Dean and DeLuca
Of all those catalogs that clog our mailboxes and make recycling a daily activity this time of year, I find Dean and DeLuca is the best one for getting me in the right mood to spend some holiday money. It's all these great pastries and cookies they offer from traditions all over the world. This year I was sorely tempted to order a North African gift collection (with rose water, harissa and preserved lemons), a selection of Japanese sweets, panforte, lebkuchen (three types of gingerbread from Austria), tea-flavored butter cookies and cinnamon licorice reindeer.
I ended up with some honey bread and Christmas preserves (a French tradition, according to the web site), and a couple boxes of German Christmas cookies. The first box contained thin, crisp, Moravian-ginger-type cookies that were printed with intricate woodcut designs, figures and animals. The second box had a very pretty variety of the cakey, dried fruit and ground nut type cookies.
P.S. I forgot to mention that they have free shipping until the 14th!
rose water is the bomb!
Good for those who received D&D Christmas deliveries on time. For us, a wrong package was delivered and excuses were given from the warehouse re the delivery. At the end after much wasted time on phone calls, a compensatory delivery was made on a rainy Christmas day. The soaked package with the food was totally defrosted and uneatable. We had never encountered such mishaps from D&D. What a pity that this company is not keeping its customer services in good shape. We wrote to the HQs and did not receive any feedback. I guess D&D do not care who is buying from them.