adopt a rescue dog just in time for Christmas. I’m so excited to celebrate the holidays with our new, very enthusiastic family member!
So excited for this giveaway!! My favorite winter holiday memory is spending time with family, baking lots of sweets and cookies, and enjoying some time off!
My favourite holiday memory has to be when we went to the Philippines for the 2nd time of my life. I had never spent Christmas in a hot country before so it was a super unique experience for me. It was also the first time I had ever had carolers come over to sing which was a really enjoyable experience. Hopefully I can relive that some day!
I remember growing up my mum explaining to us kids that it wouldn’t be a big Christmas this year, so we wouldn’t be disappointed by the presents we received. But never do I remember a small celebration! It seems somehow presents were always piled around the tree Christmas morning, and a feast was on the table.
Favorite holiday memory is our family tradition my father has instilled in us from when he was a child with his family in Cuba. Every year on Christmas Eve, we celebrate Noche Buena. I am 45 and the oldest of 5 siblings and we have managed to be together EVERY year with our families and parents to celebrate. We prepare a HUGE Cuban feast . Main coarse is a whole pig slow roasted in the ground all day, along with YUMMY Cuban side dishes to go along. Between the 5 siblings, we have 19 grandchildren. They now look forward to this holiday every year. We are blessed that my parents are celebrating 47 yrs of marriage this month and our holiday tradition is ALL because 2 people fell in love ! Thanks for the opportunity. This would be a dream come true to win. Hope you and yours have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.
my favorite winter holiday is making and decorating christmas cookies every year with my family!