In the past, I’ve sent Soma chocolates, and I’ve sent a gift basket with Indian spices and spice kits.
Last year, I sent some people local coffee & chocolate (Fraktail’s or Dufflets, and coffee from Las Chicas). Other years, I’ve sent spice blends from Sanagan’s or The Spice Trader.
I also made one big gift box with some local chocolate bars from London, Ontario, some local maple syrup, maple pop corn, local chips and umami salt.
Some years, I’ve gifted panettone, either imported panettone or locally made panettone. So far this year, I’ve dropped off one Sicilian chocolate and cherry panettone that I found at Eataly.
I think I will include a jar of Zing chili crisp in one package.
What would you send to people out of province? What would you like to receive?
For gifting to people in Toronto, I’ve arranged to have Tourtières and a bottle of egg nog delivered by Sanagan’s a couple times. I have sent another friend local salami and cheese from Sanagan’s as well.
I also sent a bottle of Nanaimo Bar Cream and a bottle of rye made by 40 Creek to a friend a couple years ago.
I was lucky to receive a Monforte cheese gift box in a Secret Santa exchange 2 years ago.
My mothers lives in the town where Hummingbird chocolate, Equator coffee and Dairy Distillery Vodkow Cream are made, so I often pick these up for gifts. Also lots of random things from a gourmet food store and homemade preserves. This year, Apple and rose hip jelly and beet relish, both from River Cottage preserves.
Definitely Soma (pretty much everything), also Odile chocolates (great fruit peels).
Coach House shortbread - especially cheddar chipotle.
Forbes has wonderful foraged products. The dried mushrooms are all great. Cloudberry compote, hairy skunk currant jam, choke cherry jelly are all great. Ox-eye daisy capers, spruce tips, and pickled milkweed pods go great with smoked salmon.
Agree. They are all very tasty, including the new sansho pepper. They also have very good (and a bit pricey) make-at-home ramen. The ramen is both vegan and gluten-free, although we just enjoyed it for the flavour.
I picked up a traditional stollen and chocolate-dipped stollen at Noctua in the Junction today.
Would have stopped for cookies at Barbershop Patisserie, since they’ve been posting photos of their cookie assortment, but they were closed. Looks like they don’t open for pickup until Friday.
