http://www.laurieconstantino.com Recipes and resources for food lovers Sun, 18 Aug 2013 02:20:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/cooking-class-with-laurie-constantino/ http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/cooking-class-with-laurie-constantino/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:40:34 +0000 http://www.laurieconstantino.com/?post_type=lc_giveaways&p=9573 I’m giving away one free private cooking lesson to a winner who can attend the lesson in Anchorage, Alaska. The winner will be able to choose the class s/he would like to take. My primary areas of expertise are: Mediterranean food (Greek, Italian, French, Spanish, Turkish, Middle Eastern, Moroccan, North African), wild foods, foods from farmers’ markets, vegan and vegetarian cooking, basic cooking skills (including knife skills), and all types of baking. I’ve also done Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Mexican, and miscellaneous other styles of cooking. For those who don’t know me, I’m a food writer, cook, recipe developer, recipe tester, and teacher.  Looking only at the last two years, I’ve written articles and tested/developed recipes for Rodale’s Organic Gardening magazine, Alaska Home magazine, Bob’s Red Mill website, and the Alaska Public Media/Town Square 49 website. I’ve appeared in cooking segments on the Alaska ABC affiliate and the Alaska NBC affiliate, and have taught classes for the Alaska Culinary Association, SBS Bon Appetit Gourmet Cooking Series, Alaska Botanical Garden, OLE! (Opportunities for Lifelong Education), and private clients. I edit and publish LaurieConstantino.Com to provide food lovers everywhere with recipes and resources for making great food. The 2nd Rev. Ed. of my … Continue reading →]]> http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/cooking-class-with-laurie-constantino/feed/ 15 http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/abeille-alaska-cosmetics-with-pure-beeswax-and-honey/ http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/abeille-alaska-cosmetics-with-pure-beeswax-and-honey/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:23:17 +0000 http://www.laurieconstantino.com/?post_type=lc_giveaways&p=8899 Abeille Alaska makes organic cosmetic products using pure Alaska-grown honey and beeswax from bees raised by Beverly Barker of Earthworks Farm in Palmer. For this giveaway, Abeille Alaska is offering one lucky winner a gift tin containing hand-crafted lip balm and a lotion bar.]]> http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/abeille-alaska-cosmetics-with-pure-beeswax-and-honey/feed/ 92 http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/my-berlin-kitchen-2/ http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/my-berlin-kitchen-2/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:31:05 +0000 http://www.laurieconstantino.com/?post_type=lc_giveaways&p=8644 My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story, with Recipes (Viking 2012) by Luisa Weiss, author of The Wednesday Chef is a quick-reading, entertaining memoir describing Luisa’s struggle to find a place in the world. Every chapter ends with a delicious recipe from one of the countries in which Luisa has lived while searching for her one true home.]]> http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/my-berlin-kitchen-2/feed/ 82 http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/newmetro-rose-line-zestnest-juicelab-mixer-mate/ http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/newmetro-rose-line-zestnest-juicelab-mixer-mate/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:57:01 +0000 http://www.laurieconstantino.com/?post_type=lc_giveaways&p=8573 NewMetro Design is generously sponsoring a wonderful giveaway of three products from its NewMetro Design Rose™ Collection of Home Baking and Cooking Tools: a ZestN’est, a JuiceLab, and a MixerMate. Award-winning cookbook author and baker, Rose Levy Berenbaum, explained why she partnered with NewMetro to bring these three tools to market: “Beginning with … the BeaterBlade, which I believe is the most significant invention and improvement to baking since the stand mixer or food processor, Gary [Fallowes] and his ace team have greatly impressed me. Not only do they develop brilliant product concepts, they also possess the integrity to test their products meticulously until each one is perfected and meets every criterion of excellence.”]]> http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/newmetro-rose-line-zestnest-juicelab-mixer-mate/feed/ 128 http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/boardwalk-bakery-cookies/ http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/boardwalk-bakery-cookies/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:33:47 +0000 http://www.laurieconstantino.com/?post_type=lc_giveaways&p=8450 Enter our Boardwalk Bakery Cookie Sampler giveaway for the chance to win a beautifully wrapped package of one of each of Boardwalk Bakery’s delicious cookies.  The sampler includes peanut butter cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodles, and their famous Ranger cookie, pictured left, made from Kathy and Jackie’s grandmother’s recipe.]]> http://www.laurieconstantino.com/giveaway/boardwalk-bakery-cookies/feed/ 57