This weekend has been packed with parties –3 to be exact. First, we held my younger son’s birthday party Saturday. He turned 9 in early April, so it was about time. Given that we had baseball every single weekend from March until this one, it was our first opportunity to hold a party for him and he was more than thrilled.
Next (and pictured above) was my first book party. We held it at our house for friends and family Saturday night and it was super fun. We served several dessert dishes from the book including the Double Chocolate Cherry Cookies which I’m sharing with you here!
Finally, tonight we have our year end baseball party for my older son’s all star team; thankfully, we are not hosting that one. Their season was “never ending” as they made it all the way through the district tournament undefeated, on to the state championships, ultimately taking that title. J’s baseball season starts up again in 2 weeks –he is on 4 teams this year and very busy boy!
I’m getting ready for New York as I’ll be doing several book signing events there in a week and a half. Hope to see you around!
Suzanne Banfield says
Congratulations on the book, Elana – it is just beautiful! I’ve just received my Honeyville almond flour so now I can try all the recipes I’ve bookmarked. Have fun on the tour.
Suzanne
Mary Beth Fifer says
Congratulations Elana on your new book. I remember those beginning recipes. I so miss your boys. Please say hello to them from me.
~M says
Mazal tov to you and your beautiful family!
Diane-The WHOLE Gang says
Congratulations on all of the events surrounding your book. Enjoy them all, take lots of photos, take in all of the praise and keep your loved ones close so they will keep you grounded. My son made your chocolate chip cookies and they were great. We’re going to make more and freeze for lunches. Hope that works. We also made the pancakes from your book and they didn’t last long enough to freeze. It’s been so long since I’ve had a good tasting pancake. Every recipe from the book has been great. We’re eating our way through your cookbook and loving it!
GF Grannie says
Way to go Elana. Sounds like you had a great weekend. And sounds like New York will be fast and furious. Hope your book sells like hotcakes!
I plan on getting mine this week, if they haven’t sold out. Wouldn’t that be great though!!!!
Rachel says
Glad to hear of your success, Elana. I just made the Scones from you cookbook and they are delish! I didn’t have any chocolate on hand so I used raisins. Yum!!
donna says
elana..i just got your book and i LOVE it! awesome recipes and most of them are pretty easy
great work
donna ;-)
VeggieGirl says
Busy, busy!! But all sounds fun :)
gfe-gluten free easily says
Wow, that’s certainly a lot of partying! Sounds like a lot of fun though. :-) And, I’m sure your son loved having his birthday celebration extended. Congrats on all your book success, Elana! I know the tour will go really well.
Shirley
Alisa - Frugal Foodie says
Congratulations Elana!