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HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDES!

Shop North Texasfor somethingdifferent to givethis season

Compiled by Star-Telegram staff

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Holiday giftguides!

Today: Presents fromNorth Texas

Monday: DVD box sets

Tuesday: The best of‘Fab or flub’

Wednesday:Homemade goodiesfrom the kitchen

Thursday: Video gamesand gear

Dec. 12: Purr-fectpresents for pets

Dec. 13: Cliburnpianists’ CDs; DaveBarry’s Gift Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SANTA’S A FROGSFAN, TOOEven St. Nick putson the purple forTCU games. Thismajestic statue ishandcrafted by TheToymaker, a hus-band-and-wife duofrom McKinney whocreate stunningSantas from vintagefabrics and textiles.$995, Cityview Flo-rist and Gifts.

Near and dear

We may be one week

past “Small Business

Saturday,” but there

are plenty of gifts

made and sold by local folks to be

found around town. Whether you want

to mail someone a reminder of home

or support talented North Texans com-

ing up with creative ideas, here are

gifts to put on your list.

TIED TO TEXASThe charming prints on these pure silk ties from

Paris, Texas, capture the sense of adventure andhumor that define those proud enough (and

lucky enough) to live in the Lone Star State.Perfect with a suit or with a jacket and

jeans, the icons and symbols ofTexas are always in

style. $75 each,M.L. Leddy’s.

WALDO, WHO?TCU grads Stacey Caldwell and Ajiri Aki have created the delightfulWhere’s Karl? picture-book parody that sends readers on a haute huntthrough 15 cities in search of one of fashion’s most iconic characters,Karl Lagerfeld. Fictional blogger Fleur searches high and low, from theMet Gala in New York City to luxe Mexican beaches, ritzy Japaneseshopping districts and even the Chanel fashion show in Paris’ GrandPalais. $15.99, Barnes & Noble.

DISPLAY YOUR TEXAS PRIDESimply styled with a burlap and rib-bon strap for hanging, this large Tex-as chalkboard is perfect for a door orwall to serve as a message board forbusy families or a symbol of Texaspride. $46.95, Out on a Limb.

SEE GIFTS, 4C

PLAY BY PLAYKids of all ages can re-createtheir favorite gameday play,piece by piece, thanks to OYOSports mini-figures and plasticbrick kits that capture the like-nesses and logos of college andprofessional teams and evenindividual players. Collegesports fans can collect them all,from a University of TexasLonghorn “Endzone Bundle” kitwith a buildable field, to a Bay-lor trainer cart, to the tiny A&Myell leaders and even a minia-ture version of TCU linebackerPaul Dawson. $12.99-$82.60,www.oyosports.com.

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Life&Arts O COME LET US ADORE

THE BEAUTY OF

CHRISTMAS CACTUSES

NEIL SPERRY, 3C

INSIDE

The popular farm-to-table movement meetstraditional Jewish cookingin author Amelia Salt-sman’s new cookbook,The Seasonal Jewish Kitch-en (Sterling Epicure,$29.95).

Saltsman, a veteran

food writer and advocatefor small family farms,divides the book into sixmicro-seasons that featurethe connection betweenJewish traditions and theyear’s cycles — all guidedby the Jewish calendar.Recipes include Tunisianlemon rind salad (Septem-ber & October chapter),One-pan striped bass withfennel, potatoes andcream (March & Aprilchapter) and A Pashtida:Baked pasta with spinach,ricotta and brown butter(May & June chapter).

The author is the daugh-ter of an Iraqi father andRomanian mother whoimmigrated to Los An-geles, where she was born.She draws on her own

Fry up fritters forHanukkah with helpof new cookbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“Seasonal Jewish Kitchen”divided by microseasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Writer infuses her ownhistory and foodinfluences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dessert recipe requiressome advance work forHanukkah parties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

BY STEPHANIE ALLMON

MERRY

sallmon@star-telegram.com

SEE RECIPE, 5C

Staci Valentine

Zengoula with lemon syrup

There are art-buyingopportunities in towngeared specifically forgifting.

The Fort WorthCommunity Arts Center ishosting the annual “9 x 12Works on Paper Show,”

and its offshoot gallery,ART7 on Currie Street, isthe home of the TexasArtists Coalition “SmallWorks Show.” These twoexhibitions, plus itemsfrom the FWCAC giftshop, offer quite a varietyof affordable, one-of-a-kind gifts. The proceedsgo to local artists.

This is the 10th anni-versary of the “9 x 12”show. Elaine Taylor, theCommunity Arts Center’sgallery manager, institut-ed it to benefit artists. Shehad noticed a number ofevents that used artworksfor fundraisers, withoutany proceeds going tothose making them.

“I never thought thatwas particularly fair,” she

Local arts centeroffers off-the-wallsgifts as fundraiser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Affordable artworkscreated by locals (and afew out-of-towners). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Two exhibitions, one giftshop offer seasonaloptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Buy works off right off thewalls and take home thatday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

BY GAILE ROBINSON

grobinson@star-telegram.com

SEE ARTISTS, 5C

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