It’s difficult to get gifts for some of your friends this Christmas. It’s either you don’t know what they want or they already have it all. That does not mean that you shouldn’t get them presents, though. Let our furry (and scaly) friends guide you through a last minute Christmas shopping of edible gifts that you can also bring to noche buena.
Clockwise: Sea salt toasted brazo, P225, Joy San Gabriel-Young, 0917-5278837; Belgian chocolate chunk cookies, P1,000 (box of 12 assorted cookies), Homemade by Roshan, 0917-8336286; White chocolate spiced blondies, P160 (jar of eight), Cake Tree, Unit 203 PT Square, 85 P. Tuazon, Cubao, Quezon City; Macadamia salted caramel cookies, P650 (can of 10), Tochi Cookies, 0917-8010038
Clockwise: Chocolate caramel cake , P1,100, Cake Tree, Unit 203 PT Square, 85 P. Tuazon, Cubao, Quezon City ; Carrot cake, P2,300, Wildflour; Potato almond crunch cake, P650, Becky’s Kitchen, 1061 P. Ocampo cor. Bautista St., Malate, Manila
Milk, P110(with P100 deposit for the bottle), Pinkie’s Farm, 0918-9999555; cheese, P1,400 (platter of five assorted cheese), Casa Del Formaggio, 0927-3775248; flavored butters, Comer y Comic, 0906-3301292
Maple and miso, and bagoong and calamansi vinaigrettes, P250 each, Salata, The Green Company, GF Ace Plaza Hotel and Suites, Pasig City; Tomato sauce, P1,495 (set of three), The Butchery, 56 Scout Tobias cor. Scout Gandia St., Brgy. Laging Handa, Quezon City; Spice kit, P595 (set of six), The Butchery, 56 Scout Tobias cor. Scout Gandia St., Brgy. Laging Handa, Quezon City
This story originally appeared in Northern Living, Dec. 2016