Edible Traditions
Gifts from Your Kitchen
Last Updated December 07, 2021
Recipes by Claire Livia and Eagranie Yuh | Photos by Kyoko Fierro | Styling by Joanne Strongman
Making gifts does take time, but it’s time spent more enjoyably than wandering aimlessly through grumpy crowds at the mall. You’re in the comfort of home with your own music playing instead of Alvin and The Chipmunks. Your kitchen smells of figs and caramelized onions or sugar, ginger and chocolate. You’re tasting as you go. Maybe you’ve invited a few friends over for a cookie bee. You might have opened a bottle of wine. So roll up your sleeves. Sweet, savoury, boozy — we’ve got an idea for everyone on your list. Bet your friends and family will be able to taste the love you put into their gifts.
Onion, fig and walnut spread
Onions cooked until sweet and silky meet fruit, nuts, sugar and spice. The result is a beautiful spread that’s great with crackers, with cheese and most definitely with friends.
Homemade coffee liqueur
Coffee liqueur, like Kahlúa, is shockingly easy to make and less tooth-meltingly sweet than the commercial version. Use coffee that has been freshly ground for a French press — use a burr...
One-bowl salty dark chocolate ginger cookies
Is there an occasion for which homemade cookies aren’t appropriate? If there is, we certainly haven’t heard of it. The holidays are that much sweeter with these one-bowl wonders, laced with...
Slow cooker dulce de leche
In the heat of a slow cooker, condensed milk undergoes a remarkable transformation to become dulce de leche, a creamy, caramelized milk custard common in Latin America.
