Gift Guide 2021 – Austin-Made Food Products to Satisfy Every Palate: Five savory and five sweet treats for the foodie on your gift list – Food
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This, in front and center, is one of those phenomenal half pound cookies from Chicken Salad Shoppe. See below for details.
Sweet treats
ATX backbox
austin.tasterstableclub.com/bakery-box-atx
Max Kunik, the local entrepreneur behind Taster’s Table Club, has unveiled his latest foodie foray, and it’s perfect for giving away. Bakery Box ATX is a bakery of the month deal that “offers the opportunity to try the best pastries in town without having to explore the city. By partnering with a different bakery each month,” I’ll add the multitude of new bakeries exploring that are springing up in town along with tried and tested greats. “Yes, he’s not kidding: The first box we got was from Sweet Charli Girl, the bakery that owner Rachel Metts named after her rescue dog. and under the half-dozen items in the box were freshly baked cookies, a small loaf (exquisitely moist) pumpkin bread, brown maple-sugar-pecan cookies, a double-chocolate brownie, and a large chocolate peanut butter bar that said, omg, so Tasted good, like that peanut butter cake we remember from Magnolia Cafe. Imagine collections like this once a month from the best in town.
Delysia Chocolatier
delysia.com
Nicole Patel of Delysia Chocolatier was one of the first to bring this new golden chocolate (made with caramelized sugar) to the States, and it won’t be the last. But you know yummy stuff was (and is) just an extra, right? Because what Patel has been doing with chocolate for years goes beyond any trend. Your Delysia crew continues to bring world-class quality and refined style to all forms of chocolate making – the truffle boxes, the seasonal shapes, the nut-covered rinds, the chocolates – and Austin is all the better for that. Still, we will definitely order one of these little golden turkeys because 1) they are incredibly tasty and 2) they are already a holiday tradition here.
Fluff meringues
fluff-meringues.com
These meringues, those crispy little clouds of sweetness from Kristin Collins and her cohorts, they will brighten up any gathering with their subtle flavors and maximum eye appeal, all wrapped in a box pretty enough to make (or, we dare say, your favorite sister) , Your hardest-working auto mechanic) squeaks with joy. And that’s just those snow-white, spice-dusted meringue drops we’re talking about. But of course Fluff also conjures up the sugar-sweet magic with full, filled, topped and drizzled Pavlovas (named after that famous Russian ballerina, yes) and spongy Australian Lamingtons and a variety of pies and cakes (oooh, Baked Alaska) and – so much more than “only” meringue, we say. And so good to show up at a party.
Chicken Salad Shoppes 1/2 pound biscuits
Chickensalatshoppe.com
You’d think a place called the Chicken Salad Shoppe would be in the hearty part of this round-up. And indeed the shop (pe), which is run by Vanilla Orchid Catering Honchos Ivan and Molly Mills, is unparalleled in terms of freshness and a variety of flavors when it comes to chicken salad. But, Lord a Mercy, it’s those half-pound stuffed monsters made from expertly baked batter that are the local company’s sugary secret weapon in the war against anything but the gift of domination. Sugar Cookies Filled with Strawberry Cheesecake; chocolate chip cookies filled with Nutella; dark chocolate chip cookies filled with chocolate mint ganache; the “King Bubba” is a peanut butter biscuit filled with Reese’s Pieces and PB Chips. Everything is bigger in Texas – but it’s usually not that tasty.
Miracle cookie
Wunderkeks.com
It’s a classic love story: two people sweetly meet in Guatemala; one of them is a baker; They move to Austin, start a business, sell cookies, and are taking the Instagram-enabled world by storm. The love part of this story does not only take place between Hans Schrei and Luis Gramajo, but also between Wonderkeks and everyone who has tried the company’s delicious cookies. And, alas! There are so many variations hidden in this harmless word “any”. Apple pie cookies. Sweet cornbread cookies. Red velvet chocolate chip cookies. Snickerdoodles. Oatmeal and raisins. Lingonberry and white chocolate chips. Birthday cake. And, um … Sorry, we’re losing track of it because we’re distracted by the incredible taste of these things. But yes, whether in batches, in multi-flavor sampler packs or as a subscription – these miracle cookies are the gift that always tastes good.
