The Dish Holiday Gift Guide: 12 last-minute finds for food lovers
The Dish Holiday Gift Guide: 12 last-minute finds for food lovers
Buying gifts for foodies gives you an excuse to actually purchase some of the fancy ingredients and beautiful tools you’ve spent the rest of the year lusting after. And even though you have to give them away, there’s a good chance the recipient will invite you for a taste of the finished results. Below, we’ve rounded together 12 perfect last-minute presents—from a killer bottle of bourbon to a killer night out—for the fellow food fanatics on your list.
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- Yours Truly, the Ossington spot we ranked as last year’s <a href="http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/from-the-print-edition-daily-dish/2012/03/27/best-new-restaurants-2012-1-yours-truly/" target="blank">best new restaurant,</a> switched to a <a href="http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/food-porn/2012/07/18/yours-truly-carte-blanche/" target="blank">tasting menu–only format</a> this summer. Gift certificates start at $160 for two, for a six-course meal with wine pairings, and extend to about $155 per person, with pairings, for their lavish and inventive Carte Blanche meal.<br /><br /><br /> <em>Yours Truly, 229 Ossington St., 416-533-2243, <a href="http://yours-truly.ca/" target="blank">yours-truly.ca</a></em>
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- This limited-time-only gift pack from Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company contains four rare brews in party-appropriate 600-millilitre bottles: Matt’s Sleepy Time Belgian Imperial Stout, Screamin’ Beaver Oak Aged Double IPA, the summery Patio Saison and Farm Table Belgian Pale Ale. $24.<br /><br /><br /> <a href="http://lcbo.ca/lcbo-ear/lcbo/product/details.do?language=EN&itemNumber=320267" target="blank">LCBO 320267</a>
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- Of the new breed of specialty knife stores in Toronto, Hacher and Krain distinguishes itself by covering a wide range of culinary and knife-making traditions (the ones to the left come from Italy, France, Finland, Japan, Germany and Sweden). The owners ably help customers find the right knife for the kind of food they actually cook, and provide free sharpening on all purchases. Starting at $100 for a chef’s knife.<br /><br /><br /> <em>Hacher and Krain, 256A Dupont St., 647-781-2433, <a href="http://hacherandkrain.com/" target="blank">hacherandkrain.com</a></em>
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- <em>Jerusalem,</em> one of this year’s hottest—and prettiest—cookbooks, explores the city’s Jewish and Arab cuisine and culinary traditions. The authors, founders of the U.K.’s Ottolenghi empire of restaurants and delis, are both Jerusalem natives. $39.95<br /><br /><br /> <em>The Cookbook Store, 850 Yonge St., 416-920-2665, <a href="http://www.cook-book.com/" target="blank">cook-book.com</a></em>
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- The ever-changing selection of vintage glassware at BYOB usually includes a range of champagne coupes, perfect for a budding cocktail connoisseur. $10–$14.<br /><br /><br /> <em>BYOB, 972 Queen St. W., 416-858-2932, <a href="http://byobto.com/" target="blank">byobto.com</a></em>
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- Quebec’s Société-Original works with small family farms and foragers to create previously unimagined products out of the raw materials of the province’s Boreal region. L’effet Papillon is raw Laurentian honeydew with a long back story: it’s made from tree sap that’s been gathered by aphids, then milked by ants and <em>then</em> foraged by bees. $39.95<br /><br /><br /> <em>Ruby Eats, 742 Queen St. E., 416-901-3355, <a href="http://rubyeats.com/" target="blank">rubyeats.com</a></em>
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- Stale store-bought panettone leaves much to be desired. Soma’s fresh-baked six-inch gems are laced with rum-soaked wild cherries, orange peel, cranberries and dark chocolate chunks. Must be ordered in advance. $25<br /><br /><br /> <em>Soma, 443 King St. W., 416-599-7662, <a href="http://www.somachocolate.com/" target="blank">somachocolate.com</a></em>
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- Full-bodied and dense, this amarone makes a classic hostess gift that’s bound to impress discerning wine lovers. It even comes with its own gift box. $40<br /><br /><br /> <a href="http://lcbo.ca/lcbo-ear/lcbo/product/searchResults.do?ITEM_NAME=317057&ITEM_NUMBER=317057&language=EN" target="blank">LCBO 317057</a>
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- Despite its unassuming plastic construction, the Aeropress ($39.95), which allows for <a href="http://worldaeropresschampionship.wordpress.com/" target = "blank">endless tweaks</a> in brewing methodology, is the perfect gateway drug into a full-blown coffee obsession. Works best with a good burr grinder, like the Capresso Infinity ($119.95)<br /><br /><br /> <em>Green Beanery, 565 Bloor St. W., 416-588-7700, <a href="http://www.greenbeanery.ca" target="blank">greenbeanery.ca</a></em>
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- Foraging was all the rage in 2012, and Forbes Wild Foods consistently has some of the most interesting gathered foodstuffs around. Their 2012 holiday gift basket includes a wild forest mushroom mix, birch syrup, spruce tips, saskatoon berry compote, jellied balsam and more. $106, shipping included<br /><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.store.wildfoods.ca/" target="blank">Buy it now »</a>
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- <em>Lucky Peach,</em> the irreverent new quarterly from Momofuku’s David Chang, has upended decades of food magazine tradition with its unabashedly cheffy vibe and over-the-top visuals. Subscription $31 (U.S.)<br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/lucky-peach-subscription" target="blank">Buy it now »</a>
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- Sure, you could buy a single malt for this price, but 2012 was The Year of Bourbon in Toronto, and Blanton’s Original is one of the best of the LCBO’s slowly growing selection. Plus, it comes in a beautiful bottle. $64.90<br /><br /><br /> <a href="http://lcbo.ca/lcbo-ear/lcbo/product/searchResults.do?ITEM_NAME=BLANTON%27S+ORIGINAL+BOURBON&ITEM_NUMBER=&language=EN" target="blank">LCBO 255349</a>
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See all 12 gift ideas »
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