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Holiday Foodie Gift Guide 2022

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Happy Holidays Fellow Foodies!

How’s your 2022 been so far? For me, this year has been filled with some of the best food events from covering new products and brands at Speciality Food Association - Summer Fancy Food in NYC, ExpoEast in Philly, and New York City Wine and Food Fest (NYCWFF); to interviewing 21 epic women in food and business on our Brunch & Learn Podcast.

This foodie holiday gift guide covers a little bit of everything for the food lover in yourself or family. Every year we include women owned food businesses, and this year we’re including must have cookbooks, gift sets, and kitchen gadgets.

Most products can easily be found in our Amazon Storefront (both current and past gift guides), or have linked them below!

Happy Holidays Foodies!

*chef’s kiss* - Nicole

Support & Shop - Women-Owned

  • Fly by Jing - Fly By Jing's is 100% all-natural and non-GMO fire Sichuan sauces and spices. Founded in 2018, Jing was inspired by her hometown flavors of Chengdu. Servings up Sichuan Chili Crisp, Zhong Sauce, and Pork Soup Dumplings as some pantry staple you must have.

  • Challah Dolly - NYC's favorite challah bread, created in Los Angeles. Dolly is reimagining traditional Jewish bread as a cool, modern, and necessary staple.

  • Happy Grub - Created for Parents by Parents. Squeezable Instant Pancake Mix kids love. Organic & Natural ingredients. Banana, Apple, Whole Wheat, & Buttermilk. Ashley Davies, the Founder of Happy Grub was a guest on our Brunch & Learn Podcast this year; we talked favorite flavors, stories behind the characters, and family meals. Take a listen to her episode here.

  • Jamie’s Farm New York - Granola with creative flavors and farm fresh ingredients Flavors include vanilla bean with sour cherries, chai streusel, and a collab with Partners Coffee on Coffee Soil Crunch.

  • Revival Foods - Craft Almond Butters - Founded by Rachel Klein, she buys straight from the farmer, using the freshest almonds that are dry roasted to perfection, and then ground into glorious butter for your tasting pleasure. My personal favorite flavor Raw Cacao Coconut.

  • Omsom - Japanese, Korean & Chinese classic sauces, aromatics, & seasoning for an authentic taste. Vanessa + Kim Pham, the sisters are the co-founders behind Omsom. Daughters of Vietnamese refugees, who grew up at their family’s kitchen counter, watching their Mẹ cook Viet dinners from scratch every night.

  • The Sister Yard - Unique recipe their Coconut Cold Brew combines sustainably-sourced coffee beans with 100% pure coconut water and fair-trade toasted coconut. Founded by two sisters born in Venezuela who called Miami home for 12 years before making the big move to New York City.

  • Queen Majesty Hot Sauce - Founded by New York local Erica Diehl, started in 2013 these hot sauces are vegan, organic and made without sugar or preservatives. Her hot sauces have been on the hot wing talk show “Hot Ones”. And flavors include: Scotch Bonnet & Ginger Hot Sauce, Jalapeño Tequila & Lime Hot Sauce, and Red Habanero & Black Coffee Hot Sauce.

  • Maie - Perfectly portioned wines, single serving, from Jaclyn Johnson & Neha Kumar delivered straight to your door. Sourcing the highest quality grapes from California.

2022 Cookbooks

  • The Cocktail Snob’s - Free Spirit Cocktails - Collection of 40 zero-alcohol recipes, easy-to-make drinks without the hangover. Author is Camille Wilson, a wonderful internet friend and guest on our veteran guest on our Brunch & Learn Podcast. Check out here new & first book and take a listen to her podcast episode here.

  • Home is Where the Eggs Are - Molly Yeh - Home Is Where the Eggs Are is a beautiful, intimate book full of food that’s best enjoyed in the comfort of sweatpants and third-day hair, by a beloved Food Network host and new mom living on a sugar beet farm in East Grand Forks, MN.

  • Brunch with Babs - Barbara Castello - If there was any food celebrity I’d like to meet it would be fellow brunch lover Babs. Her instagram is my favorite, her party and life hacks are next level. This one is on our wish list. The cookbook covers all of the holiday recipes and motherly advice you need to make every celebration special.

