I did check. ,
She is a foodie, and lactose-intolerant. We used to try a lot of restaurants in NYC, before she moved back to California.
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Since you shared meals together in New York, maybe something from New York would be a nice reminder in addition to soup. Many of the well-known delis are on, as are bagel shops (which is a gift that keeps giving, because they freeze well).
Katzās also delivers directly, as do many other places like Zabarās. You could put together a collection of things including the chicken noodle soup (or matzoh ball).
I like the idea of the meal-assembly services too, which can have less of a premium charge (ie more of your $ spent on food than on packing / shipping), but those may be better a bit further down the road when sheās up and about.
You might also check if something like Shef exists in the Bay Area, which is prepared meals from home cooks of diverse ethnicities.
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I ended up sending the Spoonful of Comfort $99 Get Well Soon Package that included Garden Vegetable soup and Chicken Noodle soup, rolls and 6 Snickerdoodles.
My friend is lactose intolerant, so that was why I didnāt choose the Mac & Cheese / Chicken Noodle Soup combo.
She can tolerate cookies made with butter.
She thanked me several times. She didnāt mention how it tasted!
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Things that make you say "hmmmmm "
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I donāt know. I might follow up some day. She isnāt quite as food oriented as you or me, and she has had some serious complications, so Iām not bringing it up.
She lives in California, so I decided to go with Spoonful of Comfort (I think itās based in Utah) , rather than a NYC business.
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Yeah, I never follow up. As long as I know the gift has been received itās up to the giftee.
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All great ideas, @Saregama .
Iām a little wary of home-cooked meals being sold here in Canada. I realize itās done in other parts of the world. I donāt trust other Canadian home cooks enough, for someone recovering from surgery.
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Much confidence I have in my cooking, I donāt think Iād want to put the recipient on the spot by following up. Itās not about me, after all, but the person youāre gifting.
Iād just be happy to having been able to help out in ever which way, and that it was (hopefully) enjoyable for them.
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All the soups were yummy, her words! Her mom also sent the chicken noodle, which was yummy!
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Good to know! But now I want a snickerdoodle.
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There is an organization (donāt know if itās just local or not) called āLasagna Loveā that will deliver a tray of homemade lasagna to your home - for people who are not feeling well enough to cook, or for people in financial need. When my 92-year-old mother was visiting last September and all 3 of us caught Covid we werenāt well enough to cook, I was curious and contacted them. I received an email from a woman who lived near enough and said she would be our lasagna-maker, but since she was vegan she would make a vegan lasagna for us. I managed to decline, and have since decided that regardless of the vegan issue I probably would not feel comfortable eating something made in a home kitchen by someone I didnāt know.
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