Cambridge, MA . . . (December 8, 2010) No gaudy ties, inedible fruit cakes, or unwearable fragrances to be found here. Boston's chefs have told us what they want for Christmas this year: 25 ingenious gift ideas to help you shop for the chefs on your list, or to guide the significant other shopping for you! Back by popular demand, and just in the nick of time, it's "25 Days of Gift Ideas" from BostonChefs.com.
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Barbara Lynch recommends a versatile tool.
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Since December 1 when the feature lauched, we've learned that Top Chef contestant Nelson Paz wants a good set of wine glasses. Perfect for the oenophile in your life, right? Barbara Lynch told us that she wants to dry out after the holidays--not literally, of course, but in culinary terms, with the help of a professional food dehydrator perfect for drying herbs, preparing healthy fruit snacks for the kids, or creating great cocktail garnishes.
Find out what leading chefs like Ming Tsai, Ken Oringer, Michael Schlow have whispered in Santa's ear. Guess who's craving a bottle of chartreuse or a shaved ice machine. There's a new reason to visit every day, and practical suggestions about where to find these gifts online or around town.
And if that's not reason enough to visit BostonChefs.com this holiday season, there's also the chance to win a Winter Getaway package valued at over $1000 courtesy of The Charles Hotel, the exclusive sponsor of "25 Days." Enter now for your shot at a wonderful room for two at The Charles, massages and facials at the hotel's onsite spa Corbu, dinner at Henrietta's Table, cocktails at Noir, and--to work off all those calories--ice skating in the rink at Charles Square.
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Also not to be missed: our annual guide to cookbooks written by Boston chefs, yet another source for great holiday gift ideas. This way, you can either give a Joanne Chang-approved gift to one of the frozen treat lovers in your life (she's requested a six pack of pints from Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams), or you can purchase her delightful and critically acclaimed book Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston's Flour Bakery + Cafe to cook up some treats of your own.
But if you want some to cook for you instead, BostonChefs.com is still the region's best guide to fine dining in Boston, with more insider information, current menus, online reservation links, and beautiful food photography than just about any other site on the Web--an especially valuable resource at this time of year. How else would you find out that The Cafe at Taj in Back Bay is leading off its Christmas Day Dinner with juniper thyme rubbed venison carpaccio or that you can get your goose cooked (with prune and apple stuffing) at The Fireplace in Brookline? For more information, contact:
Honor Lydon, Executive Editor
honor@bostonchefs.com
p: 617-441-8600
