16:03 again. It seems like a duplicate but we also got him his own set of really good knives last year. He loves them and uses them all of the time. He says they are much better than our regular ones and they have specialty ones that he knows what to do with more than us. If he’s into cutting or chopping things, it’s something to look into.

These are not spices but my DS who loves cooking enjoys using the grater and spiraling handheld tools. He especially likes grating hard cheeses for different recipes. The spiraling tool was a simple dishwasher safe vegetable spiraler from Amazon. Lots of options with that.

I loved that in the movie "The Hundred-Foot Journey" the chef has his mother's old spice box. It made me want a nice wood spice box to hand down to generations. That would make a nice gift.

Penzey’s or you could go to one of the local Indian or Asian grocery stores and make your own gift package. I’ve found the owners to be helpful.

We enjoyed this spice subscription box with recipes: https://www.spicemadam.com/

Second the sushi mat. 16 yo DS started rolling sushi this pandemic. Is awesome! Just veggie and cooked shrimp so far.

Hey, OP, my 14 yo boy recently bought himself a good (cheap) kitchen scale from Amazon.

For Christmas ideas, he mentioned:
- a fondue pot
- a small saucepan with lid
- a set of whisks, maybe with silicone

Isn’t it fun to have a teen who enjoys creating in the kitchen?!

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Anonymous wrote:2 scales, 1 accurate up to 100 grams and the 2nd scale accurate up to 10lbs. Would cover all the baking needs from desserts to bread.

Very much this. Bake by weight, not volume.

And it allows you to cook from the BBC food website, which has some great recipes.

Anonymous wrote:For my baking kid: kitchen scale (we didn’t have one), macaron silicone baking sheet, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood cookbooks.

I love Penzey’s but think their individual spices are better than most of the blends. Maybe get Vietnamese AND Ceylon cinnamon, or different black peppers.

Their Ceylon cinnamon is amazing. I got a set of different cinnamons as a gift and this one stands out.

Anonymous wrote:2 scales, 1 accurate up to 100 grams and the 2nd scale accurate up to 10lbs. Would cover all the baking needs from desserts to bread.

Very much this. Bake by weight, not volume.

I've been cooking with my daughter since she was in kindergarten. I found that if she was part of the process she was way more likely to try new things. She's now 13 and can pull together a full family meal by herself. Cooking and baking are two different skill sets though. I love to bake bread but there is more than just following a recipe to make a good loaf of bread. You need to make a lot of bad ones on your journey to making good ones, it's a learning process

My work gifted me a decent amount to homechef.com and while I was originally perturbed, as I know how to cook and it was a subscription service, they were actually really good meals. I did most of the prep and my daughter brought everything together. The meals are well thought out and the instructions are very clear. It's easy to skip weeks but we still order about once a month or so. It's fun cooking in the kitchen with your teenager

What kind of baking does he like? Yeast breads, cakes, cookies, muffins? A nice set of baking sheets is always nice. And/or muffin pans, loaf pans, etc... a new set of bakeware is always a great motivator

If he likes baking, you can do live online classes with contestants from The Great British Bakeoff. I signed DC up for one in January, so I don't know yet if it's any good, but it looks promising. Just make sure you figure out the time difference when booking!

La Boite gift card? Real mortar and pestle? Single origin spices, like from Diaspora spices?
The owner of the store La Boite has a cookbook too, recipes using spices. If cookbooks might be his thing, I like the work of Ottolenghi and Nik Sharma better than the La Boite guy though.

Maybe one of these crates?
https://www.mancrates.com/store/categories/cooking-grilling-gifts-awesome-gifts-for-guys

Or this site always has some unique foodie gifts and tools.
https://www.uncommongoods.com/

2 scales, 1 accurate up to 100 grams and the 2nd scale accurate up to 10lbs. Would cover all the baking needs from desserts to bread.