Holiday Gift Guide - Winter 2020
Our Holiday Gift Guide showcases a few finds from local shops that food folks on your list will love.
Another great gift? A subscription to Edible Vancouver Island!
SaltSpring Kitchen Co.
Gourmet Preserves and Hot Sauces
Gourmet preserves and hot sauces from SaltSpring Kitchen Co. are perfect for all your holiday gifting and entertaining needs. Available in individual jars or beautifully designed gift sets, they are sure to be well-received by all. Makes a wonderful stocking stuffer, hostess or teacher gift–and is a must for your holiday cheeseboards.
West Coast Kitchen Garden Shop
Kitchen Wares, Self-Care Products, Vintage Treasures
Send a gift easily from West Coast Kitchen Garden Shop. Choose from curated home and kitchen wares, self-care products and vintage treasures that embody simplicity and sustainability. The online shop is based on Vancouver Island and offers custom purposeful gift boxes and free shipping options.
Westholme Tea Company
Handmade Teacup and Canadian-Grown Tea
This unique gift from Westholme Tea Company truly highlights a rare and local comfort, for tea drinkers in your life ranging from curious to connoisseur. Includes a one-of-a-kind ceramic teacup by Margit Nellemann and a pouch of their rare Canadian-grown Westholme-terroir tea by Victor Vesely. You simply won’t find this anywhere else. Available online or in their Teashop Wed-Sun, 11am–4pm.
Blue Grouse Estate Winery
Quill Q Red
Blue Grouse’s Quill Q Red is perfect for gathering with your bubble or gifting to those who can’t be close. Aromas of caramel, black cherry, licorice, cocoa and cloves lead the way. Pairs well with most hearty dishes or enjoy on its own. Get it online or at the winery.
Cococo
Liqueur Cherries
A delicious, drippy, boozy, one-bite adult treat for the holidays! Cococo soaks B.C. organic cherries in liqueur for at least 100 days, hand-dips each cherry in fondant, double-dips them in dark chocolate and then hand-foils each one. Over time, the cherry gradually turns into liquid, leaving only a tiny bit of the original cherry fruit behind (watch out for the pit!). Available at Cococo, Royal Oak or online.
Natural Pastures Cheese Company
Cow and Water Buffalo Cheese
Natural Pastures’ award-winning cow or water buffalo cheese is perfect for gifts, or to wow your friends at your next get-together. Visit their store in Courtenay, M–F 9:00–4:00 (and Sat. 9–1 in December) for local products and special items like frozen Ready-to-Bake puff pastry-wrapped Comox Brie.
Nootka Sound Resort
Three-Day Adventure
An experience is the best gift—like an intimate and engaging three-day adventure at Nootka Sound Resort. Get the full scope of West Coast cuisine with renowned Chef William Lew as you dine on local seafood, foraged edibles and delectably innovative dishes inspired by the Pacific Northwest. Tickets available online or call (877) 337-5464.
nootkamarineadventures.com/events/culinary
Lumette
Non-Alcoholic Spirits
Lumette’s non-alcohol spirits are perfect for creating any holiday cocktail, no matter if you are celebrating at home or at a friend’s, as a replacement for a gin spirit. Both London Dry and Bright Light flavours contain 0% alcohol and are meant to be mixed into a cocktail as simple as a GnT, French 75 or sour. Visit enjoylumette.com for many recipe suggestions! Available at private liquor stores and gourmet food shops.
Yellow Point Farms
Dried Garlic
Discover locally grown Yellow Point Farms garlic in a new and diverse way. This freshly harvested, all-natural garlic is dried and packaged with a convenient reusable grinder along with three refills, so you can enjoy it all year long. Yellow Point Farms also blends their own blueberry leaf tea from red blueberry leaves in the fall and has local honey and other farm goods available on their online store or at their farm store—open the last two weeks of November during the CY Artisan tour.
French Press Coffee Roasters
Seasonal Coffee Blends
These seasonal coffee blends from the multi-award-winning French Press Coffee Roasters in Qualicum Beach will delight even the most discerning connoisseur. Shop online, visit the roastery in Coombs or stop by their lovely cafe in Qualicum to ask about their wholesale program.
Weinberg’s Good Food
Specialty Food and Gift Items
Weinberg’s in Buckley Bay and Qualicum Beach has something for everyone on your list. Visit either location to see their selection of local and imported specialty food and gift items. This collection is perfect for the cocktail connoisseur–beautiful glassware and imported ingredients add a touch of class to any home bar.
Alison Kent
Food Tables and Dinner Napkins
With locally designed, artisan-crafted nesting Food Tables or original French-inspired 100% Linen Thyme embroidered Dinner Napkins, home cooks have everything they need for micro-entertaining or for gifting this holiday Season from Island-raised Alison Kent—from her own home kitchen to yours!
Jenny Marie’s Crackers
Fresh Crackers
The perfect addition to your holiday table and hostess gifts are Jenny Marie’s Crackers! Baked fresh in Victoria, their crackers are proudly vegan and pair well with all the toppings, or just as they are. Available in three deliciously addictive boxed flavours in fine stores around B.C. or for more variety, shop directly on their beautiful new online shop.
