Food & Drink: Great gift ideas for the foodies on your list

Buy: $2 for cookie decorating singles, $15 for a gingerbread house with frosting and sprinkles (custom colored sprinkles and fondant figures extra) at Simply Sweets, 607 Washington St., Vancouver, 360-896-7321, www.simplysweetsbyjen.com.

• Chandelier Bakery has French macaron gift sets with holiday flavors like hot chocolate, gingerbread, cinnamon, eggnog, peppermint and white chocolate, and wintergreen.

Buy: $12 for six pack of macarons, $24 for a dozen at Chandelier Bakery, 5206 N.E. 78th St., Vancouver, 360-718-2175, www.chandelierbakery.net.

• Treat is adding sophisticated boxed cakes in flavors like Christmas Confetti and Chocolate Peppermint Bark to its menu of sumptuous baked goods for the holidays.

Buy: $30 for a 6-inch cake at Treat, 210 W. Evergreen Blvd., Suite 600, Vancouver, 360-750-0811, www.facebook.com/TreatVancouver/.

• I have my eye on Silagy Sauce’s Fabulous Four gift box, which includes the Battle Ground company’s Smokin’ Habanero, Cilantro Lime Serrano, Roast Habanero, and Limited Edition Hatch Chile sauce.

Buy: $30 on the Silagy Sauce website, www.silagysauce.com/shop.

• Santa arrived a bit early this year leaving two bottles of whiskey recommended by Chris “Salty” Reed. Reed is the co-owner of the Grocery Cocktail & Social and the mastermind behind the Washington Whisk(e)y Parlor. Double V Distillery’s Red Eye Whiskey made in Battle Ground and 2Bar Straight Bourbon made in Seattle both mellow to velvety smoothness after briefly sitting in a whiskey glass.

Buy: $39.99 for Double V Distillery’s Red Eye Whiskey, $59.99 for 2bar Straight Bourbon, at Total Wine & More, 4816 N.E. Thurston Way, Vancouver, 360-885-7583, www.totalwine.com.

• Keri Buhman of C’est La Vie in Hazel Dell has a highly coveted wheel of Rogue River Creamery’s Blue Cheese in her shop. This Oregon-made, cave-aged, grape-leaf-wrapped masterpiece won World’s Best Cheese in a major upset at the World Cheese Awards in Bergamo, Italy.

Buy: The $35-a-pound Rogue River Creamery Blue Cheese is sold in thin wedges for $10 or less at C’est La Vie, 1307 N.E. 78th St., Suite 10, Vancouver, 360-553-5836, www.soireesupperclub.com.

• It’s not easy getting dinner on the table every night. I would prefer to have meal delivery from Marilyn Roseburrough and Shelene Rice of Perfect Dish. They whip up meals such as skinny chicken cordon bleu or crab-stuffed portobello mushrooms with lemon-toasted breadcrumbs in their east Vancouver kitchen.

Buy: $60 minimum gift certificate at www.perfectdishdelivery.com. Meals can be delivered to your home or picked up at their store, 16209 S.E. McGillivray Blvd. Suite A/B, Vancouver.

• Instruction at Class Cooking is fun for anyone who likes to experiment in the kitchen. Owner and teacher Kim Mahan has some intriguing offerings scheduled for 2020. Classes include Dim Sum, German Dinner Party, and Mediterranean Cuisine.

Buy: $70 to $85 per class, gift certificates available by calling 360-600-8006. Check out a list of upcoming classes at www.class-cooking.com.