American Express offers a dining gift card that can be used anywhere AmEx is accepted. Perhaps you could buy one of these and a 2004 Zagat’s for New Orleans (or similar guide book) and they could choose their own...

Apple butter made after apple picking, peppermint bark, <a href=http://thirtyaweek.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/30week-holiday-gift-guide-2008/>salted caramels, infused vodka, biscotti and gingerbread.

Not sure if this belongs here or in Not About Food - but had to mention what arrived in my mail today. As a "Special Gift From Verizon" for using its phone service, I received a Zagat Survey of Downtown New York City! How...

), and the IOU once he decides. Last Xmas scotch was a very popular gift in my family. My brother gave me a bottle of the Balvenie 21 yr and a couple Reidel glasses. Because my BF was undecided on what he wanted he got Michael...

On another thread, someone commented that they would not buy a hostess gift of the magnitude that many people were describing for a dinner party; it was the sort of gift suitable for a weekend at the beach house or similar event....

My sister has just relocated to Chicago, and for her upcoming birthday I was thinking of getting her a gift certificate to a local eatery that she should try (by chowhound standards). She lives downtown and although she and her...

, those are made by paid webmasters/artists, not the cookie bakers. For a gift of this nature and importance, you can use Chowhounders as guides, but I would still recommend that you taste it before sending as a gift.

Hello, I’m heading to Barcelona this Wed. and will be on the lookout for unusual and delicious gifts to bring back for friends. I have tried searching previous messages but only came up with suggestion for Xacao chocolate...

Stewart’s guide to holiday gifts have some great foodie ideas to make and give. It’s where I got the pomegranite jelly recipe (very awesome) and limoncello recipe from.

So my girlfriends brother is getting married in Toronto over the summer and i would like to get him and his bride-to-be a chow-worthy wedding gift as they appreciate tastiness as much as anybody. Some searching through this board...

I’d like to buy some beer as a gift for a friend who has volunteered to spend the upcoming weekend working on a construction project. My thought is to get a couple of extremely delicious, possibly local, varieties. What...

friend already has the Unterman, the CH guide would be a fine gift.

Bravo and congratulations. I’m not wild about the front cover design, but what’s between the covers is exciting and tantalizing. This is not just a guide for Chowhounds, but a great gift to recruit new ones.

I learned of the Happy Belly guide to gelato in Italy a while ago, but just learned that they recently published ice cream guides for different regions of the US: west coast, midwest, east coast (see link). Their website intro...

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