{4 saturdays, 4 giveaways} U-Pick

UPDATE: 7:30am Saturday February 4th: THE WINNER IS SARA and she requested “What to Eat” By Marion Nestle! Therefore, we know have “An Everlasting Meal” and “What to Eat” in our 2012 FSC Book Club selections. CONGRATS SARA! Please email us at fromscratchclub (at) gmail (dot) com. The winner of the FSC bonanza (bookmark, full-color…

{4 saturdays, 4 giveaways} All About Braising

EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS GIVEAWAY CLOSED AT MIDNIGHT JANUARY 27th, 2012. FIND THE WINNERS HERE. -Christina   Ohhhhhhhhhhhh….Do I love this book! I’m going to leave this book review short & sweet. I promise. Molly Steven’s All About Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking is one of my kitchen bibles, along with How to Cook Everything,…

{4 saturdays, 4 giveaways} Our First & Second Winners!

The time has come to announce our first {4 saturdays, 4 giveaways} winner of An Everlasting Meal by Tamar Alder. Random.Org has selected the winning comment to be… . . . …wait for it… Jennifer H: This is amazing – hubby and I just finished a delicious goulash dinner (made almost entirely from local ingredients…

{4 saturdays, 4 giveaways} An Everlasting Meal

Editor’s Note: On December 29th, my 36th birthday, I asked our fabulous Facebook community to get us to 1500 “likes” by January 1st. We had, I think, 11 to go. I said if we made it to 1500, we would host 4 giveaways on 4 consecutive weeks to celebrate. Did we hit 1500? Yes yes…

{fundraiser for the farms} Gift Basket Winners

Soooo… you guys ROCK! You raised a total of $1829.20 for Denison Farm & Kilpatrick Family Farm. A-mazing. Below please find the winners of the glorious gift baskets. THE FINE PRINT: If you have won PLEASE contact me within ONE WEEK to claim your prize: email me (Christina) at fromscratchclub (at) gmail (dot) com. We…

{fundraiser for amanda} Gift Basket Winners

{Amanda waving during the first leg of the Mohawk Hudson Marathon 2010} So, here we are: gift basket winner announcement time! (EXCITING!!!) Over $500 was raised for Amanda and her family. Is Thank you thank you thank you enough…. nah, that’s why we have gift baskets to giveaway! WOOT! The fine print. It will take…

{fundraisers} YOU ARE AMAZING!

You! and You! and You and You and You! We did it! Are you ready for the grand total……are you sitting down? Drumroll…fireworks…doves released from a cage…maybe military planes flying overhead? Nah, too much. Anyways, after Paypal took its cut we raised a total of $2340.96 for FSC Contributor Amanda, Denison Farm & Kilpatrick Family…

{giveaway} and the winner is…

The winner of the $10 gift certificate to the Delmar Farmers Market is… ALEX: “really good, local corn on the cob. that was the first thing that popped into my head. when you bite into one of those perfect ears of corn, especially if you slow roast them over fire…so amazing!” Please stop by the…

{LOCAL GIVEAWAY} Delmar Farmers Market

Paul Tick, Market Manager of the Delmar Farmers Market contacted me about a possible giveaway to celebrate the upcoming opening day of their market, this Saturday June 4th from 9am to 1pm at the Bethlehem Central Middle School, 332 Kenwood Ave. Delmar, NY. I jumped at the chance to do a little something to entice…

{FSC Community} DIY Projects 2011

{pine paneling from my childhood room = raised garden beds} We were so blown away by the insightful, inspiring and enthusiastic responses we got from our Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking book giveaway question–What DIY Project are you most excited to tackle this summer?– that we are posting all responses, plus our own d.i.y. dreams….

{giveaway} and the winner is…

I was so excited to “draw” the winner…who could it be? Congratulations to #18th Commenter: “Everything! I am hoping to put our house on the market this spring so in addition to the garden, this year I am tackling the hardwood floors and lots and lots of paint!” – Kim Kim, you have ONE week…

{GIVEAWAY} Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking

The day has arrived…Kate Payne’s Hip Girl’s to Homemaking has hit the stores. It was released on Wednesday- hurray! Along with other fabulous blogs, Harper Collins Publishers have graciously provided us one advanced copy to giveaway to one of our readers. To up the “ohhhhh ahhhhhh” factor, our copy will be SIGNED as Kate will…

{all good bakers} The Winner Is…

Random.org says… lucky #1 won “vegan cinnamon buns from all good” -Mike R. Congrats Mike R. your gift certificate will be at All Good Bakers for your enjoyment. Congrats! All Good Bakers 160A Quail Street, Albany, NY HOURS: Friday 11-6pm, Saturday 11-4pm, and Sunday 10-2pm (small brunch menu)

{giveaway} the winner is….

  The winner of The Meal Makeover Mom‘s newest cookbook, No Whine With Dinner is….. #3 comment… Sarah Holdaway! The winner entry according to Random.org :“My husband and I do not yet have children but I suffer from a gluten allergy in addition to some other stomach ailments. It has been difficult to find great…

{Kid Tested & Approved} Cowboy Chili

Editor’s Note: This is the second of two posts highlighting additional recipes from our current cookbook giveaway, The Meal Makeover Moms’ No Whine With Dinner. We are trying not to push blog etiquette by posting ALL the successful recipes we tested, so these posts will be in “recap” format with links to the recipes on…