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11 Gifts for the Bourbon Lover in Your Life

We’re not exactly sure how the year has flown by this quickly, but the holiday shopping season is here. The summer-to-fall transition has begun, the autumn holidays are approaching, and before we know it, dining tables across the country will be set fo…

You probably know someone who is always happy to enjoy a cocktail with you, but do you have any friends or family who specifically love bourbon? Most likely yes. For anyone who isn’t a seasoned whiskey drinker, you might be confused about the differences between whiskey, bourbon, and Scotch. You might also be a little unsure of which at-home bar gifts your bourbon-loving friend would adore. Well, we’re here to help.

Everything Amanda Hesser Is Gifting This Year

I wish I could say I’m a daring and eccentric gift giver, who bestows friends with the work of up-and-coming artists or rare vintage ceramics. But I lean practical, and like to give great, peripheral accessories and introduce friends to high-quality basics. I gravitate toward things that people either don’t purchase for themselves (pitchers, linen napkins) or that they buy of lesser quality (cake pans, baking sheets, pantry ingredients). Here are some new Shop products that make the cut.

1. Modern Classic Ceramic Cake Stand

Every kitchen looks more inviting with a cake stand on the counter! The dome is a much-needed accessory that people rarely spring for. Your giftee will be grateful you did.

24 Must-Have Gifts for Every Baker in Your Life

You know they love to bake in their spare time—but maybe you’re not exactly sure how to turn that fact into a perfect present this holiday season. Never fear: We’ve got you covered. Our Shop is filled with gift-ready baking essentials for any skill level and budget. To get you started, we’ve gathered 24 of our favorite options (grouped into five categories) for versatile, guaranteed-to-please baking gifts.

Baking Tools

For someone who’s really into baking, you can’t go wrong with giving them the tools they need to upgrade their cakes, pies, and cookies. A marble rolling pin—which helps buttery pastry dough stay cool—is a great option, and you can’t go wrong with staples like measuring cups and a digital scale.

30 Coffee Gifts That Baristas Actually Like

Us coffee drinkers are an opinionated bunch. We all agree that we like coffee (or espresso), but as for how it should be made (pour-over vs. drip vs. French press vs. cold brew), well, that’s another story. While we love these passionate preferences, they can make coffee gift-giving quite the high wire act. In hopes of reducing this risk, we spoke to the most opinionated coffee lovers of all—baristas—to identify the best gifts for all types of coffee lovers.

Mugs & Cups

Our 41 Best Gifts for Cocktail Lovers

Similar to our philosophy on the best chef gifts, we believe the best gifts for cocktail enthusiasts are ones they will regularly use when making drinks. We’re high on the timeless basics—shakers, glassware, and juicers—and the playful accessories like mixing glasses that make fun cocktail gifts. With that in mind, here are our best gift ideas for your favorite mixologist or friend who’s always shaking, stirring, and sipping something.

Shake & Stir: Beautiful Shakers & Mixing Glasses

10 Perfect Gifts for the Design Lover in Your Life

Finding the perfect gift for anyone can be a daunting task—and finding the perfect gift for someone who also has impeccable taste only adds to the challenge. Whether they’re a designer by trade or simply obsessed with cultivating their space, our Shop …

Finding the perfect gift for anyone can be a daunting task—and finding the perfect gift for someone who also has impeccable taste only adds to the challenge. Whether they’re a designer by trade or simply obsessed with cultivating their space, our Shop has options to match pretty much any style, from mid-century modern to bold and contemporary. To help you gift with confidence this year, we’ve narrowed our selection down to 10 of our favorite design-forward picks.

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1. Dansk Wood Classics Vivianna Cheese Board with Knife

This is a piece that feels much more luxurious than its $40 price tag, making it a great option for gifters on a budget. Designed for Dansk in 1988 by Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, a Swedish silversmith and master jeweler, it’s made of gorgeous, stained acacia wood and comes with a striking, stainless steel cheese knife.

The Best Gifts for Chefs—According to Actual Chefs

The best gift you can give a serious cook—which we’ll liberally define as anybody who talks (and likely brags) about cooking, religiously reads this website, or is paid to make food for others—is something they’ll actually use. To ensure that our gifts fulfill this utility requirement, we asked the most serious cooks—professional chefs—to highlight their favorite, most-useful pieces of kitchen equipment they’ve both given and received. Here are their answers.

Kitchen Basics You Can Never Have Too Many Of

9 Kitchen Gadgets for the Mom Who Loves Cooking

We teamed up with our friends at Vitamix to to share the helpful kitchen tools we’re giving as Mother’s Day gifts this year—including their magical multitasking 4-Piece Immersion Blender Bundle, plus a few other gadgets hand-picked by our editors.

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We teamed up with our friends at Vitamix to to share the helpful kitchen tools we're giving as Mother's Day gifts this year—including their magical multitasking 4-Piece Immersion Blender Bundle, plus a few other gadgets hand-picked by our editors.

Some moms can be hard to shop for—really, what do you get the mom who has everything?—but if your mother is a food lover, then your job is actually pretty easy. There are so many amazing food-related gifts out there, and whether your mom is a whiz in the kitchen, a coffee aficionado, or your family’s best baker, we’ve got plenty of options that’ll be right up her alley.

24 Mother’s Day Gifts for Every Type of Mom

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Holidays can quickly become overwhelming when you’re stumped on what t…

This post contains products independently chosen (and loved) by our editors and writers. Food52 earns an affiliate commission on qualifying purchases of the products we link to.

Holidays can quickly become overwhelming when you're stumped on what to give the person you're celebrating as a gift. Regardless if you want it to be something unique and personalized, practical and problem-solving, or tied to an inside joke you share, it's easy to experience decision paralysis while searching for the perfect present.

11 Kitchen & Home Gifts That’ll Arrive in Time for Christmas

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We’re officially approaching one week until Christmas (yes, that’s rig…

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We're officially approaching one week until Christmas (yes, that's right, one week), and my last-minute gift hunting is in full swing. I hate to publicly admit this, but I am notoriously the sibling who shows up to Christmas dinner blaming my empty hands on an unexpected (and entirely unavoidable, of course!) mail delay.

1. Modern Classic Ceramic Cake Stand

Baking Tools

Mugs & Cups

Shake & Stir: Beautiful Shakers & Mixing Glasses

Five Two Over-the-Sink Dish Drying Rack $45

Five Two Airtight Silicone Lids $40

Five Two Ultimate Apron with Built-In Pot Holders $45 $24.99–$39.99

1. Dansk Wood Classics Vivianna Cheese Board with Knife

Kitchen Basics You Can Never Have Too Many Of