And the Winner is....

Well, we'll get to that.

Before I do - just wanted to say thanks so much to everyone (except Ralph) who participated.  It was a lot of fun for me just to see all the likes and dislikes and new ideas I need to try.  If you didn't take the time to go through and read all the comments, you really should go back and do it.  I'm thinking I'll have to make some pizza tonight and try something new on top...maybe the sauerkraut - there were a couple of you who suggested that one.  Or the asparagus-spinach pesto with grilled shrimp and mozzarella that Kelli H. mentioned.  Yum. 

For the record, Alex likes pepperoni and does not like mushrooms.

Julia likes mushrooms and does not like pepperoni, even though sometimes she says she does, but then she ends up not eating it.

I have had pineapple on my pizza but I have to say it didn't thrill me.  I do, however, LOVE anchovies. 

But who really cares about that - you're here to find out who gets the book, right?  You've probably already skipped this stuff and gone right to the end where I announce the winner, and now you're just reading this part to be polite or something.  Thank you for that.

Okay.  Here's what I did.  I went through the list of comments and first of all, eliminated the one comment that came in after the midnight deadline - (sorry Crystl - by the way, pears and gorgonzola sounds pretty interesting - I may try that one soon.) AND I eliminated from the count the one second comment someone made and also the scolding comment my sister made, which was directed at Ralph.  I should have also eliminated Ralph's comment because he didn't even answer the question, he just tried to kiss up to me and that NEVER works.  (FYI, Ralph and I have been friends for a LOOOOOOOOOONG time and though he's MUCH MUCH older than I am, he behaves like the pesky little brother that I never had (thanks Mom and Dad!!), and that entitles me to roll my eyes and sound annoyed with him.  Some day I will write a post about him.  Some day.) 

Anyway.  Once I'd eliminated those few comments (not from the post, just from the tally), there were a total of 34 comments eligible.  I plugged the numbers into Random.org's cool Random Integer Generator, and it gave me the following:

True Random Number Service

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

33

Timestamp: 2008-10-03 11:12:32 UTC

That's it - number 33 is the winner, and number 33 was Angie Lou.

Congratulations, Angie Lou! 

Please email me (jayne at barefootkitchenwitch dot com) with your shipping information and I'll send you your copy of the California Pizza Kitchen Family Cookbook!

Thanks again to all who participated!  I'll be giving away another cookbook within the next week or two, so keep checking back!