Food for thought

There’s nothing fresher than food grown in your own garden. If you’re looking for unusual, organic seeds for vegetables and spices, try The Cook’s Garden Catalog. It’s packed with seeds, gardening books and prints. For a free copy, call (800) 457-9703, fax (800) 457-9705 or visit www.cooksgarden.com.

Egg-citement

If plain old dyed eggs are a little too tame for you, check out the PAAS Easter Celebration Kit, which lets you “tattoo” your eggs. Or you could get crafty with their Speckled Egg Kit, which has glitter speckle paints and speckling sponges so you can give your eggs that artistic touch. Once you’re finished decorating your creations, you can compete in PAAS’ 2001 Easter egg contest. To enter, send a photo of your egg and an essay describing how PAAS helped you decorate it (100 words or less) by May 1 to: PAAS The Most Beautiful Easter Egg Contest, 411 Park St., Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043. Winners in each age group – 17 and under and 18 and older – will receive a $500 gift certificate, and 10 runners-up will receive a $25 savings bond.

Basket ball

If the thought of Easter goodies turns you into a basket case, don’t fret. Just check out these sweet treats from Godiva (above right), Hershey’s (left) and Altmann & Kuhne (above left). Hershey’s foot-tall bunny weighs in at 3 pounds, which should be enough to satisfy anyone’s sweet tooth. It costs $24.95 and is available at www.hersheygifts.com. The Godiva chocolate bunnies are semisolid milk chocolate or dark chocolate and cost $18 for a set of two. For store information, visit www.godiva.com. The Altman & Kuhne Chocolate Bon Bons Easter Egg is an egg-shaped box decorated with Viennese and German designs and filled with tiny chocolate bonbons. At $50, it’s a splurge for chocolate connoisseurs. It is available at eluxury.com. Orders for the egg must be placed by Tuesday for Easter delivery.