Well friends, it’s official… I’ve launched a new website! Those of you who visit my sites frequently will notice that my blogs recently had a pretty major “makeover.” I’ve combined my two blogs, The Shiksa in the Kitchen and The History Kitchen, into one simple easy-to-navigate website, ToriAvey.com.
I’m super excited with how it all turned out… and I’m giving away a free KitchenAid mixer to celebrate!! It’s my way of saying “thank you” for all of your support since launching the blog a few years ago. You’ve helped to grow my site into one of the most dynamic, interesting, delicious cooking communities on the web!
To enter the giveaway, simply comment below with a valid email address and let me know how you would use this KitchenAid mixer. Entering will also sign you up for my free newsletter including tasty recipes, cooking and household tips, and more! If you’re already receiving my newsletter, don’t worry, you’re still eligible. Go ahead and comment I know you’re interested in this particular giveaway… you won’t receive multiple copies of the newsletter. Winner will be chosen from the comments using a numeric randomizer.
So tell me… what will you mix up in your brand new, beautiful KitchenAid if you win??
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CONTEST CLOSED. Our winner is Matthew Hudack!
Matthew’s comment was chosen by a numeric randomizer (totally random, folks!). To those who didn’t win, don’t worry. I’ll be doing many more giveaways on the new site, stay tuned!
Tara Fields says
May 29, 2014 at 3:26 pmBread! Lots of bread! After having to go gluten free (not by choice), I’ve found that I’d rather make my own bread and other baked goods than try to find store-bought ones that taste good and have a good texture (not to mention, making my own fits in with my tight budget). But over the last year, my poor little Sunbeam mixer has taken a beating. The last time I used it, I could smell electrical burning! So I think it’s time for something with a little more hp in it. 🙂
Peggy Wayne says
May 29, 2014 at 11:52 amI’d love to try making challah.
S chilukuri says
May 29, 2014 at 8:25 amYay! I’m in!
Naomi says
May 29, 2014 at 7:00 amOh it would be a massive cookie extravaganza!!
Liz says
May 28, 2014 at 8:00 pmInitially it would look fabulous sitting on my kitchen counter! Then it used to make smooth, creamy cheesecakes and loaf upon loaf of light, fluffy, fragrant bread.
Alison G. Jenkins says
May 28, 2014 at 6:18 pmLove this site. Have enjoyed the delicious recipes that I’ve tried so far. Clear instruction and photos have been very helpful.
Jacob says
May 28, 2014 at 6:03 pmThe pretzel challah recipe that brought me here. And any other recipe I can find to feed my incredibly picky 2 year old!
Debra C says
May 28, 2014 at 2:58 pmEverything! Cookies and cakes
Sarah Beth says
May 28, 2014 at 1:41 pmFor everyday kitchen use!
Edith says
May 28, 2014 at 7:41 amBread is my first choice, then cakes and cookies. Would love to have a new KitchenAide. Have a really old one – the slowest speeds don’t even work anymore; so a new one would be great! Thanks for the give-away. And for the yummy recipes. Really appreciate the History Kitchen, as i thoroughly enjoy reading about where these old recipes originated.
Carla S says
May 28, 2014 at 12:28 amI would make divinity, amish potato bread,lemon meringue pie,rum cake,windmill cookies, and lemon sugar cookies. Congratulations on your website.
Shana says
May 28, 2014 at 12:19 amif i had a kitchen aid i’d put up some cinnamon buns or babka!!!!
Karenk says
May 27, 2014 at 8:24 pmPeanut butter chocolate chip,cookies!
Ashley Choikhit says
May 27, 2014 at 8:11 pmI love love love your blog! I have been using it for over a year now, it seems. Everyday on my work break I look up recipes and see what you have to offer. Pick me!!! If I win, I will practice baking Challah!
Marian Aurelio says
May 27, 2014 at 4:27 pmFamily Austrian pastries handed down from my mother and grandmother. My mixer just broke.
Jackie@SyrupAndBiscuits says
May 27, 2014 at 7:19 amI would love to win this beautiful mixer so I can donate to a local charity that provides help for homeless families.
Shelly Draeger says
May 27, 2014 at 4:09 amBread for sure. I am attempting to feed my family less processed food. I love to bake bread and would love to never buy store bought bread again. Love the tradition of kneading by hand but to bake “in bulk” a mixer would be handy.
Shailesh Salelkar says
May 26, 2014 at 11:58 pmHere in India a Kitchen aid mixer is used in bakery for professional use. Hence I always wanted one. It will facilitate my job in the kitchen. It will be a great help in making Cakes, cookies, breads and what not? I really need one. Thanks Tori.
