Whether they’re eating or cooking or both, these gifts for foodies in your life are yummy

They’re always posting amazing plates of food on Instagram. They’re known to fall asleep with a cooking channel on in the background. They bring incredible dishes to work potlucks. Food is their love language, and we love their language. They’re our favorite foodies and we’re getting ready to spoil them this holiday season like they spoil us all year round! That means we’re scrolling for gifts for foodies to make sure we hit the nail on the head.

Our guide to gifts for foodies is the recipe for seasonal gifting success. Whether they’re cooks, bakers, bartenders, or the best of all three, these gifts for foodies deliver big flavor! The best part? You don’t have to know a lot about cooking to gift some amazing goodies. We’ve searched some of our favorite stores and have put together your ultimate guide to satisfying the food lover in your life. You’ll leave them wondering, “how did they know I wanted this?”!

Electric Salt & Peper Mill Set

Freshly-ground salt and pepper at the touch of a button—what foodie wouldn't love that? This electric mill set even lets you select your level of coarseness and see exactly what you're doing thanks to the illuminating LED lights.

Electric Salt & Pepper Mill Set ($79.95 On Sale $19.96), Sur La Table—Buy Now

Anova Precision Cooker

True foodies are sous vide snobs (or at least like to pretend they are. It's okay. We don't judge. We're pretending to be sous vide snobs right now.), so treat them to the tool they need to create unbelievable sous vide dishes at home. (Want to really impress them? Let them know that you're totally aware that sous vide cooking involves placing ingredients in a vacuum-sealed bag and cooking them in a temperature-controlled water bath.)

Anova Precision Cooker ($139.96), Sur La Table—Buy Now

Ooni Karu 12 Wood- & Charcoal Fired Portable Pizza Oven

Not only does this baby go anywhere you want it to (safely, of course), but you can create Neapolitan or even sear meat & veggies in 60 seconds.

Ooni Karu 12 Wood- & Charcoal Fired Portable Pizza Oven ($399.00), Sur La Table—Buy Now

Oven to Table Pan + Slo-Cooker Base

360 Cookware's iconic stainless steel is used to bring this oven to table pan to life. It's a casserole dish. It's a pan. It's a serving dish. Fantastic on its own, but when placed on the separate Slo-Cooker Base, your dip, casserole, or side dish stays effortlessly warm!

Oven to Table Pan ($129.00), 360 Cookware—Buy Now

Slo-Cooker Base ($129.00), 360 Cookware—Buy Now

GIR 10-Piece Best Sellers Set

We've waxed poetic about GIR more than once, and this Best Sellers Set is so epic. You don't think anything about your spatulas, until you try a GIR. Trust us.

GIR 10-Piece Best Sellers Set ($90.95), GIR—Buy Now

Viking Acacia & Slate Cheese Board

Charcuterie boards are here. to. stay., and it's really no wonder. They offer all our favorite foods (cured meats, cheese, and crackers?? We're there.), but they can also be completely customized. Not to mention, the display is half the fun, and for any foodie in your life, that's where the Viking Acacia & Slate Cheese Board comes in! This must-have set includes a wooden board with a slate tray, two cheese knives, and three pinch bowls. For holiday entertaining and beyond, this'll get a ton of use.

Viking Acacia & Slate Cheese Board ($300.00, On Sale $139.96), Sur La Table—Buy Now

Olive Me Loves Olive You Print

Printed on a 100 year old dictionary page, each print is unique and just extremely cute, in our humble opinion. This'll be great in a kitchen or dining room! Just pick a frame that matches their personality for a customized gift.

Olive Me Loves Olive You Print ($8.49), Etsy—Buy Now

Personalized Round Glass Cutting Board

Glass cutting boards are fantastic since they're nonporous and resistant to stains, scratches, and bacteria. Choose from 5 classic kitchen colors and personalize it for your favorite kitchen master!

Personalized Round Glass Cutting Board ($22.99), Personalization Mall—Buy Now

Yum Personalized Kitchen Mat

Indoors or out, make sure that everyone knows whose kitchen it is with this super cute mat!

Yum Personalized Kitchen Mat ($24.99), Personalization Mall—Buy Now

Cellentani Pasta Necklace

We firmly believe that pasta = love, so whether you're eating it or wearing it, that's amore! 

Cellentani Pasta Necklace ($84.00), Etsy—Buy Now

Mixbook

We've talked about Mixbook before and we're gonna do it again now. Why? Because with Mixbook, you can create just about anything, which includes a wide array of food and cooking templates for you to design your own cookbook, celebrate family recipes, showcase your creations, or capture photo memories of family time spent together in the kitchen!

Mixbook Photo Books, Recipe/Cookbooks—Buy Now

Hello Fresh

What's better than cooking? Not having to shop for ingredients! With Hello Fresh, everything you need to create incredible meals is right in the box, including easy-to-follow instructions and from-the-farm ingredients. Home cooks will love still getting to spend a little bit of time creating their own meals, but without the long grocery run!

