GIFTS OF THANKS LET YOUR HOLIDAY HOSTS KNOW YOU APPRECIATE THEM WITH ...(HOLIDAY FOOD)

Byline: RUTH FANTASIA FOOD EDITOR

You've spared yourself the labor and expense of cooking Thanksgiving dinner by accepting an invitation somewhere else. But what can you take your well-deserving host and/or hostess? Here are 10 ideas you can make or buy in a day that will most likely be welcomed by anyone.

1. A cheese course. Select three different cheeses and place them on a platter with baguette slices, seedless grapes and walnut halves. Let your host decide whether to serve it as an appetizer, an after dinner course or save it for later, when he or she doesn't have to share.

2. A pie plate (filled). Bringing dessert isn't too hard, especially if …