  • Cook This Book - Molly Baz - Molly Baz is an American chef and food writer. She was a senior food editor at Bon Appétit magazine and appeared frequently in videos for the magazine's YouTube channel before leaving in 2020. Her cookbook is a staple, with simple yet delicious recipes. Her Poached Chicken over Brothy Rice with Cilantro Scallion Sauce is my go-to, warm and an extremely comforting dish.

  • GILMORE GIRL FANS - There’s two great cookbooks out there: Eat Like a Gilmore by Kristi Carlson and Gilmore Girls: The Official Cookbook by Elena Craig - Coffee, muffins, Santa pancakes, and Luke’s Diner dishes…sign me up.

  • Eating Out Loud - Eden Grinshpan - Eden is a chef, food personality, current host of Top Chef Canada. This cookbook is a playful new take on Middle Eastern cuisine with more than 100 fresh, flavorful recipes. The Sesame Schnitzel Sandwich with Harissa Honey and Tartar Slaw is my FAVORITE dish to make out of this cookbook.

Food Gift Sets

  • Knack Shops - Let’s Do Brunch Gift Set or Sunday Morning Pancakes - Savor the sleepy Sunday morning ritual of pancakes and coffee with is brunch gift set. Includes cookbook Let's Brunch by Belinda Smith-Sullivan, Belle Epicurean Classic Blueberry Scone Mix, Chicago French Press coffee, and Girl Meets Dirt preserves.

  • Small Packages - In case you missed it, on the Brunch and Learn Podcast we interviewed Small Packages CEO Julie Schechter on the “Power of Gift Giving”. Not only do they have a great selection of curated gift and care packages for any occasion but they are launching this fall a Women in Food box.

    The box comes in two sizes: $55 and $110. As long as you order by December 14th, it will arrive in time for Christmas! The box features some of our favorite women-owned brands: Brightland, Fly by Jing, and Omsom.

  • Stonewall Kitchen - Brunch Gift Basket - A variety of tasty treats to enjoy in a beautifully crafted Nantucket-style basket. It’s the perfect brunch set - with scone mix, Bloody Mary mixers, pancake mix, syrups, and jams. Sign me us for their Mimosa Jam!

  • Mantry - Food subscription-based gifts for men, comes in 1-, 3-, or 6-month options.

Gadgets for the Kitchen

  • Plant Terrarium with Wooden Stand - Retro wooden plant propagation station glass for your kitchen, perfect for growing houseplants.

  • East Fork Pottery - Wide variety of home goods, pottery, plates, mugs, cookware, and more. Beautiful, Durable, Stoneware Made In Blue Ridge Mountains.

  • Hadley & Bennet Knife Set - Best known for their epic aprons (and woman-owned), H&B recently launched this year a new knife set, durable and beautifully designed for both the home and professional chef.

  • Papaya - Resuseable Paper Towels -The Reusable Paper Towel that replaces 17 rolls. Proving size doesn’t matter after all. All Natural. 100% Compostable.

  • Joseph Joseph Cutting Board - Folio™ makes the food-prep process more efficient and enjoyable. The chopping board set includes four color-coded boards with knife-friendly, textured surfaces and non-slip grip feet for safer slicing, chopping and dicing.

Explore Previous Year’s Guides

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Holiday Foodie Gift Guide 2021

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Happy Holidays fellow foodies!

This year we’re kicking off our favorite food lover picks from kitchen gadgets, items for food babies and kiddos, to women-owned food businesses and more.

Some of our top food gadgets and wish lists can easily be shopped on our WWB Amazon store front here.

Hope this inspires you to shop local this holiday season or even spoil yourself with some food gifts. And please let us know in the comments any business business, gadgets or products your eyeing this year that we might have missed so we can include them next year!

xoxo,

Nicole

Kitchen Gadgets:

  • Ember Mug - Heated Coffee Mug - Keeps your beverages at the perfect temperature from the first sip to the last drop.

  • Food Huggers: Designed to reduce waste at home. Food Huggers help keep your produce fresh for longer and save you money. I can’t tell you how well these have been working on my avocados, lemons, onion and any other fruits and vegetables I save half of in recipes.

  • Milk Coffee Frother: Love my morning coffee with some frothy milk on top, this Milk Boss Amazon frother does the trick.

  • Bitters Glass Bottles: Found these gorgeous glass bitter bottles on Amazon, perfect addition to your home bar cart.

  • Dash Mini Waffle Maker: Fun and kid-friendly. My favorite ones are the holiday themed ones like the snowman and snowflake.

