Gift baskets are practically the new form of flowers. You have probably noticed that sending gift baskets of food and other goodies has become popular recently. While wrapped presents certainly have their place, there is something very appealing about getting a beautiful gift basket that you can open right away. While this may seem like…

When you give chocolates to your significant other on Valentine’s Day, you are participating in a tradition that is centuries old. Far from being cliché, a gift of chocolates carries a meaning as powerful as giving red roses or writing a love sonnet. To understand the symbolism of the gift, you must look far back…

You may have had someone this Christmas season bring a loaf of banana bread, or some cookies or candy canes, to your door. Why do people give sweets around Christmas? Why are desserts such a staunch part of our holiday traditions? Is it because marketers trained us to expect sweets at Christmastime decades ago? The…