As you know, I've started this party a wee bit early by having a few giveaways the past few months to celebrate YOUR upcoming birthday because everyone has an upcoming birthday!
For my 39 11/12th, one lucky reader has the chance to win a $39 11/12 Amazon Gift Card ($39.92 U.S. Dollars).
As my blog name implies, I'm interested in Food and Libraries (public librarian by day, baker by night). Unfortunately, there are many who have limited access to both. In addition to the gift card, I'll be donating to two charities in your name! Feeding America to support local feed banks, and Oxfam's Book for Kids gift to provide children with books. ($30 to Feeding America and $20 to Oxfam). The holiday season is fast approaching (what?!), so I hope you consider giving the gift of food or books to those in need.
To enter this little giveaway, just leave a comment (if you aren't connected to a blog, leave your email address...and if you have a blogger account but it's private so I can't see it...leave your email address).
*** Contest is closed. Congrats to Linda of Tender Crumb! ***
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I have a great lemon bar recipe - but it doesn't look like this. It's a shortbread base with sort of a lemon curd on top. This almost looks like the kind of filling for key lime pie. It's more dense in flavor.
Thanks for the opportunity to win the gift card for Amazon.
i love food with lavender! looks delicious ;) laurenludwig at gmail dot com
I'm excited you are so excited for your 40th birthday! I have a dear friend who celebrated hers earlier this year and wasn't very excited about it. If 30 is the new 20 then 40 is definitely the new 25 :)
I'm a food lover!
I love to cook with love :)))
jazzcarnation at aol dot com
Yayyy happy birthday! I can't think of a more fabulous age to be than 40.
Katharine
cookka@gwmail.gwu.edu
That looks so tasty! I'm going to be craving lemon deserts for a while now :)
Happy Birthday for December 7th!
lozzi_bear @ hotmail dot com
Happy almost birthday! It is such a treat everytime I try out one of your ideas!
-tuffentiny@gmail.com
http://skinny-like-a-model.blogspot.com/
Surfas used to be on my way home- since I moved it's still pretty close but I don't drive by it everyday, testing my willpower to stop and buy everything in the store. I love that place and their lemon bars! (And also, love your blog! I have never commented before! Happy almost-birthday! I am two years ahead of you- it's pretty painless.)
I've never tried food with lavender, but it looks delicious!
I'm in Canada, so don't want to enter the draw, but for the record - lavender + lemon looks amazing! Happy almost Birthday.
happy 39 11/12 :)
I love ready your blog, and your giveaway is great, especially the donation you make.
That looks delicious! A refined combo.
Great giveaway!
Cheers,
Rosa
I made a lemon and lavender ice-cream this summer and it was delicious! I also turned 40 this year... thought it was going to be the end of me... but somehow I survived!
Be sure and share when you get the recipe; lavender and lemon: Yum! Happy-last-month-in-your-thirties! Kelly
That looks yummy! Even at 5:45 am...
Please do share the recipe when you find it - that looks delicious!
It's almost here! You must be excited.
I'm so excited for your bday. Can't believe it's a month away.
Happy almost birthday!!
Happy almost birthday! Love checking out the bundt recipes & will watch the recipe for these bars - they look very yummy! They look more like a custard or maybe even a lemon cheesecake type filling. Yummm!
cntrygirl_61@hotmail.com
Woohoo, only one more month til your birthday!! That lemon bar looks like the perfect way to celebrate 39 11/12 :)
Food and libraries... what a great combo!
Happy (close to 40) birthday! I would love that lemon bar recipe as well!
happy almost birthday! that lemon bar looks amazing
I've always been too chicken to try cooking with lavender. My fear is that it will taste too much like soap.
I love this combination! I've never thought to try it like this though...awesome!
Great giveaway too! :)
niftyfoodie at gmail dot com
Happy Almost Birthday!
yay - happy birthday :)
great prize - and you should be getting presents from us - not giving them away :) hehehe but I won't say no :)
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Whoo Hoo....I love Partys and what a better way to celebrate than a count down to crossing over from the young adults to us older adults. Happy, wonderful, Birthday!
Love your blog. Have ever since I found your layered jello last year. It was a hit! Thank you!
December birthdays rock!
I'll be 42 on the 4th.
My brother and sister's birthdays are on the 20th.
Good friend is on the 13th.
toomuchmail@myfastmail.com
What a sweet giveaway! And Happy almost Birthday!
It is so wonderful to see you celebrating this way. Woot!
Hi ! I've been following your birthday countdown and don't believe that it's less than a month away!
Not to be depressed that you are turning 40 cos that's when the party and your life begin!
Thank you for the giveaway.
