This is a gift basket from local author Carolyn Niethammer, who writes about the plants, food, mountains, canyons, streams, and the people of the Southwest. The basket includes her most recent book The Prickly Pear Cookbook which shares recipes from great professional chefs for the bright pink prickly pear fruit and the nutritious pads, an 8 oz jar of prickly pear apple butter, and an 8 oz jar of cactus date conserve.