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your mission completed: the gift of foodLast week, we asked you to take your food gifts and share them again — by posting them for your fellow Gastroposters to see and salivate over. We certainly admired your treats both savoury and sweet, festive and filling. Your December delicacies looked delightfully delicious. On these pages,

Twitter handles are in blue and Instagram in brown.

your food could be in the paper, too

some other gastroposters who completed this mission

gastropost itWhatever you eat in order to complete

the mission, the important part is sharing it with the Gastropost community. There are several ways to do that:

Visit gastropost.com to see what your fellow Gastroposters have been eating.

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photo with #gastropost

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#gastropost

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taking food furtherIn partnership with GE Café Appliances

Gastropost has partnered with GE Café Appliances to encourage you to Take Food Further this week by mak-ing something at home to share with those close to you.

Gastroposter Maria Zychowicz has returned to a delicious standby: bigos, a traditional meat-and-

cabbage stew especially associated with Polish cuisine. “The smell would linger for days and remind me of

family gatherings,” Maria says.

mission perkIn the spirit of giving, GE Cafe Appliances and

Gastropost are giving you the chance to win a brand new GE Cafe Series 30” Free-Standing Range with

Baking Drawer. To enter, you must complete this week’s mission by creating something at home and using both the #gastropost and #further hashtags on your photo.

See contest rules below.**

As we gather to celebrate the holidays, your mission is to Gastropost the food experiences you share with friends and family. Show us your office parties and

family feasts, your family and cultural traditions, and generally how you’re enjoying the culinary spirit of the

season — especially what you’re eating.

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Join uS!In partnership with GE Café Applianceseach week, ge café appliances recognizes the gastroposters who have been taking food further by making things in their own kitchens in order to complete the mission of the week — which is just what the gastroposters you see below did. see right for this week’s mission, tag mission completion with

#further as well as #gastropost and you could see your food in this space next week!

taking food

#further

Michael Carating@mmmmcaratMy usual Christmas gifts are chili-rubbed pork ribs smoked over hickory wood

Abby

Abby Preuss@abby_ahhbeeFreshly baked, feeling festive and ready to share!

Marina Sen@xomarinaoxYou can never have too many sweets this time of year, right?

Rose

Rose Orlando@rosechef64Triple chocolate fudge cookies for my staff and chimichurri rub for my friends

Cordelia Browne@cordeliacnpEvery year I make rum balls to give to family and friends at Christmas

Tracy

Tracy Ashton@32ndflavourGiving fresh apple butter made with the apples from my parents’ tree

Maricar Polintan@mpolintanCupcakes made for a holiday bake sale

Geraldine Cutajar@chefettetorontoHomemade gifts: granola, chocolate-covered pretzels and bourbon vanilla

I made a batch of orange-blossom-honey madeleines for a foodie friend. Edible holiday gifts are the best kind.

Solmaz Khosrowshahian@thecuriouscreature

Amy

Amy Bishop@abishoA little somethin’ for my coworkers

Linda

Linda Matarasso@lindamatarassoI always try and have little gifts on hand for unexpected gift moments with friends

Karina Sinclair@theicedcreamNeighbourhood friends get yummy boxes of homemade cookies and chocolates

Cherrilyn AlfonsoBlogs at jordanabananabakes.blogspot.caMini candy cane biscotti

Danica Chan@danicachanMy coworker bought the party crackers with tea from David’s Tea

Meagan Stewart@sm08Christmas baking

Lisa

Lisa Richards@lisasimonerichardsThe gift of homemade granola

Jackie Hamilton@jackie_hamiltonSugar cookies for days

Lily

Lily Che@yeslilycRed velvet surprise from the sweetest roommate

Sara

Sara Ross@saraannrossHomemade Christmas whoopie pies

Olivia

Olivia Galati@livgalatiDark chocolate peppermint sandwich cookies for my secret Santa

Tanya

Tanya Tessier@t_tessierGiving the gift of homemade granola

Rebecca Katindig@arakayMini frittatas for a friend, packed and ready to go

Kyle

Kyle Fernandes@tennnnnis_proGingerbread house gift

Em

Em Kalatzis@emkalatzisMade a custom batch of dark chocolate coconut granola for my sister’s birthday

Cheryl Cadelina@cheryl_chichiHomebaked holiday treats: mini pine-apple upside-down cakes

