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for gourmands “Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Toast the host with champagne bear candies available in variety packs or individual boxes, $32, GJ Andrews (p 28); Add a festive red hue to cocktails with small batch strawberry shrubs by local mix masters Abiding Citizen, $22, Public General Store (p 18); Fresh blueberry perogies put a sweet twist on a local favourite, $8/dozen, Perogy Planet (p 28); This gourmet mustard collection is a good cook’s best kept secret, Smak Dab, $9.99 each, Red River Co-op (p 28); This fun chef assistant by Rocket Design plays triple duty as a spoon rest, holder and lid raiser, $13.98, The Paper Gallery (p 36). ciao! / dec/jan / two thousand seventeen 15