Monday, December 21, 2020

Gifts Under $60 for People Who Love to Cook...

Courtesy of Kamron Sanders

Happy Holidays Friends,

Cater to the chef in your life without spending too much bread.

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Whether your friend or family member has been into cooking for years or if they're new to the cooking world, they'll love kitchen gadgets and accessories that make prepping tasty treats even more enjoyable. Shop our gift picks that the cook in your life will use and enjoy for years to come. The best part? They're all less than $60!

Over-the-Sink Kitchen Rack
$22.97 Amazon

Don't let a tiny kitchen stop the chef in your life from cooking up their favorites. This over-the-sink rack provides extra counter space for cooking and prepping and acts as a colander, trivet and a drying rack all in one. When not in use, they can easily roll it up and store it.

Air Fryer Tool Set
$19.99 (Set of 6) OXO

Help your friend make the most of their air fryer with these must-have tools including a silicone brush, tongs and silicone cups.

Keep It Rolling
$24 - $100 Food52

The baker in your life will tell you that accuracy is key, and this extra-wide, super-accurate rolling pin evenly rolls out dough for thin-crust pizzas and a batch of cookies, plus any other doughy task they tackle. With the smooth wax finish, the dough stays on the table, not on the pin.

Kitchen Compost Bin
$45 Pottery Barn

Crafted of sustainable materials, our bamboo kitchen compost bin is an eco-conscious choice for the home. A smooth matte finish and simple profile make it a chic addition to your kitchen.

Everyday Instant Pot Cookbook
$25.89 $19 Amazon
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We all know someone who's obsessed with their Instant Pot. Help them get even more use out of it with this book that has recipes from breakfast to decadent desserts.

Farm-to-Table Fresh
$49 Amazon

Now the cook in your life can grow eight of their favorite herbs in their own kitchen. This kitchen garden is self-watering and makes growing an herb garden easy.

Floral Recipe Box
$38 Anthropologie

Sure pinning recipes works, but help the cook in your life collect their favorite family recipes in this compact box that'll look stylish on the kitchen countertop.

Butter Ribboner
$14.99 Amazon

This handy gadget will solve all their butter-softening woes. The ribbon dispenser functions as the name suggests. Just place a stick of cold butter in the dispenser, twist the back attachment, and it'll scrape thin ribbons of buttery goodness onto their favorite food with ease.

Scent Be Gone
$8.99 Amazon

You've probably heard the cook in your life complain about food odor on their hands after cooking. It can take days for odors to disappear with standard soap and water use. Gift them this stainless steel bar that instantly works with or without water.

Easy as Pie
$28 - $55 Food52

If your friend loves making pies, they'll love this pie box. This handcrafted, reusable raw pine box is designed to safely (and stylishly) transport pies — and maybe you'll get a special pie delivery.

Smoker Made Easy
$49.95 - $59.95 Williams Sonoma

Instead of buying a separate smoker, your grill master can turn their grill into a smoker with this large smoker box. Sized to fit inside a grill, the large, lidded box houses a tray for aromatic wood chips or fragrant herbs (with a perforated tray stacked on top to circulate heat and smoke). Simply brush seasoned meat, seafood or vegetables with oil, place them on top of the filled smoker box and place in the preheated grill to add a hearty, wood-smoked flavor.

Bring On the Bread & Cheese
$39.50 - $59 Pottery Barn

Give the hostess with the mostest a beautiful acacia wood board to display cheeses and bread for small family gatherings or picnics.

Spice Grinder
$37.95 $35 Amazon

Fresh spices can really make a dish more delicious. This spice grinder will pulverize spices, peppers and anything else that needs to be crushed to give any dish that extra kick. Made of cast iron, the grinder is made to last and will fit perfectly on the kitchen countertop. Enjoy family and good friends...

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Friday, December 18, 2020

A Cocktail Kit Could Be the Perfect Holiday Gift...

Courtesy of Felicia Feaster
Shaker And Spoon

Happy Holidays Friends,

Experiential gifts are often the best ones, and if you have a cocktail fan in your life, a subscription or one-time gift of a cocktail kit could be just what the mixologist ordered.