Chris
I'm so glad you're so excited for your birthday! What a fabulous way to celebrate:)
I love anything that is lemon and lavender. Yum!!!
Happy soon to be birthday!!!
i had a lavender lemonade this summer... it was amazing!
That lemon bar looks delicious...I love everything lemon. Thanks for a great blog to share your recipes!
-Jessica
jemontfot@mail.roanoke.edu
love the way you celebrate your (almost) birthday!
that looks delicious! let us know if you ever find the recipe! and happy almost birthday!
Have you seen this recipe? http://www.cookthink.com/recipe/9343/Lavender_Lemon_Bars It's made with a lavendar-infused sugar and may be just what you are seeking. Happy almost-birthday!
Happy 30-11/12 birthday! That lemon bar looks amazing - I hope someone has the recipe! My guess from looking at it is that it's some sort of lemon custard rather than lemon curd for the filling (probably with cream or half-and-half in it? or sweetened condensed milk?) - in fact, it sort of looks like key lime pie filling, so I wonder if you could make that but with lemon instead of lime juice? When I've done lavender-or-herb-infused citrus stuff, I've heated up the dairy until just below boiling, added the herb, and then covered and let sit (off the heat) for a couple hours or until cool, and then strained out the herbs. You also might try adapting the filling of this pie (http://cupcakemuffin.blogspot.com/2008/05/lemon-chamomile-cream-pie.html) but with lavender in place of the chamomile - my only concern is that it might not be quite stiff enough to hold up to being in bars rather than a pie.
Happy 39 year..ha ha - I actually am loving again..weird! huh
Please enter me, and I LOVE those bars
Yum....this and the caneles are my absolute favs at the Surfas Cafe.
Happy almost birthday! As a librarian I salute your charities!
That looks super delicious! Happy almost birthday!
jen.kemp@yahoo.com
I love lemon bars! It's awesome how you countdown to your birthdays. Looking forward to see what you do to celebrate the actual big day! :)
I'm a librarian-in-training by day and a cook by night, so you're in good company :D
I absolutely love that you'll be giving away donations to charities as well. High five you amazing human, you!!
flamegoddess65@aol.com
That lemon bar looks fabulous! Happy almost birthday!
amy dot tuggle at gmail dot com
What an amazing dessert with which to celebrate! As a fellow librarian buried under multiple layers of sweaters and wraps trying to ward off the cold of her office (and outside temps), this lavender-lemon bar looks like a little slice of summer...
Happy 39 11/12th Birthday!
molly dot keener at gmail dot com
Looks yummy! Happy almost birthday!
That lemon bar looks delicious. Hope you get to enjoy several the week of your birthday!
Now I want to make a detour to culver city to try one of those today!
i_love_youknowwho@msn.com
Happy early birthday! That bar looks delicious - I want to reach through the screen and grab it!
Happy almost birthday!
Happy 39 11/12!
hmortars@msn.com
What a great thing to do for those less fortunate. Books are such a gift.
Happy Soon To Be Birthday!
What a wonderful giveaway - books books books for everyone! And I hope your birthday (as well as the days leading up to it) is marvelous in every way.
Surfas...if I ever make it back to SoCal, I'm stopping there on the way from LAX!
Happy 39 11/12's birthday!! I love that you're donating to charity for this giveaway, and who wouldn't love an amazon gift cert? Count me in!
Well, I don't bake or cook much, but I LOVE books and reading. I just turned 40 myself a month or so ago and so far, it's not too bad! Happy 39 11/12!
Happy almost birthday (again). I still haven't been to Surfas yet, but I think that will be changing in a couple of weeks. Can't wait!!!
Happy birthday Mary! I'm loving all the big bundts, thanks for doing it again. I have a big bundt in the oven RIGHT NOW!
I just turned 45, it's not so bad. Really!
karenreichmann@hotmail.com
At first I thought it was burfi/barfi, and it gave me a huge craving for some! But a lemon bar would be just as good!
googlegroups8 @ yahoo.ca
I love your blog! Happy 39 11/12!
vikitzer@gmail.com
the lemon bar looks delicious!
pamela
p2412l@yahoo.com
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday in advance! Your giveaways are so generous!
Kim
sayonarajapan2007@yahoo.com
You rock bundts!
As I'm about to enter the 41 realm (one more week of bundt cakes away!), I can tell you that 40 is pretty darn good and I would totally guess you're only in your 20's!
happy 39 11/12!
This lemon bar sounds interesting.
what a unique dessert!
Books and food, what could be better?!
swmcat@msn.com
Looking forward to your Birthday Cake!!!
i really really love all the bundts -- definitely making one for the 15th!!
livingoffproceeds[at]gmail.com
Happy Birthday! What a fun giveaway :)
nutmegnanny (at) hotmail (dot) com
Wow, just one month to go! I love lemon bars too--can't make them too often or I'd eat them all. =)
i think my mouth just watered. those bars look divine!
