Food For Thought — December 16, 2020 at 7:23 pm

Ultimate Foodie Holiday Gift Guide 2020

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  1. Award-winning Brandini Toffee is a sweet tooth lover’s dream. Available in one and two pound boxes ($30-$50), it makes a great gift.
  2. Technically not edible, Candlecan‘s Cinnamon Blackberry ($27) candle looks like its comprised of blackberries, but is actually a candle that gives off the comforting scent of cinnamon.
  3. Vermont-based maple producer Runamok Maple makes flavored syrups in the most fun and delicious flavors. Score one of their gift boxes ($64.95), where you can pick your own flavors, from Coffee-Infused to Whiskey Barrel-Aged to Cinnamon and Vanilla-Infused.
  4. Score a limited edition bottle of Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2012 Yayoi Kusama ($198), a partnership with the legendary Japanese artist, which makes for a stunning display in your home bar.
  5. Got a Californian to shop for this season? Purchase this Oakland Love Gift Set ($85), which includes locally-sourced goodies from Oakland businesses, including East Fourteenth Coffee Beans by Red Bay Coffee Roasters, golden milk spice blend from Oaktown Spice Shop, Redwood Mist Room Spray from Juniper Ridge, up cycled dark chocolate brownie mix by Renewal Mill and an assortment of fair trade teas by Numi Tea. 5% of all proceeds will be donated to A Safe Place.
  6. No one can turn down a gift from Murray’s Cheese, and with their Cheeses of the World Sampler ($95), you will get three pounds of cheese, including Mitica Drunken Goat, Pyrenees Brebis, Murray’s Estate Gouda, Piave, Murray’s Cave Aged Gruyere, and High Plains Cheddar.
  7. Different flavors of delicious brownies? Sign us up! Goldbelly is the best source for consumers to find tasty goodies from across the country and Brownie Points has a Holiday Baby Brownies Gift Box ($89) that will surely get you in the holiday spirit.
  8. Hilliard’s Chocolates make tasty desserts for all-year-round, but their Hanukkah Peppermint Bark ($31.95), made with their signature dark chocolate, white chocolate and natural oil of peppermint, along with blue crushed peppermint hard candy, is a must-have during the holidays.
  9. Honolulu Fish Co. offers super fresh seafood and cuts of fish, including their Hawaiian Ultra Ahi with Maki Roll Sushi Set ($135). It comes with wild caught Hawaiian ultra ahi on a bed of Japan Hokkaido premium sushi rice, nori seaweed, Japan-sourced seasonings, and a bamboo roll mat.
  10. Anything that encourages spending more time together and disconnecting from technology gets an A+ in our book. Gundlach Bundschu makes a Family Game Night ($130) gift set that includes a bottle of 2018 Mountain Cuvée Sonoma Valley, a 500-piece Rhinefarm map puzzle, a Rhinefarm map keepsake tin box, Boss Lady panel truck ornament, and Rustic Bakery citrus & almond fruitcake, all packaged in a “Picnic on Towles Hill” gift box.
  11. A New York bakery, Bread Basket, recently relaunched with new themed baskets filled with baked goods. Their New York Basket ($45) gives you all of the flavors of our beloved city, with black and white cookies, everything seeded twists, and plenty more.
  12. Denver distillery Blue Peak is offering a gift box ($125) with all the accouterments you need to whip up Stranahan’s signature Highland cocktail, developed by their in-house mixologist, Lucas Townsend. Included are branded rocks glasses, a mixing glass, bar spoon, zester, ice cube mold, simple syrup, black walnut bitter and Blue Peak.

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