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Northbrook, IL – From October 15 through November 15, 2024, Prime Publishing hosted its fourth annual Card Drive for Veterans through its webs
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RecipeLion Cookbook Featured in Relish Magazine
Northbrook, IL—RecipeLion’s The Lighten Up Cookbook was featured in the May 2019 issue of Relish Magazine. In an article entitled “Super Summer Kickoff,” the magazine shared recipes ideal for Memorial Day and chose RecipeLion’s 9-Layer Salad to be included in that spread. The recipe was also featured on Parade.com.
The Lighten Up Cookbook is part of a series of 11 cookbooks published by RecipeLion and St. Martin’s Press. The most recent two books, Festive Holiday Recipes and Cake!, were published in October 2018.
The 103 cookbook series is authored by Chef Addie Gundry. She earned her Master’s Degree in Culinary Arts from Auguste Escoffier in France, won Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen in 2015 and has also appeared on Food Network Star. Chef Addie has also worked with big names in food and cooking, such as Christian Etienne, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Martha Stewart and is now bringing that expertise to aspiring chefs.
Gundry is currently the face of the RecipeLion Cooking Club, launched in December 2018, where she teaches aspiring cooks her tried-and-true cooking secrets in a series of video classes and downloadable cookbooks. A new cooking class is released each week. The cooking club will also be launching RecipeLion Magazine in May.
RecipeLion Cookbook Featured in Relish Magazine
Northbrook, IL—RecipeLion’s The Lighten Up Cookbook was featured in the May 2019 issue of Relish Magazine. In an article entitled “Super Summer Kickoff,” the magazine shared recipes ideal for Memorial Day and chose RecipeLion’s 9-Layer Salad to be included in that spread. The recipe was also featured on Parade.com.
The Lighten Up Cookbook is part of a series of 11 cookbooks published by RecipeLion and St. Martin’s Press. The most recent two books, Festive Holiday Recipes and Cake!, were published in October 2018.
The 103 cookbook series is authored by Chef Addie Gundry. She earned her Master’s Degree in Culinary Arts from Auguste Escoffier in France, won Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen in 2015 and has also appeared on Food Network Star. Chef Addie has also worked with big names in food and cooking, such as Christian Etienne, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Martha Stewart and is now bringing that expertise to aspiring chefs.
Gundry is currently the face of the RecipeLion Cooking Club, launched in December 2018, where she teaches aspiring cooks her tried-and-true cooking secrets in a series of video classes and downloadable cookbooks. A new cooking class is released each week. The cooking club will also be launching RecipeLion Magazine in May.
Prime Publishing, LLC’s Cake Cookbook Makes IndieBound’s Bestseller List
Northbrook, IL—Prime Publishing, LLC’s most recent cookbook release, Festive Holiday Recipes: 103 Must-Make Dishes for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve Everyone Will Love, made the list of IndieBound’s 25 best-selling holiday cooking and entertaining cookbooks for 2018. The list showcases what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide and covered an eight-week period, ending on December 2, 2018. Other cookbooks on the list included Joanna Gaines’s Magnolia Table, Taste of Home’s Christmas cookbook, Thug Kitchen, and more.
Festive Holiday Recipes is the eleventh book in the 103 cookbook series, published in partnership with St. Martin’s Griffin. Other titles include Cake!, Retro Recipes from the ’50s and ’60s, Easy Cookie Recipes, and more. Festive Holiday Recipes and Cake! were both published in October 2018.
The author of the cookbooks is Chef Addie Gundry. She earned her Master’s Degree in Culinary Arts from Auguste Escoffier in France, won Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen in 2015 and has also appeared on Food Network Star. Chef Addie has also worked with big names in food and cooking, such as Christian Etienne, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Martha Stewart and is now bringing that expertise to aspiring chefs.
Gundry is currently the face of the RecipeLion Cooking Club, launched in December 2018, where she teaches aspiring cooks her tried-and-true cooking secrets in a series of video classes and downloadable cookbooks. A new cooking class is released each week.
