Nothing gets us more pumped than buying gifts and being generous. Our holidays are all about decorating, giving and of course eating. This is the perfect time to tell and show your loved ones how much they mean to you.
We have compiled the best foodie gifts that you can give. Here at The Foodie Gift Box, we will always support small businesses. All these gifts are from small businesses that we admire, they are truly creating special products.
Civil Stoneware is based out of Birmingham, Alabama, one of our favorite cities in the South. Each of their items are handmade so they have a unique touch that no other item will have.
While they have some great items such as serving platters, pizza stone, and measuring cup sets, our favorite item of theirs is the mortar & pestle. This item is perfect for grinding spices and dried herbs, it makes such a difference in dishes.
The mortar & pestle is a must have in the kitchen of every foodie.
The Rustic Craftsman is a husband-and-wife duo that designs and builds custom furniture and one-of-a-kind pieces. Their ocean boards are absolutely gorgeous, and they offer various sizes.
This is the perfect gift for the foodie that loves charcuterie and loves to host.
Have a foodie in your life that loves charcuterie boards?
Then they need this organic cutting board care set. This set includes Roostmade premium organic wood oil, Roostmade premium organic wood wax, organic cotton round pads, Roostmade Coconut Scrubber, Fine grit sanding sponge and step-by-step instructions on how to care for your board.
Also, upon purchase of this set, three trees will be planted and maintained through maturity, to fight global deforestation. We love supporting businesses that supports causes!
El Guapo Bitters is one of our favorite businesses. Based out of New Orleans, El Guapo Bitters uses locally sourced ingredients. Their entire line is non-GMO, high fructose corn syrup free, gluten free and vegetarian.
El Guapo Bitters offers bitters sets as well as syrups sets and craft cocktail sets. The best thing about this is that you can build your own!
For the bitters set you can choose four out of ten. Some of their bitters include cucumber lavender, crawfish boil and chicory pecan coffee. How good do those sound?
This is the perfect gift for the foodie that likes to party.
Madhu Chocolate is based out of Austin, Texas. They combine the flavors of traditional Indian cuisine with chocolate. This collection includes orange blossom hot cocoa mix, roasted almond hot cocoa mix, rose pistachio dark chocolate, cardamom dark chocolate and vanilla fennel chocolate.
This collection will surely impress your foodie.
Book Larder is a community cookbook store in Seattle, Washington. Not only do they offer new and imported books, they also offer author events, cooking classes and demonstrations in store. Their selection is impressive, they also have new cookbooks available for pre-order. We wish there were Book Larders all over the country.
This is the perfect gift for the foodie that loves to learn.
Some cookbooks we've been having our eyes on:
Henri's Bakery & Deli is one of our favorite bakeries! Thankfully, they now offer nationwide shipping. This bakery is based out of Atlanta and has been around since 1929. Not only do they have amazing shortbread cookies, they also offer banana nut bread and cheese straws.
This is the perfect gift for a foodie that loves sweets.
Texas Hill Country Olive Co. is a family-owned company, and they are passionate about what they do. It all began in 2008 when the family purchased some land in Dripping Springs, Texas to plant olive trees. We have been keeping our eye on this business because using really good olive oil makes such a difference in cooking.
This set includes Texas Miller’s Blend oil (500 ml), Sola Stella (500 ml), and Terra Verde (500 ml).
This is the perfect gift for the foodie that loves to use quality ingredients.
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These are only a few of the small businesses that we have been keeping our eye on. We hope that you support small businesses that you love this holiday season!
For more about The Foodie Gift Box, check out our story.
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What sets us apart from other gifting services is our desire to give back to local communities. From the beginning, we have committed a percentage of our proceeds to local food banks. If an Augusta box is purchased then a percentage of that box will go to a food bank in Augusta.
The hunger statistics in the United States is absolutely wild. According to Feeding America, 42 million people including 13 million children may experience food insecurity in 2021. The heartbreaking thing is that hunger is closer than you may realize, it is no doubt in your community.
In 2016, I was working at Gap, Inc. and I became a volunteer coordinator. I was extremely excited, and I wanted to take my role seriously. I started doing research on organizations in the Augusta area and I came across Golden Harvest Food Bank.
I signed our store up to volunteer and allowed the employees to pick the hours and days they wanted to join me. Once I started volunteering, I loved it. It was a brand-new experience for me and I quickly realized how fortunate I was. My heart broke to see families going through the line to get food.
I decided to do their “It’s Spooky to Be Hungry” campaign, at work, school and in my neighborhood. I felt such a need to share with my community what Golden Harvest Food Bank was doing.
You may be asking yourself, 'what's their "It’s Spooky to Be Hungry" campaign'? Well, for 28 years, hundreds of neighborhoods, businesses, organizations and volunteers have helped Golden Harvest Food Bank to scare away hunger through the "It’s Spooky to be Hungry" food drive. In 2019, enough funds for almost 250,000 meals were raised. In 2020, Golden Harvest wanted to ensure the safety of the community so they help their food drive virtually. Every $1 raised helped to put 3 meals on the table of those in need.
I ended up volunteering for about 2 years and then I joined the United States Army and moved out of Georgia. So, it has now been a couple of years since I’ve volunteered there, but starting The Foodie Gift Box, I remembered my time at Golden Harvest Food Bank and the hard work that they were doing in Augusta. They are the main reason why we are committing a percentage of each box to the local food bank of that box’s city. Ensuring people receive food is one of The Foodie Gift Box’s top priorities.