40 Gifts for Food Lovers

There’s a reason why the Le Creuset Dutch oven is still a kitchen status item amongst food lovers everywhere. It will last forever (think cross-generational cookware levels of forever), it heats evenly, it has just the right sized handles and lid knob, and it is ideally shaped for whatever soup, curry, braise, stew, or Christmas roast you want to pull together inside.

This handy accessory lets you achieve the perfect pour and save your bottle of wine for an extra day or two—all for under $15.

Any home cook will appreciate a restock on their spice cabinet, especially from a spice retailer as trusted as Burlap & Barrel. Purchase this gift set that includes favorites like Wild Mountain Cumin, Royal Cinnamon, Tangy Black Lime, and hot Buffalo Ginger to use as a stocking stuffer or in a gift basket.

Zingy, vibrant, and fresh extra virgin olive oil from California brightens even the starchiest and creamiest winter meals absolutely makes one of the best food gifts. This duo includes Brightland’s Awake and Alive oils—the former a little spicier and the latter a bit more versatile. Both will be well appreciated in the kitchen round the holidays.

Take a cue from Gwyneth Paltrow and customize your Staub with a darling animal knob. If the rooster isn’t your speed there’s other options available including a cow, fish, snail, and more.

Splurgey holiday meals on the town have their place, but going into winter with a freezer-full of pasture raised beef, pork, lamb, and chicken can feel like the real glamour to a home cook. Porter Road is a go-to for high-quality meat, available either as a single order, or as an ongoing meat subscription box.

Flamingo Estate’s Manuka honey is harvested from Mount Taranaki in New Zealand—a region known for its ability to produce an incredibly potent nectar. With a limited number of jars available, it’s a perfect gift for your loved one who swears by a spoonful of honey for the health benefits.

What better way to start counting down to the holidays than with a chocolate-filled advent calendar? This one is filled with 24 days of chocolate-covered licorice treats slow-crafted and responsibly produced from the best suppliers in Denmark and around the world.

This sweetly nostalgic little enamel pot is the ideal cookware for warming milk for cappuccinos, making sauces, or of course, warming butter. It also looks right at home on the table as a serving vessel.

If your giftee loves an unconventional piece of cookware you could also grab this tomato-shaped cocotte that’ll make soups and stews feel fancier.

Can we offer you a microwave egg cooker in these trying times? This handmade ceramic mini pot will have breakfast ready in just under one minute.

Sugarcane and recycled plastic—the by-product of kitchen tool production—come together to make this pastel-hued little cutting board. At just over 13” by 8”, this is the ideal petite prep board to hand out to friends who offer to trim green beans before dinner, or the size to pull out for small tasks like slicing fruit or crushing a clove or two of garlic.

To choose a favorite hot sauce feels impossible, irresponsible, and downright foolish: There should be room for every last chili condiment at the table. But unlike some pungently fermented or extra spicy ones, this one is an easy crowd pleaser (don’t let the ghost peppers scare you). It’s prime for BBQ thanks to its sweet-savory, wood-smoked flavor that’s not as hot as the label might suggest and makes for a good little stocking stuffer.

This book from team Ottolenghi takes the lessons of pandemic cooking and gives them the incredibly flavorful, inventive, veg-forward Ottolenghi treatment. The resulting 85-plus recipes all call on pantry staples (as well as whatever may be camped out in the back of your crisper drawer or on your freezer shelf) but punch way above the standard kitchen cupboard pasta.

Rich, velvety cocoa will be a real treat after hitting the slopes or to warm up a loved one when frigid temperatures hit. This velvetiser from Hotel Chocolat makes the perfect cup of hot chocolate every time and is available in three metal finishes.

Tea leaves need a little space to brew properly. This Hario pot’s roomy brewing chamber provides just that. It comes in three sizes, the largest of which is just $20.

The delicious fruit spreads and honeys in Bonne Maman’s advent calendar are the perfect way to start the holidays. Behind each cardboard door you’ll find fun flavors like apricot orange blossom, guava raspberry rose, and more.

There’s no better way to enhance a beginner’s baking skills than a Nordic Ware pan. This decorative design takes even the simplest one-bowl cake and makes it a thing of beauty. Plus, thanks to its best-in-class American-made construction, it might just become the signature shape of your giftee’s cakes for years to come.

MìLà’s soup dumplings are the ultimate comfort food. Available in pork, shrimp and pork, chicken, and pho-inspired beef, they’re the perfect cold-weather meal to enjoy with your favorite chili crisps and Asian dipping sauces.

For that one person that you somehow still love even though they drink iced coffee in the depths of January: The Yeti rambler. A Big Gulp disguised as an outdoors cup, this insulated stainless steel to-go cup is ideal for mammoth proportions of iced tea or coffee, or a morning smoothie.

