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Mother's Day Gifts for Cooks and Foodies

Shaena Engle

May 11 is Mother’s Day, and if your mom is a foodie or loves to cook these gifts will brighten up her day.  

 Coffees and Teas

 Tea Forte

Tea Forte has beautifully packaged delicious teas including their Mariposa collection evoking  lush fruity flavors and floral aromas, advent calendar is $35, they also have great tea accessories and a wide range of gifts perfect for Mother’s Day,  at https://www.teaforte.com.

Teabloom

Teabloom has beautiful tea gifts for moms who love relaxing with a cup, their World Collection Loose Leaf Tea Set has 24 organic teas, $49.95 and their Celebration Modern Teapot is clear so you can view blooming flower teas, $29.99 at https://www.teabloom.com.

 

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For the Kitchen

 KitchenAid Artisan Mixers

The beautiful KitchenAid Tilt-Head Stand Mixer is the perfect Mother’s Day present. This Artisan mixer can make anything with more than 10 available attachments and makes making any meal easy, perfect for beginning and expert chefs, available in a wide range of pretty colors, we love the 2025 Color of the Year, a pale yellow butter with a satin finish, $499. We also love their KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Mixer, perfect for moms who bake, $139.99, both at https://www.kitchenaid.com.

Smithey Ironware Cookware

Smithey produces beautiful cookware that performs and looks stunning in any kitchen, mom will love their cast iron skillet, small in size but perfect for frying eggs and single serving meals, $85 at https://smithey.com.

Viking Cookware

Viking makes durable beautiful cookware with pots and pans, roasters, and sets of cookware, prices vary at https://www.vikingculinaryproducts.com.

Chocolates and Sweets

Alter Eco Chocolates

Grown in ecosystems by small scale fair trade farmers, Alter Eco Chocolates are made with organic clean ingredients. They offer chocolate bars in a variety of flavors including brown butter, sea salt, mint blackout and more, all delicious, $4.95 each at https://www.alterecofoods.com.

See’s Candies: See’s Candies is offering a variety of options for moms with a  sweet tooth, including milk, dark and chews boxes and pretty spring collections, all at https://www.sees.com.

La Maison Chocolates La Maison du Chocolates pretty cherry blossom gift box is perfect for mom, with milk and dark chocolate ganaches, prailines and floral cherry blossom tea dark ganache bonbon recipe, $38 at www.lamaisonduchocolat.us.

Dewey’s Cookies: Dewey’s Bakery offers a wide range of cookies, cakes and gift boxes perfect for every mom. Their Cookie Lover’s Collection of seven different cookies is a great gift for anyone with a sweet tooth, $39.99 at https://deweys.com.

Caroline’s Cakes: This South Carolina bakery a variety of delicious cakes that can be shipped, perfect for moms with a sweet tooth, $70 and up at https://carolinescakes.com.

Robinson Confections Chocolate: These delicious chocolates are perfect for snacking, we love their Cherry Noir with 72% dark chocolate, a blend of West African and South American cacao beans with dried tart cherries, $20 at https://www.robinsonconfections.com.

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Great for Cooks

Rao’s Gift Boxes

Rao’s Pasta and Sauce Sampler gift box is perfect for moms who want to create great pasta dishes without spending all day in the kitchen. Includes a variety of delicious Rao sauces and pastas, $80 at https://www.raos.com.

Force of Nature Meat

These regeneratively raised meats, including beef, bison, chicken, elk, venison and boar are 100 percent grass fed and pasture raised and are great for prepping quick dinners, we love their Big Ol’ Beef Box including ground beef, ribeyes, tenderloins and New York steaks, $210 at https://forceofnature.com.

Tonnino Tuna and Salmon

Tonnino’s tuna and salmon is 100 percent wild caught and is available in a wide variety of flavors including yellowfin tuna fillets in oregano and olive oil, yellowfin tuna fillets in jalapeno in olive oil, albacore tuna fillets in spring water, albacore tuna fillets with herbs de provence in olive oil and many others, $6.97 and up at Gelsons and other supermarkets.

Corto x Stanislaus Chef’s Essentials Kit

This beautiful gift box includes Corto Extra Virgin Olive Oil and four Stanislaus Piccolo Datterini plum tomatoes, perfect for creating fresh bruschettas and sauces, $85 at https://corto-olive.com.

Frescobaldi Laudemio Extra Virgin Olive This vivid green olive oil is perfect for moms who love to cook, especially good as a finishing oil for salads, dipping and sauces, $32.69 at https://www.amazon.com.

Tillamook Cream Cheese

Mom will love rich creamy Tillamook Cream Cheese, now with flavors including seriously strawberry, very veggie, jalapeno honey, chive and onion and others, great for bagels and recipes, their Bagel Bundle is $25 at https://shop.tillamook.com. They also have delicious new ice cream flavors including Orange & Cream and Campfire Peanut Buttercup.

Flamingo Estate Olive Oils

Flamingo Estate has a wide variety of gifts for mom including delicious olive oil sets soaps, candles, bath and body lotions and more. Their Tablemates set of Heritage Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar are perfect for home cooks, $98,  and their Body Wash and Hand Soap sets are great for nourishing skin, $92, both at https://falmingoestate.com.

Pizza Girl Pink Starter Pizza Set

This pizza set includes a great pink countertop pizza oven, three Pizza Girl sauces, a bamboo pizza peel, a paddle, cutter, scrapper and apron, perfect for pizza loving moms, $269 at https://www.pizzagirl.com.

AirUp Water Bottle

AirUp’s water bottles are leakproof, dishwater safe and offer fun flavors to encourage hydration, $39.99 at https://shop.air-up.com.

Jewels Under the Kilt Nuts

These Canadian roasted artisan nuts make great snacks and come in a variety of flavors, $19.85 at https://www.jewelsunderthekilt.com.

Katie’s Pizza and Pasta

These pastas, sauces, pasta bakes, and pizzas are great for quick dinners and come in a variety of flavors, we love their Pasta Pack, $85.45 at https://katies.com.

Shaena Engle

Shaena Engle is the lifestyle, food and travel editor for Perception Magazine and also writes for the Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Magazine, M Magazine, Los Angeles Times Las Vegas Magazine, The Daily Meal, AOL, WeHo Times and other outlets. She has authored The Best Places to Kiss in Southern California, The Cheap Bastard's Guide to Las Vegas and other outlets. She writes about travel, food, welln...(Read More)