Featuring a gift bottle of highly acclaimed Glenmorangie Single-Malt Whisky and boozy gifts like organic champagne chocolate truffles, Christmas pudding with Courvoisier VS Cognac and mulled wine spice bundles, this gift box really brings the Christmas ‘spirit’ to delicious festive foods.

Better still, it’s gluten-free, so it’s the perfect Christmas hamper for coeliac foodies!

Merry Christmas!

What’s more, we’ve commissioned a special selection of traditionally iced Christmas cakes. That’s the same delicious gluten-free fruit cake, but covered in a generous layer of marzipan and decorated with snow-white icing.and a pretty festive pattern. Or, if marzipan and icing aren’t your thing, we still have the option of the ‘original’ gluten-free fruit cake decorated with dried fruits and nuts.

If you love Christmas cake, you’ll love these. And if you’re a coeliac or have a gluten intolerance, this really will be a Christmas sensation!

View our Christmas hampers with gluten-free traditionally iced Christmas cakes.

Oh, and UK Christmas Hamper delivery is free too!

The newest addition to our Passover gifts range, the ‘Family Pesach‘, features a range of Seder night essentials as well as traditional sweet treats, making it both a wonderful gift and a great way to get kosher for Pesach food delivered direct to your door.

Seder night must-haves include Shemura matzos, kneidlach (matzo ball) mix, charoset, chraine and a bottle of Barkan Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as dried fruits (or nuts), tea, cookies & macaroons, and a selection of pareve chocolate truffles for the adults and milk chocolates for the kids.

Beautifully presented and priced at only £100 including next day delivery to London, Manchester and most UK addresses, we think this Passover food hamper makes a great buy this Pesach.

The first is the ‘Classic Sweet Passover‘, filled with gift trays of dried fruits & nuts, English breakfast tea and a tempting selection of kosher for passover chocolates and truffles.

The second is our ‘Classic Passover‘ which also features dried fruits, nuts and chocolates, but includes a box of Rakusen’s Shemura Matzos.

All items are certified Kosher for Passover and come with FREE delivery to London, Manchester, Leeds and most UK addresses. Delivery to addresses throughout Europe can also be arranged.

Stocks are limited, so we recommend placing your orders early to avoid disappointment.

Thank you to those of you who have contacted us about our post on the Malki Dead Sea skincare range, ‘Dead Sea Skincare Miracles (Eczema, Acne & Psoriasis Sufferers Take Note!)‘. Amanda in particular has enjoyed sharing experiences and tips with fellow eczema sufferers and we’re pleased that some of you have already told us that you’ve had good results with the Malki range.

There are two main reasons for this update,the first is – we suppose – a bit of a ‘we told you so’. Amanda found a great article in the Daily Mail this week about just how effective Dead Sea Salts can be in treating psoriasis. It’s an encouraging read, but for those of us who can’t afford a therapeutic trip to the Dead Sea, or for those ‘with pale skins, including redheads’ who are particularly sensitive to the sun, creating a Dead Sea spa in your own bath could be a great alternative. So another good reason to pop down to Boots (or online to Boots.co.uk) and pick up some of Malki’s Dead Sea Salts & Soaps.

The second update is for those of you who have asked about the vegetarian / animal testing status of the Malki range. We have been in contact with the UK distributors who have confirmed that their Dead Sea salts, soaps and shampoos do not contain any animal ingredients and are not and have never been tested on animals. Good news!

Now, as we mentioned in our original post, we don’t sell any of these products – they are only available at Boots – so, while we love to hear from you, we can’t actually sell you any. But if you want to buy a lovely gift for someone, we do a wonderful range of vegetarian, vegan & gluten-free gift baskets…!

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We are delighted to announce that the latest addition to our selection of Purim baskets for Shalach Manot is not only beautiful, but starts at only £30 including delivery!

