If you’re raising a toast to the arrival of 2021, these gift baskets and boxes are just what you need to accompany that glass of sparkling cider or prosecco.
Gift basket from Savi Provisions
It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a dozen years since Paul Nair opened the first Savi Provisions location in Inman Park. Now, there are nine in Atlanta neighborhoods, and more coming. We think the shops have been successful because they serve as the gourmet version of old-time neighborhood grocers, offering a wide assortment of everyday essentials, including organic food, wine and spirits, in walk-up friendly neighborhood locations. You’ll want to start the new year with one of their gift baskets, a delicious representation of the wide variety of products available at Savi. The gourmet gift basket, for example, includes a cheese board, spreading knife, cheeses, sausage, smoked lobster dip, cookies, jam, chocolate and lots more. Whether you enjoy it yourself, or give it to friends, these treats will provide hours of delicious snacking.
$64.99 for the gourmet gift basket; others available, from $59.99 to $74.99. Available at all Savi Provisions locations, or at savigifts.com.
Credit: Lindsay Narbeth
Credit: Lindsay Narbeth
Cheese and charcuterie box from Graze Atlanta
Have you tried to assemble your own cheese board? Despite lots of kitchen experience, we can tell you that assembling one of those picture-perfect collections of cheese, meats, fruits, nuts and other goodies is no picnic. Thank goodness for Pollyana D’Agostino and her year-old company, Graze Atlanta. We ordered her small picnic box and walked away with a beautiful, tightly packed collection of treats, including three kinds of cheese; a tiny jar of her house-made hummus; another of honey; perfectly cut carrots, cucumbers and radishes; dried and fresh fruit; pistachios; small squares of chocolate; tiny, one-bite macarons, and much more. It all was arranged perfectly, and offered with compostable utensils, including a tiny honey dipper, then garnished with mini bunches of herbs and flowers. It was obvious everything was carefully sourced and prepared for presentation.
Picnic boxes range from $60 to $120, and platters are available from $75 to $188. Order at least 48 hours in advance at grazeatlanta.com.
Credit: Maddie Hayes
Credit: Maddie Hayes
New Orleans gift package from Southern Food & Beverage Museum
Bring New Orleans home with one of the gift baskets put together by the Southern Food & Beverage Museum. Billed as perfect for anyone who “knows what it means to miss New Orleans,” this box is filled with a pair of Bonfolk King Cake socks; Emma Fick’s illustrated book, “Snippets of New Orleans”; a bottle of SoFAB’s hot sauce; a collection of Louis Armstrong’s favorite recipes; and a bag of Gullah Gullah Gumbo from Gullah Gourmet. There also are three other gift baskets from which you can choose. Those with time on their hands might enjoy trying to reassemble the vintage recipes that come shredded as the packaging material.
$50 for the New Orleans gift package; other gift packages from $30 to $55. Available at southernfood.org.
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