Get Back to Basics with Vanilla-Inspired Gifts
Treats to Please the Palette and Warm the Heart

WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS - (November, 2008)

These days many are searching for simpler, more meaningful ways to celebrate the holidays. Heading to the kitchen to create homemade gifts offers a wonderful opportunity to share the warmth and thoughtfulness of the season. Vanilla provides the basis for some very creative gifts with its heady aroma reminiscent of grandma’s kitchen. Vanilla is one of America’s most-loved and versatile ingredients.

A Century of Flavor, a new cookbook published by family-owned Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, showcases recipes from the Nielsen family collection, as well as recipes from world-renowned chefs attracted to the quality, flavor and varied functionality of pure vanilla.

Gift ideas from the cookbook include:

  • Vanilla oil
  • Vanilla maple syrup
  • Vanilla Caramel Corn Crunch
  • Blueberry Vanilla Granola

(Recipes, instructions and photos for each of these homemade gifts are available by contacting gwilks@savoragency.com).

Since 1907, family-owned and operated Nielsen-Massey Vanillas has been producing premium pure vanilla products using a proprietary cold process that gently extracts more than 300 complex flavors from the vanilla bean.

A Century of Flavor is filled with 50 of the most tantalizing recipes, highlighting the intricate, yet delicate flavors of pure vanilla and is written for the novice cook as well as the seasoned chef. From the delicately sweet flavorings in pastries and Crème Brûlée to the essential savory notes in lobster sauce or spicy shrimp, the cookbook celebrates the exciting nuances of pure vanilla.

To receive a copy of A Century of Flavor or to speak to someone from Nielsen-Massey about their vanilla products, please contact Gardi Wilks at (708) 205-5020, gwilks@savoragency.com.

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