Wouldn’t you like to win this CD? Of course you would. Frankie Negrón is back on the music scene, and it would be a pity to be left out.
Frankie is performing in The Canal Room in New York on September 22nd, so we’re giving away three sets of tickets to his show [6 total] plus a copy of his CD Independence Day!
You can enter below by just plugging in a comment and if you’re on Twitter do tweet about the contest with a link to this post!
Okay, the moment that you all have been waiting for, and hoping for is here. The winners for Hissip’s Ultimate Cookbook Contest Part 2 winners is being announced.
Now as you can remember, I had said that if there are over 15 entries, 15 winners would be chosen. A total of 20 readers entered the contest; quite a few of those entries were repeat entries!
Now using random.org, the following winners were chosen; although there were indeed over 15 entries, there were also repeat entrants, so the first two winners will receive two books, while the other darlings will receive their fabulous cookbooks.
So without further ado, here are the winners, as chosen by random.org:
Carolyn G
Leonardo
Rocio
Cindy B
Yasmine
Alba G
Eric
Ms Latina
Mami2Mami
Mari G
Okay, are you ready to win something? Well, are you? Adams Media and Hissip are teaming up again for yet another contest.
Here are the prizes!
1) The I Don’t Know How to Cook Cookbook…this fun book is just like what it says, and let me tell you it lives up to its subtitle which is 300 Great Recipes You Can’t Mess Up.
I think a lot of people have kitchen anxiety, especially if they were born in a family where almost everyone is a fantastic cooks. But with Mary-Lane Kamberg’s book, every source of cooking that would normally create a lot of anxiety will have you feel quite relaxed.
The recipes are simplified, and are in step format. There’s even little sections below some recipes to explain things like evaporated milk to the inexperienced cook. But if you do know what evaporated milk is, you may not know how to test pasta for doneness, or how to correctly brown ground beef.
The book has eleven chapters, and each chapter in return is sectioned off into sections where the level of challenge ranges from easy to medium to hard, so you can try different ones as you gain more confidence.
2) The Everything Tex-Mex Cookbook is by Linda Larsen, who once worked for the Pillsbury Company which is of course works perfectly, as the Latin community and Pillsbury go hand in hand.
Like the other book, Larsen’s book has 300 unique recipes. I guarantee that you will drool at one point on the pages. I promise. Called the oldest regional cuisine in the United States, Tex-Mex cooking is beloved on the border and beyond, and it’s easy to see why leafing through this book. A recipe for carnitas, chorizo enchiladas too, and the ultra-creative spicy salmon wraps!
You’ll learn how to make great appetizers like tostaditas, corn tartlets, fiery pecans, but there’s also simpler things like corn bread salad, pomegranate green salad, which I never knew was a speciality of Tex-Mex cooking.
3) I Don’t Know How to Cook Book Mexican: 300 Everyday Easy Mexican Recipes That Anyone Can Make at Home is for the lover of Mexican cuisine as well as new fans.
You’ve probably have had some lemonade, but how about a tamarind-ade. Now that’s something different, but equally as delicious.
There are some recipes for the baker in you too, like the bride’s cookies and a Mexican carrot cake. But some challenge your skills, like the smothered shrimp, and the pastel de elote. Avocado burritos are among the most titilating recipe choices in the book, but you will probably find others!
Here’s how to get yourself entries:
1) Comment below in the comments area
2) Retweet about the contest on Twitter and be sure to follow Hissip too.
3) Follow Hissip on Facebook if you’re not already doing so.
4) Let me know which books you’d like to have in order of preference. Please make sure you do this.
5) In the comment area below, tell me what your dream dinner would be like.
Now isn’t that relatively easy?
And a few notes:
If you don’t contact me within 24 hours of my posting the name of the winners, I reserve the right to choose another winner.
All winners will be chosen using the site random.org.
If there are less than 7 entries, 5 winners will be picked, and all five winners
If there are 7 entries or more, but less than 15 entries, the first five winners to contact me will get their choice of two books (based on title availability), while the other ones will receive their choice of one book (again based on title availability).
If there are over 15 entries, 15 winners will be chosen, and everyone shall have one copy of their book of preference, based on title availability.
Fair? Of course!
Contest ends two weeks from today…
Okay! Let’s go!
Okay, dear readers the winners for the Ultimate Latin Cookbook Contest who will win The Everything Mexican Cookbook from Adams Media are as follows, as chosen through Random.org.
And they are:
Melissa
EverWanting
Rocio
Alba G
Julio V
Chosen via Random.org
You will be contacted via email/Twitter, but you must contact me within 24 hours of your being notified that you are a winner, otherwise another winner will be chosen via Random.org. Thanks!
Thanks for everyone for participating. And for those who aren’t among the winners, there’s always a next time and it’s right around the corner. Check out the contest page from time to time.
And a big shoutout to Adams Media the contest’s sponsors.
Okay, the results are in!
The winners for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince contest are in. And they are:
Wayne M
Leonardo C
You must contact me today to claim your prize and send me your address, otherwise you’ll just get a T-Shirt, not tickets!
And if you don’t contact me at alll, your T-shirt will go to someone else..hee, hee.
