Please join me in congratulating ambyrrose, indielove, and ChrissyBaby! These three readers are the lucky winners of our Tastebook giveaway. For the holidays, we partnered with TasteBook — the fabulous online service that lets you create a personalized book of recipes — to give three of you the chance to put together a book. Congrats! We hope you enjoy the books. 
YumSugar Gift Guide: Last Minute Gourmet Gifts
As much as we try to avoid it, last-minute shopping inevitably seems to be a part of every holiday season. This year, do yourself a favor: Ditch the stressful, crowded mall, and shop online instead.
Email your Internet-savvy foodie friend with the gift of a customizable Tastebook; set your wine-loving college roommate up with a Wine Enthusiast subscription. For the truly special oenophile, opt for Williams-Sonoma's new wine club — a gift to enjoy year-round.
For more gift ideas, browse the selection below and check out all the gift guides on HolidaySugar.
Enter to Win a TasteBook!
Wouldn't you love to have all of your favorite recipes bound in one fabulous, personalized cookbook? Just in time for the holidays, we're partnering with TasteBook to give away two custom-made recipe books in the month of December. TasteBook is an online service that lets you create a personalized book of recipes. You can search the site's database (with recipes from countless professional sources like Epicurious, Food and Wine, and Better Homes and Gardens) or upload your family's favorites. You select 100 recipes, then TasteBook prints them out, binds them in a book, and sends you the finished product! If you don't have time to choose your own recipes, you can choose from a variety of already-made collections.
To enter to win the TasteBook giveaway, you must log in and take the TasteBook quiz below. Your eligibility is not based on getting the answers correct, just by completing the quiz once you are logged in. You do, however, need to be a TeamSugar member, and you must log in before taking the quiz. If you're not already a member, register here for an account. One quiz entry per person, as all repeat quizzes will be ignored.
The contest is open to US residents only and ends on Friday, December 12, at 5 p.m. PST. This is the third and final book we are giving away, so make sure to enter now. Click here for official rules. Enjoy and good luck!
Enter to Win a TasteBook!
Wouldn't you love to have all of your favorite recipes bound in one fabulous, personalized cookbook? Just in time for the holidays, we're partnering with TasteBook to give away two custom-made recipe books in the month of December. TasteBook is an online service that lets you create a personalized book of recipes. You can search the site's database (with recipes from countless professional sources like Epicurious, Food and Wine, and Better Homes and Gardens) or upload your family's favorites. You select 100 recipes, then TasteBook prints them out, binds them in a book, and sends you the finished product! If you don't have time to choose your own recipes, you can select from a variety of already-made collections.
To enter to win the TasteBook giveaway, you must log in and take the TasteBook quiz below. Your eligibility is not based on getting the answers correct, just by completing the quiz once you are logged in. You do, however, need to be a TeamSugar member, and you must log in before taking the quiz. If you're not already a member, register here for an account. One quiz entry per person, as all repeat quizzes will be ignored.
The contest is open to US residents only and ends on Friday, December 5, at 5 p.m. PST. Next week there will be another quiz to win the final book. Click here for official rules. Enjoy and good luck!
Enter to Win a TasteBook!
Wouldn't you love to have all of your favorite recipes bound in one fabulous, personalized cookbook? Just in time for Thanksgiving, we're partnering with TasteBook to give away three custom-made recipe books in the month of November. TasteBook is an online service that lets you create a personalized book of recipes. You can search the site's database (with recipes from countless professional sources like Epicurious, Food and Wine, and Better Homes and Gardens) or upload your family's favorites. You select 100 recipes, then TasteBook prints them out, binds them in a book, and sends you the finished product! If you don't have time to choose your own recipes, you can choose from a variety of already-made collections.
To enter to win the first of three TasteBook giveaways, you must log in and take the TasteBook quiz below. Your eligibility is not based on getting the answers correct, just by completing the quiz once you are logged in. You do, however, need to be a TeamSugar member, and you must log in before taking the quiz. If you're not already a member, register here for an account. One quiz entry per person, as all repeat quizzes will be ignored.
The contest is open to US residents only and ends on Friday, Nov. 7, at 5 p.m. PST. Next week there will be another quiz to win the second book. Click here for official rules. Enjoy and good luck!
Take the QuizLet's Dish: How Do You Organize Your Recipes?
From recipe card filing systems to customized innovations like the tastebook, there are many ways to organize recipes. Still, if you own more than a dozen cookbooks, keep some of your family's recipes on record, and have limited kitchen space, maintaining an organized cooking library can be tough.
I've always struggled to arrange my kitchen paperwork — treasured family recipes, cookbooks, personal creations, recipes I've come across online, and appliance instruction manuals — all in one place. The closest thing I have to a solution is a binder full of sheet protectors that are sorted by course, so that I can insert any printout, clip, handwritten recipe, or manual. It sits next to a shelf full of cookbooks with recipes that have been tabbed.
How about you? Have you found a recipe organizing solution that works for you? I'd love to hear about it!
Yummy Link: Make Your Own Cookbook

Ever wish you could take your favorite online recipes and combine them to make a personalized cookbook? Wish no more! Tastebook helps you put together your own hardback cookbook. — Tastebook