TasteTV Gift Guide: 9 Tasty Gifts for the Fancy Food Lover
If you have food lovers in your life that have earned a great gift then you are in luck! TasteTV has found some equally great ideas for you. They include gourmet meats, poultry, spices, pasta, cakes, and awesome cookbooks.
Capt. Drake’s Rum Cake from the Celtic Tea Shoppe
Some things you never know you’ve missed out on until you’ve had them. A good rum cake is one of them. Fortunately you can find a mouthwatering traditional rum cake from www.ArtisanCandies.com of the Celtic Tea Shoppe in San Jose, California.
This hard-to-share treat is a rich, moist bundt cake soaked in a complex dark rum, and made from scratch with all natural ingredients. We say hard-to-share, but you definitely will, mostly so you can make sure no one else misses out.
Prosciutto di Carpegna
Each slice of this rare Prosciutto melts in your mouth, it’s that good!
Prosciutto di Carpegna is made exclusively from Italian pigs known as “Pesante Padano,” or heavy pigs, in one of three Italian regions—Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna, or Marche. The Pesante Padano must reach at least 10 months of age before butchering and must be cured for a minimum of 14 months to be certified as a Carpegna DOP product. The 20-month aging process, which uses traditional pork curing techniques that date back to the 1400s, adheres to some of the strictest production guidelines in the world.
For more information, visit www.fratelliberetta.com or follow on Instagram @prosciuttodicarpegna
Schiltz Foods Smoked Goose
What can be better than a goose that’s already been perfectly smoked, frozen and shipped directly to you, and then you simply put it in the oven for about an hour? Out emerges a succulent and ample feast for the eyes and tastebuds! That’s what you get with a Schiltz Farms smoked goose.
Goose is a much meatier bird that duck, chicken or turkey. There is ample meat not only on the breast (which are like steaks), but also on the wings, legs, and even on the back. The color is nice red, and Schiltz also pre-cooks or pre-smokes the goose so that you just have to pop it into the oven for an hour and then take out a juicy and delicious centerpiece for your cravings.
Plus, there are many ways to cook it. See a few here.
Mola Foods spices
Basically our go-to spices on almost anything savory, the TasteTV team has gone nuts over this brand.
New Hampshire-based Mola Foods authentic ethnic recipes to create unique and flavorful spice blends. Depending on your tastes their brand allows you to cook cuisine that ranges from New Orleans and the Caribbean, to Cameroon and Central or Northern Africa. Very useful all-purposes spices for fish, poultry, vegetables, and stews.
Other good things to know, they use certified vegan products, seasonings, and condiments, and are non-GMO, preservatives free, with no additives.
Featured in the 10th Annual TASTE AWARDS VIP and Celebrity Gift Bags
Find it on Amazon
Defoncé Chocolatier’s Luxury Chocolate Edibles
Defonce creates hand-crafted artisan chocolates using the highest quality of cocoa and techniques, combined with legal levels of premium California cannabis. They taste like award-winning chocolate, with benefits.
When you have a Défoncé bar, which looks and feels like a luxury item, you’ll know you’re treating someone to a top notch experience.
Featured in the 10th Annual TASTE AWARDS VIP and Celebrity Gift Bags
Find it at https://www.defonce.com
Just Mayo
Not as easy to find as we wish, but definitely worth the effort. Just Mayo‘s vegan spread and mayo substitute is just as good as traditional mayonnaise, if not better. It’s definitely as tasty, and is much healthier (egg-free, non-GMO, etc).
We use it on everything that calls for normal mayonnaise, including crab and tuna salads, and of course on burgers, whether they are plant-based or not.
More information about it here
Cookbook: All About Dinner, by Molly Stevens
Let’s face it, every dinner doesn’t have to take hours and a thousand ingredients to prepare, but you still want it to taste great. Molly Stevens knows this, and has the cookbook for you.
As described, “All About Dinner: Simple Meals, Expert Advice
Find it on Amazon
Three Bridges fresh Italian Sausage Ravioli
Three Bridges is a fresh pasta business based in Benicia, California, not far from San Francisco and the Wine Country. The firm creates sauces from local ingredients, but is becoming more and more known for its range of filled pastas such as tortellini, ravioli, and even ziti.
Their flavors are classic yet modern, and appeal to the hungry consumer with combinations such as Spinach & Cheese Ravioli, Italian Sausage Ravioli, Lobster Ravioli, Triple Cheese Tortellini, and Grilled White Chicken and Prosciutto Ravioli.
Most products can also claim to be healthy and sustainable, and stand on these four pillars of quality:
- No Preservatives
- No Antibiotics
- No Hormones
- Nothing Artificial
Find it here
Wild Alaskan Company Seafood Subscription Service
Wild Alaskan Company’s new direct to consumer subscription service is just what the chef ordered. These fishmongers source and sell fish directly from the Northern waters to your doorstep on a monthly or several months basis.
They’re kind of like your personal source for fish. Arron Kallenberg, the founder of Wild Alaskan, started the company in order improve our food system through healthy, convenient, sustainably sourced meals. Choose from:
Wild Salmon Box
signature box featuring 6-ounce portions of wild salmon — such as sockeye and coho salmon
Wild Combo Box
assortment of portion sizes, cuts and species of wild salmon and wild white fish
Wild White Fish Box
assortment of portion sizes, cuts and species of wild white fish — such as halibut and cod
Interested? Try out a few Wild Alaskan recipes like we did, or visit them at Wildalaskancompany.com.
