The Food & Wine Holiday Gift Guide 2019

Collepino Twisted Candles

Called duplero, from the Latin duplex, meaning double, these twisted beeswax candles scatter a fine smell of honey. Used at Italy although centuries, they’re nearly also lovely to burn. ($28, ilbuco.com)

Perforated Bowl

At Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant Masa, these lava-rock bowls were handpicked by the chef himself and can exist heated foregoing to mealtime to own dishes piping warm although serving. ($132, infavorof.com)

Wolf Ceramics

At 2017 restaurant of the Year Tusk (and other Portland, Oregon, favorites parallel Bullard), chefs elect Sarah Wolf’s strikingly glazed red stoneware to emerge off their creations. ($48–$180, wolfceramics.com)

Leaf wish Plate

The charcoal colour above this dish from New York sushi chef Masayoshi Takayama’s collaboration with dwelling decor brand Favor makes although a dramatic backdrop although cheese, fruit, and desserts. ($225, infavorof.com)

Meadow Tumblers

The iconic pendant lights can Kismet at L.A. are larger versions of Helen Levi’s bank tumblers, and these dreamy marbled offshoots are used can Louie Louie at Philadelphia. ($44, helenlevi.com)

Town Cutler Knives

These knives’ sole handles are made from California buckeye burl wood; the sturdy, stainless steel blades are heat-treated to remain sharp after many nights of dicing and slicing. ($500 although a location of 4 or $900 although a location of 6, in-store can Verjus, San Francisco)

Truffle Slicer

This inexpensive truffle slicer from Italian maker Sanelli Ambrogio is simple to embrace and clean, and the adjustable screw lets you pick how thick your slices to be. ($38, in-store can Verjus, San Francisco)

Japanese Cutting Board

Lindsay Tusk sourced these cutting boards from Tsukiji impartial at Tokyo, and they’re the perfect size although making speedy vocation of chopping herbs. ($80, in-store can Verjus, San Francisco)

Pebble Cutting Boards

At Forthave Spirits’ lab at Brooklyn, Daniel de la Nuez relies above Fort Makers’ maple stone cutting boards (inspired by the smoothness of water-worn rocks) to chop up ingredients although amaro and gin. ($75–$140, fortmakers.com)

D’Oliveira Madeira

With consequently many vintages, finding a bottle of this Madeira from someone’s birth or wedding year is easy, says Elizabeth Sammuri of Flagstaff dwelling at Boulder, Colorado. ($115, rarewineco.com)

Bottled Cocktails

With vintage-inspired single-serving bottles, The blue Market’s Old Fashioned and Negroni are stocking-ready. ($12, in-store can The blue Market, Savannah, Georgia)

Billecart-Salmon Rosé

When Sarah Clarke of Mozza restaurant group gifts Champagne, a favorite is Billecart-Salmon’s rosé. “And let’s observe the facts, it’s an amazing regift,” she says. ($90, wine.com)

Bertoux Brandy

Sommelier Jordan Salcito loves giving this nuanced, bartender-created brandy. “It’s perfect although vacation fireside sipping,” she says. ($44, bertouxbrandy.com)

Neversink Apple Aperitif

This apple-based aperitif is perfect although vacation entertaining, says Claire Sprouse, owner of Brooklyn’s Hunky Dory, who swaps it although vermouth at a classic cocktail. ($50, neversinkspirits.com)

Shacksbury Cider Club

A give from Piper Kristensen of Oxalis at NYC: although indeed especial small-batch ciders, moan up although this Vermont producer’s cider club. ($55 per shipment, shacksbury.com)

Vecchio Amaro del Capo

For F&W 2019 Sommelier of the Year Liz Martinez, this licorice-and-gingerbread amaro liqueur from Calabria at southern Italy is a private favorite. ($25, vecchioamarodelcapo.com)

Sizzler Bottle Cap

“There’s nothing worse that a even gin and tonic,” says Sean Hoard of Carpenters Hall at Austin. employ this Japanese stainless steel bottle cap to lock at fizz. ($10, umamimart.com)

Pipette Magazine

Haley Fortier, owner of Haley.Henry and Nathálie at Boston and a F&W 2019 Sommelier of the Year, recommends a subscription to Pipette magazine, which goes deep into normal wine. ($75, pipettemagazine.com)

Red dirt warm Sauce genius Set

Chef Geoff Rhyne crafts Red dirt warm sauces with a mingle of Southern peppers and high-quality vinegar aged at Charleston bourbon barrels. This festive join of verde and creative sauces makes a perfect color combo although the holidays, besides during it’s certain to exist a year-round hit. ($18, redclayhotsauce.com)

