Ann’s Culinary Report, an eight-page newsletter featuring...

Ann’s Culinary Report, an eight-page newsletter featuring seasonal menus, recipes, kitchen hints and cooking techniques, would make an ideal stocking stuffer for your favorite cook. It’s published six times a year; a year’s subscription is $15. Wary about buying something you’ve never seen? Send a 29-cent stamp to: Ann’s Culinary Report, 37 Wood Grove Road, Westport, Conn. 06880 for a sample copy.

Another useful--and inexpensive--gift idea is Share Our Strength’s Great Chefs 1993 calendar. The colorful calendar contains recipes from this year’s chef/playmates: Stephan Pyles, Routh Street Cafe, Dallas; Rick Bayless, Frontera Grill, Chicago; Annie Sommerville, Green’s, San Francisco, and others. The money from calendar sales benefits Share Our Strength, a nonprofit source for hunger relief. To order, send a check or money order for $12.50 to: Share Our Strength, 1511 K St. N.W., Suite 940, Washington, D.C. 20005.