{"id":3044,"date":"2020-12-12T13:53:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T17:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2020-12-13T19:38:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T23:38:27","slug":"foodie-holiday-gift-guide-2020-local-gifts-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=3044","title":{"rendered":"Foodie Holiday Gift Guide 2020: Local gifts, part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A floral cupcake bouquet from The Giving Cake
Photo courtesy of The Giving Cake<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here is part 5 of my holiday gift guide to encourage everyone to shop local and shop from small businesses\u2014it mostly has food-related gifts. I\u2019ll post another guide soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gift guide part 1 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gift guide part 2<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gift guide part 3<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gift guide part 4 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: past installments include events that have already taken place, but they also mention local businesses you can still support!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restaurant Gift Cards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a reminder that your favorite local restaurant (or two) can use your support right now. Same with local ice creameries, breweries, wineries\u2026you get the idea! Buy a gift card and you accomplish two things: you have a gift for a foodie friend or family member, and you are helping a small business survive these challenging times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are so many sweet Santa Cruz County offerings that I can\u2019t mention them all (I\u2019ve included a couple in previous articles). I\u2019ll highlight a couple here & if possible I\u2019ll include a couple more in a near-future article. Local chocolatiers Mutari Chocolate<\/a><\/strong> have lots of delicious gifts like Chocolate Chunk Take & Bake Cookies, craft hot chocolate powder, single origin chocolate bars, and seasonal truffle gift boxes. Order and pick up at 504 A Front St. for someone in town, or have your gift shipped anywhere in the country. Visit mutarichocolate.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t know if Anouchka Bakery<\/a><\/strong> does gift cards or not, but I just tried baker\/owner Anna Landaw\u2019s Snickerdoodle cookies for the first time (her flavors rotate, and she does pies and other items) & I can say with confidence that she knows what she\u2019s doing. And she has free SC County delivery! Update Dec. 13<\/em>: I discovered she is creating chocolate cream pies & delivering them on Christmas Eve. You can order half-pies or whole pies. Visit anouchkabakery.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last but not least, Anna Lieby launched her new business The Giving Cake<\/a><\/strong> earlier this month\u2014but she has been baking for most of her life. She offers boxes of cupcakes or intricate \u201cfloral cupcake bouquets\u201d and donates all profits to local nonprofit organizations. Her current list of fund recipients: CASA, Center for Farmworker Families, Digital Nest, Homeless Garden Project, Imagine Supported Living Services, Jacob\u2019s Heart Children\u2019s Cancer Support Services, Resource Center for Nonviolence, Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County, Teen Kitchen Project and Ventana Wilderness Alliance. I\u2019m excited to be a first-time customer soon\u2014I think I\u2019ll start by buying myself a gift! For information, visit IG @thegivingcake or facebook.com\/TheGivingCakeSantaCruz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jam and More<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of Center for Farmworker Families<\/a>,<\/strong> Love Cultivated\u2019s owner Natalie McKinney donates five percent of her profits to CFF, which \u201cpromotes awareness about the difficult life circumstances of binational farmworker families while proactively inspiring improvement in binational family life both in the US and in Mexico.\u201d Love Cultivated<\/a><\/strong> offers \u201csmall batch artisan provisions inspired by the farm and orchard.\u201d I have bought and loved Natalie\u2019s products which include jam and marmalade (made from fruit sourced from local farms and farmers\u2019 markets using copper jam pans and no added pectin), goat milk soap (with milk from the McKinney Family goat herd, & flowers from the family\u2019s cottage garden), and gardeners\u2019 salve and whipped body butter. There are very limited quantities left for holiday shopping but remember you can always purchase post-holiday-season. <\/em>Visit love-cultivated.myshopify.com or IG @love.cultivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coffee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are a multitude of local, independent coffee shops that you can support, including Coffeetopia<\/strong> (see Instagram<\/a>), Cat & Cloud<\/a><\/strong>, Eleventh Hour Coffee<\/a><\/strong>, Pacific Coffee Roasting Co.<\/strong> (see Facebook<\/a>), People\u2019s Coffee<\/strong> (see FB<\/a>), Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Co.<\/a><\/strong> & Verve<\/a><\/strong>. They all have gift cards and various products for sale this holiday season. Verve is also offering (online<\/a> only) holiday packages like the Cozy Coffee Gift Bundle. It comes with a 12-ounce bag of Holiday Blend coffee, a Verve-branded Kinto mug, a candle, and a Verve knit beanie. In addition, they are doing \u201cHoliday Drink Happy Hours\u201d at all of their locations from 2pm to closing where customers can get seasonal signature beverages for $3. This season\u2019s specialties include Caf\u00e9 De Olla Con Panna, which is a shot of espresso sweetened with spiced piloncillo syrup and topped with spiced whipped cream. Verve refers to it as \u201ca holiday take on a classic Mexican drink.\u201d Visit vervecoffee.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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