Favors with Flavor

With A Sense of Place
Nearly every region has a culinary specialty. Why not offer a favor that gives your guests the flavor of the region? It will serve as a reminder of your wedding day, even after your guests' return to their own kitchens. Here are list of items are great regional food favors. Visit your local gift shop and specialty food store for other ideas.

Southern United States
Find great southern treats like the moonshine cordials pictured at left from A Southern Season.

• Grits tied in a burlap bag
  
• Baskets of peaches
  
• Muscadine or other fruit wine
  
• Pecans
  
• Cheese straws
  
• Moravian Cookies
  
• Peanut Brittle
  

  Northeastern United States
  

  • Cranberries or cranberry candry
    
  • Maple Syrup (maple butter or candy)
    
  • Vermont aged cheeses
    
  • Apple or other fruit cider
    
    

    Southwestern United States
    

    • Dried Chili Peppers
      
    • Fruit Salsas
      
    • Pepper Sauces and Maranades
      
    • Cactus Jelly
      
    • Tequila
      
      

      Northwestern US
      

      • Smoked Salmon
        
      • Loganberry Preserves
        
      • Marionberry Syrup
        
      • Wild Huckleberry Jam
        
        
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