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Turn cute little clementines into festive candles to grace your holiday table! All you need are some kitchen tools and matches to tackle this fun project.
One of the best resources for a last-minute gift is your local liquor store. A great bottle of Scotch or bourbon is a classic gift for nearly anyone who enjoys a glass of whiskey. But what if your intended recipient already has a well-stocked liquor cabinet, or your budget doesn’t extend to Macallan 18?
Here are 10 more offbeat or specialty bottles from the liquor store that cocktail drinkers covet and would enjoy, but may not buy for themselves.
• $25
• Buy Olympia
Here’s a gift for a music-loving friend: Measuring spoons that step down from guitar (tablespoon) to banjo, mandolin, and ukulele. They’re cast in pewter, and they would look just as good hanging in a row as measuring out baking soda.
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“Authentic Mexican Ceviche with a tomato base. This version uses shrimp, but any seafood of your choice will work.”
I know, I know, we just talked about gingerbread two weeks ago, in a biscotti, hot chocolate-dipping format. It’s too soon! I completely agree with you. But this was a request; a commenter asked if there was a way to transplant the intensity of everyone’s favorite gingerbread cake into a waffle format. Asking me this is like asking a Muppet if they like to count. I live for this; I thought you’d never ask.
True enough, the so-called gingerbread waffles I browsed on the web seemed to be in name only; pale beige specimens, softly spiced, more gingersnap than gingerthud. Proper gingerbread should make an entrance, with no restraint in the ginger or molasses department. It should be dark and a little sticky. It should either be adored or reviled; there’s rarely any middle ground. Lucky for me, my family, both young and old, cannot get enough.
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• $20
• Etsy
Twelve months, twelve tables around the world. This “smorgasbord” calendar is one of my top picks for a kitchen calendar for 2015 — love the little peeks from countries all around the world. Cuisines represented include: France, Japan, Spain, Greece, Mexico, Sweden, Australia, India, England, Germany, America, and Italy.
