Looking for something creative to give this holiday season for those food lovers and cooking enthusiasts? Then look no further than Libertine Tacoma.  Libertine Tacoma creates an interesting and eclectic variety of artisan salts and salt blends. Carefully and lovingly crafted, the salts and blends give food a creative and delicious twist. Libertine Tacoma also produces other innovative culinary products and art for the home as well.

Owner, artist, and designer Christy Reedy of Libertine Tacoma is passionate about cooking. With the holidays right around the corner, Reedy's products are ideal for your festive food preparation.

"I would recommend Libertine Tacoma's YUM X 4 Gourmet Custom Sea Salt Blend for a savory and flavorful finishing salt for just about everything on your holiday dinner menu," suggests Reedy.

"Also, Libertine Tacoma's Trifecta Custom Gourmet Salt Blend for a beautiful and unique finishing salt with a great salt flavor. Really, just about any of Libertine Tacoma's Gourmet Salts & Blends would be perfect in so many ways for all of your holiday cooking needs," she notes.

In addition to the many selections of salt and salt blends, Reedy also features a great mix of art pieces, perfect for the home and gift giving.

"I started out about nine years ago creating small affordable art pieces as a hobby and found that I truly enjoyed making them," says Reedy.

"I discovered that my three dimensional creations, Pin Sculpture, were popular as well so I collected interesting vintage images and created a great selection of fun and interesting pieces that you find in Libertine Tacoma's Etsy page. You will also find more of those creations in my art shop, www.odesignstudio.etsy.com. I also love to create functional home décor pieces from reclaimed materials and that is what you will find with my Animal Cracker Mirrors and my wooden wall hanging jar/jewelry/key holders."

"Libertine Tacoma's Gourmet Culinary Salts & Blends are available locally. Old Milwaukee Café & Dessert Co. on Sixth Avenue, Market on Market on Market Street and Catwalk on Pacific Avenue. Amocat Café on St. Helens has a custom blend I named "Calico" that I created just for them. The products are available at Tacoma Food Co-op on Sixth Avenue and My Cheese Shoppe in Puyallup. They all carry different selections from Libertine Tacoma's product line."

Interested in trying a simple recipe using the salts at home? The following is one of Reedy's favorite recipes:

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w/Libertine Tacoma's Lime Chipotle Gourmet Sea Salt Blend

• 1/2 cup of vegetable oil heated on medium high in a small size fry pan on the stove top
• 12 corn tortillas
• Libertine Tacoma's Lime Chipotle Gourmet Sea Salt Blend

Cut the corn tortillas into triangles like a pizza.
Fry in the oil until each side begins to bubble/puff up and becomes rigid.
Remove tortilla pieces to a paper towel for blotting excess oil.
Sprinkle with desired amount of Libertine Tacoma's Lime Chipotle Gourmet Sea Blend.