Mother’s Day Gift Guide
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Mother’s Day is two weeks away. Here are a few ideas, most of which, I think, will ship in time. A few things I’m excited about below include the season’s latest cookbooks as well as this bright blue tortilla press (so cheerful!) from Masienda (love this store) and this vanilla-making kit and this really lovely red wine vinegar.
As always, I hope the ideas below serve as inspiration, and, as always, I love hearing your ideas, too, so please share in the comments.
PS: My perennial favorites can be found in the shop.
PPS: More Ideas:
Cookbooks
For the Amanda Hesser fangirl mama in your life, the 25th edition of The Cook and The Gardener. If you are unfamiliar, in the book, Amanda tells the story of a year she spent as a cook in a seventeenth-century château in Burgundy. If you love seasonal cooking and excellent writing, you will love this book — it’s one of the first cookbooks I owned, and it was my introduction to Amanda, whose writing I continue to love. You could pair it with…
… a Five Two Essential Kitchen Towel.
For your vegan mama, my friend Gena Hamshaw’s latest book: A Grain, A Green, A Bean. There are so many recipes in this book I want to make, including every one from the “Beans & Greens On Bread” chapter!!
You could pair it with a bean spoon (this unfortunately is sold out… this one is similar) or…
… a bean spoon and a bag of beans:
I’ve been loving Eden Grinshpan’s Tahini Baby
You could pair it with a jar of really good tahini or…
… some really good hummus. I love the classic Little Sesame hummus, but they have so many fun flavors.
So many of you ask me about making bread in a bread machine, and until recently I haven’t known where to point you. Now I do! Lukas Volger’s The Bread Machine Book is filled with recipes that make me wish I owned a bread machine – they all look fantastic!
You could pair it with really good butter (I can find this one at Whole Foods):
Molly Yeh’s latest: Sweet Farm
You could pair it with a Burlap and Barrel vanilla-making kit…
Just add Bourbon! Or vodka! Or rum!
Pizza Night. Of course, I would be so honored if you gifted Pizza Night to the pizza-loving mother in your life. Now Serving in Los Angeles has signed copies of both Pizza Night and Bread Toast Crumbs, and they ship everywhere, including internationally. You could pair Pizza Night with …
… my favorite dough storage containers or you could…
… splurge on something like Gozney’s latest portable oven: Tread.
It’s so cute! I will be reviewing this on Pizza Every Friday soon.
My first Tread pizza:
A Few More Ideas:
Really nice red wine vinegar. I’ve been using it in this Greek salad dressing recipe, and it has never tasted better. You could pair it with a nice bottle of olive oil.
A New Tortilla Press. How pretty is this blue?! I love the red, too.
Regardless of the color, it works beautifully!
You could pair it with a few bags of beautiful heirloom masa harina:
A new pair of shades: love my Goodrs.
Avocados! The highlight of our month is when our avocados arrive. I think I’ve included this avocado subscription in my last three gift guides because I love them so: they are so, so delicious.
For your tomato-loving mama, really nice canned yellow tomatoes, to tide her over till sungold season. I love making pizza sauce with these tomatoes.
For your romance novel-loving mama, Ali Rosen’s latest: Unlikely Story
A big bag of tea! Which you could pair with…
… a Japanese-style tea tin or two.
A bag of really good cocoa powder: Cacao Barry Extra Brute
or better, a batch of rich & fudgy, shiny-topped brownies made with that really good cocoa powder:
or a batch of double chocolate espresso cookies made with that really good cocoa powder:
In addition to the items above, a gift certificate to a local shop or restaurant, such as The Vischer Ferry General Store or Arthur’s Market or The Broken Inn would make a great gift. Here are some local and online shops I love:
Local Shops
And here are some online shops I return to again and again:
Online Shops
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22 Comments on “Mother’s Day Gift Guide”
It’s older, & the author has sadly passed, but I swear by Beth Hensperger’s The Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook. Looks like you can still find new copies of it. I like everything she wrote.
I just googled her and it looks as though she has so many lovely bread books. Thanks for sharing!
Highly recommend making vanilla extract with Amaretto liquor.
Lovely gift list as always!
Amaretto vanilla – YUM!
So interesting, Hillary! Love this idea. And thank you 🙂
Thank you!! This is such an interesting and fun selection to browse. As usual. Your local shops list makes me miss the Hudson Valley.
I am passing along a link to the ForLife tea infuser because I love it: https://teaembassy.com/collections/new-category-3/products/forlife-stainless-steel-tea-infuser-red
And I can also recommend the Quince European Linen long sleeve pajamas. I bought the blue pinstripe, and they make me think of Katherine Hepburn for some reason (I look nothing like her).
(PS: I think the Masienda link needs attention, because when I clicked it didn’t take me to the site)
Claire! You always getting me loading up my shopping cart… I’m pretty sure I bought the bean spoon because of you! Love those jammies so much and would love to look/feel like Katherine Hepburn and love that tea infuser as well.
I just checked my Masienda links… can you point me to which one is misbehaving?
LOL! I think I’ve been doing some stress shopping lately, but I really did need the tea strainer and the pajamas, and I use/wear each all the time, and consider them good purchases. It’s fun to share recommendations!
A while back we also bought a Caraway nonstick that we are very happy with and use constantly.
I’m so pleased you have that beautiful bean spoon! We love ours.
BTW, I am on the hunt lately for good recipes that make use of white beans.
Tkhe Masienda link I was referring to is in the Online Shops list, between Vuori and Rancho Gordo.
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It is so much fun to share! And I love my bean spoon so much… I want everyone to have one 🙂 Thank you re link — all fixed!
Have you made Marcella’s White Beans? I love this white bean salad, too, which features summer produce but which can be tailored to what’s available.
I have made the Marcella beans, and they are delicious. I have half a bag of the Large White Lima beans in my pantry, and I found a couple good soup recipes on the RG website (Monsieur Marcel’s Spring Ayocote Pistou Vegetable Soup, or a cheesy cabbage and white bean soup), and I may give one of those a whirl. I had forgotten about the white bean salad recipe, and meant to try it last summer but then it got away from me. It sounds so simple and good, and I will for sure try it out soon, and let you know how it goes.Thanks for the reminder!
I’ll keep my eyes peeled for more summery white bean recipes as well 🎉
Thinking about getting a Tread for Fathers Day. I’m imagining the bliss of having someone else cook dinner outside. What else have you cooked in it besides pizza? Roast chicken?
It’s fun! I have made only one thing in it: that pizza showcased in the post. It arrived this week, and I’ve only fired it up once. I will do a full review of it over on Pizza Every Friday before Father’s Day.
Thank you Ali. Much appreciated, as well as all you do!!😻😻😻
I always look forward to your gift guides! Thank you! What kind of whiskey is pictured? I love to make my own vanilla with different kinds of alcohol.
Thank you, Susan 🙂 It’s called Heaven Hill… I’m not sure it’s anything special… though it might be: I found it in our liquor shelf and went with it 🙂
The Cacao Barry Extra Brute makes the best chocolate pudding!!
ooooooooohhhhh… can’t wait to try that!
Love your guides!! I love love love the Norwex netted dishcloth for cleaning flour / sourdough off the counter— you highlighted it in your Christmas guide.
I think flowers from a local nursery or heck, any flowers, make fantastic gifts any occasion!
Thank you 🙂 And agreed! I love picking up flowers at the farmers market for any occasion.
Wow I’m glad I can shop in the Niskayuna coop for some of these products
Carol, hi! I don’t think the Co-op actually carries many of these items… they do have signed copies of both of my books, however 🙂