A DIY Gift Basket: Homemade Mulled Wine

A DIY Gift Basket: Homemade Mulled Wine
Who wouldn't want to curl up with a fragrant mug of vino—especially one fortified with spirits and fruit, laced with cinnamon and spice? Sokor Space/Shutterstock
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During this season of giving, keep your gifts rich and real with homemade and locally sourced products, foraged decorations, and repurposed items. A gift need not be pricey or fancy, and when it’s homemade, it conveys a personal, meaningful touch. Look to your community and Mother Nature for inspiration.

There’s an abundance of natural gifts and decor outside our doors and growing right under our feet. Seek out artisanal and handmade items, homemade food and drink, garden citrus and clipped branches, kitchen spices, and Mason jars to converge, inspire, and create thoughtful gifts for friends and family.

Lynda Balslev
Lynda Balslev
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Lynda Balslev is a cookbook author, food and travel writer, and recipe developer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives with her Danish husband, two children, a cat, and a dog. Balslev studied cooking at Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris and worked as a personal chef, culinary instructor, and food writer in Switzerland and Denmark. Copyright 2025 Lynda Balslev. Distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication.
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