These Fab Food-Centric Gifts Are Still on Sale for October Prime Day
Amazon’s Prime Big Deals Days event has landed, and while Swifties are busy purchasing every version of The Life of a Showgirl, dealseekers are taking advantage of this major sales extravaganza to jump start on their holiday shopping. A smart move! To me, crossing off loved ones from my CVS-receipt-long gift list months in advance […]
Amazon’s Prime Big Deals Days event has landed, and while Swifties are busy purchasing every version of The Life of a Showgirl, dealseekers are taking advantage of this major sales extravaganza to jump start on their holiday shopping. A smart move! To me, crossing off loved ones from my CVS-receipt-long gift list months in advance is actually actually romantic.
Since I’m holiday shopping for a very large family — many of whom are enthusiastic home cooks — Big Deals Day couldn’t have come at a better time. To help you get your shopping started, we already have a huge, ever-growing list of the best bargains on cool stuff right here, so make sure to check that out. There’s plenty there that could suit someone on your list, but if you need more kitchen gifts for the home cooks and big eaters in your life, or a thoughtful host or hostess gift to bring to your circuit of holiday parties, you came to the right place. We’ve got cookbooks from well-respected chefs, a tried-and-true condiment multi-pack for the flavormaxxers, wine accessories, display-worthy mixing bowls, and a ton more. That to-buy-for list is going down.
Still, while the holidays are all about giving, it’s my personal belief that gifts should be approached in the way Martin Scorsese approaches filmmaking: one for them, one for me. So there may be a few things you might need or want, and I’ll be the first one to say what you want to hear — go ahead, you deserve it!
Go over your list — check it twice even — then dig into ours below for all your money-saving holiday-shopping needs.
For the home cooks who need everyday recipe ideas
Cookbooks are always a fantastic gifting bet, whether for your baker mom, grillmaster brother, or auntie who notoriously under-seasons her dishes and you want to give a gentle nudge. Salt is not the enemy, Aunt Rachel!
A cookbook that makes figuring out what’s for dinner as easy as 1-2-3
Food writer and home cook extraordinaire Julia Turshen does amateur cooks a solid with this cookbook, offering simple, delicious recipes from ingredients that are probably already sitting in your fridge, and charting endless ways to build out a satisfying meal with various sides and mains that can work together in delicious harmony. At a whopping 63% off, it’s just $13 on sale right now, and saves you countless meal-prepping headaches.
What Goes With What: 100 Recipes, 20 Charts, Endless Possibilities
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The perfect cookbook for ambitious beginners
Sohla El-Waylly’s New York Times bestseller and James Beard award-winning cookbook is a thoughtful guide to cooking that helps anyone with a kitchen and a dream level up their meals. Snag it for 66% off today.
Love a rice bowl? Here are a bunch of ways to make yours better
If you eat anywhere near the amount of rice I eat, Danica Novgorodoff and award-winning author JJ Johnson’s book will be well-loved on your shelf, offering countless recipes influenced by rice-loving cultures around the globe that make your grains shine bright at home — and it’s 56% off.
The Simple Art of Rice: Recipes from Around the World for the Heart of Your Table
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An at-home bartender you don’t have to tip
We love and appreciate the tireless work of bartenders, but for an at-home experience for the cocktail lover you’re shopping for, the Bartesian cocktail and margarita machine ensures happy hour hits at 5 p.m. on the dot. At a 19% discount, you’ll take $70 off.
Drinks for your alcohol-free friends
A bottle of booze is an easy go-to gift for any holiday party, but — you’re not imagining it — more and more people are abstaining from alcohol. But many part-time or full-time teetotalers, or anyone who lives a sober life, might still enjoy a mocktail or even a booze-free glass of wine. Thankfully there are more amazing options than ever nowadays.
A little soft aperitif
Ghia’s fragrant, botanical non-alcoholic aperitif whisks your palate to an Italian aperitivo bar, and you can safely drive a scooter afterward. I’m a big fan of its original flavor mixed with soda water and a wedge of fresh orange, but every flavor is aromatic and refreshing, so now might be the best time to try its full lineup.
Shroom-infused mocktails
Functional mushrooms are the special ingredient in Little Saints sugar-free N/A cocktails. Pick up the variety pack (that comes with Ginger Mule, Paloma, Spicy Margarita, and Negroni Spritz) to gift a friend celebrating Sober October.
An alcohol-free tequila alternative
The N/A movement has really exploded the last few years, and it’s amazing how far something like a booze-free margarita has come. Almave is on the case; the brand, co-founded by F1 driver Lewis Hamilton, is an agave spirit sans alcohol, making it an ideal addition to a virgin marg.
