Search your feelings - you know it to be true. You’ll want a stick of biscotti … or three. You’ll be sitting around drinking tea or sipping coffee. It will be some holiday morning, sooner than you think. The first batch will go out to annual subscribers in early December. In the year ahead, we’ll send four different oils, all produced by your faithful correspondent (me) on our shiny new mill. It feels like a glitch in the universe you should be pouring it on everything.Īn annual subscription to Fat Gold provides a comprehensive olive oil education - and that subscription can be a generous gift, or it can be an investment in your own pantry. As we’ve detailed in our Guide to Extra Virgin Olive Oil, this is the rare substance that’s both decadently delicious and stupendously healthy. Good olive oil is for everyone to use every day. Here’s a token of thanks for subscribing to this newsletter: use the discount code DRAGONMOON to get $10 off any order of $65 or more in the online shop. The gift set combines a tin of our Standard oil (bold and peppery) with a tin of our Blue oil (fragrant and fruity) and the 24-page zine, which also includes a concise, compelling introduction to extra virgin olive oil. Our 24-page recipe zine was a huge hit last holiday season, so we went back to the Riso squad at Chute Studio in Oakland to print a second edition, with some additions and amendments new for this year. Onward! Consumable gifts This program brought to you by Fat Gold gift set It will pay for itself, in terms of time saved and sanity preserved, within two years.įinally, remember that when you buy and print USPS postage through Pirate Ship, you can drop your parcel in the designated area at any post office - no need to wait in line. If you print more than one shipping label a month (e.g., for online returns) then just buy this Rollo label printer. The cloying theme (ARRR!) is a small price to pay for such convenience. I know that sounds like an advertisement but, in fact, I just think Pirate Ship is great. One more thing before we begin! If you plan to ship anything this season (or any season), sign up for Pirate Ship, which allows you to purchase USPS and UPS postage online at rock-bottom rates, all through a simple, clear interface free from any cruft, with no subscription required. International readers: thanks for your forbearance. This is the the part of the world that I know, and this is the part of the world where I shop. My recommendations are, as ever, U.S.-centric. You could be that friend.īut don’t worry: you’ll also find a substantial serving of new recs below. When you’ve selected a great gift, seen it received with enthusiasm … why mess around? Every year, for many years, a friend bought me the exact same Bundt cake from Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor. You can sign up to receive future editions using the form at the bottom of the page.įor longtime subscribers, some recommendations will be familiar, because I simply do not believe in rebooting the gift guide every year, the way many magazines and websites feel they must. This is an archived edition of Robin’s newsletter. If you’d like to skip my preamble, you can jump straight to each section: consumable gifts, durable goods, and books. I love doing them, and I’ve received many reports that those of you reading this really do follow the links and buy the things I recommend, often in quantities that are very meaningful for these small-to-medium-sized companies. Welcome to my 2023 gift guide! This is my fifth year circulating one. Robin's 2023 gift guide Christmas, 1874, anonymous Robin's 2023 gift guide Home About Moonbound From: Robin Sloan To: main newsletter Sent: November 2023
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