Hello Fresh (Starting at $75.00)—Buy Now

Every Plate

We know that meal delivery services can be associated with premium pricing, and that's what makes EveryPlate different. Each meal costs less than $5, but without sacrificing quality! They've made minor tweaks and changes to make EveryPlate a little bit different, and those tiny changes allow for them to pass along major savings. Any foodie knows you don't have to pay an arm and a leg for fantastic food! Simple, delicious, easy meals. That's a real gift!

EveryPlate (Starting at $50.00)—Buy Now

Factor

Factor is perfect for the loved ones in your life who are focused on healthy living and makes eating well so easy! Factor's team of dietitians developed an immense menu of smoothies, juices, and ready-made meals. From keto to high-protein to low-carb to vegan and vegetarian options, they'll be able to find the perfect menu for their lifestyle.

Factor (Starting at $90.00)—Buy Now

 

 

Green Chef

Green Chef is all about fresh, sustainable ingredients, right down to their eco-friendly packaging! Many of the ingredients, from chopped veggies to homemade sauces, have been prepped for you, so you can save time while still getting the flavor of freshly-made dishes. Each recipe card and kit bag are color-coded so you can easily find what you need fast. All of their packaging is made from recycled, reusable, and/or compostable materials!

Green Chef (Starting at $50)—Buy Now

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New Yorkers are some of the most adept multi-taskers around, and we apply that skill to child-rearing, too. Come the holidays, that instinct shifts into hyperdrive. Which is why the news that urban market Brooklyn Flea and food extravaganza Smorgasburg are moving inside — to a space attached to food court/beer hall Berg’n in Crown Heights — is cause for celebration. Head here to shop, eat, and drink this holiday season, ’cause there’s something for everyone food and gift-wise, and room for your stroller when you grab a beer.

Interior of Berg’n photo: Mimi O’Connor

What It Is

You’ve probably heard of Brooklyn Flea, a massive outdoor flea market of vintage, handmade and all around groovy merchandise that takes place on Saturdays and Sundays in Fort Greene and Williamsburg, respectively. Its food truck counterpart, Smorgasburg (also well-known), feeds the masses artisanal bites in Williamsburg on Saturdays and Brooklyn Bridge Park on Sundays. The new kid in the Flea empire is Berg’n, a sprawling beer and food hall in Crown Heights, which opened in late August of this year.

 Brooklyn Flea photo: Brooklyn Flea 

What’s Changing (And What’s Not)

For the winter, both the Flea and Smorgasburg have moved inside to 1000 Dean Street, which just so happens to be connected to Berg’n. (We told you this would be easy.) Visitors to the mind-bogglingly large, 30,000-square-foot “Winter Flea” space will find the same collection of vendors, for both merchandise and food, as well as some new sellers.  A short list of the type of gift-worthy items you’ll find here include jewelry, ceramics, home goods, vintage and collectible items, art, body care, herbs and toys and clothes for kids.

Winter Flea vendor Sugar on Snow boots photo: Vivian dos Santos

What’s To Eat

Similarly, familiar foodie favorites and many more will be available at the indoor version of Smorgasburg. Bring your appetite — you can feast on bites from Porchetta, Bite Size Kitchen, Milk Truck Grilled Cheese, Oaxaca Tacos, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Butter & Scotch, Blue Bottle Coffee Company and much, much more.

Smorgasburg photo: Smorgasburg

All About Berg’n

If you’ve shopped ’til you’re about to drop (or maybe want to chill with a snack and a drink) make your way to Berg’n. The massive indoor beer hall and food court features a variety of seating options, from long, communal tables with benches, to individual tables for four, to a handsome bar running the length of one side of the space. (There’s even an outdoor area for when the weather is nice, with window service from Parlor coffee.)

Pizza Moto at Berg’n photo: Berg’n

Ramen Burger photo: Smorgasburg

Berg’n Food & Drink

The food vendors at Berg’n are some of the most popular eats at Smorgasburg. You’ll find gourmet pizzas at Pizza Moto, souped up franks and more from Asia Dog, brisket, pulled pork and the like from Mighty Quinn’s BBQ, and the so-weird it works Ramen Burger (a dressed-up hamburger served on two warm “buns” of ramen noodles) from Ramen Burger. For booze, Berg’n sells a wide range of domestic and imported beers on tap, in bottles and in cans, and wines of the red, white, pink and bubbly variety. They’ve got coffee, juices, non-alcoholic sodas for sale, too.

Berg’n bar photo: Mimi O’Connor

Berg’n Brunch

Berg’n hosts Berg’n Brunch on weekends from 10 a.m. to 4p.m., during which vendors offer items adjusted for a.m. eating. (Think the Ramen Burger take on an egg sandwich, or a sweet slice of pizza. Plus, big doughnuts.) Past brunches have included songs from kiddie cowboy entertainer Hopalong Andrew.

Berg’n photo: Mimi O’Connor

Winter Flea
1000 Dean St.
Crown Heights
Through March
Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Online: brooklynflea.com

Berg’n
899 Bergen St.
Crown Heights
Tues.-Sun., 10 a.m. – midnight
718-857-2337
Online: bergn.com

Where do you go to shop, eat and drink? Tell us in the comments below!

—Mimi O’Connor