
Photo, Erik Putz. Styling, Daniel Onori.
Laura Slack peanut butter milk chocolate bar, $8, Room2046; omnom sea-salted almond and milk chocolate bar, $18, Labour of Love; honey-lavender bar, $8, Hummingbird Chocolate; postcard chocolate bar, $8, Alicja Confections.

Take your foodie gifts to another level with Lindt Excellence Shortbread!

My Italian Winemaker’s White Balsamic Vinegar, $13; My Greek Landlord’s Olive Oil, $17; My Apple Farmer’s Premium Apple Cider Vinegar, $12; Chuck Hughes.

Cranberry-ginger shrub, $20, Thirsty Whale; 3/4 oz. ginger ale syrup, $25, One of a Kind; angelica-flavoured bitters, $15, Dillon’s.

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Alexandra Gater is a former home editor at Chatelaine who now shares renter-friendly hacks, DIY projects and joyful makeovers with her 900,000 YouTube subscribers.