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We all know the type. The guy, or woman, who has everything. Someone for whom holiday gift-giving is less a joy and more an elaborate, psychological puzzle to figure out. Who has that kind of time? Make it easy on yourself since nearly everyone enjoys a stiff drink or a cold one every now and then. Buy your buddy a one-off cocktail kit from Hella Cocktail Co. that will allow them to create a slew of Moscow Mules, Bloodies or Peach Mimosas, or gift them with a month- or year-long subscription to a great cocktail brand like Shaker & Spoon that will give them everything they need to create mixologist-masterminded, top-notch cocktails at home.

After all, anyone can give a gift, but you are the kind of savvy gift-giver who gives experiences. What could be cooler than that?

Shaker & Spoon Subscription
$50 for 1 Month | $480 for 1 Year Shaker & Spoon

With a Shaker & Spoon gift subscription, you can choose a monthly or yearly option. Each month your recipient will receive a box via priority mail with three recipes and everything they need to make 12 drinks (four from each recipe) besides the alcohol. They'll get an email before each box arrives with suggestions for a bottle that'll work well, bar tools to have on hand and more. The Shaker & Spoon recipes are solid, mixologist-created with the same inventiveness and taste you'd expect from a trip to your local craft cocktail emporium. Everything you need, from tiny tinctures to fresh fruit, bitters, bespoke sodas and honey (depending upon each month's boozy theme) is in the box, so your giftee can dive into making a series of delicious, high-quality recipes.

Hostess With the Mostess Kit
$79.95 Hella Cocktail Co.

Know someone who is interested in getting into cocktails? This great cocktail starter kit from the well-known brand Cocktail Kingdom offers the sleek, functional tools they'll need to get their drink on.

Black Is Beautiful Beer-Making Kit
$50 Brooklyn Brew Shop

Make a rich imperial stout with this beer kit while supporting social justice with this "Black Is Beautiful" kit from the Brooklyn Brew Shop which will donate half of the total sales from this kit directly to Color of Change. Committed to advancing civil rights in America, Color of Change is an organization powered by those who work to end racism and injustice.

I Miss Brunch Survival Kit
$32.95 Hella Cocktail Co.

Give a family member or friend the gift of a good time with this set of delicious mixers to spice up any brunch. Your giftee just adds the booze. The Bloody Mary mix is all-natural and the Peach Bellini is especially refreshing and low sugar to take some of the guilt out of your brunching.

Back to School Special
$55 Root Crafted Cocktail Mixers

With a focus on organic and all-natural cocktail mixers with interesting flavor profiles like The Cuke (cucumber, lime and elderflower), Root Crafted Cocktail Mixers focuses on delivering the mixers that get you started with the addition of your spirit of choice. The cheeky Back to School Special wooden gift box includes a 32-ounce Lemongrass mixer, a 16-ounce Hibi Hibi mixer and a 16-ounce Au Pear mixer so you can sample a variety of these non-alcoholic mixers developed by two mothers who clearly know about the necessity of the occasional spirit-lifting cocktail. All your giftee needs to do is add their spirit of choice to sample a variety of cocktail possibilities. Other gift packages range from $22.50 for a copper cocktail shaker to $99 for a Large Gift Box with five cocktail mixers and a copper cocktail shaker.

Premium Organic Cocktail Set
$74.95 Williams Sonoma

Create authentic artisan cocktails at home with this trio of premium mixers, crafted from organic fruit juices and cane sugar. This Organic Cocktail Set includes Blood Orange Mandarin Organic Cocktail Mix, Jalapeño Lime Organic Cocktail Mix, Pomegranate Blueberry Organic Cocktail Mix and a jar of mixologist-favorite Luxardo Maraschino Cherries to top things off.

Wine Lovers' Advent Calendar
$139.99 Macy's

Sort of a mini-wine subscription, this cheeky wine advent calendar comes loaded with a variety of miniature bottles of reds and whites so grown-ups can count down to the holidays with a festive glass each evening.

