Gift Ideas for the Cook in Your Life

From fun stocking stuffers and edible indulgences (Roe Caviar, I’m looking at you), to inspiring cookbooks and splurge-worthy kitchen gadgets (who doesn’t want a high-powered blow torch for the perfect golden sear?), here is my gift giving guide for 2015.

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EAT & DRINK

Bourbon Barrel Foods Soy Sauce & Worcestershire Sauce	Danny Macaroons	Piment d’Ville: A Sweet, Spicy Basque Red Chile	Rogue Root Beer
GT Signature Hot Sauce	Smoked Brown Sugar	Proud Pour: restores 100 wild oysters per bottle	Noble Tonic 03: Maple Matured Sherry Bourbon Oak Vinegar
Roe Caviar	Custom Blend Hampshire Porchetta Loin by Pat LaFrieda	Momofuku’s Ssam Sauce	Red Table Meat Co. Sausages, Salamis & Cured Meat

READ

Zahav: A Worl dof Israeli Cooking by Michael Solomonov	Tacos: Recipes & Provocations by Alex Stupak & Jordana Rothman	Pasta by Hand: A Collection of Italy’s Regional Hand-Shaped Pasta	Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto
The NoMad Cookbook by Daniel Humm & Will Guidara	Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing, edited by Sandra Gilbert & Roger Porter	Food & Wine Magazine Subscription	Lucky Peach Magazine Subscription

FOR FUN

The Tea Stick	Mama O’s Kimchi Kit	Gentlemen’s Hardware Spork Camping Tool	Impress Coffee Brewer French Press Mug
Kershaw Leek Pocket Knife	Delicacies Bracelets for the Epicurean	Urban Cheesecraft DIY Cheese Kits	Wander & Rumble 32 oz Squealer Bottle
Easy & Oskey Habañero Bitters Kit	Jonathan’s Wild Cherry Spoons	Modern Sprout’s Italian Garden Jar Set	Nordic Ware Meatball Griller

KITCHEN SPLURGE

Primitive Precision Meat Cleaver	Sansaire Searing Kit	Enameled Cast Iron Wok	German-Style Fermentation Crock
KitchenAid Cordless Hand Blender	Char-Broil Electric Smoker	Breville’s Oracle Espresso Machine