Put on your party shoes, because Foodie Friday will be hosting four not-so-Teeny Celebrations during April. The first event, Friday, April 8, 2011, will be a pre-pub party, with a Mother's Day gift basket giveaway. 
Also, on this coming Friday, I have an extra-special goodie for everyone—a free gift for all of you. I’m so excited, it will be hard to keep quiet about this for a whole week. But I will try. On the April 15th Foodie Friday, a copper pan give-away! On the April 22 and 29th Foodie Fridays, I’ll be having a Teeny Post Book Tour Party. Just for fun, I am looking for about twenty volunteers who will, for the April 22 and 29th Foodie Fridays, bake and photograph a few recipes that are mentioned in Gone With a Handsomer Man. If you are interested, here are Teeny’s best-loved foods (you can use your own recipe, a similar recipe, or I can send you Teeny’s): Lavender shortbread 
Red velvet cake or cupcakes 
Espresso steak rub 
Vanilla peach coffee cake 
Fried green tomato salad w/ cornbread croutons. 
Just leave a comment if you’re interested. Each Foodie Friday, I’ll be having a drawing for 10 copies of the book and 10 audio books. For the recipe events, participants’ names will be drawn Wednesday, April 27, 2011 and Wednesday May 4th at Random.org.And speaking of random...various bloggers will receive a free copy of either a hardback or an audio CD. 
We'll have a peach of a time in April. 
I may be coming to a bookstore near you this April. If so, I'd love to meet you! Here's my schedule:
Just leave a comment if you’re interested. Each Foodie Friday, I’ll be having a drawing for 10 copies of the book and 10 audio books. For the recipe events, participants’ names will be drawn Wednesday, April 27, 2011 and Wednesday May 4th at Random.org.And speaking of random...various bloggers will receive a free copy of either a hardback or an audio CD. 
We'll have a peach of a time in April. 
I may be coming to a bookstore near you this April. If so, I'd love to meet you! Here's my schedule: Blytheville, AR Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 7:00 PM That Bookstore in Blytheville 316 West Main Street Blytheville, AR 72315 The book launch will be held in Blytheville, and if you live nearby, you're invited to a party. For details, visit Bargain Hunting with Laurie Memphis, TN Thursday, April 14, 2011, 6:00 PM Discussion and book signing. Davis-Kidd Booksellers 387 Perkins Extended Memphis TN 38117
Houston, TX Saturday, April 16, 2011, 4:30 PM Discussion and book signing. Murder by the Book 2342 Bissonet Street Houston, TX 77005 .
Southern Pines, NC Monday, April 18, 2011, 7:00 PM The Country Bookshop 140 Northwest Broad Street Southern Pines, NC 28387 .
Pittsboro, NC Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 2:00 PM McIntyre's Books Fearrington Village 220 Market Street
Nashville, TN Thursday, April 21, 2011, 7:00 PM Books-A-Million 6718 Charlotte Pike Nashville, TN 37209.
There's still time to enter the give-away for copies The Welcome Home Garden Club by NYT bestselling author Lori Wilde--Lori will be giving away a $100 gift certificate to one of you for 1-800-flowers--just in time for Mother's Day, so be sure to leave her a comment (in this post or Say Hey to Lori HERE.
(photos courtesy of Dreamstime.com, except for peaches and gift basket; book cover images courtesy of Minotaur Books and Avon Books.)
I'd love to take part! It sounds like a lot of fun. Sarah from Hyacinths for the Soul is going to be happy you are going to be near her in TX!
ReplyDeleteOH, PLEEEEEASE come to the Phila. area!!!!! I would SOOOO love to meet you and get a signed book!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will let you know if I can do one of the recipes. This month is gonna be busy, I think! XO, Pinky
ReplyDeleteFried Green Tomatoes! I love love love fried green tomatoes! I am going to have to be on the hunt for some green tomatoes now. That is one of the things that I look forward to summer for!
ReplyDeleteCan't you come to Michigan?! It would be awesome to meet you in person! I'll bring chocolate.....!
Can't wait to read your new book! Hope you're coming to Page & Palette, in Fairhope, Alabama!
ReplyDeleteMichael Lee! Wow! What a whirlwind of an April!
