Skip to content

Top Navigation

Cooking Light Cooking Light
  • Recipes
  • Cooking 101
  • Eating Smart
  • Healthy Living
  • News

Profile Menu

Your Account

Account

  • Email Preferences

Manage Your Subscription

  • All Access Subscribers
  • Magazine Subscribers
  • Cooking Light Diet Subscribers
Login
Logout
SUBSCRIBE
Pin FB

Explore Cooking Light

Cooking Light Cooking Light
  • Explore

    Explore

    • 31-Day Healthy Meal Plan

      Our 31-day calendar of meals and tips shows you how to cook more and love it with fun, family-friendly meals that come together quickly and deliciously. Read More
    • Dinner Tonight: Quick and Healthy Menus in 45 Minutes (or Less)

      Hundreds of delicious recipes, paired with simple sides, that can be on your table in 45 minutes or less. Read More
    • Our Favorite Healthy Air Fryer Recipes

      Who ever said that chicken wings, doughnuts, and pizza couldn't be healthy? Read More
  • Recipes

    Recipes

    See All Recipes
    • Breakfast & Brunch
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Drinks
    • Recipe Makeovers
    • Quick & Healthy
    • Diabetic
    • Gluten-Free
    • Vegetarian
    • Cooking Light Live
  • Cooking 101

    Cooking 101

    See All Cooking 101
    • Essential Ingredients
    • Cooking Techniques
    • Meet the Chef
    • Cooking Resources
    • Budget Friendly
    • Smart Choices
  • Eating Smart
  • Healthy Living

    Healthy Living

    See All Healthy Living
    • Weight-Loss
    • Health
    • Fitness
    • Home
    • Travel
    • Nutrition 101
  • News

Profile Menu

Your Account

Account

  • Email Preferences

Manage Your Subscription

  • All Access Subscribers
  • Magazine Subscribers
  • Cooking Light Diet Subscribers
Login
Logout
Sweepstakes

Follow Us

  1. Home
  2. entertaining
  3. Gourmet Gift Guide

Gourmet Gift Guide

November 16, 2009
Each product we feature has been independently selected and reviewed by our editorial team. If you make a purchase using the links included, we may earn commission.
Skip gallery slides
Pin
Credit: Randy Mayor
Our favorite gifts for cooks.
Start Slideshow

1 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Beautiful Bowls

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: Printed inside and out with red, blue, or green cornflowers, pale blue daisies or red and green geometric patterns, these Anthropologie bowls look lovely whether they’re full or empty.

Price: $8 to $24

Shop: Anthropologie

1 of 14

Advertisement
Advertisement

2 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Modern Flatware for Kids

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: Scaled down for smaller hands but not cloyingly styled, WMF's stainless steel Knuddel pattern will look right at home on an adult's tabletop.

Price: $40

Shop: WMFAmericas.com

2 of 14

3 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Collapsible Colander

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: This clever colander is not only pretty, but a smart space-saver for small kitchens. Silicone sides allow the it to fold down for convenient storage.

Price: $25

Shop: Norpro Knockdown on Amazon

3 of 14

Advertisement

4 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Microplane Grater

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: The same versatile tool we love―it effortlessly grates hard cheese or zests lemon rind―now available with colorful, more comfortable handles.

Price: $15

Shop: microplane.com

4 of 14

5 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

KitchenAid Mixer

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: KitchenAid stand mixers have aged gracefully since the original 1919 model. The 90th anniversary edition gets a candy-apple paint job and has a 5-quart glass bowl, which makes it easy to see when butter and sugar are creamed to perfection.

Price: $399

Shop: KitchenAid

5 of 14

6 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Silicone Steamer Insert

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: This flexible Chef'n insert fits almost any pot, and silicone handles make it easier and safer to remove. Avilable in two sizes and colors.

Price: $12 to $20

Shop:Cooking.com

6 of 14

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

7 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Handy Knife

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: Foot-long chef’s knives are great. . .for chefs. For the rest of us, New West’s Chopper, with a 51/2-ince blade, is sized right as it chops, slices, and dices with aplomb.

Price: $99

Shop: newwestknifeworks.com

7 of 14

8 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Landmark Baking Book

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: You’ll find James Peterson’s James Beard Award–winning tome, Cooking, on the shelves of every Cooking Light food editor. He has a special talent for friendly and thorough instruction, which is also evident in Baking.

Price: $26.40

Shop: Amazon.com

8 of 14

9 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Soda Maker

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: In the old days, a little CO2 capsule in a syphon shot bubbles into cocktails. Now there’s a machine for that. SodaStream’s home carbonation system put the fizz in water. Feeling silly, we couldn’t help experimenting with whisky, red wine, and-kids would love it- milk! ($120; sodastream.com).

Price: $120

Shop: SodastreamUSA.com 

9 of 14

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

10 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Pro Bakeware

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: Get professional results with this pro-grade cookie sheets. The pebbled aluminum surface helps your baked goods brown and crisp beautifully.

Price: $50, set of three

Shop: doughmakers.com

10 of 14

11 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Free-Form Dinnerware

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: The organic shapes and subtle crackle glaze of CB2's Lotus pattern brings an earthy touch to your table.

Price: $5 to $8

Shop: CB2.com

11 of 14

12 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Sassy Cake Server

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: You can't help but serve with a smile when you're wielding the only genuinely funny cake server we've ever seen.

Price: $23

Shop: zippergifts.com

12 of 14

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

13 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Herb Saver

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: Like cut flowers, fresh herbs last longer when they're trimmed and placed in water as soon as you bring them home. Prepara's adorable Herb Savor keeps them stylishly corralled in your fridge.

Price: $30

Shop: prepara.com

13 of 14

14 of 14

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Space-Saving Potato Masher

Credit: Randy Mayor
What we love: Potato mashers are one of the bulkiest items in the utensil drawer, but this clever version from Sur la Table folds neatly when not in use.

Price: $20

Shop: surlatable.com

14 of 14

Replay gallery

Share the Gallery

Pinterest Facebook

Up Next

    Share the Gallery

    Pinterest Facebook
    Advertisement
    Skip slide summaries

    Everything in This Slideshow

    Advertisement

    View All

    1 of 14 Beautiful Bowls
    2 of 14 Modern Flatware for Kids
    3 of 14 Collapsible Colander
    4 of 14 Microplane Grater
    5 of 14 KitchenAid Mixer
    6 of 14 Silicone Steamer Insert
    7 of 14 Handy Knife
    8 of 14 Landmark Baking Book
    9 of 14 Soda Maker
    10 of 14 Pro Bakeware
    11 of 14 Free-Form Dinnerware
    12 of 14 Sassy Cake Server
    13 of 14 Herb Saver
    14 of 14 Space-Saving Potato Masher

    Share & More

    Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message
    Cooking Light

    Magazines & More

    Learn More

    • Customer Service this link opens in a new tab
    • Advertise
    • Content Licensing
    • Accolades this link opens in a new tab

    Connect

    MeredithCooking Light is part of the Allrecipes Food Group. © Copyright 2023 Meredith Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Cooking Light may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Privacy Policythis link opens in a new tab Terms of Servicethis link opens in a new tab Ad Choicesthis link opens in a new tab California Do Not Sellthis link opens a modal window Web Accessibilitythis link opens in a new tab
    © Copyright Cooking Light. All rights reserved. Printed from https://www.cookinglight.com

    View image

    Gourmet Gift Guide
    this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.