Blitz: Dishing Love Daily and Other Secret Ingredients by Susanne Clark with an excerpt and a giveaway

DISHING LOVE DAILY

by Susanne Clark

GENRE:  Cooking/Health

BLURB:

Dishing Love Daily and Other Secret Ingredients (trademarked in Canada and the US) is more than a cookbook. Chef Suzy shares her collection of cherished recipes that focus on healthy, fresh, easy-to-find ingredients, appealing to both the novice and experienced cook. She will also guide you to and through a revolutionary, adaptable approach to bringing mindfulness and positivity into the kitchen. It's a timely, relevant and original concept in food craft that weaves our energetic imprint into a meal and into the hearts of those who sit at our table. It's a powerful, creative concept in awareness that will transform the everyday endeavour of nourishing our bodies into a life-changing act of nourishing our souls. Come on, let's get dishing!

EXCERPT:

Choice 

At the heart of this cookbook and my life, is one word: choice. It’s also at the heart of yours. This one word has all the power, purpose and potential to create an intention for nourishment and positivity. Ask yourself: What do I bring to the table? What is my purpose? What am I going to cook today? Who am I cooking for? How can I make a difference? Why is this important? Be curious, joyful and open to the inspiration and answers that are on their way. And remember, sweet, beautiful reader, you are an alchemist . . . in your kitchen and beyond. Trust me when I tell you that there is a tangible shift which can be tasted and felt as you learn to trust your power of intention. Honour time, your choices, and their consequences. You are the question and the answer, to what’s cooking in your kitchen and who sits at your table. I’m offering you a new foundation in food-craft that weaves your energetic imprint into the meal and the hearts of those who sit at your table. Come on, let’s dish some love. 

Chef Suzy xo

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Susanne Clark, a.k.a. Chef Suzy, earned her Red Seal in Culinary Arts in 2009 at SAIT in Calgary, Canada, apprenticing at Hotel Arts under the talented supervision of Duncan Ly and Karine Moulin. Upon graduation, Chef Suzy established Magnifique Cuisine, a successful catering business in the Calgary area. She also worked full time as the in-house executive chef for one of Canada's original Dragons' Den entrepreneurs, W. Brett Wilson, cooking for his Home Office team and a global circle of business and community leaders, artists and celebrities.

Suzy's first and continuing career as a mother of four empowered and vibrant daughters formed her vision of food as an expression of love and a foundation for healing and sustaining our most important relationships. Suzy loves to travel and seeks out every opportunity to enjoy culinary experiences around the world. She has been married to the love of her life, Richard, for 36 years.

Book Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dishing.love.daily

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/chefsuzyclark

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dishing.love.daily

Twitter: https://x.com/chefsuzyclark

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanne-clark-04a73157

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GIVEAWAY 

The author will award a $10 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner.

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/28e4345f4861/

Check out these other blogs on this tour:

August 12:

1: Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read
2: Edgar's Books
3: Joanne Guidoccio review
4: Kenyan Poet
5: Straight From the Library
6: A Wonderful World of Words
7: Our Town Book Reviews
8: InkSpired: Musings on All Things Literary

August 13:

1: wake Up Your Wild Side
2: The Faerie Review
3: Literary Gold
4: Sandra's Book Club
5: Welcome to My World of Dreams
6:  Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin'


August 14: 

1: Fabulous and Brunette
2: Readers Roost
3: Hope. Dreams. Lif... Love
4: The Avid Reader
5: Long and Short Reviews
6: Author C.A.Milson
7: The Pen and Muse Book Reviews
8: Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews

 

August 15:

1: It's Raining Books
2: The Book Connection
3: Iron Canuck Reviews & More
4: Westveil Publishing
5: Girl with Pen
6: Teatime and Books
7: D. S. Dehel


August 16:

1: Gina Rae Mitchell
2: FUONLYKNEW
3: Sea's Nod
4: From the Book Reviewer's Desk
5: Moonlight Compass Books
6: Books all things paranormal and romance

