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I make and gift food like it’s going out of style (but you and I know it never will). For me, it’s a compulsion, really, but the sweetest sort. I always say, ’tis better to give away all the chewy cookies and fruit preserves to family and friends before I eat them all up. And if there’s a tray of warm caramels before me, I will eat them all up — promise.

I could stop cooking and baking, but what’s the fun in that? Instead, I just make a beeline for my local post office to ship the food to everyone I know, especially this time of year. I mean, if my next-door neighbor lights up when I present her with a box of homemade booze-infused chocolate truffles, imagine how faraway friends feel to be remembered during the merriest and busiest of seasons.

Because I want to light up faces further afield as often as possible, I became an expert at packing and shipping food gifts through the post – I even wrote a cookbook about it. And I’ve learned that there are very specific ways to wrap and ship all types of food gifts.

So before you put that edible gift in the mail, ask yourself these smart questions.

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