Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2016 — the No-Guilt Edition

by Dorothy Reinhold on April 30, 2016


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Trust me when I say you don’t need to get your mother a fancy, expensive present for Mother’s Day. She’s happy with a card, a phone call, especially a visit, and your delightful presence, displaying your best, most charming behavior. In fact, give her these gifts the other 364 days of the year, too. Just sayin’  😉 .

I say don’t take her out to brunch or lunch or dinner or any meal on that exact day, because it is just stressful to fight the crowds and be hurried through your meal only so the next family can plunk down immediately after you and fete their own mama.

Make her a simple meal at home — hers or yours, and for gawd’s sake clean up afterward. Include a salad, a vegetable and some fresh fruit, so she knows you were paying attention while she was serving you nutritious meals during your youth.

Should you wish to show up with something wrapped, though, I have you covered.

Incidentally, my mother is the best. Just getting that out there early.

Chococurb gift box on ShockinglyDelicious.com1. Chococurb

Arriving in a Tiffany turquoise box, but containing something BETTER than jewelry (to my mind, anyway), Chococurb is a monthly delicious discovery box filled with her favorite substance. If your mom loves wandering the artisan chocolate aisle at a high-end store, this box has her name on it. Just imagine: Amedei Toscano Red, with 70% dark chocolate and tiny flavor explosions of dried raspberries, strawberries and cherries; Dolfin Chocolate Dark Bar with Pear and Roasted Almonds (60%); Jcoco Cayenne Veracruz Orange in White Chocolate; Menakao Madagascar Chocolate with Arabica coffee, cocoa nibs and sea salt (63%); Rococo Dark Moroccan Mint (65%). If your mouth is watering and you are ready for real chocolate, not simply candy, this is the answer. The large Chococurb Gift Box (5-7 items) is $35 for 1 month, $99 for 3 months and $180 for 6 months. Go big.

Chococurb gift box varieties on ShockinglyDelicious.com

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Maille Spring Collection 2016 on ShockinglyDelicious.com

2. Magnificent Mustards

Can mustard be feminine? Is mustard an appropriate gift? Yes, and most assuredly YES, especially this “The Chefs Secret Gardens” Spring collection by premium French mustard-maker Maille. This box has three limited-edition, charming and utterly delicious vegetable flavored mustards, in a box so pretty she’ll want to store it in the refrigerator. These are mustards to spread lovingly on a vegetarian sandwich, to anoint poached chicken, to whisk into a simple vinaigrette, to savor with a crunchy fresh carrot (carrots and mustard, try it!). There’s a pink Mustard with White Wine, Beet and a Hint of Honey, a Mustard with Olives with Herbes de Provence, and slightly orange colored Mustard with Carrot and a Hint of Shallot. I’m a proud mustard junkie. Anything less than 3 or 4 different jars of the stuff in the fridge, and I feel culinarily naked. These are definitely my new jam. Collection les Jardins Secrets des Chefs, about $45.

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Vinturi Champagne Stopper on ShockinglyDelicious.com3. Wine and champagne stoppers

Vinturi Wine Stopper on ShockinglyDelicious.comIf your mom likes a glass of wine or champagne, but isn’t having the whole bottle with friends for cocktails or dinner, she’ll need these handy, elegant stoppers from Vinturi. [Insert obligatory joke about there being no such thing as leftover wine.] Back with me? The elegant Vinturi Champagne Stopper is spring-loaded and snaps over an opened bottle, keeping the pressure equivalent to the original cork. About $17 exclusively at Williams-Sonoma.  The sophisticated yet simple to operate Vinturi Wine Stopper has a silicone gasket that expands when you push down on the lever, creating an airtight seal. It will fit a variety of bottles, and the level has an easy grip. About $15, at the Vinturi website and Bed, Bath and Beyond. Stay thirsty, my friends.

