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Holiday Gift GuideUse this guide to find something just right for everyone on your gift list this season! There’s a T-shirt just right for you and anyone on your list. Now’s the perfect time to encourage civic action through your apparel with be present’s vote shirts for men and women in a variety of styles and colors. Also from be present, yoga pants and shirts in quick-drying, earth-friendly fabrics, and a new line of seamless women’s camisoles and tank tops, as well as a new Chakra Practice Pant for men. For active people who appreciate an empowering message, Adventure Babe is a clothing line with a message: Get active and be positive. Wear your nutritional beliefs with DietDetective’s Food Tees. A portion of proceeds goes to organizations that advocate for children. If you buy a Varsity Couture hooded poncho as a gift, you may not be able to give it up, so be sure to get one for yourself. With a double layer of anti-pill arctic fleece and a drawstring hood, this long, reversible poncho is the ideal garment for an outdoor sports event, but it’s so warm and comfortable that you might wrap yourself in it all winter, even inside. Indigenous Designs also offers cozy wraps perfect for fall and winter, such as a fair weather hoodie for women and crews, half-zips, and jackets for men. They’re handmade by artisans using natural fibers that breathe and manage moisture. Agraria, a maker of a wide variety of luxury home fragrances, has packaged its fragrance sheets in beautiful gift wrapping, making it an excellent no fuss host or hostess gift. Scented in Bitter Orange, Lemon Verbena, Lavender & Rosemary, and Balsam. You’ll find something for everyone in Soap & Paper Factory’s natural collection of lovely handmade products, from bath and body items and candles to stationery, journals, and gift wrap, all packaged in hand-sketched, locally printed recycled paper. High-quality oils and extracts create the six fragrances of hand-poured, clean-burning candles and fragrance mists by Le Cherche Midi. The Healthy Candle from Lavanila will make your house smell heavenly
during your holiday parties or any time without polluting your indoor
environment. In Pure Vanilla, Vanilla Grapefruit, and Vanilla Coconut,
these all-natural, nonallergenic, nontoxic, and eco-friendly candles in
large tins burn without producing hazardous smoke, toxins, soot, or pollutants.
The three-wick candles, infused with essential oils, are beeswax blends,
which burn cleaner and longer than conventional candles. The Injinji Toesock—cozy “tsoks” that look like gloves for your feet—are performance garments designed to improve balance, posture, and gripping and protect against blisters and other assaults to the foot. They also come in an Eco Series made with sustainable, environmentally conscious fibers. Recycline’s Preserve Kitchen stackable mixing bowls are made from 100% recyclable materials in three sizes and three colors. Squeaky Green: The Method Guide to Detoxing Your Home by Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry covers every inch of the home, rooting out unhealthful substances and offering eco-friendly cleaning options (www.chroniclebooks.com). Christina Strutt ably covers similar territory in A Guide to Green Housekeeping: Live a Calmer, Healthier Life, Recycle and Reuse, Clean Naturally, Garden Organically (www.cicobooks.com). A gift to the earth, these reusable bottles have water filtration systems that banish impurities and help reduce landfill waste. www.newwaveenviro.com For high-powered executives, Reware, maker of the Juice Bags line of
solar charging bags, has launched Juice Bags ProFolio, a business bag
that charges cell phones, PDAs, and other devices. The Natural Fitness Yoga Kit is fully eco-friendly, with a natural rubber Journey Mat, a strap made of woven natural hemp, a yoga block made of pesticide-free bamboo, and a yoga starter DVD. www.naturalfitnessinc.com With five varieties, there’s likely to be an Eco-Me 100% natural
do-it-yourself kit appropriate for any green-minded person on your shopping
list. These kits help people reduce the toxic chemicals in the home by
giving them the tools to make their own products, whether for the beauty,
house cleaning, or baby and pet care. Cooks will love the convenience of Calphalon’s new 7-quart Slow Cooker, as well as its good looks. The stylish design in polished metal will be a standout in a modern kitchen. Also in Calphalon’s new line of small electrics—each with superior heating technology hidden within a beautiful design of brushed and polished metals: the XL Convection Oven, a Removable Plate Grill, and No Peek Waffle Maker. Fill a foodie’s stocking full of cooking gadgets such as Snap-Fit Cookie Cutters in a variety of holiday and everyday shapes, a 9-piece measuring spoon set, or an egg paddle whisk, all from Cuisipro. Or tuck these handy gizmos into Cuisipro’s Deluxe Batter Bowl with a steady-tilt base and wrap it all up. Emile Henry’s chip-resistant fluted pie pan, Le Grand Pie Dish,
in a variety of colors, is pretty enough to go from the oven to the table. A handy gizmo, SmartShopper records, organizes, and prints your grocery list (legibly!). Enter your commands by voice or touch, and the device organizes it to save you time in the supermarket. www.smartshopperusa.com Cooks will appreciate these calendars that do double duty as recipe collections.
