Foodie Gift Guide 2025: Best Gifts for Friends Who Love Food

As probably 98% of you don't know, I am a MAJOR foodie. I absolutely love food, cooking, shopping for food, eating food, all the fun ingredients & supplies, etc. With that being said, I think I have a tad bit of credibility.

Starting off strong, with a non-food item, but something complementary adjacent to food. WINE! Not wine itself, but wine glasses. I was on the lookout for some wine glasses after finding the type of wine that I like most (hint: a crispy cold sauvy b from marlborough, new zealand). If any of you sauvignon blanc wine producers in New Zealand see this, I am ready for a brand trip!! I found these perfect 12 oz wine glasses from Crate & Barrel for, guess how much? *drum roll please* $4.95. That's a steal, if you ask me. And, the glasses are super thin and crispy. In order to drink white wine, I need a glass so crisp that I could gnaw on it a little and it would break :)

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Approximately 3 million tons of olive oil are consumed per year. I would say olive oil is a pretty popular gift amongst a large group of people. Show me cute packaging and I'm sold. Some popular olive oil brands are Graza, Brightland, Yiayia and Friends & Olea Pia. I have been wanting to try Olea Pia's chili oil for a hot second now.

A super fun gift for coffee lovers is a Trade coffee subscription & this works even better if you know what type of flavor profile they're into so that you can surprise them with a bag to gift at first. Trade is AMAZING because they work with roasters all around the country & you can truly have your order customized in so many different ways. My favorite bag from them is Boxcar Decaf Colombia... So good. Every bag I get, I compare it to the Boxcar coffee. It's nice too, because if you prefer, you can just subscribe to a single coffee.

To pair with the coffee, you could include a syrup. Two brands that I have been wanting to try are Transcendence & Pink House Alchemy. Both of these companies are very simple with their ingredients & don't use artificial additives. Transcendence takes the syrups that we know + love and adds a global twist! Pink House Alchemy has super clean ingredients as well & they also have other products such as bitters & shrubs. I believe they also have a wider range of syrups, like Herbalicious & Hibiscus Rose.

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Thank you so much for reading! I’d love to hear your thoughts. If you have suggestions or topics you’d like me to cover, let me know — your feedback means a lot!

Til next time...