COOKING GIFT BASKETS

Do you know someone who just loves to cook?  Or perhaps you need a gift for somebody who's just learning how to cook.  In either case, our cooking gift baskets are sure to hit the spot!  One of our family members successfully finished an intensive course in the culinary arts and his Christmas gift that year was a big cooking gift basket, filled with gourmet cooking ingredients and implements.

The cooking gift basket is one of my own favorites since I've been interested in cooking just about all of my life.  I started at about the age of seven and am still just as intrigued with nifty kitchen gadgets and new recipes, not to mention the gourmet ingredients from all over the world that are becoming available.

The designs on this page are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what we can design for your own special cook.  Just let us know what you have in mind and we'll be happy to work with you.

THE "KISS THE COOK" GIFT BASKET

Whether an accomplished cook or a beginner, anyone who likes to cook will appreciate this cooking gift basket.  It's packed with herbs and whole spices, including gourmet quality whole vanilla beans.  As every good cook knows, whole spices retain their flavor longer than the ground variety generally found in the grocery store aisle.  The mini mortar and pestle included in this basket is just the thing to prepare spices and herbs for use in their favorite recipes.  Speaking from experience, there's no such thing as too many cookbooks ----- so we've included one here!  Just think, this is a gift that keeps on giving as not only the recipients, but everyone around them will benefit from the savory treats cooked up with the ingredients in this gift.

Clicking on the images above will take you to a larger image of the Kiss The Cook cooking gift basket.

$50.00   Add To Cart

THE PASTA GIFT BASKET

Let's be honest now, who doesn't like pasta?  Our pasta cooking gift basket comes in a stainless steel colander instead of a woven basket.  It will come in handy time after time and will remind the recipient of your thoughtfulness long after the delicious contents have been eaten. (To get a closer view of this cooking gift basket, just click on the pictures.)

We can personally vouch for the gourmet flavored pastas and sauce mixes as we've tested several at home.  The gourmet bread sticks and the Italian cookies help round out the meal.  This basket also comes with a pasta fork which is very useful during cooking and for serving.  Even the "decorations" in this pasta cooking gift basket are useful since they are actually decorative picks which would work wonderfully on an antipasto tray.  Mangia!

$45.00   Add To Cart

The "BAKERY IN A BASKET"

This is the biggest basket in our cooking gift basket line. If someone on your gift list dreams of becoming a great pastry chef or just loves to whip up a batch of scrumptious brownies for the school bake sale, you can't go wrong with this gift! The basket contains a long tapered pastry rolling pin (the kind you see in all the cooking programs on TV) and a silicone mat for stick-free baking (and easy clean-up) of delicate pastries and cookies. Other contents include two beautiful nested cookie cutter sets, an icing set and extra icing bag, a zester, a hand grater, a wire whisk, a silicone spatula, and a mini edition of the Silver Palate Desserts cookbook. In addition to all of this you will find whole nutmegs, vanilla beans, gourmet dried wild blueberries, and a glass jar of unsweetened Dutch process cocoa that's wonderful for baking.

You can click on the images above to see a larger pictures of our Bakery Basket both unwrapped and all dressed up with printed cellophane, ribbons, and sprigs of wheat (after all, what would the bakers do without flour?)

If you'd rather have this cooking gift basket decorated in a holiday or personal theme, just let us know. We can also create a smaller basket with some of the above items if you'd prefer. Please contact us and we'll be glad to work with you!

$85.00   Add To Cart

HAIL TO THE CHEF

Have you been to a really good restaurant lately? Did the wait staff leave you to season your food with a shaker of old tasteless ground pepper, or did they come to the table with a pepper grinder? Any good cook knows that there's a world of difference between that dry dead stuff that you get in the supermarket and aromatic freshly ground pepper. I recently threw out a can of that pre-ground stuff that's been hanging around in my kitchen as I don't even use it when a recipe calls for a measured amount of pepper. I just grab my trusty peppermill and grind what I need. That's why there's a Mr. Dudley peppermill filled with peppercorns, front and center in our Hail to the Chef cooking gift basket. (Just click on the images to get an elarged picture.)

Besides this "Chef's Secret", this cooking gift basket is stuffed with useful kitchen gadgets such as a citrus reamer, a mushroom brush, melon baller, an easy opening corkscrew, a whisk, a terra cotta garlic keeper, and an instant read meat thermometer. I find the thermometer especially useful as it can even be easily re-calibrated if it ever stops showing the correct temperature.

The wooden box provides a handy place to store favorite recipes. In the back of the basket are two new additions to the modern kitchen. They are called "potholder plus" by the manufacturer because they are kitchen multi-taskers. Made of silicone, they can withstand up to 600 degrees, thus they are perfectly suited for use as potholders. They may also be used as trivets, sink stoppers, jar openers and to quickly peel garlic!

To add a little spice to the kitchen, we've also included a bottle of herb-infused oil and a packet of real vanilla beans. We felt that the silver bay leaves were the perfect enhancement for a cooking gift basket and they add that needed bit of sparkle.

$65.00   Add To Cart

GOOD MORNING!

Is there a "Morning Person" on your gift list? If so, this is probably the perfect choice in a cooking gift basket.

In keeping with our "More bang for your buck" philosophy, we have built this gift "basket" around a crepe pan instead of putting the foods into a woven basket. You will not only be supplying the pancake mix, but the pan to cook the pancakes in as well. In addition to the blueberry pancake mix, this gift contains dried wild blueberries, real maple syrup, maple candy, gourmet cocoa, and Wolfgang Puck coffee.

$38.00   Add To Cart

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