Entries from The Amateur Gourmet tagged with 'gifts'
Food Gifts
I really didn't want to write any more about my birthday--two posts were enough, don't you think?--but then there was this quasi-surprise party (I knew there was going to be a party (it was at our apartment, so we had to clean) but I didn't know who was coming) and Craig told everyone to bring an interesting food gift. So how could I not blog about that? Especially when my friend Josh made the cake you see above: that's the Sweet & Salty Cake from the "Baked" book (which I bought Josh for HIS birthday). It's a crazy cake: it's chocolaty and salty and at first the salt hits you and you're like "wha?!" but then you're like "ooooh" and, finally, "ahhh."...
Holiday Bounty
When it comes to gift-giving, it's good to have a thing. Those without a thing are hard to buy gifts for: you choose between scarves and candles and ponder the merits of fuchsia vs. chartreuse or hyacinth vs. gardenia. But when someone has a thing, you just get them something that fits their thing. Like shopping for Bono or Michael Jordan or Sigfried & Roy--you buy them music, basketballs and magic trick sets, of course; and everyone's happy. And those that have a thing can buy stuff for other people based on their own thing: like Bono can make you a mix tape, Michael Jordan can give you Air Jordans, and Sigfried & Roy can give you a white tiger. Having a thing is awesome....
