The best gifts are homemade from the heart. For Belinda Smith-Sullivan, a chef, author, and food entrepreneur in Trenton, South Carolina, “if I really want to show someone how important they are to me, I show that in the form of a handmade food gift.” Growing up, her family was “of very modest means, and handmade edible gifts were the most cherished. Giving someone a food gift was the equivalent of an extremely expensive present,” she said. She shared a recipe for pecan tassies, perfectly giftable—and perfectly poppable—bite-size treats from her cookbook “Southern Sugar,” a love letter to the beloved desserts of the South. She recalled memories of making cookies and candies for neighbors, friends, and parents’ coworkers each year. “My mother always referred to it as us giving a little bit of Christmas to others,” she said. RECIPE: Pecan Tassies Amisha Dodhia Gurbani, the Mumbai-born, Northern California-based food blogger …
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