Modern Food Gifts tells you how to create original, beautiful gifts of food for friends and family without painstakingly preparing it - and sometimes without cooking at all! You'll learn how to envelop Asian noodles in delicate colored papers, arrange tea and coffee accoutrements in cigar boxes, flavor sugars, toast hazelnuts, infuse vodka - and much more. Gorgeous ribbons, papers, and containers mix with whimsical flea market, antique shop, and hardware store finds to produce gifts that are stunning, unique, and always modern. With simple instructions, recipes, and a complete Resource Guide, Modern Food Gifts provides everything you need for holiday gift-giving and for year-round special occasions.