Title: Christmas Cookies Are for Giving
Recipes, Stories, and Tips for Making Heartwarming Gifts
Author: Kristin Johnson and Mimi Cummins
ISBN: 0972347399
The following review was contributed by: CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON &CLICK TO VIEW
Carolyn Howard-Johnson's Reviews
Christmas Cookies Are for Giving is a collaborative effort that is pure magic. If it is used enthusiastically, it will make your kitchen smell like the holidays, your family happy and your Christmas gifts sing songs of good will.
Kristin Johnson and Mimi Cummins have put together the perfect gift for stocking stuffers, your baby sitter, your beautician and—if you live in California—your pool service guys. (Men are doing more cooking and if they haven’t tried the creativity of baking, maybe you should encourage them.)
This little book is very complete. It includes packing tips and hints on presentation. It includes baking tips for the beginner with a few even an expert might not know. My favorite is the chapter that tells how to put cookie making “kits” in a jar so that the receiver can whip up a batch of cookies any time the other holiday gifts of food have been consumed. It is a delight to see the brown sugar, chocolate chips, and flour
layered like the sand paintings kids make in the third grade. The bottles can be decorated. These might be the least expensive and the most welcome gifts you give this Christmas.
Oh! As an author whose own story-telling book has won three awards, I must tell you that this book also includes tales—short inspirations might be a better term, I promise you they are creatively told by a writer with a knack for nostalgia.
(Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s book of stories, Harkening, also includes a Christmas
story or two. They’re part of the way the author explores how fiction permeates
nonfiction. Learn more at http://carolynhowardjohnson.com. )
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