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GIFTSNO FOOD FANATIC Food plays a big role come the holiday
SHOULD GO WITHOUT season, when friends and family tend
to gather around the dinner table to share
good meals and catch up on the year’s
happenings. But while food is integral to
holiday gatherings, food also makes a great
gift for that friend or family member on your
holiday list who loves to savor a good meal
no matter the time of year.
Thanks in part to celebrity chefs and
television shows that teach viewers how to
make gourmet meals at home, it’s now easier
than ever for food lovers to expand their
culinary horizons. Gifting such food fanatics
can be fun and may even inspire a love of
unique cuisine in holiday shoppers, especially
those who consider the following gift ideas.
COOKING KIT
Ingredients and other essential elements of good meals were once taken
for granted. But more and more foodies are now creating their own foods
from scratch. Bacon fans may fall in love with a kit that helps them
cure and smoke their own bacon, while those who love fresh, homemade
bread may appreciate a bread-making kit that includes flour, a pan,
recipes and other items necessary to make the perfect loaf of bread.
Cooking kit options are vast, so find a food your loved one can’t go
without and purchase the appropriate kit.
CUTLERY SET GARDENING TOOLS
Though it’s easy to overlook, cutlery goes a long way While the holiday season might not
toward making home cooks’ jobs easier. The right seem like the ideal time to buy your
cutlery set, which may include one or two chef’s knives, favorite foodie some gardening tools,
a vegetable knife, a santoku knife, a bread knife and such items make the perfect gift for
other knives home cooks will appreciate, can make your loved one who wants to grow his or
preparing a meal easier and more efficient than cooking her own fruits and vegetables. Locally
without a set. High-end cutlery sets can cost several grown produce has become increasingly
hundred dollars, but shoppers on more limited budgets popular among foodies focused on eco-
can still find quality cutlery sets for less money. conscious cooking practices, and it does
not get much more local than home
FOOD GETAWAY
cooks’ own backyards.
Many foodies love to travel so they can experience
50 | INDULGE • DECEMBER/JANUARY 2016 cuisines popular overseas or in different regions of
the country. Men and women whose spouses love food
can plan a food-themed getaway weekend to a locale
that specializes in a type of food their significant
others enjoy or have always wanted to try. For example,
men and women who love lobster may enjoy a trip to
Maine’s annual Lobster Festival, while those who can’t
get enough barbecue may appreciate a trip to one of
the country’s more notable barbecue spots, such as
Memphis, Kansas City, North Carolina or Texas.
SHOULD GO WITHOUT season, when friends and family tend
to gather around the dinner table to share
good meals and catch up on the year’s
happenings. But while food is integral to
holiday gatherings, food also makes a great
gift for that friend or family member on your
holiday list who loves to savor a good meal
no matter the time of year.
Thanks in part to celebrity chefs and
television shows that teach viewers how to
make gourmet meals at home, it’s now easier
than ever for food lovers to expand their
culinary horizons. Gifting such food fanatics
can be fun and may even inspire a love of
unique cuisine in holiday shoppers, especially
those who consider the following gift ideas.
COOKING KIT
Ingredients and other essential elements of good meals were once taken
for granted. But more and more foodies are now creating their own foods
from scratch. Bacon fans may fall in love with a kit that helps them
cure and smoke their own bacon, while those who love fresh, homemade
bread may appreciate a bread-making kit that includes flour, a pan,
recipes and other items necessary to make the perfect loaf of bread.
Cooking kit options are vast, so find a food your loved one can’t go
without and purchase the appropriate kit.
CUTLERY SET GARDENING TOOLS
Though it’s easy to overlook, cutlery goes a long way While the holiday season might not
toward making home cooks’ jobs easier. The right seem like the ideal time to buy your
cutlery set, which may include one or two chef’s knives, favorite foodie some gardening tools,
a vegetable knife, a santoku knife, a bread knife and such items make the perfect gift for
other knives home cooks will appreciate, can make your loved one who wants to grow his or
preparing a meal easier and more efficient than cooking her own fruits and vegetables. Locally
without a set. High-end cutlery sets can cost several grown produce has become increasingly
hundred dollars, but shoppers on more limited budgets popular among foodies focused on eco-
can still find quality cutlery sets for less money. conscious cooking practices, and it does
not get much more local than home
FOOD GETAWAY
cooks’ own backyards.
Many foodies love to travel so they can experience
50 | INDULGE • DECEMBER/JANUARY 2016 cuisines popular overseas or in different regions of
the country. Men and women whose spouses love food
can plan a food-themed getaway weekend to a locale
that specializes in a type of food their significant
others enjoy or have always wanted to try. For example,
men and women who love lobster may enjoy a trip to
Maine’s annual Lobster Festival, while those who can’t
get enough barbecue may appreciate a trip to one of
the country’s more notable barbecue spots, such as
Memphis, Kansas City, North Carolina or Texas.