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Curious Feast food postcards on ShockinglyDelicious.com4. Prandial Postcards

BrestBrestBrest_Postcards_Nothing against Hallmark, but if your mom is a foodie, she will simply adore this box of 100 gorgeous postcards from 10  artists that explore food in all its beautiful glory, employing different mediums from photography and collage to painting and illustration. She can send them as a thank-you note, a birthday or get-well card, a congratulations on the new job, a gift insert, or even frame individual cards. These are just slightly weird, wacky (gotta love the kale leaf in a banana peel!) and wonderful, just like your mom. Called Curious Feast: 100 Postcards by 10 Artists, compiled by designer chef Naz Sahin Ozcan and produced by Princeton Architectural Press; about $15-$20.

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Epicurean Pig Cutting Board in use on ShockinglyDelicious.com5. Cool cutting boards

How about a clever cutting board shaped like your state? Texas, New York, my state of California…your state of Pennsylvania or Illinois. If that doesn’t float your boat, try a little piggy cutting board (perfect irony for your charcuterie appetizer, no?) or a bear, cow, crab, rooster, salmon or walleye. Seriously, why should you serve your appetizers and desserts on a drab tray when these are here? These eco-conscious novelty boards are for presentation or cutting (easy on knife edges), made from layers of environmentally-friendly, durable, non-porous wood fiber, heat resistant to 350F degrees (could stand in as a trivet if needed) and knife-friendly. And they can go in the dishwasher! Score! Made by Epicurean, a company known for producing high-quality cutting surfaces, in Duluth, MN; in the $25 range.

Epicurean California cutting board on ShockinglyDelicious.com

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Mother's Day Gift Guide for Foodie Moms from ShockinglyDelicious.com

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Disclosure: Chococurb, Maille, Vinturi, Princeton Press and Epicurean sent samples of the products for review. There was no compensation for this post.

{ 33 comments… read them below or add one }

Jennifer A Stewart May 2, 2016 at 10:46 am

I will take two of everything on this list!! You should email this to all of our husbands!

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Dorothy Reinhold May 2, 2016 at 10:03 pm

Jennifer,
I could start a service!

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Sherri @ Watch Learn Eat May 2, 2016 at 10:39 am

This is such a great list of gift ideas! I especially would love receiving one of those awesome mustards…hint, hint to the husband! 😉

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Lucy May 2, 2016 at 10:16 am

These are such thoughtful gift ideas! The mustards look especially amazing. Wine, beet, and honey? Yum!

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Michelle @ The Complete Savorist May 2, 2016 at 9:28 am

Can I have all of them? I want the mustards most of all but the rest are so fantastic I want them all too.

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Dorothy Reinhold May 2, 2016 at 10:04 pm

Michelle,
I decree you shall have ALL of them!

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Beth @ Binky's Culinary Carnival May 2, 2016 at 9:22 am

Great ideas! I love the cutting boards! Mom is coming to my house for a gluten and lactose free feast (not sure what yet but I’ll come up with something!) Agreed, I hate going out to dinner on any holiday, it always feels like they can’t wait for you to shove your food down so they can kick you out! I pinned for later! Thanks!

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Dorothy Reinhold May 2, 2016 at 10:04 pm

Beth,
So glad to hear I am not the only one who feels this way. I get it why they do it, but I just don’t want to be there for it.

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Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet May 2, 2016 at 7:56 am

Sign me up for the Chococurb! LOVE this idea!

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Dorothy Reinhold May 2, 2016 at 10:05 pm

Anna,
If you love choc, you would LOVE this box!

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Ali @ Home & Plate May 2, 2016 at 7:43 am

What a great list of gifts to celebrate mom. I think the cutting boards are a great conversation piece and the perfect gift for a mom who loves entertaining.

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Dorothy Reinhold May 2, 2016 at 10:05 pm

Ali,
You are right! For entertaining, or serving the fam…these are such cute boards.

