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Gift Guide 2024Issue 47 — Autumn Layers

Holiday Gift Guide 2024: 9 Not-Seen-Everywhere Ideas for the Discerning Host/Hostess

November 18, 2024

Beyond the scented candle and the grocery store bouquet of flowers; our tried and tested picks for the holiday host/hostess:

wzx atlier candle bundle
Above: Our favorite candles come from London-based company Wax Atelier; we especially like the mixed palette of the Greens + White Dining Bundle, £38 from Wax Atelier (candle holder not included).
williams sonoma matches
Above: The Williams Sonoma Winter Forest Match Box, packaged in the UK, is $14.95.
brosius family farms olive oil
Above: For your BFF: Small batch olive oil from Brosius Family Farms in Paso Robles, CA. “We are located in a sloping, south facing field with chalky soil and sweeping views of the upper Salinas Valley and Santa Lucia Mountains. Picudo is perhaps the closest we get to the Holy Grail,” as they say, “both in terms of rarity and also because it will make you immortal if you use enough of the stuff.” $39 from Brosius Family Farms.
natural wine vinegar lost found
Above: The Natural Red Wine Vinegar is a collaboration between Pineapple Collaborative, winemaker Martha Stoumen, and vinegar alchemist Joanne Krueger. Made from a blend of Petite Sirah, Zinfandel, and Nero d’Avola grapes; $35 from Lost & Found in LA.
daphnis and chloe herbset
Above: Founder Evangelia Koutsovoulou established Daphnis and Chloe in 2013, in a small workshop under the Acropolis Hill of Athens. “Our dream was to see the limited batch terroir herbs of Greece in the kitchens of home cooks worldwide.” The Small Custom Set allows you to curate a one-off gift box for the culinary inclined; from $30.
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Above: A meeting of great minds: Commune Design, one of our favorite design collectives, collaborated with Valerie Confections to create the Commune Tea Bar, combining bittersweet chocolate with sencha, sage, lemon peel, and peppermint. $12 from Commune.
matsuka tea trivet
Above: The Matsusaka Cotton Trivet is a modern take on an age-old style from Marukawa Shoten, Handcrafted from scraps of Matsusaka momen, a textile popular in 16th-century Edo and considered the embodiment of the Iki aesthetic, each trivet is made from upcycled material. $39 from Rikumo in NYC.
pineapple cookie te company
Above: Our go-to cookie comes from Té Company in the West Village (first recommended to us by John Derian). “The Pineapple Linzer Cookie is an interpretation of the traditional Taiwanese pineapple cake; it’s made with two discs of hazelnut shortbread and filled with pineapple jam; $22 for a box of six. We can attest: sublime.

For more ideas, see last year’s Holiday Gift Guides.

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