The option shown here (£33) makes an ideal mishloach manot for a single person, with a small bottle of Barkan Cabernet Sauvignon, a ballotin of exquisite Hauser of Belgium filled pralines, two scrummy muffins and halva snacks. All items bear highly respected hechshers including Kehillas HaCharedis Machzikei Hadas Antwerp, Chug Chasam Sofer Bnei Brak and the Eidah HaCharedis Jerusalem.

A non-alcoholic version, which replaces the wine with 100% organic & pure-pressed juices (Supervision: London Beth Din), is also available (£30).

As always, mishloach manot delivery to London, Manchester, Leeds and most UK mainland addresses is FREE of charge. Delivery to offshore UK addresses and Europe is also available.

Please Note: Stocks are limited, so please place your order as soon as possible to ensure availability.

Just a quick update that our in-house artist, Shelley Caro, has created a range of Pesach cards, Seder invitations & gifts, some of which we hope to include with our Passover gift range this year.

The Passover cards feature her new “Pesach, Matzah, Maror” design and are available to order from Zazzle (UK and US). The inspiration for these cards came from a quote in the Haggadah, which is read at the Passover Seder: “Raban Gamliel used to say, ‘Anyone who has not pronounced these three words on Pesach has not done his duty’. And they are ‘Pesach’, ‘Matzah’ and ‘Maror’.”

Don’t forget that her fun & colourful trio of Purim Cards are currently available directly from us, as well as being available for customising at Zazzle.

Happy Holidays!

Amanda (who some of you may have spoken to when calling the office) has introduced us to a range of fabulous Dead Sea products which she was recommended for her eczema. They are free of detergents (no SLS!) and suitable for vegetarians, containing no lanolin or animal fats and not tested on animals. Better still, they are not some internet-only snake oil, but available online or in-store at Boots and come with plenty of great reviews from other eczema, acne and psoriasis sufferers who have tried them and love them.

Now, while we don’t all suffer from chronic dry skin conditions, winter has wreaked some havoc on our skin (yes we’re all girls at the office!). So we decided that we could all do with some TLC and bought a few items from the range to sample. The results? We’re converts. Here’s what we tried:

Dead Sea Mineral Shampoo / Eczema Shampoo: Shelley’s husband tried this instead of his usual anti-dandruff shampoo. He reports that it did the job, didn’t leave his scalp feeling dry and tight afterwards and smelled so good that Shelley’s been using it too.

Dead Sea Natural Sulphur Soap / Eczema & Psoriasis Soap: Amanda took this one home after reading some of the reviews that recommended this as a ‘stronger’ soap for when your eczema / psoriasis is particularly bad. The general consensus in the office after smelling it was that you’d probably only want to use it when it was really needed, as the sulphur smell is quite strong, but Amanda raved about this and credits it with really improving some stubborn eczema patches she’s had real trouble with (that’s enough information, we think!).

Natural Dead Sea Bath Salts with Frankincense & Rose Petals: Shelley took this one home a while ago and it took some time to get her verdict. [Okay, trying it did require finding time to make time, clean the bath and make sure she could enjoy it without being called to the door/phone/other emergency]. Another fan, she said that her skin felt baby soft afterwards and that the floating rose petals and wonderful scent made her feel like she was in a real romantic spa (hot tip for Valentines Day next week!). ‘Not only worth cleaning the bath for – but worth buying a bigger one for!’ was her conclusion.

So, there you have it. Products we don’t sell, but have tried, tested and want to rave about. Okay, their packaging is not the most glamorous (unless you’re in to 80′s retro) – but here it really is what is inside that counts. The company behind the range has a great website with more info about their Dead Sea products as well as useful information about dry skin conditions like eczema, acne and psoriasis. Though, as we’ve proved, you don’t need to be a sufferer to benefit.

But please don’t just take our word for it. Check out the mainly 5-Star reviews from other buyers on the Boots website too, and join the fan club. Your skin will thank you!

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