Professional Tip: A Present to Ship As a substitute of Flowers

It is a new Cup of Jo column, Professional Suggestions, the place we ask individuals for his or her life hacks and on a regular basis suggestions.

“I used to ship flowers to buddies and kinfolk for his or her birthdays or after that they had infants. However you by no means know the way recent or full the bouquet will likely be, they usually don’t final lengthy anyway. So, for a thank-you current or particular reward, I now ship a garlic braid. I found them because of a long-time reader whose household farm makes them. Garlic, after all, can be utilized in so many recipes, and the braids look fairly hanging within the kitchen.” — Caroline Chambers, cookbook writer and publication author

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(Illustration by Brooke Barker for Cup of Jo.)