Holiday (non-food) gift idea for a Foodie? She's getting a new kitchen...

[mariadnoca]

so thought maybe I should get her something for the kitchen. She's in SoCal so it would need to be something I can mail.

Not sure what she has but she's been a Foodie longer than me (every since I can remember and that's since I was 2) and worked as a food stylest for TV a few yrs back (but it was one of the Star Treks so not sure that counts as food, lol.)

What are your favorite foodie gifts or what's on your want list this year?

 

[judy-mass]

At the risk of being shunned...

may I suggest a bit of hand made pottery?
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like that?

I'd be tickled if if it was mine, but there are so many wonderful potters selling on Etsy.

My shop is JNpottery, and the potters I was referring to are listed here-
http://www.etsy.com/teams/6382/etsy-mud-team-emt/members?sort=login_name&page=1

(NB- if this is out of line, please ignore.)

 

[joanietoo]

Great idea and Judy-Mass makes delightful pottery. (you could fill the gift with something homemade)

 

[mariadnoca]

Judy, you'd never be shunned! But I thinking more like a kitchen gadget since I don't know her color

 

[cheezz]

Judy's pottery is a really terrific idea and she probably wouldn't have anything like that!

No matter how long you've been a foodie, things wear out and new things crop up. I love my mini whisks, flexible cutting boards, pastry brushes, canister scoops, etc.

But my favorite item is a casserole dish my sis gave me in 1988. It's different and everything just seems to look and taste better in it smileys/smile.gif

https://recipeswap.org/fun/wp-content/uploads/Finer_Kitchens/cheezz%20pics/IMG_1326.jpg

 

[cheezz]

Other ideas: silicone mold, Linzer cookie cutter set, loaf pan liners, unusual cookie cutters >>

Star Wars heroes and villains cookie cutters:

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/star-wars-cookie-cutter/?pkey=e|cookie%2Bcutter|12|best|0|1|24||3&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-


Message in a cookie cutter:
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/message-in-a-cookie-cutter-set/?pkey=e|cookie%2Bcutter|12|best|0|1|24||8&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-

 

[cheezz]

Judy! Your heart-shaped nesting dishes are just too cute *g*

 

[cheezz]

Or a gift certificate to Penzey's Spices -- there is a store down here in SoCal

 

[joe]

If it really must be non-food, I loved this article in the LA Times, on affordable foodie

stocking stuffers. The online version doesn't have all the pictures, but they're all things any cook could use, and use more of if they have one, easy to mail, and you can cite Russ Parsons of the LA Times as you tell her you wanted to follow local advice. (He's their best food writer--no doubt she knows of him.)

http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-handy-tools-20101202,0,2990535.story

 

[florisandy]

How about one or two different colored oil misters? That's on my wish list!

http://www.surlatable.com/product/kitchen+%26+bar+tools/new+kitchen+%26+bar+tools/oil+mister%2C+black.do?sortby=ourPicks

 

[florisandy]

Here's a bunch of kitchen gadgets including onion goggles! Yeah, I need them too

http://www.surlatable.com/p2p/endecaSearch.do?keyword=gadget&sortby=ourPicks&&asc=true&page=all

 

[steve2-in-la]

Last year, I gave several of my friends on of Judy's "pi" pie plates. Love 'em!

 

[steve2-in-la]

Kyocera knives and mandolins. Not too pricey, REALLY efficient. Also, these clippy-things that clip

to the side of a pan come in handy for holding utensils. To my great surprise, I use mine ALL the time.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kitchenniche.ca/images/pot%2520clip%2520trudeau.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kitchenniche.ca/pot-clip-p-1131.html&h=500&w=500&sz=20&tbnid=CUbVR8zPMD0h8M:&tbnh=130&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpot%2Bclips&zoom=1&q=

 

[florisandy]

That's clever Steve. Now I see how it works...

Edited to post some positive reviews at Image Link

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B000ELC6MU/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0

http://www.amazon.com/Trudeau-Pot-Clip-Spoon-Rest/product-reviews/B000ELC6MU/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

 

[dawn_mo]

What about a bamboo steamer filled with goodies?

I saw this on the Martha Stewart website being used as a hostess gift. They filled the steamer with two cooked pies. I thought that was a great idea for a hostess gift.

http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/pie-carrier

 

[luisa_calif]

Threse are $5.99 at my local hardware store (not the cheapest store).

I put these in our Yankee Swap last year and they started a very brisk exchange-exchange-excange !
Also Cost Plus carries them for the same price, $5.99.

 

[janet-in-nc]

I love, love, love my onion goggles.

 

[florisandy]

That's good to know they really work Janet. I remember Scott in Scottsdale posting about how

he used underwater goggles with good results for chopping onions.

I think I'll wait and buy a multi-purpose goggle. I spied these at an indoor boat show in Tampa and they're so cool. I also would like to see what I'm stepping on in the Gulf of Mexico - Lol

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2245707,00.asp