We love homemade candies and gifts, but sometimes when you're already cooking for a dinner party, there's no time for from-scratch favors. Here are four adorable ways to take store-bought candy and make them look like custom gifts. They'd be sweet little place settings for a Valentine's Day dinner. More

What's better than getting a homemade gift for Valentine's Day? If you're planning on baking this year, here are some simple DIY gift wrap ideas for your tasty treats: More

It has become something of a tradition to line up our favorite food-related Valentine's cards every year, for your perusal. Valentine's Day is a week away so you still have time to do a bit of shopping for food-lovin' sentiments! Love comes in all shapes and flavors this year, many guilty — from French fries, to roast dinner, to milk and cookies, here are 10 food-lovers' cards from Etsy. More

Heirloom beans are one of the prettiest ingredients in the kitchen. Speckled, spotted, red, black, and white — they have real graphic flair. This disappears, though, when they are cooked into yummy (but less pretty) beans for eating. So why not hang to a few and work them into some unusual jewelry? More

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Honey can elevate a cheese plate, fruit bowl or recipe to desert status. Needless to say, as a dedicated appetizer enthusiast with a serious sweet tooth, I consume quite a bit. Bee Raw takes this sweet treat and turns it into a true experience More

Canning vegetables, jam, and fruit is a practical way to extend the growing season. (And as many people have discovered, it's also a lot of fun!) But sometimes we go a little overboard and can more than we can possibly eat in the year or so ahead. What do you do with your canning surplus? More

Love food? Love music? Then we think you may be in the target audience for this clever, unusual gift box from Kasey and Matthew of Turntable Kitchen. Wouldn't you like a box of food and music delivered right to your door? More

Q: My husband has expressed interest in home brewing. I'd like to get him a beer making kit. He loves all kinds of beers.

Is there a recommended kit for the home brewer?

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Every holiday season we ask a few friends to join us here at The Kitchn for a series of guest posts. The topics range from favorite holiday recipes to family memories and traditions. Today's guest: Melanie Widmann of Coffee Tea Gastronomy. Melanie is a true tea aficionado, and I loved this small sweet project she had to share.

Last year, I purchased this amazing tea but the thought of putting it in a fillable tea bag and handing it to someone just seemed to lack presentation. The idea of how to share tea in a beautiful way then became the basis of a book that will be released in 2012, titled Gifting Tea. The tea tag is one of the most versatile ideas found in the book and is really just simple origami with a few embellishments. More

We just whipped up a batch of chai concentrate intended for holiday gifts. Only problem: the mix is so yummy that we want to devour it ourselves! Fortunately, it is fantastically easy to make. More