Foodie Shopping
The Dark Side of the Kitchen
I have to admit, when I was loaned Anthony Bourdain’s book, Kitchen Confidential, I figured it would be somewhat entertaining, but wasn’t exactly super pumped to read it. It was loaned to me with a “you’re into cooking, you should read this” line by my father-in-law’s wife (step-mother-in-law?), and while we’re both into cooking and [...]
Forkful #1: Twas the Night Before Christmas
This is it,the last day before Christmas. If you’re still wracking your brain for a last-minute gift, we’ve got your golden ticket: give the gift of dishpan-free hands. No, I don’t mean that you should gift wrap a bottle of Palmolive… instead, give them a gift certificate pledging to clean all the dirty dishes for [...]
Forkful #2: Rub-a-dub-dub
Not many shopping days left now! If you’re still searching for gifts, at this point it may be a good idea to start thinking about gifts you can make, rather than pick over what’s left in stores or worry about whether something will arrive in time with shipping. A simple yet delicious and useful gift [...]
Forkful #3: A Few Gourmet Ingredients
Christmas is just a few days away, and you’re still need in need of an idea – but you don’t want to get a gift card. Well this idea just involves a trip to your local grocery store (or gourmet store if you have one). Pick up a selection of high-end ingredients for your foodie. [...]
Forkful #4: Chocolate-Covered Orange Peels
We’re getting pretty close to the wire now, so you need an idea you can execute pretty easily, ideally without a trip to the mall. A delicious option is making chocolate-covered orange peels. I’ve made these myself more than once (though I seem to be incapable of correctly tempering the chocolate….) and they are delicious. [...]
Forkful #6: A Farmer in a Basket
A great gift idea for the foodie on your list who wants to enjoy fresh, local eats is a CSA share. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and you’re basically buying a share in a local farm’s product. You pay the farmer upfront for a basket of their items, delivered weekly to a pre-specified location. [...]
Forkful #7: Bubble, Bubble, No Toil, No Trouble
Okay, at first blush, an electric kettle seems really lame. Unless you live in a dorm room, you have a stove, you have a microwave… how hard is it to boil water? Well, not very hard. But and electric kettle is still well worth having! Not only does it boil water much faster than the [...]
Forkful #8: Drive Through? Don’t Think So!
Let’s face it, there are about a billion cookbooks out there. But honestly, how often do you feel the need to buy a cookbook? And of the ones you have (which you probably were given as gifts), how often do you crack one open to get a recipe? We cook a lot, and of the [...]
Forkful #9: A Whole Deck of Deals
You may recall the post we did a month or so ago about the release of the 2010 A La Card deck. It’s a deck of 52 cards that you buy for $30, with each card getting you $10 off one of 52 Chicago restaurants. We think it’s pretty cool, and recommend it to anyone [...]
Forkful #10: A Carton for your Cream
If you, or the foodie on your list, enjoys making homemade ice cream (as we do – so delicious…) then you could use a slightly more glamorous container for it than your random wannabe-Tupperware. A great option is the 1 quart carton by Sweet Bliss containers. We got a sleeve of these for Byron’s birthday [...]
