Linda J. Amendt

Award-Winning Cookbook Author



New Cookbook!
Coming September 2013!












A State Fair Prizewinner
Reveals Her Secrets
with Almost 300 Recipes

Written by
Linda J. Amendt

One of America's Best
Home Canners and
Top Preserved Foods Competitor
in the Nation


Cookbooks

Gluten-Free
Coming September 2013! Over 125 delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes brings the joy of breakfast back to the gluten-free table with satisfying dishes to please the entire family.
Cookies
Blue ribbon baking authority Linda J. Amendt presents a wonderful collection of 400 recipes for all manner of delectable flavor-packed cookies, bars and squares. (576 pages)
Canning
Home canning expert and top fair competitor Linda J. Amendt shares her secrets to succesful home canning. (368 pages)
An exciting collection of new flavor-packed soft spread recipes with detailed canning instruction chapters. (304 pages)

Linda J. Amendt


Welcome!


Following years as a highly successful exhibitor in food competitions at state and county fairs throughout the country, where she won numerous special awards for her exquisite baked goods and tantalizing preserved foods, blue ribbon baking and home canning authority Linda J. Amendt has turned her talents in a new direction to share her expertise, competitive experience, and award-winning recipes with others.




Linda Amendt's Cranberry Orange Pockets
Chosen as one of the Best Cookies of 2012
by the Los Angeles Times


Cranberry Orange Pockets



Mimi's Meaningful Muffin Search
Grand Prize Winning Muffin!


Pineapple Coconut Crumb Muffins

Linda Amendt is delighted that her Pineapple Coconut Crumb Muffins were chosen as the Grand Prize Winner in the Mimi's Cafe restaurant Mimi's Meaningful Muffin Search. Over 1,500 muffin recipes were entered into the contest, which commemorated the 30th Birthday of Mimi's Cafe.

Her award-winning muffin was added to the menu as a Seasonal Feature and served in all 144 Mimi's Cafe restaurants across the United States.

For each of Linda Amendt's grand prize winning muffins sold during the promotional feature, Mimi's Cafe generously donated $1.00 to Share Our Strength, raising $40,000 to help end childhood hunger in America.




Accolades for 400 Sensational Cookies


Cordon d' Or - Gold Ribbon
International Culinary Academy Awards
Winner - Best Baking Book

Mom's Choice Awards
Gold Medal Award Winner - Cooking, Food & Wine

International Book Awards
Winner – Baking/​Bread Book
Winner – Desserts Book

National Best Books Awards
Winner - Baking/​Bread
Winner – Desserts Book

London Book Festival
Winner - Cookbooks

New York Book Festival
Winner - Best Cookbook

Los Angeles Book Festival
Winner - Cookbooks

San Francisco Book Festival
Winner - Best Cookbook

Linda Amendt's third cookbook, 400 Sensational Cookies, has received significant critical acclaim and has earned a number of book award honors.

The Cordon d' Or - Gold Ribbon Academy of the Culinary Arts announced the winners of the annual International Culinary Academy Awards, the culinary accolade of the 21st century. The Academy selected 400 Sensational Cookies as the winner of the Cookbook Academy Award for Best Baking Book.

The Mom’s Choice Awards® has named 400 Sensational Cookies among the Best in Family-Friendly Products. The Mom's Choice Awards® is known for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. 400 Sensational Cookies earned a Gold Medal Award in Cooking, Food & Wine.

It was chosen as the top book in the Baking/​Bread and Desserts Book categories at both the International Book Awards and the National Best Books Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. 400 Sensational Cookies also received top cookbook honors at the London Book Festival, New York Book Festival, Los Angeles Book Festival, and San Francisco Book Festival.

400 Sensational Cookies is packed with delicious recipes and detailed chapters on ingredients, equipment and cookie-baking techniques sure to help everyone, from novice to experienced bakers, become great cookie bakers.




Accolades for 175 Best Jams, Jellies, Marmalades
& Other Soft Spreads


Cordon d'Or - Gold Ribbon Academy of the Culinary Arts
International Culinary Academy Awards
Cookbook Academy Award Winner

National Best Books Awards
Winner - Canning & Preserving

International Book Awards
Winner – Canning & Preserving



175 Best Jams, Jellies, Marmalades & Other Soft Spreads, Linda Amendt’s second home canning cookbook, was awarded a prestigious International Culinary Academy Award for Cookbooks, the Culinary Accolade of the 21st Century, by the Cordon d'Or - Gold Ribbon Academy of the Culinary Arts. It was also chosen as the top book in the Canning & Preserving category at the National Best Books Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.

Appreciated by home canners everywhere, 175 Best Jams, Jellies, Marmalades & Other Soft Spreads focuses exclusively on all manner of new and exciting varieties and flavors of wonderful soft spreads that have uses far beyond being spread on breakfast toast.




Accolades for Blue Ribbon Preserves


IACP Cookbook Awards Finalist

Blue Ribbon Preserves: Secrets to Award-Winning Jams, Jellies, Marmalades & More, Linda Amendt's first cookbook, was chosen by the International Association Of Culinary Professionals (IACP) as a finalist for the

IACP Cookbook Awards
Julia Child Award - First Book

Blue Ribbon Preserves became an instant hit with home canners everywhere. It is a comprehensive home canning cookbook with recipes ranging from soft spreads to fruit, vegetables, sauces, pickles, vinegars and even ice cream toppings, it also reveals insider secrets to winning awards in state and county fair competitions.



To learn more about Linda J. Amendt, her baked goods and preserved foods expertise and her fair experiences, read Linda's Author Biography.


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