RecipeLion Cooking Club’s Addie Gundry Featured on Hallmark Channel
Northbrook, IL—RecipeLion’s own Addie Gundry visited Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family show to share her recipe for Bacon and Cheddar Quiche on March 8, 2019. She chatted with hosts Debbie Matenopoulos and Cameron Mathison about her culinary journey and new adventures as a chef with a young baby. Check out the video here!
The recipe Gundry presented on the show was featured as part of the RecipeLion Cooking Club, a venture launched in late 2018 where participants have access to a library of cooking classes and accompanying eCookbooks with a new class and eCookbook every week. The Cooking Club is taught by Executive Producer and professionally trained chef Addie Gundry who shares her top tips and tricks for cooking and entertaining. Classes range from beginner level, such as Basic Knife Skills, to seasonal to unique, like How to Make Sushi.
Gundry is also the author of a series of 11 cookbooks produced with St. Martin’s Griffin, an imprint of Macmillan. The most recent books, Cake! and Festive Holiday Recipes, were published in October 2018. She earned her Master’s Degree in Culinary Arts from Auguste Escoffier in France, won Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen in 2015 and has also appeared on Food Network Star. Chef Addie has also worked with big names in food and cooking, such as Christian Etienne, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Martha Stewart and is now bringing that expertise to aspiring chefs.
Prime Publishing Receives Honorable Mentions at Email Hero Awards
Northbrook, IL – Prime Publishing received two Honorable Mentions in Return Path’s first-ever Email Hero Awards program, announced on February 13th. Out of more than 50 submissions, Prime Publishing was selected for awards in two categories: Best Winback Campaign and Best Offer Email.
The Best Offer Email was produced by Prime Publishing’s Marketing Department. It featured a promotion of I Like Crochet’s New Year’s Super Sale and featured a GIF, a short creative to reduce scrolling, a prominent call-to-action. These features led the email to generate 274 orders for the premium content magazine.
The Best Winback Campaign was also produced by Prime Publishing’s Marketing Department. It featured an email sent to readers encouraging them to stay subscribed to Prime’s newsletters. The focal point of the campaign was a photo of a sad-looking puppy dog, with the copy ‘It’s been a while since we’ve heard from you! Would you like to continue receiving emails from us?’.
The Email Hero Awards were selected by a judging panel consisting of four Return Path email experts and a member of the Email Experience Council (eec) Member Advisory Committee. Other brands and companies among the winning submissions included AARP, Frontier Airlines, Mercedes-Benz USA, and SPCA International.
Return Path is the world’s leading email data solutions provider and an expert in email deliverability. They work with email service providers to help email marketers drive better response and increase revenue.
Prime Publishing Hosts Security Blankets Charity Drive
From November 16 – December 17, 2018, Prime Publishing hosted a Security Blankets Charity Drive through its website AllFreeCrochetAfghanPatterns.com. Prime partnered with Project Linus, an organization that donates handmade blankets to sick and traumatized children, while Lorna’s Laces, a Chicago-based yarn company, sponsored the drive. Prime Publishing received 111 handmade blankets from nearly every state in the Union, thanks to AFCAP’s generous and talented readers.
“This charity drive was my first at Prime,” said Jaji Hammer, the drive’s organizer and AFCAP’s newest editor. “I didn’t know quite what to expect, given blankets can take a while to make, whether you’re crocheting, knitting, or sewing. But the blankets just poured in! I’m so beyond grateful for Prime’s community of crafters!”
Hammer worked closely with one of Project Linus’ local chapter coordinator’s, Judi Goldman, who has run the North Chicago, IL chapter for decades, and has facilitated disbursement of many of the over 170,000 blanket donations it has received.
“Last week, Jaji Hammer brought 111 of the most beautiful handmade blankets to my home,” said Goldman. “Each one is beautifully handmade with lively colors and cozy patterns. One hundred and eleven children will be comforted by these blankets, as well as their family, friends, and medical staff.”
