Nosh Pit Holiday Gift Guide 2015
By Rosin Saez December 8, 2015
Rachel's Ginger Beer Embossed Copper Mug
There’s something innately festive about gifting booze, or at least the makings for a boozy drink, for the holidays. No doubt any flavor of Rachel’s Ginger Beer plus an embossed RGB copper mug says, I care about your sanity this holiday season. Photo via Rachel's Ginger Beer Instagram
Captive Spirits Big Gin
This Ballard-based small batch distillery goes big on gin; indeed gin is the only thing Ben Capdevielle and company at Captive Spirits produces and they do it oh so well. Last month Captive Spirits released two new limited gins in time for the giving season: Peat Barreled Big Gin and Barrel Reserve (available from the distillery and other select sellers). Photo via Captive Spirits Big Gin Facebook
Kina Tonic Syrup
The perfect companion to locally made gin is, of course, a locally made tonic. Made completely by hand here in Seattle, this concentrated Kina tonic syrup from Bradley’s Tonic Co. revives an old-fashioned drink in a fresh, new way. Image via Kina Tonic Instagram
Hot Cakes Wilderness Collection of Caramel Sauces
Wilderness: not just for hikers anymore. The talented Autumn Martin delivers the outdoors in the form of three new Hot Cakes smoky, sweet, salty caramel sauces: white sage, juniper berry, and one named campfire which is made with hickory smoked sugar, alder smoked sea salt, and Camp Anawanna ghost stories. Warm fuzzies bonus: Ten percent of sales benefit organizations like the Sierra Club, Forterra, and Washington Trails Association. Photo via Hot Cakes Instagram
Theo Chocolate Cookbook
Give a person chocolates, you feed them for a day; gift a person Theo Chocolate’s cookbook, they’ll ride that sugar high for a lifetime. Speaking of feeding others, through December, $10 from each Theo cookbook sale will be donated directly to Food Lifeline. Photo via Theo Chocolate Facebook
Sun Liquor Aged Eggnog
Give the gift of exclusivity with Sun Liquor’s coveted eggnog elixir. It makes its annual appearance on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at both Capitol Hill locations, and bottles of aged eggnog go on sale Dec 12. There’s also talk of potential popups; follow Sun Liquor for more information. Photography by Kyle Johnson
Molly Moon's Sweet and Salty Cocoa Sprinkles
For the ice cream lover in your life, you can’t go wrong with Molly Moon’s jar of sweet and salty cocoa sprinkles made with demerara sugar, chocolate sprinkles, and coarse sea salt. Photo via Molly Moon Instagram
Ballard Extracts
Maybe skip the do-it-yourself vanilla extract this year and go with Ballard Extracts’ upgraded version instead. In fact, help a home baker out and revamp their pantry with a gamut of extracts like lime, lemon, and orange available online and at MarxFoods. Photo by Ryan Clark
Joule by ChefSteps
Local food-meets-tech company, ChefSteps, help people navigate cooking through their web-based cooking site and app. And now they’ve just debuted Joule, their immersion sous vide, a spot-on yet unexpected gift for the tech-loving home cook. While the Joule doesn’t ship until May 2016, it’s going for $100 off right now for early shoppers. Photo via ChefSteps Facebook
Distillery Provisions Gin Pickles
Gin by way of pickles: These are bathed in a brine of juniper, lavender, tarragon, orange peel, and other botanicals used from a fresh run of Batch 206 Counter gin. Photo by Ryan Clark
True North Coffee Roasters Gift Set
Caffeine and more for Christmas: True North Coffee Roasters has curated a collection of Seattle goods that includes granola and hand rolled caramels from Coyle’s Bakeshop, hazelnut toffee and vanilla bean caramel sauce, both from Ballard’s ice cream shop Parfait, a pork rub a la Nick Coffey of Cafe Barjot, and of course two bags of True North’s holiday blend coffee. Photo via True North Facebook
Food and drink gifts can sometimes say, I remembered you had tastebuds and the ability to chew, so here's this gift. But a host of Seattle-made offerings bear more meaning, boast more flavor, and share sense of place and home. Here's a gift guide highlighting the latter.
