Jewish Holiday Style by RITA MILOS BROWNSTEIN

Author:RITA MILOS BROWNSTEIN
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1999-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

This page: Stylish and crisp, the Chinese takeout box makes a major statement, filled to the brim with the makings of a Chinese feast.

Opposite page: Use different pots and containers to create our shalach manot garden basket. Using the assembly-line method makes short work of filling, adding accents, and labeling gift baskets.

Personalize Purim. There’s a theme for everybody on your list, and everything’s a potential container—just think of your recipients’ special interests. Children.? Plastic sand buckets, goldfish bowls, sombreros, bright-colored storage totes. For grown-ups, kitchen crocks for the cook. Tote bags for the day-tripper. A wine cooler for the entertainer. Big plastic popcorn bowls for armchair athletes. You get the idea.

Note what goes inside, too. For children, more small toys and portable snack foods, like pressed fruit sheets, juices, sugarless gum, and boxes of raisins. Seniors would appreciate more fruit and readybaked goods. And a bachelor will thank you a thousand times for some home-cooked food. It is customary to tuck a small bottle of grape juice into each basket, so stock up when your stores have specials, no matter what time of year. And since a simple half mask looks festive threaded through your wrapping ribbon, stock up the day after Halloween.

Creative themes for shalach manot packages take much less work than you’d think. Our theme for the hedotted look on the left is “Things That Go Pop.” Start thinking “pop” and you’ll come up with lollypops, popcorn in some form, PopTarts, bubble gum, champagne, or sparkling grape juice (the cork pops), bubble soap, and English crackers that pop when the end is pulled, spilling more goodies. We used inexpensive cardboard ice buckets from the party supply store, decorated with round yard sale stickers and colored with bright markers. Fill the buckets with shredded or wadded tissue paper, or try shiny Mylar. Add a mini Mylar balloon on a stick for your gift tag—we’ve sprayed ours hot pink, then added more sticker dots and the recipient’s name and greeting.

On this page, our 100 percent natural basket makes a nice gift for your favorite Earth Week organizer, mountain climber, or lover of all things organic. Start with a twig basket and fill with straw or raffia (from the craft store). Make a foray to the health food store and stock up on basket fillers that include trail mixes, bottled waters or natural juices, dried figs, apricots, or long papaya spears. Add a satisfying selection of whole-wheat crackers, carrot or pita chips, and a nice jug of pure maple syrup. Use textured, recycled paper or sturdy oak tag for your message and gift wrap.

If you’ve never tried the shrink-wrap trick, now’S the time. Get a professionally finished look by draping your finished basket with this special cellophane wrap that is activated by your blow-dryer. Ask for it at your local craft store—it couldn’t be easier to get a truly pro finish.

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