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“The Peace, Love & Potato Salad” Cookbook Giveaway

~ Teresa Blackburn ~ 13 Comments
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 With good, easy recipes, a crusty loaf and a chilled beer or glass of wine potato salad quickly enters the world of entrees in one fell swoop. “The Peace, Love & Potato Salad Cookbook” has seasonal potato salads deliciously influenced by American and International cuisines. Down home & far away. There are recipes for using leftover potato salad to make Latkes, fall and winter recipes with sweet potatoes & ginger, corn & chipotle peppers, recipes with black-eyed peas & pickled okra for New Years. Potato salads for all seasons.

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 In celebration (hooray) of today’s….July 15th…. release of “The Peace, Love and Potato Salad Cookbook”, The Story of A Crowd-Sourced $55,492 Bowl of Potato Salad published by Spring House Press and co-authored by yours truly and Zack Brown,  I am going to give away a few books to 5 of my wonderful readers. Also for each comment left on this giveaway post I will donate $5 to Second Harvest Food Bank Middle Tennessee. This is my first ever giveaway which is doubly exciting!

 So without further adieu……Announcing…..(drum roll)….

“The Peace, Love & Potato Salad Cookbook” Giveaway!”

Here is all you  and I need to do:

  1.  Leave a comment! That’s all. The first 5 readers who comment on this post will receive a copy of this book. I will get in touch for your mailing address.

2. Here is the second part of this Giveaway….. For each and every comment left here on this post Food on Fifth will donate $5 to Second Harvest Food Bank Middle Tennessee.

Giveaway ends: July 22nd, 2016 midnight.

A few other posts that will tell you more about this book here and here.

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To continue with my shameless promotion you can purchase one, or two, or three books which make great gifts at the following:

Spring House Press -Until September 1, 2016 you will receive a 35% discount on your order by entering this promo code FOF35

Amazon 

A few “teaser” pages below just to get you excited! Spread the word…Potato Salad, it’s not just for picnics anymore!

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All of the photos in this post were done by the fabulously wonderful & talented Danielle Atkins. 

 Eat More Potato Salad, Peace & Love.

An Accidental Cookbook Author & A Recipe from “The Peace, Love and Potato Salad Cookbook” – “Egg, Apple & Smoked Trout Potato Salad with Cider Dressing”

~ Teresa Blackburn ~ 17 Comments

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 Can one be an “accidental cookbook author”? Is such a thing possible? Yes…I am living proof that by just being in the right place at the right time some amazing things can happen totally by accident! I so enjoy working and styling food for cookbooks and have worked on many over the years. I, on the other hand,  have never been particularly interested in doing one of my own.  So it was even sweeter and more fun when I got this pre-release cookbook cover image from Spring House Press and there was my name right under Zack Browns! Me, the accidental cookbook author!

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“The Peace, Love & Potato Salad Cookbook”, the story of a crowd-sourced $55,492 bowl of potato salad, published by Spring House Press is to be released this coming July 2016. As the cover says it will have 24 delicious recipes for seasonal potato salads which proves that potato salad is not just for summer picnics and such, but should be enjoyed all year.

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As a “tease” I am going to share with you one of the 24 recipes I conjured up and developed, tested and styled for this book with Zack who was a joy to work with. If you have not already heard about his potato salad Kickstarter project then a quick look here will tell you more. All the gorgeous images are the work photographer Danielle Atkins. The person who brought us all together…who was the glue…is J Spinks…art director extraordinaire.

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How I got involved with Zack’s Kickstarter is another story,  but that is all in the cookbook.  This was a labor of love that I worked on just for the absolute fun of it as well as my interest in pursuing projects that are works of good.

Later on there will be some cookbook giveaways and other fun stuff. Today I share with you a yummy spring potato salad recipe, “Egg, Apple & Smoked Trout Potato Salad with Cider Dressing”, to tease your potato salad palate, . Enjoy!

Egg, Apple & Smoked Trout Potato Salad with Cider Dressing

  • Servings: 6
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Image by Danielle Atkins Photography
Image by Danielle Atkins Photography

Tossed with pepper arugula and watercress and smoky trout, this entree potato salad is exquisite. The apple slices and cider vinegar add a fresh dimension. Served with good crusty bread and a chilled white wine, it’s just what spring calls for.

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb baby Yukon gold or honey gold potatoes
  • 2 tart apples, thinly sliced
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/2 cup olive oil, plus more for drizzling
  • 3 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 handful watercress
  • 1 handful baby arugula
  • 8-10 ounces smoked trout, separated into chunks
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and quartered

Directions:

  1. Bring potatoes to a boil in salted water. Reduce heat and simmer, about 20 minutes, until potatoes are knife tender. Drain and set aside. Once cool, cut each potato in half.
  2. Toss apples with the juice of 1/2 lemon and set aside.
  3. Make the dressing: Put the egg yolks, additional lemon juice, and a dash of salt and pepper in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse a few times to mix. With processor running, drizzle in olive oil until mixture has thickened. Add the mustard and vinegar. Pulse to blend. Taste and adjust seasoning.
  4. To serve: gently toss the potatoes, apples, watercress, arugula and trout with the dressing. Place mixture on a serving platter or individual plates. Scatter sea salt and pepper over salad. Top with egg pieces and drizzle with additional olive oil if desired.

reprinted with permission from Spring House Press

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