  • Souper Cubes: Best way to freeze and store your soup, stock, broth or sauce in perfect portions. Has also been a lifesaver for my postpartum freezer meals this year.

Women Owned Food Gifts:

  • Rockerbox Spice Co. : Garlic powders, onion powders, spice blends, and pickled garlics.

  • Tache Artisan Chocolate: Tache Artisan Chocolate serves chocolates with the vision of pastry chef Aditi Malhotra, drawing inspiration from around the world.

  • Dam Good English Muffins: Women owned and local out of Peekskill, New York.

  • Brooklyn Delhi: Premium Indian condiments developed by chef and cookbook author Chitra Agrawal.

  • Overseasoned: Feminist merchandise and apparel for food lovers.

  • Yes Bar: Snack bar that’s women owned, Plant Based Protein, Vegan, Paleo, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Low Sugar.

  • Legally Addictive: Salty & sweet things in NYC. Woman owned and founded.

Women Who Brunch - Foodie Gift Guide Splurge Gifts

Splurge “Treat Your Self” Food Gifts:

Foodie Baby & Kids:



  • Piccoliny: Boutique baby and children's gifts perfect for your foodie baby and home of the original Hotdog Pretzel NY tee.

  • Lalo: Baby High Chair play chair built to grow with your child.

  • The Dough Project: All natural play dough is made from organic, food-grade ingredients & 100% plant-based colors.

  • Ezpz - Food Mats: Mat-based products that promotes safe and independent eating.

  • Kiwico Yummy Crate: This crate unlocks the science of cooking and help kids gain confidence in the kitchen. Family-friendly, kid-tested recipes, now your kiddos can experience the joy of preparing and sharing a meal. All while taking a bite out of big scientific ideas like biology and chemistry in the kitchen.

  • Loulou Lollipop: Baby brand for eco-friendly silicone suction plates and bowls, silicone bibs, silicone teethers and pacifier clips. I can’t handle this Sushi teether.

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Holiday Foodie Gift Guide 2020

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We’re finally here, the end of 2020! [Insert what month it is here]

With the holiday’s rolling around the corner, this holiday season will be a little different for everyone. And so, I wanted to put a list together comprised of foodie gift trends, ways to support small businesses, women owned businesses, black women owned businesses, and most importantly a lot of friends on this list.

This list covers a little bit of everything for the food fam out there.

Happy Holidays Y’all! xoxo

Kitchen Gadgets:

Holiday Food Gifts:

Advent Calendars:

Food Thangs:


Chocolate Lovers Gifts:

Boozy Gifts:

  • Spoonable Spirits: Booze-infused pudding shots made fresh in NYC.

  • Simple Vodka: With every bottle of Simple Vodka, they provide 20 meals to those in need through direct support of the local and national hunger relief organizations.

  • Hangover Helper: Hangover Helper is a playful cookbook filled with tried and true recipes to cure your hangover, collected from culinary traditions from around the world.

  • Cheeky: Syrups & juices for cocktails in the home

  • Corkzy: Fancy and easy way to open your wine bottles.

Black Women Owned Businesses:

  • Boss Blend Coffee: Small batch coffee brand. Artisanal coffee for every boss.

  • Chicago French Press: Chicago based, women led coffee company.

  • Trade Street Jam Company: Vegan, Brooklyn, and Black Owned jam company.

  • Blondery: Handmade blondies inspired by generosity. Founded by professional pastry chef, Auzerais Bellamy. Baked to order in Brooklyn and shipped Nationwide.

  • The Salty Heifer: Black woman-owned gourmet online bakery with the best fresh-baked cookies and more.

  • The Glam Kitchen: e-cookbooks and seasonings (My friend Shauntay from middle school is the founder and owner. All her recipes are amazing!)

  • Mama Biscuit: America’s first gourmet biscuit company located in the Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia area. Biscuits that contain No Trans Fat, No Preservatives, No Artificial flavors, colors or dyes and use real butter.

  • Stuyvesant Champagne: The vineyard stretches from the Ardre Valley to the Aisne via the Marne Valley. Marvina Robinson is one of the few African American women owning a Champagne brand. Her love for her hometown, Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn, NY), inspired the name of her brand, Stuyvesant Champagne.

  • Camella’s Kitchen: Black-women owned mother/daughter business based out of Prince George’s County, Maryland. Specializing in bold Caribbean flavors handcrafted in small batches.