Dear Friend,

Fall kicks off shortbread season, and we're gearing up for the holidays already. But it's hard to think of winter when the autumn foliage fireworks of Vermont are in full force. Some upcoming highlights from VSC...

The Holidays will be here faster than a Vermont shortie goes down with a glass of ice cold milk!

Let us put you in the mood for apple picking, spicy hot beverages, and of course... shortbread.

(Click to see our Autumn Shortbread page).

The Shelburne Farms Fine Food and Wine Festival was a smashing success. Click the link to see photos! A hearty congrats to our Shortbread Drawing winner, Erica Toochin, who gets a f^ree shortbread gift box in the flavor of her choice.

Shortbread Shutterbugs, get your digital cams ready. VSC is hosting a Shortbread Photo Contest - inspired by a shortbread fan who sent us this cute pic.

For the local yokels... meet Ann and the gang in person. Our local itinerary will be posted here: Vermont Happenings. Read about VSC's upcoming mall venture, Shortbread on the Bike Path Part Deux, and our new photo gallery. Bookmark this page so you can swing by our shortbread gigs whenever you're in town.

Finally - Ann's writing again! Read our feature article, "Food and Fashion."

Enjoy the newsletter, and buy some shortbread!

Ann's Shortbread Gift Service

Vermont Shortbread Company recently added a new service to our list - the very handy Shortbread Gift Reminder Service.

You provide us with a list of all your gift recipients (along with their flavor of choice and text for gift card) and then WE remember to send it out on the appropriate date. It's EASY. Get all your gifts done in one fell swoop and ensure yourself stress-free holidays.

• 10% dis*count if you order 10-14 gift boxes
• 15% dis*count if you order 15-19 gift boxes
• 20% dis*count on orders of more than 20

Learn more about gift-giving made easy

Your Clients Love Shortbread

Looking for the perfect way to say, "Thanks for your business"? Vermont shortbread is the premier gift choice for professionals. Send one today and see the amazing effect that fresh-baked shortbread has on your clients and colleagues.

Our Flavors: Traditional (plain), almond, chocolate, raspberry jam, strawberry jam, lemon curd, walnut-cinnamon... and a NEW autumn treat, brown sugar and spice.

Click here to order.

Food and Fashion
(a.k.a. "Retro Leggings, Artisan Wine Biscuits, & Shortbread that Never Goes Out of Style")

by Ann Zuccardy

Recently, while perusing my monthly issue of In Style magazine, I noticed that fashions from the 1980s are hot in 2006. For example, leggings and jeans with skinny pencil-cut legs that you wear with high heels are so trendy these days! I fear that soon big hair will be making a comeback. I tried wearing leggings (for the uninitiated, leggings are footless tights) recently. I paired them with a short denim skirt and stretchy long sleeved tee. While this combo was cute when I was 24, I felt like an idiot wearing it at 44.

Click to continue reading this article.

Enter the "Shortbread Shutterbugs" Holiday Photo Contest

We hope that this picture is the first of many more that our fans send us of themselves enjoying our shortbread with family and friends. Just grab your digital camera and become a Shortbread Shutterbug.

Best shortbread photo gets a f*ree Shortbread Gift Box in the flavor of their choice. A great opportunity to sample our new Brown Sugar 'n Spice shortbread that's coming next month. Plus... if we get enough pictures, we plan to publish a Holiday Shortbread Collage as a special thank-you for participating! We'd love to see your goofy mug on our page. ;)

Email your .jpg shortbread image files to Ann at jsaz@gmavt.net, or Dina@Wordfeeder.com and include address info so we know where to ship your shortbread in the event you win.

New Shortbread Flavors Are Coming!

We’ve invented a new winter shortbread flavor – brown sugar and spice. It’s made with brown sugar instead of white sugar with a touch of nutmeg and cinnamon. Put a slice in the microwave for a few seconds to activate the spicy aroma and you’ll be in the holiday spirit in no time. We’re working on one more new flavor, but we’re not ready to release it yet. You’ll just have to read next month’s issue of Short Bites to find out more!

Bea Kunz of Sage Hill Farms

I had the pleasure of making Bea's acquaintance through the Ryze Business Network and I'm so glad I did. Bea Kunz and her husband run a wonderful herb farm and vintage store down in Tennessee. She is a great customer and a delightful friend to have.

Read the lovely shortbread testimonial that Bea sent in after reading the September issue of Short Bites... then explore Bea's wonderful Sage Hill Farms website.

Want to be a featured VSC Customer of the Month? Send your shortbread testimonial, photo and website link to Ann Zuccardy at jsaz@gmavt.net.

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