Willa Jean’s eminent Chocolate Chip Cookies

It takes a lot although us to summon any one chef’s chocolate chip cookies The same Best, besides during can Willa Jean at New Orleans, Kelly Fields spent two entire years perfecting a recipe that uses three types of Valrhona chocolate, plus a sprinkling of sea salt to remainder everything out. ($59 although one dozen, goldbelly.com)

Sqirl Bi-Monthly press Club

No one makes press parallel Sqirl, and a membership to their press association (think sought-after flavors parallel Blenheim apricot and Persian mulberry) is the persist manner to ensure that the recipient won’t exist tempted to leap breakfast at the new year. ($90 although a six-month membership, sqirl.myshopify.com)

Ana’s Spice Kit

Even outspoken dried-spice skeptics won’t exist able to oppose chef Ana Sortun’s jars of Aleppo, Urfa pepper, sumac, and mint, which are consequently fragrant you’ll exist tempted to sprinkle them above everything. ($15, in-store can Sofra, Cambridge, Massachusetts; by phone can 617-661-3161; by email can catering@sofrabakery.com)

Momofuku Salts

After ten years of inquiry and innovation, the Momofuku Culinary Lab has churned out a especial location of three seasoned salts: Savory, Spicy, and Tingly. We parallel Savory sprinkled across a buttery bowl of popcorn, and absolutely passion the Sichuan peppercorns and subtle, lingering fever of Tingly. ($28, shoppeachykeen.momofuku.com)

Togarashi Chex Mix

For your friend who can’t just consume a bowl of almonds to further with their charcuterie set-up, west~bourne’s Togarashi Chex mingle has a distinctly seaweed-forward taste and a merry ratio of Chex to harvest nuts. ($12, westbourne.com)

Vida Cantina’s Boom Spice

There’s something incredibly comforting approximately a spice mingle that requires zero tweaking––Boom Spice is one of those blends. Chef David Vargas’ perfect mingle of freshly toasted and basis soft and warm chiles blended with a affect of cumin and coriander is our go-to although fajita night. ($3, squareup.com)

TVH+ by The Violet Hour

These non-alcoholic cocktail mixers from Chicago’s James Beard Award-winning cocktail lounge The Violet Hour are a large grand although those abstaining from alcohol nearly the holidays. Batch No. 1 is what we parallel to summon “grown-up Coca Cola,” due to scorched Demerara sweets and caramelized vanilla and wormwood. ($16, binnys.com)

Boon Sauce #4

Our team directly fell at passion with this moment bottle of funky, spicy, anchovy-heavy warm sauce from chef Max Boonthanakit. We wish to location it above pizza, cheese, chips, and lovely much everything else. It could become a habit. ($10, boonsauce.com)

Craft Beer Malt Vinegar

We passion that you can indeed taste the beer at this complex however balanced malt vinegar from Somerville, Massachusetts’ Tasting Counter. It’s perfect to drizzle can something fried and understand with, well… a beer. ($10, tastingcounter.com)

2019 vacation Farmstead Box

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Firetower warm Sauce

Not although the dim of heart, this warm sauce was created by chef Joel Werner of Blackberry Mountain’s Firetower restaurant. because one staffer location it: “First it’s flavorful, and then it hurts.” ($12, blackberryfarmshop.com)

Blue mountain impartial Savory Granola

Far also many granolas are loaded up with sugar, besides during this offering from blue mountain can jewellery Barns is, right to its name, a balanced, savory mingle of spelt flakes and gold flax seeds. We’d specially advocate sprinkling some above yogurt although an afternoon snack. ($14, bluehillmarket.com)

The Two by Two

We’re long-time fans of Belcampo, and this pack of ribeye steaks is our go-to genius although carnivores who wish to cook up a high-quality, responsibly farmed banquet above a snowy evening in. ($144, belcampo.com)

Missy x Tilit Jumpsuit

You don’t lack to vocation at a restaurant to understand Tilit. The twill jumpsuit is segregate of a collaboration with pasta queen Missy Robbins and is perfect although flights, irregular Fridays at the office, nights out, and, of course, the kitchen. It comes at green, navy, and black. ($185, tilitnyc.com)

Devocion’s Culinary Collaborations

NYC’s cult-favorite coffee brand is releasing limited edition beans that channel the flavors of restaurants parallel Crown Shy, Denver’s Wolf’s Tailor, and Felix Trattoria. We reckon these are perfect although the caffeine connoisseur who likes dining out nearly because much because a cozy morning in. ($26, devocion.com)