![]() But Emeryville-based Imperfect Produce is different from other food delivery services in that it focuses on “cosmetically damaged” fruits and vegetables: crooked carrots, misshapen tomatoes, and plums that are too small to sell in the grocery store. ![]() According to chef Silvano Hernandez, the salsa should keep in the fridge for at least twelve days, so wait until the day of your gift exchange to wrap it up and stick it under the tree.Ĭinco TacoBar, 15100 Hesperian Blvd., San Leandro, 51, Imperfect Produce Subscription, $11-plus/monthīay Area fruit-and-vegetable fiends have access to something like a million different CSA (community supported agriculture) box programs. ![]() Note well: They bottle the stuff on-site in mason jars, so it’s perishable. Those shopping for hardcore chiliheads will want to ask for the even spicier “Cinco Fire.” The salsas are currently only available for purchase in person, so call ahead to make sure they set some aside before you make the trek out to San Leandro. One of my current favorites is Cinco TacoBar’s “Cinco Sauce,” a bright-orange habanero-based salsa that is smoky, delicious, and not to be trifled with. I’ve long held that there is no better stocking stuffer than a bottle of hot sauce - all the better if it’s a locally produced, one-of-a-kind sauce that you can’t just pick up at the supermarket. Mama Papa Lithuania Bakery, 1239 Park St., Alameda, 51, Cinco Sauce from Cinco TacoBar, $7 On Christmas Eve, these lightly sweetened biscuits are traditionally served soaking in a bowl of poppy-seed-infused “milk,” which is easy enough to make (thanks, Google!). These would make a particularly fine gift for the culinary know-it-all in your life, for whom no food item is too obscure. In Lithuania, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without kuciukai, a kind of small poppy-seed biscuit that you can buy by the bagful at Alameda’s Mama Papa Lithuania Bakery, the only Lithuanian bakery on the West Coast. 120, Berkeley, 51, A quarter cow from Local Butcher Shop would be a holiday gift to remember.Ĭredits: Andria Lo Kuciukai from Mama Papa Lithuania Bakery, $3 But think of it: You will forever be remembered as the guy or gal who bought someone a cow for Kwanzaa! That’s sure to be a gift that keeps on giving. That’ll cost you somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,000 (for the pig) or $1,200 (for the quarter cow), and of course you’ll need to make sure that your gift recipient has access to an abnormally large amount of freezer space. Or, if you’re really looking to pull out all the stops, consider buying your loved one a whole damn pig (or lamb or goat) or a quarter cow - either of which the shop’s professional meat cutters will break down according to your specifications. These “Butcher Basket” subscriptions are available in two sizes can be customized according to your gift recipient’s meat preferences (beef, pork, and lamb just beef and pork and so forth) and contain a mix of steaks, chops, roasting and braising cuts, and ground meat. Umami Mart, 815 Broadway, Oakland, 51, Monthly Butcher Basket from Local Butcher Shop, $150–$296/monthįor the carnivore in your life for whom no meal is complete without a giant slab of meat, consider buying the gift of … several giant slabs of sustainably sourced meat, available for pickup every month at Berkeley’s Local Butcher Shop.
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