Gift Ideas

Looking for any favorite recipes for baked goods that travel well. My poor aunt was just diagnosed with breast cancer and I wanted to mail her a gift. I was thinking maybe a bag of Stumptown coffee...

Thinking about it for my mom for Christmas.

We have to get a food gift for a couple who are both homebodies and hardcore grillers. Is it worth it?

by Caitlin McGrath 3 months ago

It’s not too soon to start thinking about what homemade goodies we’ll be giving to family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and hosts this holiday season, whether you’re celebrating Hanukkah, Christ...

So, here's the thing. My partner and I have been frequenting the same bar for nearly a year or more now and there is one particular bartender who helps us out when he's not busy [he'll get us drink...

by Caitlin McGrath 1 year ago

What kind of cookies, cake, confections, savory snacks, preserves, potables, and so on are you planning to put by for gifts, guests, or your own selves this holiday season? Here's the place to shar...

Hey chowhounds, My dad and his girlfriend live in Naples and I'm kinda stuck for a christmas gift to get them. I'm not wealthy so I've gotta keep it less than $100. I know they like wine and ita...

by kaleokahu 4 months ago

The Mods have locked up v1.0 at 337 posts. Let's start a new one, hmmm? I'll go first. There was a thread recently that swerved out of appliances and into manual tools, specifically the Aeropr...

Hi All- I'm looking for suggestions about a Christmas gift for a real salami lover! The gift needs to be between 50-65 dollars. Anyone have salami that sells online that they truly think is the bes...

Longtime lurker but this is my first post. What is the best New England cookbook? The last post I found was a few years ago. I’m on my honeymoon here and would love to cook some of this food when I...

For Christmas, I gifted my in-laws a 12 month “subscription” of baked goods for my FIL and healthy snacks for my MIL. The tricky part is that my mother-in-law’s diet is pretty strict (no dried frui...

I would like to give a restaurant gift card to a special couple. The problem is, one person in the couple is a real foodie, and one is not. I know they have been to Perry Street, steakhouses, an...

by LulusMom 9 months ago

I want to give our babysitter a gift certificate to the best, most special restaurant in Raleigh. She just got married and asked for "experiences" for gifts. I'm thinking since this is a wedding gi...

I currently work for a kitchen company and am leaving soon to go to school full time. I want to wrap up any last minute gift purchases before I lose my discount. I want to give my friend/mentor & h...

I'm planning for Mother's Day: my mom lost a database of all her recipes a couple years ago, and I thought it would be nice to try to get together a collection of family recipes from various relati...

by hotoynoodle 11 months ago

I have a few friends with little kids and i'd like to ship some Easter goodies. Am not great with free-handing royal icing decorating so not keen on messing with that. Will make "marbled" coo...

My best friend birthday is in a couple of weeks and I want to give her something unique. She loves running, food and also like to collection hats. I did my research and I food this site that for ev...

I bought a bunch of super cute Kate Spade mugs for my daughter's daycare teachers, they didn't come in a fancy box so I am looking to fill them with something (I have 12 to fill and the facility is...

Welcome to our Reporting Thread for our December Dish of the Month (“DOTM”). For those new to our DOTM series, the purpose of this thread is to encourage hounds to prepare the selected dish throug...