Hearty treats
Thanks thanks Jerky
thank you.com
Our recent tour of the new Prep ATX commercial kitchens demonstrated the goodness of this locally produced dried meat. And Thanks Danks isn’t just made right here in Austin, but – surprise – it has nothing to do with weed. Thanks, you see, is the real name of the family – Howdy, Garret, and Jordan – who make this jerky. And why these chewy, spicy strips of sausage taste so damn good is perhaps due to what is otherwise not in it: no sugar; no wheat; no GMOs; no nitrates; no artificial flavors; no water; none of that “liquid smoke” crap. “Just pure beef, seasoned with fresh ingredients that you would find in your own kitchen and not in a laboratory.” Oh, we will definitely find this jerky in our own kitchen – and send it to all of our unfortunately non-Texas friends.
Chop chop
Chochop.cc
Eugene Lin doesn’t like bad soup. He doesn’t like weak soup. Eugene Lin, who runs Chop Chop with Steve Har and Hailey Zhou, likes soups that are strong, full of flavor and smell of the best Asian street food – and that’s exactly what he’s going to offer you. Tom yummy. Korean BBQ. Tokyo curry. Penang curry. Shock frozen, for your defrosting and heating. Minutes from your freezer to your bowl, hours in your satisfied stomach, years in your memory of the Greatest Hits of Good Eating. But this list is about giving, isn’t it? And who gives a single bowl of soup? Yes, what you want to do is get your favorite person a monthly soup subscription – through Chop Chop’s practical Club Mian.
Antonelli’s table
antonellischeese.com
Sure, that’s a cheese shop – that’s the cheese shop in this town, unless you’re vegan, then you already know Rebel Cheese Co., right? – but we’re not telling you to get cheese from Antonelli because you already know enough about it. No, we’re getting the word that John and Kendall have just launched a new line of popular spreads, taken over from Lori Krieger, inventor of Taste Elevated, and renamed the groceries Antonelli’s Table. They start with Sweet & Savory Mustard Seeds and Booze Thyme Cherrys, both of which go perfectly with a wide variety of cheeses and are excellent gifts to ship or bring to a party host. But be careful: if you visit Antonelli’s website or the Hyde Park store, you will find that they have such a wide variety of spices on their shelves that you might be confused and choose something Vermont.
Yellow bird
yellowbirdfoods.com
Maybe some of these sauces are savory and maybe some are sweet. But they’re all based on different types of peppers, you see, and what they definitely are is spicy. Hot enough and flavorful enough to have won awards at The Austin Chronicle’s annual Hot Sauce Festival for years – and fans across the country and around the world. The sauces made by George Milton and Erin Links Yellowbird Company are naturally rich and thick, not just vinegar, and they’re made from a spectrum of capsaicin bombs – jalapeños, habaneros, those goddamn ghost peppers – and, right , remember, what did we say about the almost overwhelming variety of these miracle cookies (see above)? This is the range of options that Yellowbird is aiming for. So, unless you don’t like heat (or taste) at all, at least one of those sauces is your blueberry. Blueberry. You know what we mean.
Pecan parmesan
perennialpecan.com
Ah, that’s one of those things. One of those things that comes in a check-out-the-samples box that turns out so good that the recipient will start buying replacements when supplies run out. It’s one of those things that exceeds its supposed niche market purpose. Because this is supposed to be a purely plant-based, completely vegan substitute for grated Parmesan, right? So, can those who for some reason cut out dairy products enjoy something similar? We’re sure Pecan Parm works that way too. But your reporter isn’t a vegan, he’s not even a vegetarian, and he loves real parmesan enough to always buy – the real DOP deal – to rub it by hand to make salads and soups and scrambled eggs and so on . But now he’s buying this Perennial Pecan stuff in addition to this parmesan. Because this uncanny balance of pecan flour, nutritional yeast, garlic powder and salt is no mere substitute. Pecan Parm is a thing in itself that should not be missing in any good kitchen.
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