The Perfect Basket: How to Make a Fabulous Gift Basket for Any Occasion (Non) [Paperback]

Diane Phillips (Author)

Book Description

Series: Non | Publication Date: September 5, 2005

Here's the perfect solution for those to strive to find the perfect gift! This stylish and user-friendly guide offers baskets for every occasion, with options to fit anyone's budget. Gorgeous four-color photographs offer inspiration and guidelines on choosing the proper container, selecting the right-sized items, and decorating the finished basket make this an easy and fun gift idea that anyone can embrace. Ideas range from "Off to College," "Baby's Here," "Welcome to the Neighborhood," "Book Lover's," "Martini Basket," and many, many more. A special section of food-themed baskets with homemade mixes for cookies or bread or seasonings will appeal especially to those who like to do kitchen crafts. In short, The Perfect Basket gives both seasoned and novice gift-givers everything you need to create spectacular thematic gifts for everyone on your list!

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About the Author

Diane Phillips is the author of several cookbooks, including The Soup Mix Gourmet and The Perfect Mix. She teaches at cooking schools around the country, and her popular "do-ahead" holiday menu classes are usually sold out. Diane has another new book out this fall called Perfect Party Food: All the Recipes and Tips You Need For Stress-Free Entertaining, from the Diva of Do-Ahead.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Harvard Common Press (September 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558322949
• ISBN-13: 978-1558322943
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #526,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Welcome to my Amazon.com profile page. I'm the author of 14 cookbooks including the James Beard Award nominated Perfect Party Food. I travel and teach do-ahead entertaining and cooking classes all over the country and in the Dordogne region of France. Teaching is my passion and I love being able to do something that I love that includes meeting my readers and students all over the country. Check out my website www.dianephillips.com for my fall class schedule featuring my next book: Slow Cooker; The Best Cookbook Ever, information about La Combe en Perigord, travel tips, and do-ahead entertaining tools. Follow me at my blog: www.cucinadivina.blogspot.com

Customer Reviews

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NOT about statring a business!! For personal use only., February 25, 2006

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A. C. Shellhase (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Perfect Basket: How to Make a Fabulous Gift Basket for Any Occasion (Non) (Paperback)

Maybe I didn't read the editorial comments correctly before I ordered this book, but it is not what I wanted.

I was looking for information about starting a gift basket *business*. This book does not cover that topic.

It is a very nice book about making baskets as gifts for friends, neighbors, teachers, service people, etc.

There are some full-color pictures, though not of every basket idea. The resource list is strictly retail. Recipes are included for basket items, a no-no when you're selling baskets unless you have a licensed commercial kitchen.

So, while the book might jump-start your brain for basket ideas as gifts, it is not a business book.

My problem, not the book's.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Expand Your Gift Ideas with The Perfect Basket, December 2, 2005

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Virginia Allain "(retired librarian)" (Poinciana, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Perfect Basket: How to Make a Fabulous Gift Basket for Any Occasion (Non) (Paperback)

I discovered this from a glowing review in the Orlando Sentinel. The ideas for baskets seem easy to assemble with the contents listed. Expand your thinking beyond the simple basket to filling other containers (soup tureens, salad bowls, ice buckets, colanders, etc.).
Think of all the occasions you can use these ideas; house warmings, holidays, birthdays, etc.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One homemade gift basket pays for this book!, June 1, 2006

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BBQ Queen Karen Adler "Book Lover" (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Perfect Basket: How to Make a Fabulous Gift Basket for Any Occasion (Non) (Paperback)

The ideas, recipes, and photos in this book are inspiring. If you make just one pretty basket to give as a gift, the book pays for itself. I also like the idea of baskets with bathroom goodies in them. If I have company, I set one of these out in the bathroom for our house guests.