Thanks for all the entries! Contest is now closed. Winner will be announced Wednesday September 1st!
As a food-lover, Becky Sue Epstein is always ready to explore new recipes and create new dishes, which is why she started collecting the kitchen substitutions that eventually turned into the book Substituting Ingredient.
I am so happy to announce I am giving away a copy of Becky Sue Epstein‘s book Substituting Ingredients to one of my lucky readers! All you have to do is leave a comment and make sure that there is a way for me to contact you. If you do not have a profile or blog, you must leave your email address to enter.
Those of you who subscribe to my newsletter were given the heads up on this contest and many of you sent me questions for Becky which she was happy to answer.
White wine: For a marine: 1/4 cup vinegar + 1 tbsp sugar + 3 tbsp water (I looked this one up in the book!)
I do travel a fair amount, in case you haven’t guessed. When I’m home, instead of shopping for everything right away, I like to make what I call the “Available Materials Dinner” which is exactly what it’s called. So if I don’t have an ingredient, I must substitute. Early on, I learned to do this in baking, where it’s simple to make a substitute for baking chocolate from butter and cocoa.
When I started cooking a lot after college, I would try to figure out the best substitutes. Sometimes I’d note them on a recipe in a cookbook. I started wishing all the substitutions could be found in one place. When I learned there was no such place, and friend and I created it: the original Substituting Ingredients book, back in the last century. This new book is a huge update.
I collected ideas from my own cooking, from travel, from chefs, from recipes, from articles about food across the country and around the world. Now Substituting Ingredients has 1,000 kitchen substitutions including lists of greens, grains, pastas, cheeses, fish, and more. And formulas for all sorts of condiments, spice mixes, marinades and sauces so you don’t have to run back to the store, or buy a small container of something for $9.99 you’re only going to use once.
So remember, just comment with contact information to enter. Contest closes tomorrow night.
This for sure sounds like an interesting read! Hope to be the lucky gal 🙂 heather.gorski@gmail.com
Awesome! Thanks for the giveaway! One of my go-to substitutions is using 1 Tbsp ground flax mixed with 3 Tbsp water, heated in the microwave for 30 seconds, in place of an egg. It really works!
I love to make new recipes (and tinker with old ones); this book sounds as if it would be a lovely companion!
My contact info: symbologie (at) gmail (dot) com.
Definately enter me. c6hands(at)gmail (dot) dom.
Yes please, and thank you, Suzie! This is one book that I may have to go out and buy should I not be the lucky winner – what a fantastic idea. 🙂
Kenora
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WOW – what a helpful book this could be for me – I think substituting ingredients is the hardest thing about cooking – I am lost as far as that is concerned – keeping my fingers crossed!!
Sounds like an interesting book, useful since I seldom have all the ingredients called for in recipes! And fun for making new ones.
Desba (dcs6460 at gmail dot com)
I had some wonderful vennison meatballs when we were out the other night but I can’t find any locally and don’t know any hunters – I’d love a substitute for that!
This looks like an amazing book, if I don’t win it, I”ll buy it myself 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
That sounds great, I would love that book, hugs Barbara,
Pick ME! 🙂 I figured it out!
What a score for a tinkerer like me !!
This is a great giveaway!
I’m always googling how to substitute various ingredients, this book would definitely be a huge help.
Thanks for sharing!! 🙂
Hi Suzie,
It would be great to have ideas for substitutes as I don’t always have ingredients on hand!
Thanks for this!
Jeannie – jeannie_ward@hotmail.com
This book sure would come in handy—please enter me to win!
skkorman AT bellsouth DOT net
Great giveaway! Please throw my name into the hat!!
dlhaley[at]hotmail[dot]com
This will be an amazing book! I’m so happy to find a blog with nice food, recipes, photoes here because I love them. Pls enter me to get it! Thanks.
Sebrina Sebrina2006@gmail.com
As i told you, this book looks awesome and very useful. To stay in the kitchen everytime, not lost with all the other cookbooks 😉
Thanks for the giveaway Suzie !
This looks so good! Thanks for the giveaway
sexyhots29@yahoo.com
Great book idea. I’ve got a book that has just a few main substitutions but to have enough for a book is great!
I’m excited! I’ve always wanted to have all the substitutes in one place, too!! Thanks for the giveaway
greenfrugalmama@gmail.com
Would love to win this!
polsen11atcomcastdotnet
This would be so handy to have, especially when you’re making a dish for company and realize you are missing an ingredient!
jhbalvin at gmail dot com
Would love this. I’m always searching online for substitutions.
monique
monique dot burkes at gmail dot com
What a fabulous give/away!!!! I’m always online searching for substitutes.
teesha16@gmail.com
Yes….Please enter my name,too. What a great giveaway.
contact – dlmurph55@yahoo.ca
For my vegetarian friends. When making Pasta and meatballs I use Eggplant instead of beef. same addition of bread crumb, parsley, garlic and egg but use shredded eggplant instead of beef. Really yummy.
Oh, I’d love this! Thanks for the chance. So many times I’d like to find a substitution and have no idea what to do!
pbclark(at)netins(dot)net
Woohoo! Sign me up!
Sign me up for the win!!
Great giveaway! I’d love to be entered.
Please count me in. Thanks.
avalonne83 [at] yahoo [dot] it
This would be so useful as we are constantly out of things we need for recipes!
snaugle81@gmail.com
Sounds like a great book. One I could have used on many occasions where I needed a substitute. count me in.
This book sounds amazing! Will for sure have to check it out one way or another :o)
A book like this would get well used in my kitchen. I am always at a loss for something to use as a substitute and this book would be my answer for a lot of things. Thanks for the chance to win it.
darlene.demell@sympatico.ca
What a neat book! And good idea on the washing off candied ginger. I never would have thought of that!
soluckyducky(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love this because returning from Korea I just want to make Korean food all the time and sometimes I can’t find the right ingredient I need.
mkzellmer@yahoo.com
Great giveaway. I’d like to have this book.
so glad I discovered this site – especially on ‘contest’ day!! fingers tightly crossed for me (marci@suzieswapper.com)
This looks great! I would love this book! noellsky (at) gmail (dot) com
Sounds so useful!!!
Sounds like a cool book. I’d like to win it!
anna dot fernando at gmail.com
Oh my gosh, this sounds like a perfect addition to my kitchen library! Great giveaway!
mandaleem at gmail dot com
Oh my gosh, this sounds like a perfect addition to my kitchen library! Great giveaway!
mandaleem at gmail dot com