by Christina Refford | Apr 12, 2021 | Gift Guides
A kitchen gift for Mother’s Day may once have been the purview of serious home cooks, but no longer. (Thanks, pandemic!) After 14 months of cooking breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for my family of five, I would love a Mother’s Day gift for my kitchen!...
by Caroline Siegrist | Dec 8, 2020 | Gift Guides, Shopping Finds
The pandemic has really put a damper on my food tourism this year, so tracking down amazing mail order cookies from small bakeries across the country has been like…virtual travel for me. I’m so happy to recommend them, because so many of these shops rely...
by Christina Refford | Dec 8, 2020 | Gift Guides, Holiday Cooking, Recipes
While so many homemade food gifts are best eaten fresh, these make-ahead food gifts will let you get you into the Christmas spirit right away. I’ve found so many terrific DIY food gift ideas, from your own homemade vanilla extract, to scrumptious rum balls, and...
by Christina Refford | Dec 7, 2020 | Christmas, Gift Guides, Tips + Tricks
Even if you’ve picked out your perfect Christmas cookie recipe already, you might be looking for ways to package those Christmas Cookies as gifts. Though the big crowded cookie swap I usually attend every December is canceled this year due to the pandemic,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Nov 30, 2020 | Gift Guides, Christmas, Shopping Finds
This native New Yorker is big on sending NYC food gifts this year around the country. That’s because I’m firmly on Team Stay At Home this holiday, hard though that may be. Not only does Covid mean that New York won’t be receiving our annual share of...
by Christina Refford | Nov 10, 2020 | Christmas, Gift Guides
The best food Advent calendars of 2020 do not include the one in the drugstore with the waxy chocolate behind thin cardboard doors — but no surprise there. So before you end up with that as your only option, let me stop you and share some food Advent calendar...
