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Four gifts for people who love food
For the one who cooks, the one who’d rather order in, the one who wants to learn, and the one who plans trips around lunch. Nothing here paid to be here.
A shelf of cookbooks, at three sizes
From a couple’s first kitchen to a whole library. Prices are list prices, checked October 25.
The wedding starter
Three books for a first kitchen together: one that teaches you how to cook, one for every Tuesday night, and one for the first time you have people over.
The amazing cookbook gift
Twelve books, the old masters and this year's best, for someone who cooks and is ready to cook everything. Each one earns its place on the counter.
The ultimately amazing cookbook bookshelf
Sixty of the greatest cookbooks ever written, from Julia Child to Fuchsia Dunlop, every kind of cooking, in one bookshelf. For a new house, a big birthday, or yourself.
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Three jars worth wrapping
From the Small Batch 25: things independent makers make in small runs, each with a recipe that uses it.
Vodka Sauce, Rubirosa
For the friend who orders the vodka pie every time.
This is the one I'd fight you for. Tomatoes, cream, parm and a splash of vodka, the way they make it on Mulberry Street. Lumache, a jar, ten minutes, done.
Photo: Rubirosa. Ordered straight from the maker; we earn nothing on it.
Original Sichuan Chili Crisp, Fly By Jing
For the one who puts hot sauce on everything.
The jar that made everybody put chili crisp on everything. Five-minute noodles, a spoon of this, and you've beaten takeout.
Photo: Fly By Jing. Ordered straight from the maker; we earn nothing on it.
Goat milk caramels (Fall Foliage box), Big Picture Farm
For the one who says they don't want anything.
Caramels made from the milk of goats with names. Chop a few into an apple crisp and it turns into something special.
Photo: Big Picture Farm. Ordered straight from the maker; we earn nothing on it.
A cooking class, near or far
An afternoon in New York, a morning of pasta in Bologna, or two days in a Chianti abbey. Most small schools will sell you a gift voucher if you ask.
Home Cooking New York
Small classes (ten at most) in a SoHo loft, a full sit-down meal at the end and the recipes to take home.
Photo: Home Cooking New York
davVero with Veronica
Vero teaches sfoglia rolled by hand with a mattarello, then tortelloni or tagliatelle al ragù, and lunch at her table with local wine.
Photo: davVero Kitchen
Badia a Coltibuono
Hands-on lessons in a thousand-year-old abbey that is also a winery, with the estate's own wine and olive oil.
Photo: Badia a Coltibuono
Somewhere else?
Tell us who it’s for and where (or where they’re traveling), and we’ll find the class and set the gift up.
The Bakery 100, and a free cheat sheet
The world’s 100 best bakeries, each with the one thing to get and when to go before it sells out. Pair it with a one-page food cheat sheet for wherever they’re going next. Both free, and they make a good card to tuck in with anything else.
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