Mennonite Girls Can

The Books are being packed up at the warehouse and your orders should be in the mail in the next few days! 

Thank you Mennonite Publishing House!

To celebrate . .. .we'll be doing a random draw for a book today!

Tell us what you love about our blog and maybe even who you plan to give a book to.

Alright. . .scroll down to see Anneliese's beautiful Lavendar Cupcakes.

And the winner is.  .

The winner is Sharina. . .and here is her comment.  .  Please email me with your address and we'll have a book sent out from the warehouse. . .lickety split.
So excited that your book is here! I would love a copy! This blog has been wonderful for this newlywed couple! A friend sent me the link as part of a wedding gift, and it has filled our table (and tummies!) many a time this past year! The best part was attempting a cabbage roll recipe and actually succeeding! I then told my husband that I had conquered the world. :D Thank you for inspiring us with yummy looking food and step-by-step, fail-proof directions!
Sharina

the cookbook winner is. . .

Yesterday  the grands were over for brunch.
I had spent several hours. . .yes. .several hours cutting apart comments on Saturday and now I needed an impartial comment selector to pick the winner of our cookbook.
Kanneloni Macaroni. . .
mixed them all up. .

turned her face in order to remain impartial. . .
rolled up her sleeves to keep from hiding any stray comments in there. .

and picked. . .
Ang Nickel.

Congratulations Ang. . .
we are delighted to have you as the first winner of our book.
Your prize is still in the making and will be sent to you Spring 2011.
The rest of you ..  can preorder from Herald Press here. . get 20% off  and free shipping..

Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words.
We appreciate each comment.
As I folded them.  .
I read each one and wished I could give you each a book.

I peeked to see what Anneliese has posted for tomorrow.
It's a mystery dessert. .
Do come and see.

All for now. .
with love,
Lovella

Herald Press comes knocking!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Monday!

Here at Mennonite Girls Can Cook we are thanking God for the food we have. .

the privilege of friendships we share . .

and now we are thanking God for the blessing of a book contract.

So many of you have requested that we make a book and we are happy to announce that the project is well underway.

Early in April we were contacted by Herald Press. (click on this link for their press release).

They wondered if we had ever considered writing a cookbook.

OH ..yes . .we had.

When we began the blog we decided that it would be a publisher contacting us instead of us finding them.

We knew that in due time.  .

it would happen.. .

and it did.

Conference telephone calls with the Publisher. .

many many emails between the "girls". .

and the project which we have been working on behind the scenes began.

Our spring and summer flew by.

We selected recipes. .

we baked and tweaked and cooked . . .

 and enlisted our friends and family to help us eat our test products.

We developed concepts of colors and decided on a theme.

We watched the weather for perfect photography skies.

And then.  .

we planned a party to sign our contract.

On September 1st with our photographer to witness the event. .

we all signed our names on the book contract with the publisher.

After the contract was signed we enjoyed a photography session as a group for the cookbook and spent the day celebrating.

Our efforts are now safely in the hands of capable editors and design teams.

It is a joy to be able to have a purpose that is greater than ourselves.

Our dream to feed some hungry children with the proceeds will be realized.

We humbly thank each of you for your generous encouragement.

Your comments and emails are valued and appreciated so much.

Herald Press has an offer for those of you who love to shop ahead.

(click here for the link to the Herald Press webstore.)

We are delighted to have you along for the journey.

All of you who are kind enough to comment and share our excitement  on this post ..

 will have your name put in the teapot. . and one week from today we will do a draw. .

for a complimentary copy of the book when it is released in Spring 2011.

Many thanks to our Photographer for today's photos.

 Just Be. Beatriz Photography

Comments are now closed. ...thank you for entering for the cookbook...Winner will be announced on Monday.