Food Swap

Specialty Recipes for Bartering, Sharing, and Giving - Including the World's Best Salted Caramel Sauce Part cookbook, part how-to guide, 'Food Swap' features more than 80 recipes for artisanal items that will be coveted at food swaps and adored as gifts, including everything from salted caramel sauce and Meyer lemon curd to green tomato salsa, lavender shortbread, cultured butter, apricot jalapeño jelly, and rum vanilla extract. You'll also find creative ways to irresistibly package your items, plus perforated gift tags ready for personalisation. Finally, author Emily Paster ? co-founder of the Chicago Food Swap, one of the biggest in the world ? offers guidance on setting up a food swap in your own community, as well as inspiring stories from people who are part of this growing movement. AUTHOR: Emily Paster is the creator of the popular website West of the Loop, which was named a Top Mommy Blog by Time Out Chicago Kids and a Family Food Blog to Savor by Red Tricycle. She is the co-founder of the Chicago Food Swap, teaches canning classes in the Chicago area, and writes on food and entertaining for Chicago Parent magazine. SELLING POINTS: ? For cooks, gardeners, preservers, and DIY kitchen enthusiasts eager to share what they've made with others in their community, groups of friends, or family. ? Perfect for anyone interested in exploring new recipe ideas, people interested in starting a food swap, and home cooks on the lookout for homemade foods that are simple to preserve in appealing packages for sharing with friends and family. Full colour plus four pages of cardstock labels