Entries tagged with 'gifts'
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May the dark parts of the toast be with you. Available at Star Wars Shop for $54.99. [via Wired] Related Online Toaster Museum Scan Toaster 'Prints' onto Bread Photo of the Day: Death Star Melon...
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On Fridays, Deb Harkness of Good Wine Under $20 drops by with Serious Grape. This week, she stands up for cheapo wines. Photograph from filtran on Flickr In today's Wall Street Journal Tastings column, two of the country's most distinguished and level-headed wine journalists (Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher) announced their annual wine gift pick for the holidays. Usually, this wine is expensive, hard to find, or both. This year, it's a case of Gamay from the Beaujolais—one of the world's best wine bargains. Gaiter and Brecher explain why they made this unorthodox choice: "a single, very expensive bottle of wine seems as dated as bloated executive bonuses." Is America ready to put aside its love affair with $100-plus...
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Behold, the perfect gift for the Guinness lover in your life: an authentic Guinness home pub, being offered in honor of Guinness's 250th anniversary. The $250,000 price tag includes a VIP trip for two to Dublin to get an inside look at Guiness's St. James's Gate brewery, and a year's supply of fresh Guinness Stout. Check out Neiman Marcus's Christmas book for more gift ideas you probably can't afford. [via Uncrate]...
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Editor's Note: Every morning in October, we'll have something to put you in the Halloween mood! Candy corn is a love or hate situation, but some people just really really love it. If your ears are cold and you're on the pro side of the candy corn debate, then here's a free hat pattern through Reenie at the yarn site Material Whirled. [via Craftzine]...
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On Fridays, Deb Harkness of Good Wine Under $20 drops by with Serious Grape. This week, great wine books for your library or that of your grapehead friend or family member. If you are an avid cook, you can probably rattle off the titles of the five cookbooks that you absolutely, positively could not live without. They are the books with the crusty pages, the singed covers, and the broken spines that you turn to again and again when looking for culinary inspiration. So what are the five wine books that I can't live without? My list includes a reference book, a tasting guide, an annual report, a catalogue of grape varieties, and an indispensable guide to food and wine...
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The colors may not jibe with your china, but this glass cutting board—heat-resistant up to 535ºF and dishwasher safe—salutes the King of Rock 'n' Roll in only the best way possible. With eggplant side burns. You know you've made it big in the music industry when kitchenware designers give you eggplant for hair. [via Yumsugar]...
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We're coming to the rescue of gift-idea-starved sons and daughters everywhere with
an absolutely foolproof Father's Day gift guide. These babies have been road-tested with half a dozen of my friends, all dads who appreciate some of the finer, not-so-fancy things in life.
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I often find myself in a quandary trying to figure out what to get my wife or mother-in-law for Mother's Day. How do I get myself out of it? By ordering something seriously delicious online or by phone that I can serve easily for a Mother's Day breakfast, brunch, or lunch. Alternately, if you find yourself unable to be with your mom on Mother's Day you can have any one of these shipped to her so she can enjoy a foolproof Mother's Day repast. All of the following can arrive at your doorstep or your mom's by Saturday if you order today or tomorrow morning. Granola and Scones Breakfast Gift Box from Zingerman's I am all too familiar with the...
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For all you last-minute Serious Eat shoppers, here's a "best of" from our Serious Eats Gift Guide series full of presents that you can pick up this weekend before it's too late. All these items can be shipped overnight or picked up if you're in the NYC-area....
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After reflecting on the vast universe of cookbooks out there for just a few minutes, my head began to hurt. How do you whittle down even the basics to a manageable list when there are three versions of The Joy of Cooking alone to consider? So instead of a general gift guide, I'm listing the some of the best cookbooks of 2007 with an eye toward what from this year's crop would make a jolly, useful, tasty present. Prices don't include shipping unless otherwise noted....
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