December Holiday Foodie Gift Guide
Velvetiser Hot Chocolate Maker
Hotel Chocolat’s sleek, at-home hot chocolate machine is the perfect gift for anybody with a sweet tooth. The start kit costs $180, and comes with the machine, two mugs, and four boxes of chocolate flake packs (enough for 40 cups). It’s easy to use, easy to clean, and works quickly- each cup is ready in less than three minutes.
Dominique Ansel Cookie Shot Mold
Dominique Ansel worked with Flexipan to create these flexible, heat-resistant, silicon molds for baking their iconic Chocolate Chip Cookie Shots at home. I’ve tried them out, and can vouch that they are incredibly easy to use. The mold makes six cookie shots at a time, and costs $49.95. It’s available exclusively at Williams Sonoma, and at Dominique Ansel’s shops.
Pasta Shaped Jewelry
You are what you eat…
Delicacies Jewelry has created a bunch of food-related collections with of earrings, bracelets, rings, and necklaces available in sterling silver and plated yellow gold. From dumplings to doughnuts to al dente pasta, there’s something here for everybody. My personal favorite is the dainty farfalle pasta bracelet.
The Balmuda Toaster Oven
I was perfectly happy with my $20 Amazon pop-up toaster oven, until the Balmuda toaster oven arrived on my doorstep. The Balmuda toaster oven uses steam technology to toast the surface of your bread (or baked good- see cookie above) to golden perfection while keeping the inside perfectly soft. It has different modes for pastries, breads, and pizza, as well as oven functionality.
I used the toaster to reheat these mail-order Last Crumb cookies and the results were incredible (click here to see).
Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer Pasta Attachments
This trio of pasta attachments is the perfect accessory for every Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer owner. They screw into the front of the mixer, and make cooking homemade pasta an effortless endeavor. One attachment rolls the pasta dough into flat sheets, one cuts the pasta into tagliatelle, and one cuts the pasta into spaghetti. They’re easy to clean, and store, and make for a great gift for any home cook who is a pasta lover!
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=kitchenaid+attachment+pasta+maker
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) from NYC’s Hottest Restaurants
This year, many of New York City’s hottest restaurants began to jar up their best-selling products to reach a larger audience. Two of my favorite CPG lines include Rubirosa’s at-home sauces and pastas, and Momofuku’s at-home ramen and chili crunch condiment. You’ll find many of these products at fine foods markets throughout the country, and they’re also available online for nationwide shipping. Any of these products would be a great gift for the New York City loving foodies in your life!
Zac Young’s Christmas PieCaken
Zac Young’s Christmas PieCaken features layers of chocolate pecan pie, cherry cheesecake, and red velvet cake frosted with a cream cheese icing and topped with festive holiday sprinkles! It’s the ultimate gift for anybody in your life with a sweet tooth, and/or dessert to serve at your family gathering(s) this holiday season!
*the 2023 cake features a different variety of sprinkles than the photo above
Eli Zabar’s Chanukah Gift Basket
Eli’s Chanukah basket has EVERYTHING you need to get the holiday started! It’s filled with candles, matches, chocolate gelt, a menorah-shaped challah, sweet treats, and more! It’s priced at $200 per basket,
Dominique Ansel’s Christmas Morning Cereal
Dominique Ansel’s signature Christmas Morning Cereal is a gourmet cereal blend made with Valrhona Caramelia covered crispy puffed rice, smoked cinnamon mini meringues, and candied hazelnuts. You can enjoy it right out of the box, in a bowl with cold milk, or in any other way you see fit! To me, it reads as more of a dessert than a breakfast, but I loved it. It’s the perfect holiday gift for any foodie with a sweet tooth.