Remember winners, seating is based on a first-come, first-served basis, so be early and follow instructions in your winners package!
Thanks!
Image (c) Warners.
Hey we’re giving away tickets to go see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in one your following cities of choice: New York, LA or Miami on July 15th (two tickets in each city).
Don’t be the lazy parent who didn’t enter to get your kid to see the movie before anyone else.
Simply comment below, and retweet about the contest on Twitter (if you’re on there) and we will afterwards choose three winners.
Also you guys there are going to be some Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince special midnight shows Tuesday, July 14. Regular engagement starts Wednesday, July 15.
Eventual winners remember seating comes on a first-come, first-served basis. And of course losers can always go to the Harry Potter website to check the movie phenomenon out.
Harry Potter characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved. © 2009 Warner Bros. Ent.
Harry Potter Publishing Rights © J.K.R.
Have fun!
This week we’ve been hit by so much bad news, that well, it’s time for another contest.
We’re giving away 5 copies of The Everything Mexican Cookbook. Come on! You know you want to win yourself a copy.
With The Everything Mexican Cookbook you can really start cooking some grub with Mexican flavor. At first, I didn’t really trust the author (with a name like Margaret Kaeter, can you blame me? But aren’t I a little biased regardless of her name?), but then little by little she started to win my trust, as she churned out recipe by recipe, until there were well nearly 300 of them.
Actually she drew me in from the introduction where she wrote this about the mainstream Mexican restaurants: “In their efforts to create meals taht appeal to a palate not accustomed to spicy foods, they have eliminated the subtle blendings of flavors and the wonderful textures of Mexican meals.”
But if it’s one thing that Kaeter doesn’t do with her recipes, it’s too water things down. She first starts us off, with the so-called basics, you know tomato salsa, chili con queso, picante sauce, and then graduates with more delicious stuff, like the hot and spicy tripe. Tripe really intimidates a lot of people, so she has a lot of other stuff too like fideo con carne, which she suggests cooks serve with pineapple and coconut salad. And speaking of pineapple and coconut, there are plenty of desserts for your palate like the pineapple and almond pudding and pepita balls.
And if you’ve ever wondered what the difference is between Mexican meatloaf and the run-of-the-mill meatloaf, it’s 1/4 cup of pimiento-stuffed green olives!
Now here are the rules and regulations:
1) Tweet about the contest on Twitter.
2) Tell me about the most exotic thing you’ve ever eaten, exotic to your palate or to your friends
And here are some opportunities for you to get extra entries (but won’t disqualify you if you don’t do them, but it sure might increase your chances to win).
2) Follow Hissip.com on Twitter, if you’re not already doing so, obviously. 3) Befriend on Facebook and let me know that you’ve done so in the comments.
Ready, set, go!
The winners for the contest are:
Raelena
Bridget3420
MsLatina
Please send email me with your mailing address.
Also for the last contest I had, one of the winners Amanda did not email me in a timely manner, so another winner was chosen via Random.org, and that winner turned out to be commentator JaiMami, #4.
Thanks everyone for participating. Be sure to check here for the latest in terms of contests. One coming up soon.
Okay bad cooks, you know who you are. This book is for you!
And for you cooks out there who would like to up your game, this is also for you.
What’s a Cook to Do? is written by the expert of all cooking experts, a Mr. James Peterson, perhaps you’ve heard of him? He’s a chef extraordinaire, who’s also written The Essentials of Cooking, and has had his share of cooking awards.
What can this book teach you? Quite a lot, my darlings; like how to make a pie’s crust so that it doesn’t get lumpy, and how to transfer the dough to a pie pan without breaking it; how to carve a chicken, how to barbecue ribs, you know all those techniques that bad cooks are bad at, that good cooks should know.
Oh, and how to pick good veal, beef, and chicken at the supermarket; and the ins and outs of making pasta from scratch. How to cut perfect orange wedges. Now you know that’s one of the things you’ve always wanted to know, because there’s nothing more disturbing than uneven orange wedges.
Now, you know you could use this book in your personal library. I bet you’d like to win it. Well…here are the rules…Workman Publishing our contest partner is giving away three copies ot it, by the way.
1) Follow Hissip on Twitter, if you’re already not doing so.
2) Tweet about the contest/RT the contest and include a link within the tweet.
3) Tell me about your worst kitchen disaster below, or the worst home cooking you’ve ever had (either your own cocina disaster, or someone else’s).
Contest ends a week from today. If you end up being a winner (chosen via random.org), and you don’t reply to my tweet within 24 hours of being contacted, then too bad for you, because I’ll be moving on to the next drawn person.
Remember each separate comment counts as an entry.
Alright, play.
Thanks to everyone who entered the Workman Publishing Latin cookbook contest for the book The New Spanish Table.
The winners as chosen by Random.org are:
#1 Amanda
#8 Gina
#10 Cindy B in Montana
Congratulations. All three of you will get a copy of The New Spanish Table. Please email me, or hit me on Twitter. Remember if you don’t get back to me within 24 hours, I’m going to go on Random.org and chose a replacement winner. Thank you.
