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February 2013 Kitchen Notes & News

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FEBRUARY 2013 KITCHEN NOTES & NEWS

Dear Kitchen Friends,

Happy February! We’ve got a lot of exciting things going on this month, including a contest inspired by a Kitchen Friend just like you.

  • Feb 2013 FBK Challenge Button 3eNEW! Are you up for a challenge? Introducing the FBK Challenge of the Month

Thinking about baking Amish Friendship Bread this month? Enter your bread to win a $10 Amazon gift card! February’s flavor is lemon, and you can use an existing AFB recipe from our Recipe Box or come up with one on your own. All you have to do is upload your photo(s) and we’ll choose one photo as the winner on March 1, 2013. For more details, click here.

  • Exclusive New Recipe! Garlic-Onion Amish Friendship Bread

Onion Garlic AFB 1This savory Amish Friendship Bread recipe was submitted to us by Mrs Liz Gilchrist-Bartel of West Bend, Wisconsin, and has been Kitchen-tested and Kitchen-approved. It’s a tasty accompaniment to any meal, and the flavor is even better the next day. It’s fast, simple and easy, and newsletter subscribers get access to it first by using the password provided in the FBK email sent to subscribers on February 1, 2013. The recipe will be officially added to the Box in March. To view and print the recipe now, click here.

  • E-Booklet Bonuses Extended!

IMG_2755By popular demand, we’re extending the two bonus e-booklets, 50+ Amish Friendship Bread Recipes (13 pages) and our Giftable Amish Friendship Bread Packet (8 pages) until February 14, 2013. They’re free with purchase of the latest Friendship Bread novel, The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society, which was featured in USAToday.com. Purchase a copy of the novel at any independent bookseller, book club (Doubleday, Book of the Month) or online e-tailer (Amazon, Barnes & Noble). Digital editions or hardcover. Email a copy of your receipt (take a picture) or forward your order confirmation to authordariengee [at] gmail [dot] com.

  • Kitchen Friends and Monthly Giveaway!

Tea kettle copco contestSo many of you have submitted your Kitchen Friend profiles and we’re going to start featuring them on our website and printables. This month I’m thrilled to introduce you to Kitchen Friend Brandi Greeson Godfrey from Raleigh, North Carolina. Learn a bit about her and you could win one of her favorite things in this month’s giveaway! (And, lovely subscribers, please leave your warm welcome for Brandi on the Kitchen Friend post. Thank you!)

  • Off the Wall

Some of last month’s nicest and funniest comments on the Friendship Bread Kitchen Facebook wall.

@JaniceHerrera: “Started on my 1st Friendship Bread Adventure. Day 1! Thank you for all the helpful info on your site. :-)”
@VillageFurniture: “Smells so good here!! New Like!!”
@LauraCromwell: “There should be a special AFB container, made just for starters, LOL!”
@GinaDeAngelis: “I haven’t made this for about 20 years!! Was JUST thinking about it a couple of days ago. Love IT!”
@GailBroussard: “We made this in a ladies meeting in Church, it was fun blessing friends with a starter for the bread.”
@DawnForgetteCaron: “Has anyone created a dog-friendly recipe? I’d love to try that!!”
@BeckyBolen:”I don’t share .. LOL I save one for me and bake all the other .. my hubby gives it away. He calls it his bribes.”

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Have a great month and don’t forget to check out our Valentine’s Day Amish Friendship Bread variations in the Recipe Box (scroll to the bottom under “Holidays”). Thanks for being in the Kitchen with me!

Darien

Comments

  1. 1

    Welcome to the kitchen brandie. I’m also new & a subscriber (email) so hoping this is where I was meant to come LOL.

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  2. 4

    Welcome Brandie. I am a newsletter subscriber. I enjoyed this wonderful post and look forward to many more. Thanks.

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  4. 7

    Welcome to Friendship Kitchen! You can almost smell the bread cooking! Yummm!
    I am a subscriber – and hopefully real soon I am going to try some of these delicious sounding recipes!

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    • 10

      Thank you Mona! I am SO excited that you looked my blog up. 🙂 I am a little behind and trying to get caught up on posts in the next few days. Been too busy creating. LOL

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  7. 14

    Hi, when do we get the two bonus e-booklets? You may have said when and I missed it. Can’t wait. I sent you a copy of the book purchase I bought. I am reading the book and am excited. Thank you.

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    • 17

      Hi Carolee,

      I received your receipt and sent you the password and links for the two bonus e-booklets on 1/30 — you emailed back and said you’d received them. Let me know if you’d like me to resend. 🙂

      Reply
  8. 18

    Welcome to the Kitchen, , Brandi. I am a newsletter subscriber and am enjoying the friendship bread recipes you offer. Thanks.

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  9. 20

    Welcome to the Kitchen, Brandi. I am a subscriber to the newsletter and am enjoying the recipes. Thanks.

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  13. 29

    Welcome to the kitchen Brandi! I enjoyed reading your profile and I’m now following your blog!

    I’m a Friendship Bread Kitchen newsletter subscriber too!

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    • 30

      Thank you Nathenia. What a beautiful name. I am glad you liked my profile and I am thrilled you are now following my blog!! I am a little bit behind but I am in the midst of updating all the projects and things I have been doing. So hang in there… Trying to post something tomorrow.

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    • 47

      Thank you Carol…all these wonderful wishes makes me feel like I have entered someone’s kitchen and we are all about to cook something delicious together! 🙂

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  22. 48

    Welcome Brandi! I left a comment at the Barnes & Noble link. I’m a subscriber from Illinois. Can’t wait to get the new book.

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    • 52

      Welcome Brandi.. As a newsletter subscriber, I get so many warm vibes from the people on the site – just like in the Friendship Bread book. Sharing tea with a friend is one of my favorite relaxing things to do. Can’t wait to read the new book.

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      • 53

        Big smile and hug from Darien — thanks for the nice comment about the book and warm welcome to Brandi! Hope you love ALSS, too!

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    • 54

      Tina M and Gloria…Thank you for the wonderful welcome. Gloria I love to share a cup of tea with my friends as well. Enjoy the new book.

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    • 58

      Thank you Bonnie…I know this is the best place for recipes. Who knew one starter could make SO many varieties of deliciousness.

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  26. 59

    Hi I left a comment earlier I am also a newsletter subs river.
    Hi Darien.Welcome to the kitchen Brandi. I am reading the book as I am typing this.

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  27. 60

    Thank you Darien for featuring me. I have been so thrilled by it. Good luck to the winner of the tea kettle giveaway. I hope you love yours as much as I do. Also, what an amazing community of Kitchen Friends we have here. Thank you for all the welcomes and well wishes. It has made me smile all evening. If I forgot to answer you I apologize and thank you for thinking enough to send a reply. Happy Baking!

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  28. 61

    I commented once but might have been on the wrong page so I would like to welcome you Brandi to the kitchen. I am fairly new as a subscriber myself.

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  29. 62

    Welcome Brandi and I must say, I’ve never heard of so many different ways of making this bread and really look forward to trying them. I am enjoying the 1st novel and will order the 2nd book.

    Reply

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