Saloon Box Subscription
$158.99 for 3 Months | $587.99 for 1 Year Saloon Box

Saloon Box gift subscriptions come with spirits (unless you live in one of these states: AL, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, NC, OH, SD, UT, VA, WV — but don't worry, there are some no-alcohol options available, too), and you can order a one-time individual cocktail box or anywhere from a three-month to one-year-long subscription for gift-giving. Saloon Box says its focus is on experimentation and on small liquor brands and small-batch bitters, shrubs, etc. Boxes include two recipes that each make two cocktails.

Tanteo Tequila Margarita Kits
$89.99 - $229.99 Tanteo Tequila

Tanteo Tequila offers a variety of margarita kits for a limited delivery area, which include Tanteo Tequila, sour mix and fruit juice. (Kits are available for delivery to NY, NJ, CA, FL, WA, IL, CT and the Greater Dallas, Greater Austin and Greater Houston Areas.)

Tanteo Tequila Gift Pack
$14.99 Tanteo Tequila

Treat a tequila fan to a fun stocking stuffer of four tequilas: 85 Proof Blanco, spicy jalapeño, smokey chipotle and extra spicy habanero.

Crafted Taste Cocktail Subscription
$100 - $150 Crafted Taste

Crafted Taste subscriptions allow you to choose a mixers-only subscription for $100 per month or a full kit with alcohol for $150 a month, with gift subscriptions available for anywhere from one month to a year. Crafted Taste is unlike some other cocktail subscription kits in offering full-size portions of alcohol and hard-to-find and custom-made mixers so your kit can serve anywhere from 12 to 17 drinks. Each kit comes with modern and classic cocktail recipes and food pairing ideas.

18.21 Bitters Bourbon and Whiskey Bitters Gift Set
$25.99 18.21 Bitters

Created by two Atlanta entrepreneurs, 18.21 Bitters specializes in unique bitters, tinctures, shrubs and other cocktail mixers. Their collection of bitters sets are geared toward specific spirits — vodka, bourbon and whiskey, gin, rum and a spicy bitters set. These bitters trios make a unique stocking stuffer for the spirits fan on your guest list.

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Thursday, December 17, 2020

Essential Gifts $60 and Under for Wine Lovers...


Courtesy of Katie Friedman and Bridget Mallon

Happy Holidays Friends,

Go beyond their favorite bottle and pick up one of these thoughtful and unexpected presents that will make a wine lover feel so spoiled.

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think it's safe to say that a lot of us would be beyond overjoyed to receive a bottle of wine for the holidays. I mean, don't many of us dream of lounging the day away in our matching pajama sets with a cheesy Christmas movie playing on the TV and a full glass of red, white or bubbly in hand? I know it's not just me!

Wine is our go-to gift for hosts and homebodies alike. But, if you want to get a little creative for that one person who considers herself something of a wine connoisseur, just peep our fun, wine-related present ideas below.

Wine-Infused Sheet Mask
$3 Amazon

Is there anything better than a "treat yourself" night? Encourage your loved one to indulge in some self-care with this sheet mask formulated with red wine extract, which reduces the appearance of enlarged pores and helps purifies skin. They'll get a healthier-looking complexion in as little as 20 minutes.

Wine Glass Ornament
$6 Target

Whether you're working with a budget or you just need one last little thing to complete your Christmas shopping, you'll definitely want to grab this glass-shaped ornament. Don't worry, though, this is one vessel that will never spill — or go empty, for that matter.

Raspberry Wine Fizzers
$5.99 Target

Transform their next glass of white or red into a starry surprise with this set of raspberry-flavored fizzers. Just like bath bombs, these little balls get dropped into the drink and result in a shimmering wash of color.

Dark Chocolate for Red Wine Pairing
$7.99 World Market

When in doubt, you really can't go wrong with chocolate, either. This appetizing assortment includes pure chocolate, sea-salt caramels and honeycomb squares, all made with silky dark chocolate that pairs well with different reds.

If You Can Read This Wine Socks
$9.95 Amazon

Let their footwear do the talking with these cheeky socks that come in their very own gift box. They'll help keep your loved one's feet warm and ensure that their glass stays full.

Let's Wine About It T-Shirt
$12.99 Target

If you really love something, put it on a t-shirt. That's how the saying goes, right? Okay, maybe we tweaked it a little bit, but after seeing this adorable shirt from Target, we just couldn't help ourselves. Show your favorite winos you understand their needs by gifting them this hilarious, wine-centric tee.

