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Chocolate Letters
This product just expanded my world. A selection of possible uses for your new chocolate letters:
-Names on birthday cakes
-Personalized after-dinner cupcakes
-Monogrammed sweets to leave on your guest room pillows
-Place-cards for the kids’ table
-Wedding favors
-Sending inside-joke candy grams.
You can order letter by letter, or choose one of phrases the site offers.
via Jordan Ferney
$3 at Food+Flower+Style
Posted: 11 Jun, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Dom Perignon ‘99
A bottle for the happy couple to open on their five-year anniversary. Or in the hotel room after the ceremony.
$134 at Beverages and More
Posted: 04 Jun, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Tiny Tabasco
You’re headed to the UK? Bon voyage, my friend.
$6 at Tiny Living
Posted: 30 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Miracle Fruit
I love the idea of throwing a tasting party around a small berry that makes everything taste sweet for about thirty minutes afterward.
Via kottke
$60 at Miracle Fruit Man
Posted: 28 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
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Clase Azul Reposado Tequila
This perilously smooth sipping tequila is produced in Jalisco and aged in oak. Comes in a handmade, hand painted Talavera bottle.
$80 at Mission Liquor
Posted: 27 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Del Maguey Minero Mezcal
A single-village mezcal prepared in a clay still with bamboo tubing. This one is only mildly smoky, so if your dad is a tequila fan who’d like to try something funkier, start here.
$70 at Hi Time Wine
Posted: 26 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Hendrick’s Gin
Hendrick’s is a slightly exotic gin made with cucumbers and rose petals. Its softness makes a particularly refreshing gin and tonic.
Bonus points for the old-timey medicinal bottle, which fits right in with dad’s steam-punk lifestyl
$39 at Internet Wines and Spirits
Posted: 26 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
1997 Niepoort Vintage Port
Your dad knows his port, so you want something really good, but not $400 a bottle good, you know? This is relatively young, as vintage ports go, but ready to drink. Throw in a few cigars while you’re at it.
$150 at Wine Access
Posted: 22 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Marzen
If your dad’s a beer drinker, try a selection of interesting options from Bottle Trek.
This Marzen has been around since 1678. It’s an unusual savory beer with a smoky flavor some compare to roasted meat or sausage.
$6 at Bottle Trek
Posted: 22 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Clear Creek Pear Brandy
The folks at Clear Creek Distillery in Oregon grow these pears inside the bottle, scrub the bottle and fruit by hand, and pour in their subtle eau de vie.
I found out about them on a road trip to Portland with our Mighty Junior editor, Melissa Summers. Her husband warned her not to come home without a few bottles, because he uses the brandy to make unstoppable pear sidecars. Now he can get his fix online.
(Bottle sans pear is $40.)
$77 at Amarco Wines
Posted: 21 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Macallan Fine Oak 15 Year Old Scotch
You don’t want to mess with a man’s scotch. If your dad’s a scotch drinker you probably already know what he likes, so get that.
If your dad appreciates good scotch, but isn’t brand-loyal (yet), it’s tough to go wr
$79 at Beverages and More
Posted: 20 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Hangar One Vodka
Hangar One Vodka is made by hand in an old military airplane hangar on the San Francisco Bay, and it’s a beautiful sipping vodka or drink base. They use small pot stills instead of column stills, and Hangar One contains none of the weird synthetic flavorings used by larger brands. Tie a bow around the neck, and throw it in the freezer next to a couple of tall shot glasses.
$32 at Caddell Williams
Posted: 20 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
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La Favorite Rhum Agricole Ambre
Produced by one of the last family-owned distilleries in Martinique, La Favorite isn’t made with molasses, but fresh-pressed sugar cane juice. Dad can sip it, or make an unforgettable block-party punch.
$47 at Internet Wines and Spirits
Posted: 19 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Basil Hayden Bourbon
A light, Kentucky blended-bourbon with a dry finish. Bring your dad a rocks glass and ask him how business is going.
$40 at Beverages and More
Posted: 19 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Licorice Sampler
Either you pick out the black jelly beans, or you buy them in bulk and keep them in your bag. If you know a licorice lover, this will keep them satisfied for weeks.
$40 at The Candy Store
Posted: 12 May, 2008 in Food and Drink -
De Loach 2006 Green Valley Pinot Noir
This is a bottle of wine to begin the evening, before you’re too tipsy to notice what you’re drinking. A fruity, slightly spicy pinot that reminds me of ripe, dark cherries and the smell of leather.
$39 at Fine Wine House
Posted: 24 Apr, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Key Lime Apples
I would very much like you to try these. Crispy, freeze-dried applies coated in dark chocolate. Once you have a box, please call me so we can exclaim over them. Thank you.
$20 at Recchiuti
Posted: 26 Mar, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Bodin Sourdough
This has become one of our favorite gifts to send out-of-towners. Fresh-baked sourdough shipped from San Francisco to your doorstep. You get one 1 lb. long loaf, one 1.5 lb. round loaf and three 7” sandwich rolls. Once you have this in your picnic basket, nothing else matters.
$25 at Boudin
Posted: 26 Mar, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Bubbies Pickles
My friend Sara puts together these amazing Fantasy Burger Nights where you can have a burger exactly how you want it. For me, the ideal burger is all about the pickle, and I discovered Bubbies on our grocery run. Bubbies are fresh, crunchy, spicy, salty perfection. If you appreciate a good dill pickle, you’ll find yourself hoarding these.
$5 at Organic Direct
Posted: 25 Mar, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Piper Sonoma Brut
I’m a sparkling wine fan, and this is the bottle I turn to for mini celebrations: first picnic of spring, crossing the last item from my to do list, finally vacuuming out the car. Also, the heavier base makes it easier to balance on the grass next to your lawn chair. Bonus.
$13 at BevMo
Posted: 24 Mar, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Boccalone Salami Sampler
Gorgeous small-batch salami made by hand in the Bay Area. They cold-cure the meats, giving them less salt and more time. Everything Boccalone makes is “seasoned by hand, tied by hand, hung by hand, checked by hand, and packaged by hand.”
From their hands to my mouth.
$40 at Boccalone Salumi
Posted: 24 Mar, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Cup-a-Cake Saver
Why go to all that trouble piping on a pretty little frosting design if it’s just gonna end up smashed against some aluminum foil? Excellent for lunch boxes and romantic, celebratory picnics.
If you need more cupcake-carrying power, you know what to do.
$3 at Container Store
Posted: 19 Mar, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Personalized M&Ms
Choose M&Ms in any color, with any message you like. It turns out monogrammed M&Ms taste much classier.
$50 at My M&Ms
(For four, 7 oz. bags.)
Posted: 13 Mar, 2008 in Food and Drink -
Jelly Bellies
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Red Fire Easter Bunny
A traditional chocolate Easter bunny with some kick.
$12 at Vosges
Posted: 11 Mar, 2008 in Food and Drink
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