These traditional Echizen Kawara Japanese tileware plates will feel like dining on a piece of history. Made in the Hokuriku region of Japan, the elegant design is modeled after tiles used to garnish rooftops across this ancient region, creating a visual harmony between exterior architecture and interior decor.

Featuring designs from famous Italian artist Gaetano Pesce, these handcrafted resin coasters each vary slightly and come in six eye-popping color pairings—and they’d make the perfect final piece to the gift box you’re putting together.

While black tea is sturdy enough to be brewed in truly boiling water, the more delicate leaves of green tea do best in 150–160 degrees Fahrenheit. Of course, the tea lover in your life probably knows that already—this pot just takes the guesswork out of the morning cup for them.

Everyone needs a paring knife for hulling strawberries, peeling apples, and any other delicate carving task. And though the average knife—with its sleek metal blade and black handle—looks just fine, why not opt for something a bit more aesthetically pleasing? Hexclad offers any knife you could possibly need and they’re designed with a rustic-looking wooden handle in a stylish green hue.

The celiac you love, the one who is so often left out of holiday treats? This is the book for them. (Not to mention anyone interested in the complex nuttiness and nuanced flavor whole grain flours give baked goods.) While Aran Goyoaga’s wealth of knowledge makes her a favorite amongst the more advanced bakers, there are recipes here for at every skill level—just look at the dead-simple peanut butter banana cookies. Get this one under the tree or round the table sooner rather than later: There’s a chapter specifically dedicated to showstopping holiday bakes. I’ve got my eye on the deep caramel-colored honey cake edged with a sweet-salty seed brittle.

Does your favorite foodie also have a cabinet space issue? This Joseph Joseph mixing bowl and measuring cup set packs a whopping nine tools into one stacking set. This gift set is ideal for both the baker and the home cook, thanks to the included fine mesh sieve for prepping flour and the colander for steaming and rinsing.

The duo behind Los Angeles-based tabletop studio Atelier Saucier is always on the lookout for unique reclaimed fabrics for their tablecloths, placemats, and cocktail napkins. This set of patchwork napkins shows off their indigo fabric finds.

The next pick on our list of best gifts for foodies is Diaspora’s tadka spoon. Traditionally, a tadka spoon is used to temper or bloom spices and aromatics in a bit of oil—a key step in adding that final hit of flavor to Indian and Sri Lankan dishes. But regardless which cuisine you’re cooking, freshly ground and toasted spices are a game changer–and this minature cast-iron pan is the ideal vessel for toasting.

Taco people rejoice: Jorge Gaviria, the masa expert behind retailer Masienda, has written a book that explains masa top to bottom. Learn the history, science, and technique behind processes like grinding and nixtamalization, how to do them at home, and of course, recipes to showcase your prized handmade masa. Expect tortillas and tostadas, of course, but also masa waffles and even masa-battered vegetables.

For someone who lives for BBQ season, this black charcoal smoker has ample space to cook up next-level steaks, ribs, veggies, and more thanks to two XL stainless steel racks.

And if you’re thinking, Well, the foodie in my life already has every knife they could possibly need, you know what they probably don’t have? A champagne saber.

Really want to make a splash this holiday season? Get the machine that’ll provide your food lover with all the best blends, soups, and more from now until the end of time. A Vitamix is already a state-of-the-art kitchen gadget, but a Vitamix from the Ascent Series is the Ferrari of blenders. It’s got five different programmable settings and a sleek touchscreen display. The recently released Vitamix Gold label delivers all that same high-performance in an even more elevated style, with a base available in five different colors and stunning gold accents. Morning smoothie-making never looked so lush.

If their idea of comfort show is a Chef's Table: Pizza rewatch, cater to their curiosities and supply them with what they'll need to master the perfect Neapolitan pizza at home.

You might think to yourself, Who needs a ceramic egg crate? We’ll tell you who—the home cook or baker in your life. This crate from Anthropologie will keep eggs in easy access as they bake while also functioning as practical decor.

Why settle for a regular old plastic cutting board when you could have this confetti-inspired number from New York-based Fredericks and Mae? Use as a cheese board, a charcuterie board, or for food prep.

Whether you’re a cinephile or just like the idea of Andrew Garfield letting you know when the cookies are done, we think this novelty kitchen timer from A24 is a great gift idea for your favorite AMC A-Lister.

Serving authentic soba at home is easy with this set that includes noodles, all natural bonito and dashi sachets, two handcrafted ceramic cups, and a golden grater perfect for ginger or fresh wasabi. The serveware was custom designed in historic Gifu, Japan, and it’s inspired by traditional shoji screens (sliding paper screens).

Don’t think you have to travel across the globe for a taste of Noma. Thanks to this sampler of flavor boosters, home-cooked meals will never be the same.