Blitz: Fresh Grown by Andrea Kristin with an excerpt and a giveaway

FRESH GROWN 

by Andrea Kristin

GENRE:  Organic Cooking Book

BLURB:

Written, photographed, and designed by Andrea, this book is filled with firsthand imagery and knowledge direct from the farm. For beginners and experts alike, its unique insights, stunning visuals, and practical approach make it an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to fully utilize and enjoy their fresh produce. Featuring over 50 types of vegetables (with applications for far more), from asparagus to zucchini and everything in between, it will help you reap maximum benefits, stretch your dollars, and make it all go farther than you ever thought possible while deepening your appreciation for nature's delicious bounty.

Filled with:

- stunning images

- staple recipes

- creative uses

- cooking + storage tips

- preservation guides

A book you'll return to time and time again— a staple in any home kitchen.

EXCERPT:

I wasn't always passionate about vegetables. My first memorable encounter with fresh vegetables was the evening Denis (the cute guy I had been dating for a couple of months) first brought me to visit his family's farm. I was 17 at the time. Growing up in the suburbs, my only experience with produce up to that point was a few staples from the supermarket and frozen foods section. We had no garden and no real produce variety in my childhood home. Our family dinners involved the classics— carrots, potatoes, frozen peas, and the odd green salad thrown in for good measure.  Farmers markets and CSAs were completely foreign to me; fresh was not something I thought about, and I had never seen or heard of most of the vegetables in this book. 

It was a warm, sunny evening as 19-year-old Denis drove me through the agricultural landscape in his bright red compact car. Pulling into the gravel driveway of his parents' property, we parked next to a large, weathered, white barn. Hopping out of the vehicle, we were met by a few of his brothers coming in from the field with dirt on their hands and grins on their faces. It was an expansive, hundred-acre, organic vegetable farm that his parents had started from scratch and that he and his siblings grew up cultivating. There was so much pride in him around it and a real passion for the produce they grew. It lit me up to see the enthusiasm sparking in him to show me all of it, and I couldn't wait to discover this unique world that made him tick so vibrantly. 

After enjoying an energetic outdoor supper with everyone back at the house, Denis invited me for a stroll to see the garden. 

"Kick off your shoes," he said, tossing his own aside. We proceeded to walk barefoot through the acres of dirt and lush growth. 

The sun was beginning to set behind the surrounding mountains, bathing the whole valley in a golden glow. The birds were chirping and flying overhead as he took my hand. I gazed in wonder as he proudly named the different kinds of plants. I thought he was teasing me when he pointed and told me the kale was something to eat. (That dark green, weird, leafy thing? That surely couldn't be food!) I look back and laugh now, but it was just so far from my food experience at the time.

I remember when he bent down to the damp earth, pulled a handful of carrots from the soil, and wiped the dirt from them with the old T-shirt he was wearing. Then he handed me one to munch on as we continued talking. It tasted incredibly crunchy and sweet— far better than anything I'd ever eaten from a grocery store. I was caught up in wonderment. What was this incredible lifestyle?

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Andrea Kristin and her husband have been growing vegetables on their organic market garden farm outside of Edmonton, Alberta for nearly a decade. They sell at farmers markets and feed their local community through their thriving CSA program (@greyarrowfarm). In this book, Andrea draws from her wealth of firsthand knowledge to walk the reader graciously through all the ways to use, store, and enjoy your vegetables. She shares a bounty of insightful information, including which parts of each plant are edible, how to use them, what to do with your excess, and the various ways to preserve them to last throughout the year.

https://andreakristin.ca/

https://greyarrowfarm.ca/

https://www.instagram.com/greyarrowfarm/

https://www.facebook.com/greyarrowfarm

https://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Grown-Essential-Guide-Vegetables-ebook/dp/B0D7QN6Q64

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GIVEAWAY

Andrea Kristin will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner.

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/28e4345f4960/