Katie Workman
Sending food and gifts is an easy way to spread holiday cheer when you’re socially distanced. And ordering hometown favorites from local or regional restaurants adds a dash of nostalgia and a sense of place to your gift.
This year, many local restaurants and food businesses that have not previously offered mail order have pivoted to meet the circumstances. With a little digging and brainstorming, you can find some robust and fun choices, from ice cream to alcohol, barbecue to bagels.
First, think about your local cuisine, the homegrown specialties. Perhaps it’s a food you enjoyed growing up, or something specific to where you live now, that you’d love to share with your mom or your best grade-school friend. Check out the websites of bakeries, coffee shops, jam companies, cheese makers, and see what they have to offer in terms of shopping and shipping. Calling the store and talking with someone never hurts.
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Sending food and gifts is an easy way to spread holiday cheer when you’re socially distanced. And ordering hometown favorites from local or regional restaurants adds a dash of nostalgia and a sense of place to your gift.
This year, many local restaurants and food businesses that have not previously offered mail order have pivoted to meet the circumstances. With a little digging and brainstorming, you can find some robust and fun choices, from ice cream to alcohol, barbecue to bagels.
First, think about your local cuisine, the homegrown specialties. Perhaps it’s a food you enjoyed growing up, or something specific to where you live now, that you’d love to share with your mom or your best grade-school friend. Check out the websites of bakeries, coffee shops, jam companies, cheese makers, and see what they have to offer in terms of shopping and shipping.
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Shane, an attorney from Bethesda, met their first week as freshmen at Notre Dame, where they were introduced by the woman they asked years later to be their matron of honor. Their friendship grew, a romantic relationship started to brew, and eventually they went on their first date, where the newly 21-year-old Shane was legally able to order some bubbly. They dated for five years before Shane proposed at a scenic overlook by the George Washington Parkway, where he’d pulled over pretending to have car trouble. From there, they celebrated with friends and family whom Shane had arranged to have join them at his parents’ house. Immediately, they began planning their elegant, wintery black-tie wedding.