Entries tagged with 'gift guides'
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Save the frilly boxes of candy for Valentine's Day. And hold off on the chocolate-of-the-month club until your best friend gets married. This time of year, people need simple, warm gifts that will sustain them through the winter—like hot chocolate, or the tools to make good hot chocolate.
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The holidays are a great time to serve cheese at all of the 46 parties you're planning to host, but it's also a great excuse to give cheesy gifts to all the curd nerds in your life. And it doesn't just have to be a cheese of the month membership either. Here's our guide to the best in cheese-related holiday gifts, which range in price from ridiculously affordable to stunningly opulent. (Prices don't include shipping unless otherwise noted.)
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What kinds of food-related apparel is there? I thought of two categories: items that are useful to the food preparation process and are worn for an extended period of time (i.e., not an oven mitt) and items that contain food imagery but provide no functionality other than to make you less naked. Here are some of my top picks for things that may help you in kitchen and things that definitely won't, but may catch the attention of a passersby who also has a penchant for food.
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I don’t have solid research data to back me up on this, but I’ve always thought that when the holidays roll around even people who haven’t seen the inside of their ovens all year pull down the flour bin and bake. It’s part of what makes the holidays so jolly—and so surprising. If you’re looking to surprise a baker on your list, here are a few gift suggestions. This isn’t a complete build-your-baking-batterie-de-cuisine list; it’s not just for beginners; and it’s not in any special order. Mostly it’s a sampling of some things I really like and think you and yours might like, too.
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I've been ordering food by mail long before the internet existed. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate how easy the web has made ordering food. I like to order things I can't easily get near my house. I have taste-tested everything on this list, so there shouldn't be any surprises. I think you or somebody you care about will be very happy with any or everything on this list.
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Rather than give you a list of all the things that I have—and recommend, I've decided to kill two birds with one stone, and just post all the sandwich related gifts that I want this Holiday season (Mom, please take notice). And I give you permission to steal any of my ideas for the sandwich lover in your life...
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While most of these items are more likely to be found enjoying something like their tenth year of uninterrupted slumber in the bottom of a drawer than drying in my dish rack, there are a few that I turn to time and time again. Give these gizmos a try this cookie-baking season and you’ll be singing their praises, too.
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In the last year or so, it seems that environmental issues have come to the forefront in the kitchen—both at home and in restaurants. From chefs cooking with seasonal, sustainable ingredients, to locavorism and the concern over "food miles," to those "I Am Not a Plastic Bag" bags. For those of us wishing to minimize our impact on the environment, here's the Serious Eats Gift Guide to eco-friendly things to give and get for the holidays.
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You can never go wrong giving someone something sweet for the holidays. Sweet things make people happy. Not just chocolate or cookies or cake either. Perfectly ripe fruit brings a smile to my face as well. Here's our guide to sweet things to give and get for the holidays.
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If you know someone who's serious about cooking at home, what better gift is there than gear? Some of these suggestions might lack the wow factor of expensive toys from those fancy home goods stores, but over time the recipient will actually find them useful.
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