And, as an added bonus for the crafters who donated blankets, each was entered to win a beautiful yarn bundle giveaway from Lorna’s Laces worth $50.
Prime Publishing and Project Linus plan to collaborate annually on this charitable endeavor, and strive to collect more and more blankets each year. Goldman said, “We are so grateful to Prime Publishing, their staff, and all of the crafters who donated their time, talent, and love to make blankets for the children Project Linus serves.”
And we at Prime are so grateful for Project Linus.
For more information on Project Linus, click here.
Prime Publishing Participates in Letters to Santa Program
In December 2018, Prime Publishing participated in the annual Chicago Sun-Times’ Letters to Santa program, which collects toys for under-served children around the Chicagoland area. Each year, thousands of elementary and daycare students from all religious backgrounds write letters to Santa, asking the jolly old elf for Christmas presents. And each year, the Sun-Times reviews those letters and sends them to individuals and companies that sign up to act as “elves” to help fulfill the children’s wishes. The Sun-Times sent Prime 15 letters from a daycare located in Garfield Park, an under-served community on Chicago’s west side, and Prime employees got busy buying toys for the children. The Prime Christmas tree certainly looked very festive once everyone nestled their wrapped gifts beneath its boughs!
“It’s such a happy sight!” Jaji Hammer, Editor, said upon seeing all the presents piled high. As she examined the beautiful wrapping, she remarked, “Everyone wrote their kids the sweetest, encouraging letters from ‘Santa’!”
Many at Prime also donated money directly to the Sun-Times’ Empty Stocking Fund which uses the funds to purchase gifts where needed.
“I am so grateful for your partnership and support,” said Nykia Wright, Interim CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times, and Trustee of the Chicago Sun-Times Charity Trust. “Because of your generosity, we were able to give a gift to every single child who wrote a note to Santa this year.”
Together with thousands of other generous individual participants and companies around Chicago, Prime employees helped make 11,596 wishes come true!
Prime Publishing plans to make this charity event a yearly endeavor so we can help even more deserving children next Christmas!
Interested in participating in the Letters to Santa program? Click here for more information.
Prepare for Winter Weather with Our Free Patterns
NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Survive Winter Storm Harper and make progress on your New Year’s resolutions at the same time with the help of AllFreeCrochet and AllFreeKnitting’s free pattern library.
Winter Storm Harper is expected to bring a lot of snow to a large area of the country through the weekend, and the Midwest is gearing up for it. Winter storm watches and warnings and winter weather advisories have been posted by the National Weather Service from South Dakota eastward through the southern Great Lakes and into the Northeast. Cities included in the winter storm watches or warnings include Chicago, Milwaukee, Boston, Hartford, Providence, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland and Des Moines.
Winter weather advisories and warnings are also posted throughout the Mountain West, which will feel the effects of Harper on Thursday.
Forecasters are urging residents to take precautions, including wearing layers and a hat and gloves. For those of you that might want to make your own hat or gloves, check out the free pattern library at AllFreeCrochet.com and AllFreeKnitting.com. Whether you’re looking to stay warm, learn a new skill, or improve your health, these free knit and crochet patterns can help! Recent studies have found people who participate in arts and crafts such as knitting and crochet “feel happier, calmer, and more energetic the next day.” The healing benefits range from simply calming you down and easing your stress to potentially relieving depression and reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists now believe that “crafts, such as crocheting, can help stimulate that dopamine release to allow us to feel happier and better about ourselves.”
Visit AllFreeKnitting and AllFreeCrochet to find a variety of free pattern inspiration from expert designers and top yarn companies including Kristi Simpson, Heidi Gustad, Red Heart Yarn, and more. Patterns feature high resolution color photographs and step-by-step instructions; some include helpful video tutorials so you can follow along as you go.
AllFreeKnitting and AllFreeCrochet’s free pattern library includes:
Beginner’s Crochet Scarf – video tutorial!
