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Rosie1223 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 10:27 AM
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Gifts for Winos/Foodies -- Please help
My sister and sister-in-law are both gourmet cooks and wine enthusiasts. I am neither. I need help for Christmas gifts for them. I am budgeting about $50 each and need something shippable as I will not be seeing them at the holidays.

I'm desparate for suggestions! Please post ideas or good websites for me!

Thanks in advance.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:51 AM
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1. Williams-Sonoma
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/

Sur La Table:

http://www.surlatable.com/

I could spend hours on both sites.

Hope this was helpful, happy shopping! :hi:
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The empressof all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 11:56 AM
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2. i gourmet . com is great
Their cheese selection is the best around and they offer many great options for baskets.

http://igourmet.com/

Everyone also usually loves the Pears from Harry & David


http://www.harryanddavid.com/gifts/store/home___
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:06 PM
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3. Wake Me Up has some good ideas for sites.
Edited on Tue Dec-09-08 12:21 PM by hippywife
If you're not sure what they can use from them, maybe a gift card from either one. Or to Whole Foods if there is one in their area.

Or even a subscription to a nice cooking magazine they may not already get. I saw a beautiful one last month the deals with Italian cooking that I had never seen before. Wish I could remember the name. If I do I'll repost with it.

ETA: It might have been this one:

http://lacucinaitalianamagazine.com/
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 08:13 PM
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5. Two Italian magazines with similar formats
They both mix stories abut food, wine, and Italian life.

La Cucina Italiana

Italian Cooking and Living

Our soopermarket carries both of them.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 08:49 PM
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6. Yeah, it was the
LaCucina Italiana. Luckily, the share recipes from previous issues without a charge on their website. There are a few there I really want to try. :hi:
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:27 PM
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4. A subscription to Food & Wine or Saveur, and a $25 gift certificate...
...to a store such as Williams Sonoma, Sur la Table or chef.com. :hi:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 09:21 PM
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7. I saw wine kits at the store tonight
First time I'd seen that. Complete with wine yeast, 750 ml bottles, labels, and fresh grape juice, I may get that for myself. lol

Sorta like these but, it was only about $40. This kit made merlot according to the package.

http://www.homebrewers.com/category/aasdvarks/
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japple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 04:58 PM
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8. Gift certificate for Penzey's Spices. n/t
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 06:01 PM
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9. Oh! Another fine idea!
Good one, japple! :hi:
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 07:33 PM
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10. Wine Party Game
And some other stuff I thought looked interesting along the way.

http://www.goodthingsandmore.com/entertaining.htm
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 07:54 PM
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11. Tips from Shirley Corriher on that site.
Excellent! :hi:
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 08:04 PM
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12. Oh I think they came from you
That's my site and you're the one that gave me the idea to put them up. :hi:
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 08:37 PM
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14. Glad that you found them useful.
:hi:
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Rosie1223 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 08:25 PM
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13. Thanks for all your suggestions!
You guys are the best -- but then you already knew that, didn't you.

I ordered each sister a gourmet cheese assortment from igourmet. Perfect!

Thanks Again!
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wakemeupwhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 11:21 AM
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15. That would have been my choice, too.
Gourmet cheeses are always fun.
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 08:03 PM
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16. my favorite california winery
i dunno, mostly serendipity. DH and i were in san fran, mother's day, and took a drive out to wine country. but he was being his usual mother's day ass. he kept arguing about where to go, even tho i had the map. so i just quit talking. he happened onto this place as it was getting late. we did a quick tasting, as they were closing in 15 minutes.
but we loved the wine, and joined their wine club.

http://www.madonnaestate.com/
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 11:36 PM
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17. I know you ordered already, but I would order something splurgy - truffles or foie gras
Do a google search on truffles, and you will find some reputable places. Amazon also sells jars of truffles.

For the gourmet, there is little that's more exciting.
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wildflower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-14-08 09:38 PM
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18. The Flavor Bible
I know you already got your gifts, but if I were looking for a gift for a foodie, I'd give The Flavor Bible.

It's for people who already like to cook but like to experiment with flavors. There are no actual recipes in the book.

http://www.becomingachef.com/flavor_bible.php
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