For your own entertaining or the perfect hostess gift, nothing is better than Ann Booth’s famous Scottish shortbread. You’ll find it at the Perfect Blend Shortbread Company at First Brick on First Street West in Mount Vernon. The shortbread comes in 10 to 12 different flavors, including seasonal flavors. Samples are always available.
You’ll find more than shortbread at the Perfect Blend and First Brick Art Gallery. There are books by Caldecott-award winning author Jacqueline Briggs Martin, handmade enamel jewelry, locally produced honey, antique clown decals printed on recycled t-shirts, cards of all kinds, and lots of culinary items like tea infusers, graters and cheese paper.
You’ll find paintings, ceramics, and stained glass by Eastern Iowa artists like Doug Hansen, Katrina Garner and Hugh Lifson.
Gift: The perfect blend
November 25, 2021