Hope You Brought Wine Coir Doormat
$12.99 Target

And finally, here's a gift that will appeal to any host or hostess. Made from durable coir, this cheeky "Hope You Brought Wine" doormat thoughtfully collects dirt and delivers a fun (and always relevant) message to visitors.

Wine and Cheese Pairing Swatchbook
$14.95 Urban Outfitters

Never again will they wonder if their wine and cheese actually go together, thanks to this nifty swatch book. With 104 pages in a fanning format, this gift provides detailed information about the history, production and unique flavor of fifty of the world's finest cheeses, plus the best wine varietals and vintages to pair with them. When they're not showing it off to their friends, they'll love displaying the book on their bar cart.

This Is Probably Wine Travel Mug
$14.95 Amazon

This stunning travel mug lets wine lovers wink at their favorite pastime and keep people guessing about what they're really drinking. And if it really is coffee inside the tumbler, we hope it's the merlot-infused variety (Just saying).

Agate Wine Charms
$15 for four Sur la Table

You'll definitely delight your favorite hostess-with-the-mostest with these eye-catching, agate wine charms. The set includes rose quartz, clear quartz, amethyst and labradorite accents, so everyone knows which glass is theirs.

Merlot Infused Coffee
$20 Uncommon Goods

The word "brew" may conjure up thoughts of beer on most occasions, but this one-of-a-kind coffee is here to change that. With actual Merlot infused into the beans, this java is sure to please any wine lover's taste buds as they start the day.

Etched Skyline Wine Glass
$24 Uncommon Goods

Sure, they might already have stemless glasses in their cabinet at home, but this swanky set is too good to pass up. Each glass is etched with a city skyline, which wraps around for a continuous panorama. Choose from major cities like Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, L.A., Nashville and D.C., and let your loved one toast to the town.

Wine Soaps
$28 for four Uncommon Goods

If they just can't get enough of those citrusy and berry notes, stock their shower or tub with a set of wine soaps. These all-natural, vegan bars bear the distinctive shades and subtle fragrances of all the vinos that inspired them.

French Kitchen Marble Wine Cooler
$29.95 Crate & Barrel

Fact: A white marble wine cooler never goes out of style. Treat your loved one to a satisfying sip with this timeless chiller, which helps bring bottles to the perfect temperature. Because marble is a natural product, the veining will be unique to their piece — and so seem even more special.

Swoon Carafe
$29.95 Crate & Barrel

Even some of the most dedicated wine fans are without decanters in their barware collection. But these vessels are actually a great way to improve the taste of most wines and add an aesthetically pleasing twist to the beverage. This sophisticated, sculptural option from Crate & Barrel looks beautiful even when empty.

2016 Stags' Leap Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
$60 Stags' Leap

Spoil your loved one with a bottle (or case!) of Cabernet Sauvignon fit for special occasions. If you shop before December 18, you can get 30 percent off bottles, 40 percent off cases and free shipping with guaranteed delivery before Christmas.

Wine Tarot Tapestry
$49 Urban Outfitters

Combine her love of all things wine and magic with this hilarious, tarot-themed tapestry. Since the piece is made from 100 percent polyester, she can toss it in the wash in the event of any spills or splatters.

Rabbit Black Electric Corkscrew
$49.95 Williams Sonoma

We can't think of a better gift than one that lets them spend less time opening the bottle and more time sipping their favorite drink. Snag this electric corkscrew and watch their eyes light up as it removes the pesky cork in seconds, without any shredding involved.

Wine-Stem Rack
$49.95 Crate & Barrel

Now here's a gift that they'll love to look at and use on a regular basis. Made from warm, acacia wood, this space-saving wall rack keeps their favorite bottles on deck and offers storage for up to six stemmed glasses down below.

Martha Stewart Wine Co. Subscription
Varies By Package Martha Stewart Wine Co.

Perfect for the person who likes to try a little bit of everything, this Martha Stewart Wine Co. subscription will send them six to 12 bottles every six to eight weeks. (So, it's really the gift that keeps on giving ... and giving!) Just choose the package that speaks most to your loved one.

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