Sat 19 Dec 2009
Every year I take great pride and joy in putting together my gift boxes for family, friends and colleagues. I always like to go with a theme. One year it was coffee and nostalgic candy, the next it was apothecary jars and travel. This year I wanted to go more simple with handmade goods rather than buying wine or chocolate like some of the past years. I wanted a down home Southern feel. However, simple went flying out the door as quickly as it came when I put my ideas on paper and got into the kitchen.
This year I scoured the big wine houses for wooden wine boxes for my delivery apparatus. Below is a list of some of the things I made that went into the boxes. I mixed and matched so everyone had a different combos and it was designed to the person or a group if they work in an office with lots of people to share.
Walnut Banana Bread in a mason jar (Staple, everyone got this)
Herb Bread (Sage, Fennel, Basil, Dill, Thyme, Herbes de Provence, Sun-Dried Tomato and Olive)
Chili Oil
Peaches in Rum
Spiced Cider
Praline Syrup
Maple Walnut Syrup
Vanilla Peach Syrup
Cherry Almond Syrup
Port Wine Jelly
Christmas Berry Jelly
Strawberry Preserves
Blueberry Marmalade
Here are some photos of how they turned out. The next post will be on the Bourbon Infusions and homebrew!
December 19th, 2009 at 2:31 am
I feel confident to say that I have yet to see someone put more effort than Victor in making gifts for his Family, Friends, and Colleagues.
I am going to try to become a member of his Family, and his Friend, and his Colleague, so that I can score all three types of gifts
December 19th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Wow! Great job! Those are awesome.
December 19th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
INCROYABLE !!!
These gifts are A-MA-ZING !
But where is the “charcuterie” ?
Happy Holidays… Bonnes fêtes de fin d’année
December 20th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
I wanted the Charcuterie so bad but I couldn’t pull it together. That will be the theme next year, I’ll have an entire year to perfect my skills!
December 29th, 2009 at 6:28 am
very very well done! my favorite: thoughtful, kind, homespun & beautiful
happy holidays! warmly, -melanie-
December 30th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Wow! This is incredible and very thoughtful. They’re very lucky to have you as family, friend, colleague.
January 5th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
These are so creative. Very impressive!
January 14th, 2010 at 9:32 am
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January 15th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
These are breathtaking!!!
Can I ask, where you find the bottle/jars that store the cider and oil, for example?
January 15th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
The glass flasks were from Crate and Barrel and I also used some recycled Bourbon bottles.