‘Tis the time of year to be jolly but if you are a bit short of cash this year, perhaps you’d like to consider a handmade gift.
Ages ago I wrote Edible Christmas: A Treasury of Recipes for the Holidays. It is a dopey title but was well-intentioned at the time. I gathered heaps of absolutely brilliant recipes; the photography cost the earth. I just checked it out on Amazon and see you can buy it today for exactly One Cent! (A single penny!)
How depressing.
Cookbooks have a shelf life of somewhere between milk and yogurt.
Chapter One: Gifts in Jars includes these goodies:
- Four-Pepper Relish
- Five-Alarm Salsa
- Sweet and Fiery Red Pepper Chutney
- Coriander and Pumpkin Seed Pesto
- Golden Peach Butter
- Blueberry-Lemon Jam
- Microwave Lemon Curd
- Ginger-Pear Marmalade
- All-American Barbecue Sauce
- Onion-Thyme Marmalade
- A Crock of Simmering Potpourri Spices
- Rosemary-Lime Vinegar
- Walnut-Herb Olive Oil
- Several flavored vodkas
- Apricots and Prunes in Brandy…
Let me know if you would like to have any of these recipes. I’ll send them FREE!



