Gifts for Your Foodie Friend

Food and drink-focused highlights from our 2011 holiday gift guide

The holiday season is underway and so is our freshly launched 2011 Holiday Gift Guide, and with the magnificent gorging of Thanksgiving, we’ve got food on the brain. Peppered among art-related items and the newest gadgets are culinary trinkets, tools and ingredients to fuel your aspirations throughout this season and the following year. The following are eight of our favorite foodie additions to the gift …

Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works

$158 width=”300″ height=”300″ class=”none” /> $158 Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works The definitive two volume book of legendary Japanese Pop artist Yoshitomo Nara’s work. The set includes a tote bag decorated in Nara’s artwork, and the two 400-page volumes feature over 4,500 artistic creations. Available from Amazon for $158 width=”300″ height=”300″ class=”none” /> Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works The definitive two volume book of legendary …

The Leather-bound PDT Cocktail Book

A leather-bound edition of the new barman's bible

Jim Meehan, New York’s most meticulous bartender, compiled The PDT Cocktail Book with the same precise touch, careful measurement and keen eye he applies to his inventive cocktails. Launching last month to an overwhelmingly warm welcome, the new barman’s bible of some 300 recipes was hailed as the most influential book on mixology to hit shelves in recent history. As somewhat of an homage to …