Wildgrain Provisions
First Press Olive Oil Duo
The kind of thing a food person would never buy themselves, which is exactly why you should.
$39
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Gifts for the foodie who loves cooking under $50
We read the reviews so you don't have to — 8 standouts from small brands, $18 to $45, anchored by the First Press Olive Oil Duo.
Wildgrain Provisions
World Spice Library, 12 Jars
I got this for a food person once and heard about it for months. Twelve small-batch blends in glass jars with a magnetic oak rack.
$32
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Wildgrain Provisions
Heirloom Sourdough Kit
No occasion needed — a 40-year-old dehydrated starter, banneton, lame, and an actually-good instruction zine.
$45
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Loom & Ladle
Grandmother Grain Dutch Oven Bread Mat
At $18 it reads like twice that. A woven flax mat that lifts loaves in and out of a screaming-hot dutch oven, no parchment.
$18
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Loom & Ladle
Hand-Carved Serving Spoons, Pair
I got this for a food person once and heard about it for months. Carved from a single piece of cherry wood, no two pairs alike.
$26
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Emberline Coffee Co.
Single-Origin Sampler Trio
No occasion needed — three 4oz bags from three continents, roasted the week they ship.
$24
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Old Vine Bar Goods
Orchard Shrub Syrup Trio
Trust me on this one — drinking vinegars in apple-sage, pear-ginger, and cranberry-bay for cocktails or seltzer. A food person will not see it coming.
$29
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Copper Thistle Garden
Kitchen Garden Seed Library
At $19 it reads like twice that. Fifteen heirloom vegetable and herb seed packets in a letterpressed keepsake box.
$19
Get it from Copper Thistle