Among the options, Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything:
Simple Recipes for Great Food, Phyllis Pellman Good’s
Fix-It and Forget-It: Feasting with Your Slow Cooker, or
the Joy of Cooking 2009 calendars. And mini-calendars,
such as Tea; Mix: Hip Sips, and
Classic Cocktails; or Chocolate,
make perfect stocking stuffers for your foodie friends. Cuisinart’s MiniPrep Plus 4-Cup or PowerPrep Plus 14-Cup food processors are stylish in brushed stainless steel, with convenient touchpad controls and wraparound cord storage. The New Good Food Shopper’s Pocket Guide to Organic, Sustainable, and Seasonal Whole Foods by Margaret M. Wittenberg, a companion to New Good Food, a guide to natural foods, is a stocking stuffer for the health-conscious cook on your list. Know anyone who’s passionate about garlic? The Complete
Book of Garlic: A Guide for Gardeners, Growers, and Serious Cooks
by Ted Jordan Meredith will tell them everything they could ever want
to know about the odiferous bulb … and I mean everything! The Vegetable Box will delight anyone who’s charmed by innovation cookbooks and unique packaging. It’s a library of 14 slender cookbooks in a faux vegetable box, containing recipes for 30 of the most commonly available vegetables. Give the gift of hilarity: On DVD, the complete collection of Two Fat Ladies, which began across the pond on the BBC and had Americans And for pint-sized foodies, Fiesta Products’ Head Chefs is a new line of fun, silicone-cooking tools for kids. www.fiestaproducts.com The Mindful Brain by Daniel J. Siegel, MD, a four-DVD set from Sounds True, explores the science and practice of mindful meditation and other forms of mindfulness training.www.soundstrue.com Natalie Savona’s The Kitchen Shrink: Foods and Recipes for a Healthy Mind offers a feel-good diet and tasty mood-boosting recipes. Now who couldn’t use that? www.dbp.co.uk The stylish, brushed steel Screwpull Champagne Bowl is large enough to cool six standard champagne bottles or can be used to serve punch or keep small-plate party foods chilled (eg, shot glasses with gazpacho). Also from Screwpull, the perfect stocking stuffer for the wine lovers on your list: the Screwpull Champagne Star, a sparkling wine cork remover. Tuck this into the stocking of a wine aficionado: The Sommelier’s Guide to Wine: Everything You Need to Know for Selecting, Serving, and Savoring Wine Like the Experts by Brian Smith, a wine educator from the Culinary Institute of America. Waring Pro has something for every wine lover, from a professional cordless wine opener to a professional double wine chiller that keeps one or two bottles of wine at just the right temperature. The gift of a Warren-Tricomi travel set is just right for frequent travelers who need hair care on the go. The Resort-Ready set includes shampoo and conditioner, as well as a hair shield, all designed to protect against sun, chlorine, seawater, and other environmental stresses—all in bottles that contain 3 ounces or less—along with a signature comb. Also available, A Taste of the Best Travel Set. www.warrentricomi.com Benefit Cosmetics make brushes perfect for applying concealer, shadow, bronze, eyeliner, and more. They make great stocking stuffers! www.benefitcosmetics.com Save Your World is more than a catchy name. It’s a company that sells body care products made in an environmentally sensitive manner and with fair trade practices. This season, look for five value-priced holiday gift bags of body and hair products made with all-natural ingredients that are rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals and are free of parabens. With each purchase, you’ll help save the rainforests. Delight your furry friends with Planet Dogs’ Orbee-Tuff toys and soft, squeaky toys for dogs of all sizes. |
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