Sunday, December 16, 2007
Food, "Dish"
Gourmet gifts
Presents of confections are perfect for the holidays
EMILY’S PLUSH SNOWMAN
CREDIT: Courtesy of Emily’s Chocolates
By Kirsten Ott
Everybody knows that the way to someone’s heart is through his or her stomach. Show your thoughtfulness—and score major points—with these delicious presents for every important person in your life.
ALON’S YULE LOG
Alon's, Atlanta’s master of chocolate, has struck it rich again with its version of the buche de noel, a decadent dessert with a thin layer of gingerbread filled with Valrhona chocolate mousse with a center of coffee crème brûlée decorated with chocolate work and mushroom meringues ($38–$59.99; 1394 N. Highland Ave. NE; 404-872-6000; alons.com).
BOCA JAVA’S BREW OF BRAVERY
Give back to those fighting for our country with roasted-to-order coffee from Boca Java. With its Operation Million Cup online, sending a gift of a delicious warm cup of joe to a soldier is just a click away. Boca Java matches your caffeine donation ($6; bocajava.com).
BREADWINNER
A sure-fire way to impress the future in-laws, Breadwinner’s “Meet the Parents” gift set features two delicious homemade loaves of freshly baked bread and a pound of the private blend of coffee ($45; 175-E Mt. Vernon Hwy NE; 404-843-0224; breadwinnerbreads.com).
CHOCOLATE PINK’S BAKERY TOWER
Sweeten the holidays with Chocolate Pink's bakery tower of 16 yummy cookies or brownies, four delicious cupcakes and one tasty mini-bundt pound cake—all wrapped up in a beautiful tower of pink and brown filigree boxes and finished with a brown satin ribbon. ($53; 905 Juniper St. NE, Unit 108; 404-745-9292; chocolatepinkcafe.com).
CURIOUS COOKIES
Your health-conscious friends and family will be thanking you when you give them a batch of these tasty—and healthy—treats from Curious Cookie. Individually wrapped and baked with all-natural premium ingredients like Madagascar bourbon vanilla and fruit grown in the United States, these Kosher cookies have zero grams of trans fat, no hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats/oils, no chemicals, no genetically modified ingredients and no preservatives (prices vary for gift tins; 877-986-6928; curiouscookie.com).
EMILY’S PLUSH SNOWMAN
Filled with milk chocolate–covered cashews, this affordable and adorable guy from Emily's Chocolates makes the perfect gift for your neighbors, your kid’s favorite teacher and anyone else you want to recognize for being fantastic through the year ($8.99; emilyschocolates.com). SP