On the Cover / Gifts of Taste : Cool Hot Wreaths

Spice up Christmas with a chile wreath or a chile ristra from Fiesta Farms, just outside Ensenada in Baja California. Other gift possibilities include rosemary wreaths, floral and lavender wreaths, garlic braids and garlic trees with herbs and chiles. The company also produces a line of culinary products including herbal vinegars, herbal barbecue sticks to season grilled foods, dried herb bouquets to add to soups, an herbal seasoning mix and dried edible flower petals. The company will assemble your choices in a fancy Christmas basket for a spectacular gift.

Chile and herb gifts, PRICE RANGE, from Fiesta Farms, (760) 451-0912; e-mail address: fiestafarms@hotmail.com