Thanks for the giveaway! I love lemon bars.
Chris
zekks at yahoo dot com
Happy birthday to you. Those bars sound really good!
Forty wasn't bad. But I can't be almost sixty!!
cindyintempe@gmail.com
happy almost birthday!
kimbo1423 @ yahoo.com
Happy almost B-day! You should try making lime bars. I love citrus this time of year.
Happy almost birthday! I think that I will try to make the tunnel of fudge bundt - last time i made it, i didn't let it cool and the entire thing exploded when I took it out of the pan.
Diane and Lily
deebenner@gmail.com
what a fun giveaway. happy birthday! and yummm that bar looks delicious.
songes1 at gmail
Hippo Birdie Two Ewes
Hippo Birdie Two Ewes
Happy birthday to you, Food Librarian:-)
Happy 39 and 11/12 birthday! :) I wish more people would use the public libraries. There is a womans club that donates a book to my kids school for each child that completes the library summer reading program. There were about 20 kids total so 20 new books to the school library! :)
Happy almost birthday! I love reading and I love baking and it's wonderful that you combine both to share for your birthday!
kunimom@aol.com
Happy almost birthday! I am a few months behind you (my count is at 39 2/3 years!) for that 40 years. Awesome way to celebrate.
My birthday is Friday, YEA! Actually, I don't think we REALLY celebrate as we get older anymore, but whatever. It does mean lots of sweets! Lavendar lemon bar, YUM!!! Happy Birthday!
What a great giveaway. That bar looks wonderful. Seriously, I think it's time I tried those lavender lemon combos.
I'm loving your Bundts! Those bars look great! Happy almost birthday!
tlm24x@gmail.com
I love ur big bundt series, its the best thing on my google reader right now! If I win this I will get at least two of the 452 items in my Amazon wishlist ^-^
thanks so much for this giveaway and happy 39 11/12 birthday!
chefpandita [at] gmail [dot] com
Happy birthday! Gotta ask. Are you making your own bday cake? I always do :o)
Thanks for doing the giveaway.
Lavender Lemon Bars! Mmmmmmmmmm... :)
I hope you have a great birthday!
s.park10@hotmail.com
Happy early birthday! Lemon bars look great!
I love your blog and my friends love the bundt cakes I've been making recently - I just keep forgetting to take pictures...
msolearyghs (at) gmail.com
Looking forward to making my bundt on 11/15! And a happy birthday to *you*!!
Happy early birthday! My birthday is in December as well!
I was just thinking about you and your almost birthday! I bet you have the best time next month celebrating!
I love lemon but hold the lavendar thanks!
I love you giveaway! My family had to pick up a food box this year as things have gotten very tight and hours slim. You are wonderful to be paying it forward!
what a great idea! I've fallen behind on reading your I Like Big Bundts posts but am resolved to get caught up, it was such fun last year.
Happy early birthday! I'm loving round 2 of the bundts...checking every day :)
lavendar icecream is heavenly cruzangyal87@gmail.com
Happy Birthday, hope it's a great one!
janabaatenburg@gmail.com
Yay, happy birthday! Thank you for bringing so much fun and happiness into our lives. :)
Happy almost Birthday to you! Hope that you have a great day!
I just found your blog and love it! I am going to subscribe. The butternut squash bundt looks like a must try!
Yum lemon and lavender! Happy Birthday and lovely charity choices!
Good charity choice, indeed. I've got a little bottle of lavender up in the spice cabinet and now I know what to make with it! Thanks for the idea!
Happy almost Birthday!
Happy Happy Birthday !!!!
Happy Happy Birthday Mary!
Happy BIG birthday!!!
Happy almost birthday ! I'd love to win. I love Amazon like no other.
Hope you have a very happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! If I still worked at the Culinary Archive at the Clements Library, I'd sneak you in. ;)
Lemon bars are my weakness. As are cannolis, creme brulee, dulce de leche cake, and peppermint ice cream (oh, I'm hungry now). Furthermore, your birthday is the day after my mother's, and 4 days before mine, so we'll be enjoying December with you!
pilston at yahoo dot com
Oh that looks so yummy and yay for your upcoming birthday!
It's great to celebrate every special day! :)
In your honor and for National Bundt day tomorrow I baked a Snickerdoodle Bundt cake today - HAPPY ALMOST BIRTHDAY!!! ;)
The lavender on top of the lemon bars is so pretty! Happy birthday!
Happy almost birthday! Your posts always inspire me.
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