Four Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Foodie Friend

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‘Tis the season for gift giving! If you’re looking for that perfect gift for your foodie friends and family look no further. We have collected four foodie gift ideas including handcrafted chocolates, a wine club subscription and a Colorado cookbook.

For Wine Enthusiasts: A Wine Cult Subscription from Postino WineCafé

A membership to Postino’s Wine Cult is the perfect curated pick for the wine enthusiast in your life. Sign them up for this membership-only, counter-culture wine club for hand-picked wines, buzz-worthy experiences and exclusive Postino perks for Cult members. Members will receive two Cult Boxes per quarter, each including two wines. The wines are accompanied by educational and mind-expanding content, all curated by Postino’s beverage director and Advanced Sommelier, Brent Karlicek. For more information, visit here.

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For the Foodie Who Is Also a History Buff: The Fort Cookbook

The Fort Restaurant Cookbook: New Foods of the Old West from the Landmark Colorado Restaurant, contains over 150 easy-to-make recipes. It is available on Amazon and in major retailers such as Target and Barnes & Noble. This cookbook is a celebration of historic Colorado landmark restaurant The Fort, and details the history and recipes of the award-winning and iconic restaurant developed over nearly six decades. Some of the new and most popular recipes are Thomas Jefferson’s Green Chile Mac & Cheese Savory “Pudding,” Marinated Rack of Lamb with Couscous, and Mexican Chocolate Ice Cream Mud Pie. More than just recipes, the cookbook offers tidbits of history from the restaurant, as well as dives into the shared experiences of Southwest, Spanish, Mexican, American Indian, African and early European cultures as they lived, worked and ate in the trading forts of the West.

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For the Early Riser: Snooze Pancake Mixes from Williams Sonoma

Get the Snooze experience right at home with Snooze’s Williams Sonoma Pancake mixes. Available in Classic Buttermilk, Cinnamon Roll, Texas Pecan Praline, and Coffee n’ Donuts, these mixes make it easy to whip up a stack of decadent, fluffy pancakes in your home kitchen. These mixes are available online only — to purchase, visit here.

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For the Sweet Tooth: Handcrafted Artisanal Chocolates from Cioccolatier in Cherry Creek North

Originally from Brazil, the owners of Cioccolatier bring their expertise of growing regions for the best cocoa in the country to their quaint new storefront in the heart of Cherry Creek North. Utilizing recipes and traditional techniques from their families around the world, they handcraft chocolate masterpieces. Assorted chocolates include honey, apricot and Italian ganache, creamy hazelnut pralines, scotch whiskey bonbons and many more. Cioccolatier also offers handmade holiday delights including a milk chocolate sculpted nativity set, chocolate Santas and other festive offerings. For more information, visit here.