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Heather Kinnaird May 2, 2016 at 7:24 am

you nailed it! I don;t ant to fight crowds, and I don;t need anything fancy. A home cooked meal, a nice glass of wine and I am happy! but what fun foodie gifts

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Renee @ReneesKitchenAdventures May 2, 2016 at 7:04 am

I currently own that same mustard collection and I can tell you, they are divine! What an awesome list of great foodie mom gift ideas. I’d be seriously happy getting any of them from my kids next week!

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Jessica @ Sprinkle Some Sugar May 2, 2016 at 6:45 am

I think I need one of those wine stoppers for myself!! Lol Happy Mother’s Day to me!

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Dorothy Reinhold May 2, 2016 at 10:06 pm

Jessica,
Happy Mother’s Day to YOU! Wine stopper…you need it.

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Shashi @ RunninSrilankan May 2, 2016 at 6:32 am

This is such a cool gift giving guide! I make sure to cook for my mom too – either a bunch of snacks or a meal – so much more personal than going out to eat!

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Dorothy Reinhold May 2, 2016 at 10:07 pm

Shashi,
Oh, leaving her a bunch of cooked snacks is a great idea, too! That way the present extends more than one day!

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ginger and scotch May 1, 2016 at 11:03 pm

My kids are only 6 and 2 so I think I will have to “help” them buy some of these gifts for mother’s day 😉

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Dorothy Reinhold May 2, 2016 at 10:12 pm

Ginger,
It’s a tough job, *helping* our kids find the right gift, eh?

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Claira Verdin May 1, 2016 at 7:36 pm

Awesome gift ideas! My mom would love those different mustards. I am also totally against going out on mothers day it is way too stressful.

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Dorothy Reinhold May 1, 2016 at 9:39 pm

Claira,
Thank goodness I am not the only one. I was beginning to feel cranky. 🙂

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Ludmilla May 1, 2016 at 6:33 pm

I love all the gift ideas!! My favorite is the mustard!!

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Dorothy Reinhold May 1, 2016 at 6:34 pm

Ludmilla,
You must get the mustard…it is limited edition, so now is the time! It makes a blah sandwich so, so good!

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Jolina - The Unlikely Baker May 1, 2016 at 6:26 pm

Love this list! My mom cannot say no to chocolate (who can??) so she will absolutely love Chococurb (I might get it for myself too, just saying). And yeah, we don’t usually go out on Mother’s Day itself; the crowds and the line ups are just not worth it.

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Dorothy Reinhold May 1, 2016 at 6:34 pm

Jolina,
Yep Jolina, I really have nothing against restaurants, except on these big going-out holidays. It’s just too much!

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Sarah @ Champagne Tastes May 1, 2016 at 6:17 pm

Forget Mother’s Day.. My anniversary is coming up and I need that mustard. And the cutting boards. And maybe the champagne stopper (as if I can’t finish a bottle.. But it looks so fun!). Haha the husband shall be forwarded this article

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Dorothy Reinhold May 1, 2016 at 6:23 pm

Sarah,
My husband said to me, “Hurry up and publish your list. I need it!” My anniversary is one day before Mother’s Day. I am golden!

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Sarah May 1, 2016 at 4:57 pm

I love taking my mom out for Mother’s Day but these are some wonderful alternative ideas that I can splurge on and spoil her with….thanks so much for sharing! 🙂

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Amanda | Chew Town May 1, 2016 at 3:44 pm

I love this gift guide! What a great idea for foodie mums. Love the idea of the monthly chocolate subscription!

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Elizabeth May 1, 2016 at 11:59 am

I’ll have the mustard and the postcards please! 🙂 I’ll pass on the winestoppers as that means I don’t have to empty the bottle and that’s no fun at all! 😉

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Dorothy Reinhold May 1, 2016 at 2:20 pm

Elizabeth,
I completely understand!

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Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs May 1, 2016 at 11:46 am

Great suggestions! For my mum it will have to be the Chococurb!

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