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Where to shop for food gifts online.

Budget Gift Guide

Finds for $15 and under.

Accessorizing with food doesn’t have to mean wearing a chunky sweater with a turkey appliqué.

Meat-inspired bandages heal all wounds.

Archie McPhee is the manufacturer http://www.mcphee.com/ They have lots of other food-themed stuff (yodeling pickle, anyone? Or a pickle-pult? Yes, a catapult that hurls pickles!). The world headquarters are in Seattle—skip...

Now, the Archie McPhee part of it I completely agree with. Where else are you going to find a rubber chicken?! Glow in the dark roaches? Little snakes you can weave into your hair when you decide to be Medusa for Halloween?

's, which was a bit pricier than I wanted, although the quality of the seafood was bound to be better than anything we get in flyover country. This afternoon I’m planning to go with someone and bus it up to Ballard to go to...

For favors, look to the Archie McPhee company in Seattle. For years they have been in the business of providing novelty items in the worst possible taste. Their catalog is a hoot! I keep one in my bathroom for reading purposes....

I should have somehow said, “similar in novelty appeal because of the fizzing.” I found fizzies available for sale at Archie Mcphee: "Fizzies candy is back from the '70s, and tailored to '90s tastes; it’s...

Try the Archie McPhee website. They have space, cowboy and pirate themed lunchboxes. (As well as some things not appropriate for preschoolers!) The domed lunchboxes might be wide enough for the container to lie flat, though I...

Other than Matt’s in the Market, what are some good lunch places to chow at from downtown Seattle out towards Archie McPhee's (in Ballard)?

BTW, you can get viking helmets (complete with horns) from Archie McPhee, a Seattle novelties outfit. http://www.mcphee.com/items/M5717.html As for mugs, for more versatility and cheaper price look for pyrex ones. I would go to a...

in those areas are much appreciated. Pike Place is on the agenda, and I hope there’s time for me to hit up Archie McPhee too.

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them being sold at Heebee Jeebies in Petaluma. (A store that sells lots of nifty stuff, including a lot of Archie McPhee's type toys and the like). I recall a booth at the Saturday Santa Rosa...

Go to the Archie McPhee website. It’s 7.95. I hope your friend’s okay.