This time of year, I get kind of obsessed with gift guides. Why do I feel the need to read every guide that comes my way? I have no idea; I never actually use for suggestions to assist in my shopping. This year I was so excited about gift guides, I even published my own.
So, if you enjoy gift guides as much as I do, here’s a few to keep you busy. At the very least, they prove that I’m not alone in my love of holiday gift guides.
Holiday Shopping Guide – Tea Style – Tea Pages
5 Holiday Gifts for Foodies – Fooducate
Serious Eats published a whole collection of guides this year including For the Home Canner and Preserver, For the Backyard Cook, For Beer Lovers, For Wine Lovers, For Cocktail Lovers, Essential Cooking Tools Under $50 (I own several of these items and use them regularly)
The Best DIY Food Books of 2013 – Punk Domestics
14 Kitchen Ideas for the Design-Obsessive in Your Life – Food Republic
29 Gifts For the Foodie Freak and Kitchen Lover and 27 Gifts for the Practical One – How Sweet Eats
Our Favorite Holiday Foodie Gifts From Red Envelope Including The Picnic Backpack – FoodBeast
10 Actually Useful Cooking Gadgets, 10 Classic Kitchen Tools Every Cook Should Have (But Might Not) and 10 Gifts for a Coffee Geek in the Making– The Kitchn
12 Mail Order Care Packages for the Tragically Homesick – Food Republic
Oh She Glows Holiday Gift Guide 2013
NY Times has a multi-category gift guide for dining, home, music/movies/games, style, books, travel and NYC.
Top 11 Christmas Gifts for Geeks – Live Science (I’m especially interested in the 4 foot tall poster)
Holiday Gift Guide: Odds and Ends – Nerdist
Thoughtful Gifts Under $20 for EVERYONE on Your List – Offbeat Home
Apartment Therapy’s 2013 Guide to Gift Guides, featuring guides not otherwise listed in this post!
The Best Gifts to Give the Science Geek in Your Life – Smithsonian
Stocking Stuffers – Life Your Way
Easy Green Gift Idea: 8 Portable Plants – Apartment Therapy (why do I not give plants as gifts more often?)
8 Holiday Gift Ideas for Dad – Mashable
My 2013 Holiday Wish List from Back to Her Roots has some excellent ideas for useful, beautiful items. As a matter of fact, I have the Maine version of the Indiana necklace Cassie lists and it’s great.
The Healthy Tipping Point Wish List 2013 has categories of suggestions for the home, toddlers, athletes and more.
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