Gift Ideas

Your best friend in the kitchen! Make beautiful and tasty dishes with minimum effort, with this spiral vegetable slicer.

The Paderno World Cuisine Tri-Blade cuts vegetables and fruits into curly, ribbon-like slices. By placing the vegetable or fruit on the prongs of the wheel and turning the wheel while pushing the base toward the vertical julienne blade, continuous spiral strands.

As seen on TV! Cook perfect tortillas every time!

The non stick, healthy way to shape, bake and create. Great for Taco bowls, salads, dips and more.

The EatSmart Precision Pro Digital Kitchen Scale is a versatile multifunction home appliance. Designed to be highly accurate and aesthetically pleasing, the Precision Pro is manufactured to the highest quality specifications. Weigh items up to 11 lbs quickly and accurately, with results displayed in four different units: grams / ounces / pounds / kilograms.

For cooks – Weigh food items directly on the scale platform or utilize the scale’s tare (zero) function, which eliminates the weight of a plate or bowl and makes cleanup a snap. The high resolution screen provides easy viewing angles on any kitchen counter and the five rubber feet eliminate sliding. Additionally the three minute auto-turnoff feature ensures that you will never again lose your measurement in the middle of your recipe prep!

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Serve cold beverages with ease indoors or out. The lightweight acrylic design is easy to transport and will not break if accidentally tipped over.

The design features a compartmentalized base that can be filled with ice for additional cooling. And it’s easy to fill the container with a favorite beverage, since it features a wide mouth and removable lid. The lid’s handle makes it easy to lift off for adding more ice, fruit, or sweeteners when needed. Amply sized to hold 3 gallons, the container features a no-drip, easy-pull spout for dispensing. Great for parties or everyday use, the beverage dispenser makes a great gift for newlyweds or new homeowners.

It’s always a great time for a BBQ. And what’s a BBQ without a great man on the grill? Even the greatest of cooks need a good set of tools to work their grilling magic – and here’s just the gift for them!

The kit includes a chef’s spatula, grill tongs, silicone basting brush, cleaning brush, extra cleaning brush head and 8 corn holders. Crafted from durable stainless-steel, the tools feature elongated handles and hanging rings for convenient placement during grilling time. Everything stores neatly and compactly in a handy, strong, soft-lined aluminum case. The case buckles closed for security and has a handle for taking on the go in camping trips, beach trips, or park pic-nics.

The rich earth colors of the design of Autumn Monarch by Johnson Brothers are redolent of the fall season: rich browns, plums and pumpkin shades. Your Thanksgiving holiday table will look bountiful even before the meal is served!

This is a set of 4 plates – a great gift for Thanksgiving.

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Victorio VKP1014 4-Tray Kitchen Seed Sprouter

The Victorio VKP1014 four-tray Kitchen Seed Sprouter is an easy way to produce fresh, high-quality organic sprouts in your own kitchen. New and improved design is simple to use and very durable. Unique growing tray design uses water surface tension to keep the correct amount of water in the tray for all stages of the growing process. You can enjoy sprouts in as little as 2 to 5-days. Includes organic alfalfa sprouting seeds, 4 growing trays, 1 water collection tray, 1 storage lid and instruction manual.

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Cookbooks are always a great gift. You can find a huge variety of cooking books, for every taste and budding chef. There are plenty of specialty cookbooks, like recipe books for vegetarians, books of low-carb food, celebrity chef cookbooks and so on. There were many great recipe books this year. Here are some of the finest, that would make a wonderful gift for any food lover:

My Father’s Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness

Gwyneth Paltrow shares her family life and recipes. The Academy-Award winning actress and avid foodie shares a sumptuous collection of recipes and gorgeous photographs celebrating the joy of preparing food for loved ones, a passion she learned from her beloved father.

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The Sriracha Cookbook: 50 “Rooster Sauce” Recipes that Pack a Punch

A great recipe book for those without much experience in the kitchen. Recipes are dead simple, with easy-to-find ingredients and clear instructions. This book, plus a bottle of rooster sauce, would make the perfect gift for any home cook that likes a lot of spice, without a lot of hassle.

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Plenty: Vibrant Recipes from London’s Ottolenghi

Recipe books for veggies are a big hit lately. Here’s another great one. Yotam Ottolenghi is one of the most exciting new talents in the cooking world, with four fabulous, eponymous London restaurants and a weekly newspaper column that’s read by foodies all over the world. Plenty is a must-have collection of 120 vegetarian recipes featuring exciting flavors and fresh combinations that will delight readers and eaters looking for a sparkling new take on vegetables.

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Macarons

Oh, those yummy cookies, so delicate and wonderful. Macarons are all the current rage, and this beautiful collection of tried-and-tested recipes allows even first-time macaron makers to try their hand at these luscious delicacies.

This stunning collection of recipes adds a touch of magic to the macaron. From the subtle flavors of the perfect raspberry or lemon macaron to more adventurous combinations of violet and white chocolate or rhubarb and red currant, this book includes 28 recipes for these dainty and delicious treats.

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Modern Hospitality: Simple Recipes with Southern Charm

In Modern Hospitality, Whitney offers a fresh take on classic dishes passed down throughout generations of Southern women. In addition to providing more than 75 original recipes that showcase regional ingredients and authentic flavors, Whitney also shares her stories of family, tradition, and suggestions for effortless entertaining. Bring a taste of the South into your home with dishes like Oven-Fried Catfish, Shrimp and Sausage with Grits Soufflé, Mississippi Cheesesteak, and Sweet Potato Peanut Butter Blondies. With recipes this simple, elegant, and delicious, it’s easy to turn any occasion into something special.

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