Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 10:51     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Anonymous wrote:Rather than start a new post, I have a $100 gift limit for a family gift exchange. All are adults but only half are drinkers. Any other ideas to get to $100?

Williams Sonoma has food subscriptions you can buy. I got one for my mom one year. They sent different croissants monthly or for a few months. It was a fun gift. I think they have other options like different cheeses. They also have food baskets and a lot of specialty food items for sale alone.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 10:45     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Anonymous wrote:What is your go to “food” gift to send family/friends?


Chocolates
Popcorn
Pies
Fruits

Check out following sites:

Enstrom DOT com

Cobbspopcorn DOT com

Allthingsacres DOT com

TheFruitfulMarket DOT com

Snakeriverfarms DOT com

And you have probably heard of Harry & David
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 08:27     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Homemade bread.


I cannot imagine living life this way.

That is all.


I know who you are PP. I have a sister who would answer just as you have.
I also observe how her community and "friends" smile politely at her but how they see who she really is.


Right?

What a sour individual. I would be touched and delighted with a gift of homemade bread. A lot of work goes into it, so I know it's a gift of love. But, I wouldn't give it to some rando who would "just throw it away." This is a gift I'd reserve for the loved people in my life who would appreciate it..


I love bread but don’t think it’s the best gift for the holidays because rolls are often traveling or have a lot of food on hand already so it’s harder to rearrange to immediately use an unplanned loaf of bread. I’d rather have a certificate for a home made loaf to be provided mid January.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 08:16     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Homemade bread.


I cannot imagine living life this way.

That is all.


I know who you are PP. I have a sister who would answer just as you have.
I also observe how her community and "friends" smile politely at her but how they see who she really is.


Right?

What a sour individual. I would be touched and delighted with a gift of homemade bread. A lot of work goes into it, so I know it's a gift of love. But, I wouldn't give it to some rando who would "just throw it away." This is a gift I'd reserve for the loved people in my life who would appreciate it..
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 07:59     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Costco online has a great selection of gift towers, reasonable prices with shipping included and pretty fast service delivery. I’ve received some from family in the past, so checked them out for family around the country. We also like the regional offerings from Gold Belly
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 17:25     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t want or give any of these. Yuck. How about a good olive oil or vinegar? Or a yogurt starter?

It’s the “yuck” lady.


Yeah, and she's "yuck"ing everything but wants to go around giving people a yogurt starter...


It totally made me laugh out loud. I was super happy with the oil and vinegar options, and then lol!!! How gross. What does that look like? How do you package it for people? Has anyone ever used it?

I’m just confused. You know what you can use as a yogurt starter? Virtually any plain yogurt from any grocery store. By contrast, a mature sourdough starter is a great gift for bakers just starting out with bread.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 17:19     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Homemade bread.


I cannot imagine living life this way.

That is all.


I know who you are PP. I have a sister who would answer just as you have.
I also observe how her community and "friends" smile politely at her but how they see who she really is.


I don’t understand this. Please explain


Me either. Poster sounds unhinged and jealous of her sister.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 17:14     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Homemade bread.


I cannot imagine living life this way.

That is all.


I know who you are PP. I have a sister who would answer just as you have.
I also observe how her community and "friends" smile politely at her but how they see who she really is.


I don’t understand this. Please explain
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 17:12     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Anonymous wrote:Pineapples from the Maui Pineapple Store.

Panettone from Olivieri 1882.

People always recommend Zingerman’s but I do not get the love for them.


Thanks for the panettone suggestion. I just ordered one as a gift
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 13:09     Subject: Re:Best Food Gifts
honey from Savannah Bee Company
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 13:07     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Homemade bread.


That would get thrown right out.


Are you the "cat on the counter" poster or are there more than one of you? Tell me if you are an immigrant and from where.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 13:06     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bialy, lox, and whitefish box package Goldbelly (bagels are everywhere but bialys are less common).


I sent lox once and the person got sick from it. We agreed lox shouldn’t be shipped.


I have lox sent from Zucker's in New York all the time and no one has ever gotten sick - and everyone is very happy to eat the lox.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:54     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t want or give any of these. Yuck. How about a good olive oil or vinegar? Or a yogurt starter?


I would throw out a yogurt starter. I'm not a stay at home farm wife. You need to know your audience for that kind of gift.


+1, and I do not want your "good" olive oil. I have specific brands I prefer not some rosemary infused gift bottle.
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2025 19:43     Subject: Best Food Gifts
Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t want or give any of these. Yuck. How about a good olive oil or vinegar? Or a yogurt starter?


I would throw out a yogurt starter. I'm not a stay at home farm wife. You need to know your audience for that kind of gift.
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2025 19:36     Subject: Re:Best Food Gifts
Velatis candy.

I personally would love a gift certificate to Neopol Smokery or Ivy City Smokehouse — or an actual package from Seabear Smokehouse — for hot smoked salmon.