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Is a luxury food gourmet gift basket a good gift?

You decide.  It depends on what is in the luxury food gourmet gift basket that determines whether or not it is a good gift. One person’s idea of luxury food is chocolate, another’s is lobster.  So, what makes a luxury food gourmet gift basket a good gift?  Making sure to include all the ingredients that the person to whom you’re gifting it considers good!  If you’re gifting a basket to an elderly person, they will not want things that are difficult to chew and if you’re gifting a basket to a new mom who’s trying to loose weight, then cookies and candy might not be such a good idea.  Here are some better ideas!Luxury food gourmet gift baskets
should all include one element; the utensils to properly prepare the food in the basket.  Kitchen ware and utensils not only look fabulous, they are as functional as they are fun to give.  Sifters, graters, specialty glassware and silver are often  not found in most kitchens simply because the owners do not want to spend the money on something they will only use occasionally.

Seafood, pastries as well as antipasto and hors d oeuvres are found in some luxury food gourmet gift baskets and is a tasty and tasteful way to let someone know that they are thought of as top notch!  Tuna steaks have a beautiful presentation and Caribbean lobster tails can’t be topped.  These type of luxury foods can be enjoyed by anyone, but are most enjoyed by those who know enough to appreciate them.

Don’t gif t a luxury food gourmet gift basket to the guy who delivers your mail or fixes your car.  You might want to send one to your boss, his wife (if that’s o.k.) and some special clients.  Sending a luxury food gourmet gift basket to these people will ensure that your gift does not go uneaten.  These type of people often eat these foods for daily meals anyway, on occasion.  You’ve been to their mansions (who, by the way has 7,000 sq foot for themselves, their wife and a dachshund named Rachel?) and eaten with them at restaurants.   There is no mistaking their tastes are exquisite!  So exquisite in fact, that they don’t take calls during shipping season, wine shipping season that is.  Their cellar is actually considered a fixed asset in their home!

Kumamoto oysters and soft shelled crabs are other foods one might gift in a luxury food gourmet gift basket.  Making certain to include the proper kitchen tools (that could totally ruin the gift all together!), a large bow on top will ensure the presentation is remarkable.  When you purchase one of these baskets, you are undoubtedly spending your entire month’s rent check, so make sure to buy from someone who puts as much pride into their work as you did money into their wallet!

Stonewall Kitchen, along with many other suppliers, takes great pride in not only preparing a fantastic presentation of your gift, but of insuring that quality is of the highest mark, that you are comfortable putting your gifting reputation in their hands is something Stonewall Kitchen doesn’t take lightly.

Whoever you choose, don’t forget to send a card…it’ll be a horrible disaster if you got to the boss’s party after your arch enemy, the won who got the promotion and has been making your life a living hell ever since and, because you forgot about adding a card with your name on it, he takes credit for your good deed!