Thanks to everyone for participating! Congratulations to Brent in Massachusetts for winning this month’s giveaway! Enjoy it. To those that didn’t win this month, be sure to check in next month for the next giveaway!

Staff meal, also referred to as family meal, is essential to the running of a restaurant. It’s an opportunity to bring staff together for a brief moment relaxation and refueling in preparation for the service ahead. A food writing friend of mine, Drew Starr (who recently started writing for boston.eater.com), waxed nostalgic at the mention of this month’s cookbook giveaway: “That’s the one thing I miss most about restaurant life: staff meals.”

So in honor of those meals, I’m happy to be giving away copy of Come In, We’re Close: An Invitation to Staff Meals at the World’s Best Restaurants by Jody Eddy and Christine Carroll. It includes over 100 recipes from 25 of the best restaurants in the world (Au Pied de Cochon, Mugaritz, Craigie on Main, The Fat Duck, just to name a few), and a foreward by the amazing Ferran Adrià, Director of the elBulli Foundation.

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO ENTER?

NOTE: Entries are now closed for this giveaway. 

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• Leave a comment on this page.

The more you do, the more chances you have to win! The giveaway will end at 4:00 pm EDT on Thursday, May 9th. The winner will be announced the following day.

Giveaway rules: Winner must be 18 years of age, and have a mailing address in the United States (sorry Canada, and anyone else — it’s a postage thing). Once notified, the winner must reply within 24 hours, otherwise the runner-up will be notified. The winner will be announced here, and on Twitter. Make sure you follow @foodiejournal!