100 Free Crochet Patterns for Winter: Hats, Scarves, Blankets, and More
Winter Wonderland: 17 Winter Patterns to Crochet – free eBook!
Winter Cable Knit Beanie – video tutorial!
13 Knit Hat Patterns for the Winter
Knit Super Scarves: 12 Free Patterns
PLUS: Health Benefits of Knitting and Health Benefits of Crochet
Prepare for Winter Weather with Our Free Patterns
NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Survive Winter Storm Harper and make progress on your New Year’s resolutions at the same time with the help of AllFreeCrochet and AllFreeKnitting’s free pattern library.
Winter Storm Harper is expected to bring a lot of snow to a large area of the country through the weekend, and the Midwest is gearing up for it. Winter storm watches and warnings and winter weather advisories have been posted by the National Weather Service from South Dakota eastward through the southern Great Lakes and into the Northeast. Cities included in the winter storm watches or warnings include Chicago, Milwaukee, Boston, Hartford, Providence, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland and Des Moines.
Winter weather advisories and warnings are also posted throughout the Mountain West, which will feel the effects of Harper on Thursday.
Forecasters are urging residents to take precautions, including wearing layers and a hat and gloves. For those of you that might want to make your own hat or gloves, check out the free pattern library at AllFreeCrochet.com and AllFreeKnitting.com. Whether you’re looking to stay warm, learn a new skill, or improve your health, these free knit and crochet patterns can help! Recent studies have found people who participate in arts and crafts such as knitting and crochet “feel happier, calmer, and more energetic the next day.” The healing benefits range from simply calming you down and easing your stress to potentially relieving depression and reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists now believe that “crafts, such as crocheting, can help stimulate that dopamine release to allow us to feel happier and better about ourselves.”
Visit AllFreeKnitting and AllFreeCrochet to find a variety of free pattern inspiration from expert designers and top yarn companies including Kristi Simpson, Heidi Gustad, Red Heart Yarn, and more. Patterns feature high resolution color photographs and step-by-step instructions; some include helpful video tutorials so you can follow along as you go.
AllFreeKnitting and AllFreeCrochet’s free pattern library includes:
Beginner’s Crochet Scarf – video tutorial!
100 Free Crochet Patterns for Winter: Hats, Scarves, Blankets, and More
Winter Wonderland: 17 Winter Patterns to Crochet – free eBook!
Winter Cable Knit Beanie – video tutorial!
13 Knit Hat Patterns for the Winter
Knit Super Scarves: 12 Free Patterns
PLUS: Health Benefits of Knitting and Health Benefits of Crochet
Prime Publishing Launches RecipeLion Cooking Club
Northbrook, IL—Prime Publishing, LLC recently launched its newest premium product with the RecipeLion Cooking Club with Chef Addie Gundry. The RecipeLion Cooking Club features a library of videos on a variety of cooking topics from how to cook a chicken to hosting a ladies’ lunch. Each cooking class is about 25 minutes long and includes a printable eCookbook with all of the recipes. Select classes also offer helpful infographics to hang up on the fridge. A new class will be added each week.
The RecipeLion Cooking Club is led by Chef Addie Gundry, RecipeLion’s executive producer and the author of RecipeLion’s 103 Recipes cookbook series, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and in bookstores everywhere. She earned her Master’s Degree in Culinary Arts from Auguste Escoffier in France, won Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen in 2015, and has also appeared on Food Network Star. Chef Addie has also worked with big names in food and cooking, such as Christian Etienne, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Martha Stewart and is now bringing that expertise to aspiring chefs.
Users have the opportunity to test-drive the cooking club free for 7 days prior to becoming a member. A membership costs $4.97/month, billed annually, and includes complete access to the library of cooking classes as well as notifications about each new class that’s added. Classes are also sorted into collections, so members who are interested in a specific topic can explore every angle.
Potential members can check out the site now to sign up for their 7-day free trial.