These Are A Few of My Favorite Things
When I was in college I would bake up, from scratch, cookies and batter breads for friends and family for holiday gifts. I had the time and energy and it was less expensive than buying mail-order products. Back then I thought it was fun to bake.
Today I’m hard pressed to find the time. I also get very stressed out when baking at home because I am highly impatient. (That's why I work in Marketing, not Operations too!) Most of all, I’d rather spend time with my family than wrestle with pots and pans.
I also have the ability to “buy time” when I purchase gourmet holiday treats. Before joining Great Harvest, my favorite destinations for mail-order gourmet foods included:
Red Envelope
Dancing Deer
La Cense Beef
They’re all outstanding retailers and provide items I personally love.
La Cense is a fun choice because they sell grass-fed beef from a beautiful ranch only a couple of miles away from our Dillon, Montana office. So it’s my “taste of Montana” holiday gesture.
Now, I’ve become a big fan of many fresh, made-from-scratch seasonal standouts like Cranberry Orange Bread, Ginger Bread, Eggnog Pound Cake, Chocolate Cherry Swirl and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip batter bread. My all-time favorite, however, is the Factoria, Washington bakery’s amazing Chocolate and Apricot Babka.
Did you give or receive a gourmet food gift this year? Tell us about it. Or did you receive something like the dreaded holiday Fruit Cake (at least it’s dreaded by me)?
Wishing you all a happy, healthy 2012!
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