Talya says
May 26, 2014 at 8:57 pmWow, what WOULDN’T I mix up in it?! My 11yr old Bosch mixer is currently broken so I’ve been baking small batches of everything by hand. Pretty annoying! And I love red, so this would definitely motivate me to bake more! I’d probably start with a nice batch of almond biscotti though. Or challah…
Stacy Z says
May 26, 2014 at 7:29 pmbaking sweets with my little ones!
Mark W Pillor says
May 26, 2014 at 6:46 pmCookies and bread
ashley says
May 26, 2014 at 5:03 pmMy baby’s first birthday cake! <33 Fingers crossed.
Amy P says
May 26, 2014 at 2:00 pmI would love to make bread but without a mixer, I can not knead the dough.
Winnie says
May 26, 2014 at 1:52 pmI would use it to make lots and lots of cakes and flavored whipped creams.
Lisa says
May 26, 2014 at 1:27 pmI just had my bridal shower and was gifted many old recipes from all of my friends and family, including blueberry lemon cake, mandelbrot, and many other wonderful recipes from generations past. Would love to use the mixer to try them all out.
Lianna says
May 26, 2014 at 12:34 pmI would make a meringue~!
Lew Nitkin says
May 26, 2014 at 12:03 pmI bake challah by hand weekly and would love to own this mixer.
Thank you.
Diane says
May 26, 2014 at 11:50 amI would make a double recipe of one of my biscotti cookies or a cake for the next family member’s or friend’s birthday. I love love love baking!!
Dorine Houston says
May 26, 2014 at 11:25 amMy late husband gave me a beautiful Kitchenaid mixer. A few years after he died, Imoved to FL, and my beloved mixer broke in the move, beyond repair. I really miss it, but the pension I live on doesn’t allow for buying such expensive equipment any more. If I win, I will use it to make all kinds of baked goods! I regularly cook contributions for parish meal events, which we have every week and sometimes more often.
Susan K. Benesch says
May 26, 2014 at 9:56 ambrownie and chocolate cakes and many other treats 🙂 Thank you for this grand give away.
Heather Hauser says
May 26, 2014 at 8:23 amSo many things. Ermine frosting would probably be first!
Suzanne Brown says
May 26, 2014 at 7:57 amI’d mix everything. I have an old hand mixer I use. It’s avocado color. Or I mix by hand.
Breads, carrot cake, what ever.
Faiga says
May 26, 2014 at 6:58 amLots of baking!
amy kriveloff says
May 26, 2014 at 6:54 amTori, Your website is awesome! Best rugelach…everyone loves it! If I am a winner I plan to bake, bake bake!
Kelly says
May 26, 2014 at 6:50 amHomemade pasta, pizza dough , sausages!
James Lindley says
May 26, 2014 at 6:08 amI’m the baker in our house, so I’d use it for cakes, and for kneading bread dough.
Wendy Valzano says
May 26, 2014 at 6:07 amI will start making homemade bread in it for my family! So we can start eating healthier!
Thank you and have a GREAT Memorial Day to you and your family!
Margaret Anne @ Natural Chow says
May 26, 2014 at 5:39 amMeringue and cream puffs!
Sharon says
May 26, 2014 at 5:33 amCheesecake for Shavuos. Only a Kitchen Aid can handle all that cream cheese!
Jen says
May 25, 2014 at 8:27 pmBreads, cookies, cakes and more!
Audrey says
May 25, 2014 at 8:22 pmIi would use the mixer to.learn to cook and make my own bread.Or I would give it to my daughter for. Her 7th anniversary. Since she likes cooking
Lydia says
May 25, 2014 at 8:21 pmI’d make a pound cake first, then the sky would be the limit!!
Audrey says
May 25, 2014 at 8:21 pmIi would use the mixer to.learn to cook and make my own bread.
Marianne says
May 25, 2014 at 7:48 pmLove the hummingbird cake recipe….thanks!
Miri Winkler says
May 25, 2014 at 7:26 pmLove your many fabulous recipes , you make it very easy to follow. Would love to have a blue Kitchenaid mixer.
Shirlee Morris says
May 25, 2014 at 7:21 pmBreads to welcome new neighbors, cakes for my friends and loved ones, and especially cream cheese and butter frosting (I make this a lot!).
Dave Schwartz says
May 25, 2014 at 7:07 pmHi Tori…Thanks for your last update about that contest app. I had several problems with it.
I tried another of your recipes out….spinach dip. It got RAVE reviews. Virtually everything I have tried on your site has been a HUGE hit!
Diane G says
May 25, 2014 at 6:54 pmGrandma Flossie Rolls…the wonderful dinner roll recipe from my husband’s dear grandma Florence May.
