32281 Sun Oct 31 12:42:08 -0800 2004 7 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 142907 Looking for suggestions for great foods made locally that I can send relatives for the holidays. Last year they got gift packs of Pt. Reyes Blue. What'll it be this year? Sun Oct 31 12:42:08 -0800 2004 0 rds 1 142926 Stonehouse Olive oil Recchiuti chocolates (have you tried the chocolate & caramel sauce--watch out!) June Taylor Jams (new fave: mayer lemon and rose geranium marmalade) Scharffenberger's milk chocolate Lotta Jansdotter--anything from her Sun Oct 31 15:58:51 -0800 2004 142907 0 Babar 1 142939 There's a spectacular rum cake that we get at the Dickens Faire. Oops, I've lost the name... There's always sourdough bread, if you can figure out how to transport it. Lulu's meyer lemon and fig balsamic vinegar. Star of Siam Thai Oil, made in SSF. We get it at Williams-Sonoma. and the stuff the other poster said -- Especially Sharffenberger (if you like dark chocolate). Sun Oct 31 20:06:34 -0800 2004 142907 0 Kim Cooper 1 142942 Here are a few older threads addressing the same question: http://www.chowhound.com/california/boards/sanfrancisco12/messages/55200.html http://www.chowhound.com/california/boards/sanfrancisco10/messages/44753.html http://www.chowhound.com/california/boards/sanfrancisco9/messages/40956.html Sun Oct 31 20:29:23 -0800 2004 142907 0 Caitlin McGrath 1 142944 Caitlin linked to a thread where I asked about gift baskets a couple years ago. People still discuss those baskets -- they were really fun. Another local gift that I tend to give is Hangar One Vodka. I would add to that something I am planning to give this year: Happy Quail Farms (Ferry Plaza FM on Saturdays, Marin on Sundays) makes a couple of wonderful dried chile spices -- I am currently using the smoked pimento chile on all kinds of things, and it is delicious. A friend and I just put together some gift baskets of local foods that she sent to Kansas. Her blog post is linked below with the full list of what we included. Link: http://mipmup.blogs.com/rdm/2004/10/gratitude.html Sun Oct 31 20:49:21 -0800 2004 142907 0 jen maiser 2 142948 Two things I often request that family visiting from the Bay Area bring are Frog Hollow Farm apricot and peach preserves and Kozlowski Farm black raspberry vinegar; they're both just excellent, and can only be bought in the Bay Area or via mail order. Sun Oct 31 22:38:22 -0800 2004 142944 0 Caitlin McGrath 1 143047 And a pound of Peet's. Mon Nov 01 19:08:28 -0800 2004 142907 0 JoAnn 1 143050 Last year I got hooked on Anna's cookies because we were sent some by a vendor here at work. They used to be in the Mission but they've moved to San Mateo. The chocolate covered ones are just incredible. Link: http://www.annascookies.com/ Mon Nov 01 19:29:43 -0800 2004 142907 0 Frosty Melon (was Chowderhead)