ReplyDeleteI would love to help with a recipe. I could do the Lavender shortbreads. I have some pretty ideas! Let me know!
Yvonne
Sounds like lots of fun April events! Since we'll be (hopefully) getting some warmer grilling weather toward the end of April, I would be happy to make the espresso steak rub recipe.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great April! I am thinking Red Velvet is in my future!
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm excited! Thank you, ladies, and bless you for participating.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to add that you can use photos from your previous blog posts.
Sounds like April is going to be a fabulous month!
ReplyDeleteI'd be happy to make the peach coffee cake. Wishing you the best on your tour!
ReplyDeleteMichael Lee, it's Terry from Cookeville (Algood, really). I don't have a blog, but I would love to wing a copy of your latest: Gone with a Handsomer Man. How can a non blogger enter to win? I pray the best success for you!
ReplyDeleteTerry, that's so sweet of you! You can post your recipe and a photo of the dish on my public Facebook page (link on sidebar).
ReplyDeleteMichael Lee, April sounds like a fun kind of busy! What an exciting month. I'd be happy to bake some red velvet cupcakes for the party or something else if you need it. Just let me know.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to all the excitement! ~ Sarah
Golly Neds, this sounds like FUN! I've never participated in such an event. I would LOVE to try making some of the recipes from your newest book, ML. Sign me up for the Vanilla Peach Coffee Cake, please? Maybe I can convince my FL Book Club to do your book then, too & have THEM serve something similar. What a hoot! You make it all great FUN.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Rett
I haven't been trying to photograph food here during the winter...just too grey & dismal but once the sun returns, I'll be back to playing with my food. :D :D
I'd love to participate in your festivities and am very willing to make one of the recipes. I'm thinking that the fried green tomato salad sounds interesting...or the espresso steak rub. But you might need to send me recipes... Can't wait for the book to come out.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for your upcoming tours...Wish you could get down here to FL...
Jane (Artfully graced)
Sounds like April is going to be very busy month!
ReplyDeleteI just sent you an email about both!
ReplyDeleteSounds like fun. Do you need to know in advance which recipe we're doing? Also, does it matter which Friday we choose? It's such a crazy busy time with Spring break and Easter. I just want to know what to expect so I can plan ahead.
ReplyDeleteHow about a book signing in the North East, more specifically Long Island. There's a great bookstore in Huntington, NY that frequently has book signings.
- The Tablescaper
AK,TX,NC TN...traveling further south? Like somewhere in south east Georgia or North Florida?
ReplyDeleteI think this would be so much fun!
I'd love to also bake the Vanilla Peach Coffee cake!
Let me know if you have the 20 volunteer's?
~JO
LazyonLoblolly
So exciting! I have a lovely Lavender Shortbread cookie! Love to participate!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds fun and I would love to participate. I don't have the book yet, so I will need recipes.
ReplyDeleteI would love to make the red velvet cake or anything you need. Let me know.
ReplyDeleteJacqueline
I'm intrigued by the espresso steak rub and would love to take part.
ReplyDeleteCOME TO ST. LOUIS!!
Thought I left a comment about this, but I don't see it, so here goes again. If there's room, I'd love to bake some of Teeny's recipes. Let me know.
ReplyDeletePatricia
If more than one person can make one of the recipes, I'd love to do (or have The Chef do) the vanilla peach coffee cake. I've been wanting to make a coffee cake for some time, so this is a great time to do it, like I said, if more than one person can do that one as I see some others have already expressed interest in that one! :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to take part! I live in England so can't take part in the giveaways, but I would really enjoy being a part of your celebrations and would be happy to promote them (and your new book) on my site. I would be happy to make any of the recipes, although I don't think I can get the ingredients for the green tomato recipe here right now, but other than that, I'll try anything! Hope I can join in - please send me Teeny's recipes if you would like me to :) Email is april@21stcenturyhousewife.com
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteI'd love to take part!!! This sounds so very exciting - just let me know which recipe needs done - I'll be ready! Didn't see a book tour date for Georgia!
Hope your book tour extends - looks like a lot of us would love to be able to meet you!
Looking forward to this!
Kathy