Carol

Carol Alfieri@caroleensChristmas cookies for family and friends

Justyna Kozlowska@jbarsnacksHomemade healthy truffles, rum balls, glazed maple roasted almonds and more

Tara

Tara Maini@tmainiMum placed her order for her Christmas party: cardamom-pistachio macarons

Erin

Erin Fitzpatrick@erinmollyphotoMaking cake pops for presents with my niece

Betsy

Betsy Cheng@bcheng82White chocolate and peppermint brownie

Catherine Kong@areocatGift basket from a vendor

Alana

Alana Kalil@alanapaigekChocolate candy cane biscotti for my grandparents’ Christmas party

Alex

Alex Zylka@sillyzylksHomemade Christmas tree sugar cook-ies, gifts to my fam and friends

Nzube Ekpunobi@theguyyouloveMint chocolate cupcakes at Dlish for sweet-toothed buddies on the nice list

Caitlin Haaf@caitlinhaafHope my coworkers are ready to scale Christmas cookie mountain

Brianna Julien@kmgoodiesSpreading some holiday cheer with individual cheesecakes for the last day of school

Danielle Matos@danniematosPotluck at work

Cassandra Volpert@cassveeThis Christmas, I’m giving the gift of homemade cookies

Bob

Bob Williams@btw62Bouquet of personalized holiday cookies from our manager

Noora Abu Eitah@nootsWe have the best clients ever

Brooke Higa@foodandnailsChocolate truffles for teachers

Winnie Hung@rlgetawayFreshly holiday baked treats from our wonderful tenant

Matt

Matt Vanden Heuvel@mattyvee_dubHors d’oeuvres

Julia

Julia O’Neill@lifeswitch1Slow cooker salted apple butter with Jamaican allspice and cinnamon

Stephanie Kwon@stephdkwonBouquet of personalized holiday cookies from our manager

Iyann

Iyann Chan@0oyncho0An early present of chocolate truffles

Grace

Grace Swan@swanfacegraceI put together a hot plate of mini apple turnovers for the lovely staff of a local supermarket

Wayne Cuervo@waynecuervoProsciutto wrapped breadsticks and stuffed olives

Gino

Gino Bresil@ginobresilHomemade amaretti, baby!

Tristan Coolman@iamcoolmanPractice pancake for Christmas breakfast

Rebecca Dahr@bexdahrMom’s homemade almond bars

Emily

Emily Stephen@emmilyalexandraHomemade chocolate truffles made with love for my co-workers

Melody Brown@immelodybChocolate chip cookie dough fudge

Andrea Sanchez@_dreasanchezChocolate peppermint cookies with crushed candy canes

Genna Willett@gennawHomemade pear-apple sauce ready for gifting

Jerome Clark@nqmsiiCookies for everyone

Frank

Frank Mazzuca@familystyleThe gift of food to me means the gift of hardwood roasted red pepper jelly

Victoria Mah@victoria_mahBest cupcake I’ve ever had

Leah

Leah Power@leepow55The gift of food

Tina

Tina Benigno@tinabelinda Quite proud of these snowballs. Looking forward to sharing them with friends

Tanya

Bam. DIY homemade Christmas gifts: cookies in a jar

Tanya Zdravkovski@tanyazed

Lauren Breuer, twitter

Homemade gingerbread flavoured raw chocolate bars are going out as gifts

Lauren Breuer@shockinglyh

Johanna Solomon@itshoneeCrinkle cookies I made for my nurses

Kimberly Lyn@kimberly_lynDevilled eggs for family Christmas breakfast, my signature dish

** Contest rules: No purchase necessary. Contest open to legal residents of On-tario. Entrants must be over the age of majority in their province or territory and subscribe to Gastropost. Odds of winning depend on the number of entries re-ceived. Enter online via Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, or www.gastropost.com (the “Contest Website”). One entry per Mission Photograph during the Con-test Period. Winner must correctly answer a time-limited skill-testing question. Contest starts December 25, 2013 and ends January 7, 2014. Winners will be select-ed on January 8, 2014 in Toronto, Ontario. There is one (1) prize available to be won consisting of a GE Café Series 30” Free-Standing Range with Baking Drawer. The prize has an approximate value of Three Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety-Nine Dollars (CDN $3,299.00). Full Contest Rules can be found at the Contest Website.