Tis’ the season. The season to rack your brain for gift ideas for your foodie friends who have it all! In those cases, it can be hard to figure out what to get them, but don’t worry; This is a fun and unique foodie gifts list to help you and me out.
1. Wine Monkey Wine Caddy
Inspired by a truly timeless and beloved icon, this adorable wine caddy’s cheeky sock-monkey design places it right at home at any uproarious dinner party, picnic, backyard barbecue, or other casual soiree. The real wool caddy–made from an authentic all-American red-heeled sock–slips easily around any standard-size bottle of wine, champagne, sparkling juice, or other favorite beverage, protecting it from damage while lightly insulating its contents between loosely knitted layers. (BUY)
2. Pig Cutting Board
“I love how my beautiful wood cutting boards add that old-world charm to the kitchen. You’ll want to keep them on your countertop to display with delight.” Best Dishes! – Paula Deen This collectable pig shaped cutting board features natural acacia wood tones that add to the individual style of each board. (BUY)
3. Fred and Friends Food Face
Here’s a chance to play with your food and exercise your creativity at the same time. So bring on the mash potatoes and peas-the possibilities are endless. The perfect of foodie gifts for the child. (BUY)
4. Measuring Matroyshkas
Measure and bake with glee using this set of 6 dry measuring cups made in the shapes of traditional Russian matroyshkas. The cups even nest like the Russian dolls for easy storage, and they’re easy to find in any drawer or cupboard. The 6-cup set includes 1/4 cup, 1/3 cup, 1/2 cup, 2/3 cup, 3/4 cup, and 1-cup sizes. Made with heavy-duty construction, the cups are built to use and to last. (BUY)
5. Pinch Pour Prep Bowls
Amongst the best of foodie gifts, these bowls are the perfect prepping accessory, when you need a pinch of this and a dash of that. Unique pinch pour spout design – just pinch any of the bowls to create a pour spout that is perfect for liquid or dry ingredients. Set of four bowls nest for convenient storage. Clearly marked liquid measurements: 1 and 2 tbsp, 1/4c, 1/2c and 1c. Top-rack dishwasher safe. Arugula and meringue color. (BUY)
6. Riedel Amadeo Decanter
This Riedel Amadeo decanter was specially designed and created to commemorate the Riedel Family’s 250th Anniversary, and is truly a gorgeous work of art. Hand-made and mouth-blown by very skilled artisans, this piece is produced only by top-level master glass blowers in Europe, making each decanter unique; no two Amadeo decanters are exactly alike. (BUY)
7. Wine Thermometer
Take the temperature of your wine and get the most from the taste. The wine thermometer only need be attached like a belt around the bottle, and within minutes you can read the temperature on the digital display. The thermometer can withstand being dropped and even survive the loving attentions of the youngest in the family, and it fits easily into a drawer, on a tray or on your kitchen shelves, so it’s always there when you need it. Cheers! À votre santé! (BUY)
8. Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking
In Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking, Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young, and Maxime Bilet–scientists, inventors, and accomplished cooks in their own right–have created a six-volume, 2,400-page set that reveals science-inspired techniques for preparing food that ranges from the otherworldly to the sublime. The authors and their 20-person team at The Cooking Lab have achieved astounding new flavors and textures by using tools such as water baths, homogenizers, centrifuges, and ingredients such as hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, and enzymes. It is a work destined to reinvent cooking. (BUY)
9. Flavour Shaker
The Jamie Oliver Flavour Shaker is designed to crush, mix and release flavor from whole spices, herbs, garlic, nuts, citrus rind or even lime or bay leaves. One of the most perfect foodie gifts. It is easier to use and easier to clean than a mortar and pestle. In just a few seconds you can create and add flavor to all kinds of everyday dishes. You can make meat rubs for really aromatics roasts and grills; marinades, dips, oil dressings for salads, sauces and salsas just to name a few ideas. Simply pop your ingredients inside, add the magic ceramic ball and give it a good shake. (BUY)
10. Magic Lasso Rope Wine Bottle Holder
Its truly is a sight to behold as it creates a magical optical illusion using the principle of balance which means the bottle of wine looks like its floating! The Lasso Wine Bottle Holder is crafted from chromed iron metal and then covered with the rope – It has a dangly bit of rope that hangs off the end to make it even more magic. Suitable for all standard wine bottles, (BUY)
11. Oyster Mushroom Kit
This mushroom kit was first launched in the hopes of bringing our sustainable urban mushroom farm one step more local…into your kitchen! The best part…you don’t even need a garden – it’s all indoors! Just place the mushroom kit on a windowsill and mist twice a day with the mister we provide. Within ~7 days , you’ll see little mushroom pinheads coming out…after that, it’s off to the races as they double in size every day and you can harvest them before you know it! (BUY)
12. Let Them Eat Cake No. 11 Parfum
This feature foodie gifts fragance features sugar cane, coconut milk, vanilla orchid and white musk crushed and distilled to perfection. It is presented in a clean, sleek bottle displaying a vintage image of a delicious cake in the background. (BUY)
Which is amongst you favorite of the foodie gifts?
Oooh, if only I hadn't promised myself not to buy anything else for myself…Cool list of things I haven't seen before.
I promise myself that every year 😉
Love those Measuring Matroyshkas so much! I saw them in a kitchen shop a few weeks ago and have been pining for them ever since. 🙂
They seem to be in every kitchen store that I go into! Very cute!
Ohhh god I LOVE the monkey Wine decanter, I wish you hadn't included it , now I feel like my life is incomplete without it lol xxx
LOL! You can buy Christmas presents for yourself 🙂
I have seen the Matroyshkas before, but now that you mentioned it I might have to finally buy it. They are too cute, and would be cute just sitting on the kitchen counter.
They would look really cute on the counter!
love love your list of things for foodies!! i just went to the edge of urge site, thanks for introducing it!!
xx ~ k
Such cute gifts – fun!
My mind is blown by that Jamie Oliver Flavour Saver. How have I not heard of that?! I want!
I hadn’t either!
I read this article on the web magazine and liked it very much. My favorite: Measuring Matroyshkas
I think the optical illusion wine bottle holder is awesome and the face plates would be a great idea for the kids.
I am wanting to get the female food plate for my niece. I think she’d love it!
Oh decanters and matroyshka’s would look so nice in my kitchen! We’re going for a trip in St. Petersburg and Travel all Russia prepared a list of places to visit, I must ask them where I can find modern-looking matroyshkas!! Thanks, Annette, for the ideas!
What an amazing trip you are going to have through Russia!! Hope you find the matroyshkas!