Cashew Coconut Fig Energy Balls

As a cook, baker, and friend, there's nothing I love better than sharing food. Over the years, I've brought pot pies to new parents, cooked soup for friends who were sick, welcomed new neighbors with fresh-made banana bread, and brought food to all sorts of gatherings, from tender to celebratory.

And so, over the years, I worked my way through various cookbooks and ideas until I compiled a list of recipes that could be easily made ahead and handed over. Now, I have a number of tried-and-true recipes with delivery strategies that assure the food will arrive intact.