Gifts
As a part of my practice of minimalism, I always ask my fellow humans to avoid giving gifts to me that are not food or something that I use. When I offer gifts, they are also food or drinks or something zero-waste, or something the person needs/wants and asks for.
Before I went to Sweden to give my lecture, I checked my post box. A fellow human sent a wonderful gift to me from Finland. It's Japanese tea and a heartfelt handwritten note.
Recently, my loved one's mother gave us this knäckebröd/kex that she made herself.
I don't know why in the minds of many, food is not a beautiful gift.