Holiday gifts from your favorite authors

Yikes! The holidays are almost here and you haven’t even begun purchasing gifts (or is that just me?)! If you have a food lover on your list – or maybe someone who is just tired of cooking – you might want to get them a gift from one of your favorite cookbook authors. Most of the companies below offer expedited shipping, so all is not lost if you’ve put things off to the last minute. Let us know in the comments if there are any we have overlooked!

UK

Ottolenghi Christmas – food items including hampers and spice sets, plus tablecloths and napkins
Honey & Co – signed Honey & Co. cookbooks plus a selection of Mediterranean cookbooks, gift boxes, jams, spices, kitchenware (check out the shakshuka pans!)
River Cottage – Kitchenware including aprons, knives, towels, lunch boxes, and more; vouchers for cookery classes; River Cottage cookbooks
ScandiKitchen Christmas – all types of Scandinavian treats, organized by country (visit their main page to find ingredients for Scandinavian baking.) They only accept a certain number of orders per day, so be sure to log on early in the morning to assure yourself a place in line.
Spice Kitchen – spice gift hampers including salt collections, Indian, African and Mediterranean spice sets, and a well-curated selection of cookbooks
Sous Chef – gift hampers built around cookbooks including several baking and cooking sets (Korean cooking set, sushi set, deluxe truffle set, ‘best of Italy’ hamper, and many others)

USA

Eataly (Lidia Bastianich) – food gift baskets, sets for specific Italian regions (Tuscany, Umbria, etc.), ‘Pistachio Paradiso’, olive oil samplers
Thomas Keller  – essential kitchen tools, clothing, signed cookbooks, and restaurant gifts including The French Laundry 25th Anniversary Collection
Food52 – essential tools, cookware, cookbooks, linens, food gifts – a hodgepodge of items ranging from essential to extraordinary
Matt & Ted Lee – essential Southern foods including preserves, pickles, grains, sweeteners, and more, plus Lee Bros. cookbooks
Maureen Abood – Lebanese spice blends, infused oils, candies, cookie molds, and more
Ming Tsai – kitchen tools, cookware & small appliances, cookbooks, food including oils, spices, & vinegars
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street – cookware, spices and other food products, specialty kitchen tools, aprons & linens, and Milk Street cookbooks
King Arthur Flour – a go-to source for making and packaging homemade gifts, plus they have cookbooks, kitchen tools, and ingredients galore
Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa) – cookware, ingredients, equipment, and cookbooks
Joanna Gaines (Magnolia Table) – home decor, serveware, cooking tools, and cookbooks
Sean Brock – curated collection of items he loves (note he does not directly sell products but rather provides links to items)
Lior Lev Sercarz – individual spices and blends, spice classes (NYC), and cookbooks
Eat Your Books – gift guide for the baker, gift guide for the cook/cookbook lover (includes Emile Henry giveaway), and of course, a gift certificate for Eat Your Books is always a thoughtful present for the cookbook lover/cook. If you need help purchasing a gift certificate, see this help section or email info@eatyourbooks.com.
Hardcover Cook:  A gift card to Hardcover Cook, a cookbook subscription box featuring cookbooks, curated boxes, and pantry ingredients or purchase a gift box and or cookbook bundle for your favorite foodie.

AUSTRALIA

Maggie Beer – several Christmas hampers ranging from simple to decadent
Donna Hay – these hampers include tools and tableware along with cookbooks – the Basics to Brilliance children’s gift sets are perfect for the budding cook (pictured above)
Cornersmith – hampers featuring pickled products + cookbooks
Pamper Hampers – gift hampers built around cookbooks featuring authors like Neil Perry and Pete Evans

NEW ZEALAND

Annabel Langbein – signed cookbooks, aprons, kitchen tools, and more