A Holiday Gift Guide for Everyone In Your Life Who Lives to Eat

Snake River Farms

Featuring fancy steak, cast iron pans that will outlive us all, and knives that will make you look forward to cooking.

A Sleek, Sharp, Blacksmith-Forged Knife from Japan:

Chubo

A good knife turns cooking from a chore into an act of artistic expression. You’ll look forward to feeling the razor-sharp blade slice through all your vegetables like butter, and as any chef will tell you, a sharp knife also drastically cuts something else: your cooking time. The Karaku Aogami #1 ($125) is a beautiful chef’s knife forged in the Tosa region of Shikoku by blacksmith Michikuni Tokaji, from Aogami #1, a highly regarded blue steel known for its ability to get incredibly sharp and hold an edge. The dark, traditional kuroichi finish offers protection from discoloration. Handles are made from magnolia wood. A perfect starter knife for someone who lives for Chef’s Table but hasn’t upgraded their own kitchen gear just yet.

The Snake River Farms gift collection:

Snake River Farms

• Hugh Acheson’s Curated Steak Box with 2-8oz American Wagyu filet mignon, 2-6oz American Wagyu ribeye filet, 1 Lodge skillet, 1 Mercer saucing spoon, 1 Bragard kitchen towel, Jacobsen’s Flake Finishing Salt, and Hugh Acheson’s Steak cooking guide. $199
• American Wagyu Steak Flight includes 2-6oz American Wagyu filet mignon, 2-6oz American Wagyu ribeye filets, 2-6oz American Wagyu sirloin filets, Espresso Brava Salt, Snake River Farms hat and a Cooking Guide. $169
• American Wagyu Bone-In Steak Collection includes 2-12oz American Wagyu bone-in filet mignon, 2-20oz American Wagyu bone-in New York strips, 2-28oz American Wagyu New T-bones, Espresso Brava Sea Salt and a cooking guide.  $350

Tickets to the inaugural Brooklyn Food & Wine Festival (February 17-18) at the Barclay Center:

Brooklyn Food & Wine Festival

Featuring celebrity chefs like Mario Batali, Tom Colicchio, and Carla Hall, along with a number of beloved Brooklyn chefs. The festival will feature cooking demonstrations, a grand tasting with 150 of the area’s best restaurants, and panels with key industry tastemakers. VIP after parties will feature DJs, live music performances, and appearances by celebrity chefs. Tickets can be purchased online via Ticketmaster by visiting www.ticketmaster.com, barclayscenter.com, or by calling 800.745.3000.

Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Holiday Gift Box with Custom Flutes

Perrier-Jouët

For this holiday season, Perrier-Jouët has paired its Belle Epoque champagne with two hand-painted flutes. The Belle Epoque ’07 vintage features magnolia and honeysuckle flavors enhanced with notes of pear and peach, and a hint of mineral sparkle. Suggested price: $150.

Le Creuset Signature Cast-Iron Round Dutch Oven

Le Creuset

Get someone the gift of perfect roasts and braises, hearty stews, and mouthwatering sauces with the classic Le Creuset Dutch Oven ($100+), a timeless workhorse in the kitchen that can cook pretty much anything. Designed for perfectly even heat distribution and oven safety up to 500 degrees Fahrenheit. Best of all, it’s dishwasher safe for extra easy cleanup. Comes in multiple colors including the beloved millennial pink, cherry red, and classic black.

A $6 Vegetable Peeler That Will Turn You Into a Peeling Machine

Amazon

Like the right kitchen knife, a great vegetable peeler is another one of those kitchen tools that can completely change the way you feel about cooking. This $6 Swiss-made vegetable peeler is one of those tools. Before he died in 2009, Union Square in New York City was the adoptive home of Joe Ades, a charming and larger-than-life street salesman who sold these peelers (then $5) by putting them on display, drawing giant crowds as he deftly peeled piles of vegetables. Ades became such a local legend that he was profiled in Vanity Fair and The New York Times, and reportedly made enough money off each $5 peeler to afford New York’s best restaurants and a beautiful home on Park Avenue on the Upper East Side.

Power Vegetables! by David Chang Peter Meehan, and the Editors of Lucky Peach

Lucky Peach

There’s been no shortage of excellent new cookbooks this year, but since we should all be eating more vegetables and there’s no earthly reason why those vegetables should only be steamed, boiled, or fried, the Power Vegetables cookbook ($22) from the Lucky Peach team is the perfect way to boost your produce game. Whether you’re a seasoned veggie fiend looking to expand your knowledge of greens, beans, and gourds, or your vegetable-avoidant friends need help eating something other than French fries, Power Vegetables is here to show you a whole new world of meat-free cooking.

Geometric Wine Decanter

RBT

This classic decanter ($100) with a micro-perforated strainer and built-in wood coaster improves the flavor of every bottle of wine by flowing liquid across the inside walls of the glass, and the strainer removes impurities and sediment in every pour. An eye-catching gift for someone who takes pride in their bar cart and is adult enough to have fancy kitchenware for guests. Bonus: Oprah herself named this decanter one of her favorite things of 2016, which means this thing has “perfect mom gift” written all over it.