Winners of *Julie and Julia* by Julie Powell

Here are the five winners of Julie Powell’s Julie and Julia: The Year of Cooking Dangerously, along with their answers to my question “which cookbook or cooking magazine do you refer to again and again?”:

• #29 – Lynda – “I refer to Saveur magazine constantly.”
• #11 – Jenners – “I would love to read this book — I love books about people taking on challenging tasks for a year like this!!! There is a niche genre of books like these I’ve found! I’m not a great cook and I tend to abandon cookbooks very easily but I just found one that is really working for me — The Decadent Diet Cookbook by Devin Alexander. I’ve made about 5 things from it so far and they’ve all be good. The basis of the book is your favorite foods cooked in a healthier way. I like it because the recipies don’t require 400 special ingredients and she gives you good techniques for cooking that a bad cook like myself needs. I’ve found my food is tasting better — and most of the recipies are not more than 300 calories (or about 7 or 8 Weight Watchers points) which works very well for our weight loss efforts!”
• #5 – Betty and Boo’s Mom – “I tend to refer most often to Cooking Light and Every Day with Rachael Ray, as well as Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison. But, like you, I also collect WAY more recipes than I use (or ever will). Same for books. Still, I’d be delighted to win this one. (And your new policy sounds just fine … whatever makes things easier for you!)”
• #16 – Heather S – “Taste of Home is the cooking source I refer to again + again. Healthy easy good!”
• #14 – Memory – “I turn to Nigella Lawson time and again. I refer to all her cookbooks, but I’d say I flip through (and bake from!) HOW TO BE A DOMESTIC GODDESS most often. It’s such a wonderful baker’s cookbook.”
• #26 – Dag888888 – “Saveur!!!!!!”

(update 7/5/09: Jenners has won a copy of Julie and Julia on another site, so I’ve drawn a replacement … Dag888888)

(update 7/12/09: I didn’t hear back from Lynda, so I’ve drawn a replacement … Lisa at Books on the Brain)

Jenners also gets honorable mention for submitting the longest entry!

Congratulations to the winners!  Please email your mailing address to me (US/Canada only, no PO Boxes), and Hachette Book Group will send the book directly to you.  Bon Apetit!