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What to buy a foodie this December

FERMENTATION CROCK

Sure, you can make kimchi or sauerkraut in a bowl with some rocks, but why? when you can do it in one of the gorgeous fermentation crocks made by Santa Fe potter Colin Dyck, who became a potter because he liked fermenting stuff. His Mudslide Stoneware's hand-thrown, 1-gallon pots come with water-locking lid and weights, in black, white, rust and blue.

$195. http://www.mudslidestoneware.com/

GOAT'S MILK SOAP

A "goat rodeo" is a mashup of unlikely things, hence Goat Rodeo Soaps: Riverside farmer Janice Lake uses her own recipes for the heady soaps, hand-milking her herd of 12 dairy goats daily. The soaps, which she takes to four farmers markets, come in flavors such as lemongrass, rose geranium and absinthe.

$7.50. https://www.goatrodeosoap.com/

BEESWAX FOOD COVERS

To help eliminate plastic from her kitchen, Vermont mother of three Sarah Kaeck

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