Helllllo holidays, and a ho-Ho-HO!
It’s time to don your baking hat and dress yourself up in your most festive holiday apron that you’re surely ashamed of but can’t possibly give away because your mother-in-law will notice when she shows up Christmas morn. Why all the celebrating? Because the Holiday issue of FoodieCrush mag is here. Break out the champs, it’s time to clink clink and get our merry on.
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And while you’re at it, make sure you have your wallet in the pocket of that merry apron because with the launch of this issue comes with some serious holiday moola to add to your holiday stash. Like $250 stash you don’t want anyone else to find.
This issue is, almost, all about desserts because let’s face it, as we thoughtfully celebrate the potential of peace on earth, helping others though philanthropy and good will toward man, it all gets our sweet tooth in a lather. And those cravings are in need of some quenching.
In this issue we travel from oven to mailbox, following the philanthropic path of The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap organized by one and two admirable and totally giving BFF food bloggers.
We then criss cross the globe discovering food traditions of some amazingly talented food bloggers, near and far. These recipes are not your everyday sugar cookie.
Next we set off to meet one of my favorite sweet-treat food bloggers, and shocker alert—HE is a candy maker! Oh how I dream of his caramels but this time he’s surprising us with something new.
By this point you might almost be in need of a root canal, but fear not, the sugar coma has subsided. Let’s eat cheese! We meet a food blogger whose intimate gatherings are simple, thoughtful and totally in demand. I wish I was on her list. Did I mention it includes COCKTAILS! Her husband is sort of a sensei.
Plus, a foodie shopping bonanza, carefully curated by my amazing intern Cute Courtney, who I couldn’t have produced this issue without. Please. Don’t ever leave. At least not until next week when your semester is over. Lucky dog.
A big wahoo to Emily of Jelly Toast Blog for this image on the cover. I mean, who doesn’t want to start baking right this minute? And a huge thanks to everyone who agreed to be in the mag.
We want you to enjoy this new issue, all of us who put it together, food bloggers, writers and designers alike.
But the real kudos go to the food bloggers who day in, and day out are creating new and interesting recipes, photography and sharing stories for you to love and drool over and even once in a while make for your family. So get out there and share their stories and their recipes, because they’re doing it for YOU.
Of course if you like what you see in the Holiday issue of FoodieCrush mag, I’d love it if you shared with your friends on Facebook or Twitter, by smoke signal, Google+, pigeon carrier or good old fashioned word of mouth and spread the word about all of the hard working food bloggers creating great recipes for your kitchen.
Check it out!
Or hop over to see the new issue here.
GIVEAWAY CLOSED
Now on to the giveaway. It’s simple. It’s the holidays and hell’s bells, let’s ring them in! To celebrate the new issue of FoodieCrush I’m giving away a $250 VISA gift card to one lucky follower of any of the following entries. I mean, who can’t use some cash in their pocket right now?
Get your daughter that new American Girl doll you know she wants.
Tell your spouse it’s all going to holiday presents and buy him or her that new golf club he or she’s been hinting about.
Or don’t tell ‘em at all and and go to the spa for the full meal deal. I won’t judge.
Just enter in the widget below, enter as many options as you’d like and let’s take a roll of the candy cane dice, shall we?
GIVEAWAY CLOSED
I sponsored this giveaway myself, just because I like you and we all deserve a little holiday love. Please support the food bloggers I talk about on this blog, via Pins, comments, tweets or hugs. As always, all opinions are my own. Thanks for supporting companies I partner with, which allows me to create more unique content and recipes for you.
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Kimi
The cooking for a cause section
beth
i loved cookies for a cause
beth
what a beautiful magazine!
Allison W
That chocolate dipped cranberry orange shortbread looks amazing! I want them! :)
Nicole
My favorite article is Cookies For A Cause! Loved it!
Ashlee
I really liked the article about the bark candies. It’s interesting to find out how he balances his blogging life and home life, and I’ve always wanted to try my hand at bark candies, but I haven’t found recipes I’d liked. These are delicious looking!
jennifer wilson
c.o.o.k.i.e.s!
Angie
All of the recipes and photos look great!
Marnely Rodriguez-Murray
Around the world in Six Desserts was my favorite! But the entire issue is AMAZING!
Paulette
I love the bark
Crista
this is GREAT. I’m so glad I found your blog. that magazine is IMPRESSIVE!!! xoxo
Kathryn Church
yum on page 27.. I am a sucker for Peanut Butter Cookies
Dani H
The Chocolate Dipped Cranberry Orange Shortbread tops the list, but the magazine is FULL of amazing recipes!!! Really Love it!
Mandy
love the board games article!
Alli
I liked learning about the charity work you guys did w great food blogger cookie swap! Sweet!
Kate D.
My favorite article in this issue was Board Games. I got some terrific ideas for entertaining.
Mimi at Mimi Avocado
I loved reading about Gerry and all those barks!
Shelley
My favorite article was Around the World in Six Desserts!
Kathy
Cookies for a Cause
Kiki Corcoran
Cookies for a Cause…..because it makes such a difference! Love the recipes as well!
rust
I loved the World in Six Desserts article. very nice magazine!
Sarah Beer
I’m all about card games at Christmas! But who didn’t love cookies for a cause? :)
Suzie
Cookies for a cause. Great article.
Carol L.
I loved the Cookies for a Cause!
Suzie
Thanks for sharing the magazine. LOVE dessert.
Cheri
Brilliant Bark! it hit home with me since I made peppermint bark last night!
Wanda
I participated on the Great Food Bloggers Cookie Swap and it brings me great joy to read a beautiful piece about the cause behind the cookie swap and the amazing gals that organize it.