Rebecca E says
May 25, 2014 at 6:32 pmlove your recipes – Thank you
Crystal Crow says
May 25, 2014 at 5:38 pmI love to bake and try new recipes all the time and have even started trying a couple of yours! I recently got a few chickens so I’ve been planning on baking a lot more with all the eggs I’m going to have. Plus I’ve been wanting to make my own dog treats and a kitchenaid would be a great help with the dough for the biscuits. My friend has one and it’s amazing how much she can do with it, I’d use it everyday for all sorts of goodies and meals!
Nancy Bucenec says
May 25, 2014 at 5:12 pmI would try new recipes!
Kimberly Morgan says
May 25, 2014 at 4:50 pmI would use the mixer for all my favorite recipes that require mixed ingredients.
Mashugana says
May 25, 2014 at 4:15 pmI would love a Kitchen Aide mixer and use it as palette for my creations. I make a wild zucchini cake without flour and this might be better than the hand mixer.
Enjoyment for me is to make food for others and just surprise them, so this would be a tremendous win.
Whomever wins will enjoy it and it would be great if they post their creation.
Karen Ostrom says
May 25, 2014 at 4:13 pmI would use this to make cakes, cookies, pizza and doughnut doughs and lets not forget pies, and I’d have to use it to make homemade salsa
Louise Kuhl says
May 25, 2014 at 4:05 pmOMG,, I’ve wanted one of these for so long. Here’s hoping.
Janet R says
May 25, 2014 at 3:56 pmI would make chocolate chip cookies. Yum!
K. Stone says
May 25, 2014 at 3:45 pmWe have a family of 7 and they all love to cook. One has a favorite vegan blitz casserole she says would be a snap with a new mixer and another claims she needs it for all of her cookies. The boys want to try new bean burger recipes, while I think some nice whole grain bread would work nicely. The husband chimed in with a vote for creamy garlic potatoes! So in this home it would definitely get a workout!
Melissa Lawler says
May 25, 2014 at 3:13 pmI want to try my hand at gluten free bread.
Chrik says
May 25, 2014 at 2:56 pmCongrats on the new website, it looks great! I would probably make cookies first…
Kathryn says
May 25, 2014 at 2:51 pmA loaf of cinnamon bread!
Elisabeth says
May 25, 2014 at 2:46 pmChallah and any thing I can. I just moved in to my new house and don’t have a mixer right now and am mixing everything by hand.So this would be awesome!
EllenCF says
May 25, 2014 at 2:37 pmTo make my Mother’s sponge cake… sigh ….
Barbara says
May 25, 2014 at 2:33 pmI really like to “whip” ground beef before I make hamburger patties. This makes the meat very tender and juicy. This is only 1 of the many ways I would use this mixer!
katrina simmons says
May 25, 2014 at 2:29 pmWith a new KitchenAid mixer I would make pie dough for dozens of quiches (roasted red pepper & cauliflower, cheese and broccoli, smoked salmon & dill, pumpkin) to fill my aging in-laws’ freezer so there will always be something for them for dinner.
Lee says
May 25, 2014 at 2:05 pmHummingbird cake looks delicious
Evelyn Behar says
May 25, 2014 at 1:35 pmChallah dough all the way, for the challah baking classes I host in my apartment!!!
Julie Levitt says
May 25, 2014 at 1:31 pmIf I won the KitchenAid Mixer I would make my mother’s sweet apple challah to share with everyone.
Sam says
May 25, 2014 at 1:10 pmI have had 2 carpal tunnel surgeries in my right hand and I miss fresh bread. I am 30 miles form a market soooooo I will use it to make bread!
Mae says
May 25, 2014 at 12:56 pmI want to make the lemon poppy seed Bundt cake recipe you posted a couple months ago!
Pam Henderson says
May 25, 2014 at 12:50 pmI have a Chef friend that retired to the Philippines and started a program to feed undernourished children there. He recently told me that a kitchenaid would be worth it’s weight in gold to him but sadly, neither of us can afford it. Winning this would be an amazing blessing just when it’s needed. I put his website in the optional URL line.
Kristi Ellsworth says
May 25, 2014 at 12:46 pmI live in a remote village in Alaska with no road access or grocery store. We moved here last summer and since then I have learned how to make lots of things I never thought I would even try. We make all of our bread, yogurt (from powdered milk), crackers, tortillas, and many other things I NEVER dreamed I would make at home. I would use this everyday to continue to fill our kitchen with delicious food!
Dottie Sauchelli Balin says
May 25, 2014 at 12:45 pmHi Tory, Nice to meet you. I enjoyed looking through your blog, very nicley done. If I win I would love to make the dough for homemade pasta, breads, so many things I can’t do on my old mix master. Thank you for this opportunity to win this fabulous mixer. 🙂