

If the way to a heart is through the stomach, then culinary gifts are really the only way to go. And at a time when most of the world seems to be making their own meals at home, high-quality items for the pantry and bar cart are all the more thoughtful. From a gift basket of handmade jams and tapenades from Samantha Rees to a tin of Caviar Russe, these delectables will delight. The most thoughtful culinary and food gifts, below.
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Felix Roasting Co coffee
Felix Roasting Co's packaging is just as chic as their Ken Fulk-designed coffee shops.
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Runamok Maple cocktail bitters
A few drops of these maple bitters make all cocktails better.
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The Ranch Malibu wild honey
Famed wellness retreat The Ranch offers honey from the bees that feast on the plants that populate their two acres in the Santa Monica mountains.
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Current Cassis
Cassis is a liqueur made from blackcurrants and Current sources all their berries locally from the Hudson Valley before fermenting and bottling them up so prettily.
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Caviar Russe Caspian Sea classic Osetra
The recipient of Caviar Russe—a sustainably harvested and imported luxury—will be sure to put you on their nice list.
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Lieu Dit Winery Vintages
A vintage is a wine produced with grapes grown in a single year and Lieu Dit neatly packages up their vintages by year as part of its Time Capsule Collection—three wines per bundle.
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Casamara Club
Casamara Club's non-alcoholic beverages replace an aperitif spritz. Plus, they come in well-designed bottles.
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Maille mustard pot
Maille mustard's rosy-colored jar contains mustard made with rosé and grapefruit. Pretty and perfect for a cheeseboard.
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Dante bottled cocktails
Dante makes some of the best cocktails in the world and you can buy them pre-made online. No matter the circumstances, you'll be able to have that perfect negroni.
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Sant Ambroeus signature holiday gift box
Sant Ambroeus's holiday gift baskets (filled with Italian goodies) go fast. Order yours now!
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Holiday Food Baskets
Based in Brooklyn, former Vogue home market editor Samantha Rees assembles the most delicious gift boxes of high-quality foods. The offerings are on constant rotation so they're a gift that can be given twice, thrice, and more.
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Kosterina olive oil and balsamic vinegar set
Kosterina offers some of the best olive oil (cold-pressed in Greece) and vinegar (balsamic from Modena, Italy). To try them all, they offer a subscription service to ensure you never run out of the goodness.
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Jacobsen Salt Starter Kit
The Jacobsen Salt Company offers a batch of all their products (harvested from the Oregon coast) for a crash course in saltiness.
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Annie Clo cheese lover's basket
Annie Clo makes gift giving easy with their pre-assembled gift basket—this one for the cheese lover. To give their baskets is to give the impression you have much more time on your hands than you actually might.
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Momofuku soy sauce and tamari
Can David Chang do no wrong? Find out with his newly launched line of Momofuku foods.
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Maman's holiday cookie box
Maman's cookies are just like mom's, only they're much, much better.
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Kástra Elión Vodka
Kástra Elión crafts vodka distilled from Greek olives, making it the perfect vodka for, say, a dirty martini?
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Italian antipasti basket gift set
Food52's pasta-lover's hamper is a mambo Italiano in a basket.
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Guittard Creative Growth Bar
This bar from the Guittard Chocolate Company features artwork from Cedric Johnson. Sales will go to the Creative Growth Art Center, a non-profit that supports artists with developmental, intellectual, and physical disabilities. It is, by all means, a very sweet gift.
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Laurence Brabant bottle stopper
For when you can't get through a bottle of wine, turn towards Laurence Brabant's bubbly bottle stopper.
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House of Waris tea
Everything Waris Ahluwalia does is simply the best—his line of teas, House of Waris, included.
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Eclipse Chef Ice Creams
Your favorite NYC restaurants and chefs have partnered with vegan/plant-based ice cream maker Eclipse and made some highly inventive flavors. Sales benefit the restaurant industry.
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At home omakase dinners
For those in the New York City area, an at-home Omakase dinner from Masuda Omakase is a really wonderful gift. You'll likely get invited to said dinner so there's really nothing not to like. (Book via their Instagram.)
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Masha Tea monthly subscriptions
Masha Tea, made by Brooklyn naturopath Maria Geyman, serves up a variety of soothing blends and sells them in a monthly subscription format so you never run out.
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Brazos Pecan Pie
This is not the slogan of the Goode Company but it might as well be: “Don't mess with Texas or our pecan pie recipe.”
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Spicewalla essentials kit
Giving someone Spicewalla's essentials kit is to set them up for cooking success.
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Baking subscription
Renowned worldwide but based in Brooklyn, Bien Cuit is offering a variety of shippable baked goods. But why not teach a man to fish and gift loved ones a virtual baking subscription and lessons?
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Adopt an olive tree
Even more thoughtful than gifting a bottle of fine olive oil is to adopt an olive tree from Especially Puglia.
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Cup4Cup Gluten Free ancient grains
Of his Cup4Cup gluten-free flours, Thomas Keller claims you can't tell the difference. Let your gift recipient report back.
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Noble himalayan black truffle peelings
You can’t go wrong with an elegant tin of truffle peelings from Noble.
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Kick Back basket
Canned wine company Nomadica put together a care package of all the goods needed to relax: Parachute merino eye mask, Oaui Chill Pills Bath Bombs, and, of course, their wine.
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King Celebration Box
Beloved New York eatery King is offering a care package including their delicious boozy holiday cakes, a lambs wool blanket, quince jams, and more. It's a reminder to check out what your local restaurants are doing this season for more ways to support them.
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Virtual cooking lessons
100 Pleats supports chefs around the world with their virtual one-on-one cooking lessons—the ideal gift for both your friend who doesn't know how to boil water and your at-home pasta-making aunt.

