Miranda
I like the article about cookies
Salome
cookies for a cause is my favorite article :)
Jillian
I like the Cookies for a cause article! Very neat!
Beth B
Cookie recipes – yay!
Noel
I loved the article about the 6 desserts from around the world. The honey cookies look delicious!
Danielle
I liked Cookies for a Cause best – love articles and idea like that!
Ali
Cookies like everyone else! Great issue
Carol Roberts clark
Cookies for a Cause was my fav
Jacquelyn
Cookies for a cause!
Susan P.
Besides all the fabulous cookies recipes, I liked the Around The World In Six Desserts article.
Linda Taylor
the choc chip oreo cream cookie article!
Susan D
What a great issue with so many wonderful recipes. I liked the recipes from around the world!
Marcia S.
I love the Around the World recipes! The bark recipes are yummy too!
Athena R
Love the brilliant bark article and butter cookies one too.
Bryn
Cookies for a cause. Ali’s cookies look fantastic.
Rebecca
Cookies for a Cause
Karen Walker
I loved the article about the cookie swappers and how they donated all of proceeds to help kids with cancer. What an inspiration!! And 22,000 cookies is no small feat!!!
Mary W
Besides the amazing cookie recipes and cheese ideas, I love the cover of the magazine. Such a gorgeous photo! I am a chocoholic and this picture is calling my name.
Mary Beth Hunt
I really liked the photos…especially the one of the kids at the stove with the boy standing on the books.
Megan H,
The cookie swap!
Jill
Brilliant Bark! I am going to have to make some of the pistachio/cranberry. Yum!
Cathy Janovitz
I really enjoyed the article about Becky Rosenthal….I love simple!
Becky
I like anything about cookies!
Caroline
This issue is beautifully done! So festive! It’s hard to choose which was my favorite, but I’d have to say The Great Cookie Swap is just so packed with the best cookie recipes and its objective is so inspiring…I’d have to choose that one!
Caroline
Cookies for a cause!
carolee
I enjoy it all!
Jenn
Love the Board Games article. Such festive but simple ideas!
Caryn
I can not wait to bake the shortbread cookies; yum!!!
JG
I’m more of a cheese and crackers person than a sweets person. I really enjoyed the Board Games article.
Jennie
I love the article on the Great Cookie Swap – always a holiday favorite!
Amber
All of the recipes and cookies for a cause!
Linda K.
I liked Cookies for a Cause.
Lyndsay Homme
I love “Around The World in 6 Desserts”. I love learning about other cultures and their food traditions!
Sally Tews
love the recipes
Arianna C.
Cookies for a Cause
Lesa
Beautiful magazine
Sarah
Love the recipes!
Stephanie
The recipes in this issue are great!! The article I like the most is Project Postcard. I love receiving mail from friends and family!
Mini
The Cookies for a Cause article.
Nicole Balogh
I loved Cookies for a Cause! What a great magazine- loved the photos!
tammy cordery
I like all the cookie recipes
Danielle Giglia
around the world in six desserts!
ElizabethB
My favorite article is the recipe for the yummy cookies on the cover!
ElizabethB
I would love to win a copy of the magazine!
Mellisa
Brilliant Bark!
Jessica Williams
I loved the whole magazine! My favorite article is “around the world in six desserts.”
Tiffany
all those cookies, plus they’re for a good cause!
Zhaleh
It’s a toss up between the “Board Games” and “Around the World in Six Desserts.”
Debra Womack
My favorite article was the “Board Games” article. This is the style of entertaining I like – not fussy and formal, but relaxed.
Emily @ Life on Food
I enjoyed the cookies for a cause article
Urban Wife
Such a gorgeous issue! My favorite article is the ‘Around the World in Six Desserts’. It’s so fun to see bloggers from other parts of the world sharing their love for food!
Jeannie
cookies!!!
Jeannie
congrats!
Gina
Awesome! I love cookie swaps!
Sarah Linden
Linzer Tumbprint! These are my fave holiday cookies, and I’m planning to make them for Christmas this year!
Katie Brizendine
Cookie swap
Sarah A
Cookies, cookies, cookies!!! Those salted dark chocolate peanut butter cookies look amazing!
Anne D
I can’t wait to try the sour cherry and pistachio biscotti with the cherries I picked this summer.
Nicole M
I love Brilliant Bark!
Wendy
I always look forward to your holiday edition! This one was fabulous as always!
Colleen
Hopefully this isn’t a double post?
The stollen looked and sounded delicious, super great article. Loved the board games article. & the butter pecan cookies reminded me of cookies my grandmother made.
Michelle S.
The cookies are my favorite articles!
Aimee Porter
My favorite article was “Board Games”!
Tieghan
I finally got time to sit down and read the entire mag. It is gorgeous, Heidi!! Congrats!
Paula Wong
I loooooove cookies! The ones on the cover are making me drool. I have not even had lunch and now I’m already contemplating dessert. :)
Mai
I loved the “Cookies for a Cause” article. Such a great idea and so inspirational.
Tabathia B
the postcard project
Michele aka Goat Girl
I loved the Cookies Foe A Cause article and REALLY loved all the cookie recipes!
Kelly E.
Cookies for a Cause!
Mary O.
Board Games. Beautiful magazine!
Kellie Rose Wilson
Cookies for a Cause!
Jillian_R
Great cookie swap article!
Corinne
It’s hard to choose because everything was so beautifully written and photographed, but I really enjoyed seeing and reading the recipes from around the world! I love reading and learning about cultures – food is always a huge part of that!