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Chew on This: What’s Your Favorite Foodie Gift?

By Ann Limpert   Published Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Holiday gift deadlines are (eek) drawing near. And we, and probably some fellow readers, are in need of some ideas. So we’re asking you: Is there a culinary present—an ingredient, homemade confection, cookbook, kitchen tool, something from a local restaurant, whatever—that you love to give, or are hungry to get?

Let us know in the comments!

Related: A Foodie Gift Guide 

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Penzey’s Spices - we got some for our wedding and the gift keeps on giving. The ginger is divine!
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Posted by: DCGrrl, Dec 16, 2008 01:48:05 PM

Oh, Marissa. We miss you! (And your cupcakes, and cookies and all other treats.)

Posted by: Alejandro (washingtonian.com), Dec 16, 2008 01:32:42 PM

I’m hungry to get some of Spike’s homemade latkes!

Posted by: Arlington, VA, Dec 16, 2008 12:21:13 PM

I totally want one of those this Christmas!

Posted by: Claudia, Dec 16, 2008 12:18:20 PM

I second Marissa’s comment. I really want the Kitchen Aid mixer!

Posted by: Sonia, Dec 16, 2008 11:55:31 AM

My buttercup yellow Kitchen Aid mixer that I may love more than my boyfriend, although his mom did get it for me, so I guess that counts for something... Seriously, though, it whips up cookies in like two minutes and is integral in making the best homemade frosting ever.

Posted by: Marissa, Dec 16, 2008 11:39:20 AM

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