Article: Get a handle on Mom's gift; Little things mean a lot when they're assembled in a theme basket

A Lockstad die-cut rolling pin, $32.95, a red checked dishtowel, $2.95, a Terramoto pie plate, $34.95, and a vegetable basket, $8.95, are items you could include in Mother's Day basket for the mom who likes to cook.

For cookbook ideas for Mom and a recipe for a Mother's Day sweet treat, see pages 32-33 *** People love gift baskets. Perhaps it's because it turns us back into a kid on Easter morning, digging through the container to find every item packed into its confines. Carol Dangles, a gift basket purveyor for more than 16 years, said women, especially, love to get these collections of gifts.

"It's the combination of a lot of little things in the basket, which makes it fun to look ...

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