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10 Locally Made Foodie Gift Ideas

1. Gift baskets from Papa Jack Popcorn are great for snackers.
   
   
2. The Sourdough Starter Kit from Bread by Us comes with a jar, a bag of organic bread flour, instructions, and a sourdough culture (by request). $40.
   
   
3. Stubbe Chocolates knows how to make sweet gifts - they’ve been doing it since 1845. There’s chocolate for every budget, from stocking stuffers to high end Truffle Trees.
   
   
4. Mom’s Homemade Salsa is sugar and preservative free and available in varieties from Mild to Mom’s Wrath. Check the website for the stockist list.
   
   
5. Bridgehead’s range of bundles and sets take the hard work out of gift giving.
   
   
6. Buy coffee, equipment, and merch from Equator Coffee (technically an Almonte brand but with four Ottawa locations let’s just say we’ve adopted it, okay?)
   
   
7. It would be difficult to choose what we love best in the Christmas collection at Anna Stubbe Chocolates, but if we absolutely had to pick just one, it would be the Ugly Christmas Sweater chocolates. Genius.
   
   
8. Alicja Confections’ famous chocolate post cards are currently available in a gorgeous collection of holiday flavours: Butter Rum, Mandarin, Peppermint Bark, Eggnog, and Irish Cream to name a few.
   
   
9. Little Victories Coffee Roasters sell delicious beans, equipment, and merch. We love the LVC Airscape Bean Canister in Matte Black.
   
   
10. Distinctive Woodworking is a father and son enterprise that crafts furniture, pens (both fountain and roller ball varieties), puzzles, and other items here in Ottawa. They also make tea light holders and spice mills, all of which will look gorgeous in the contemporary Ottawa kitchen. When you buy a tea light holder at 613Holiday this Friday evening, all proceeds will be donated to Ausome Ottawa, which supports children with autism and their families.