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2015 Holiday Gift Guide

Make Christmas or Hanukkah shopping easy with our ultimate gift guide -- a curated selection of the year's best fashion finds, tech gadgets, kids' toys, home goods and other product picks. Handpicked by our editors, these gift ideas are sure to please friends, family and everyone else on your holiday list.

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2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Food & Cooking (Published 2015)

Pie Carrier | For a city dweller, transporting a dessert is a challenge, especially for those who have to transfer on the train. This basket from the Peterboro Basket Company can hold two pies, and better still, is available in a dark gray, the closest a New Yorker can hope to fashionable black. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Food & Cooking (Published 2015)

Sky Planter | Yes, upside-down planters save space and water. But that’s not why they’re fabulous. It’s their gravity-defying style that makes them a gift beyond the usual flowery bouquet. Plant them with herbs and present them to your favorite cook to hang in a sunny spot. It will produce a winter of green garnishes in an attractively postmodern vessel. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Food & Cooking (Published 2015)

Beeswax Candles | Beeswax candles are the most indulgent of table tapers, and this makes them the perfect hostess gift. Their wonderfully subtle smell — a little sweet, a little earthy — is worth the expense (100 percent pure beeswax costs more than the everyday variety). Look for beeswax candles at the honey stand of your local farmers’ market, or order a whimsical creation from PollenArts. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Food & Cooking (Published 2015)

Hangry Ring | This hardware adds some dazzle (not to mention an IRL status update) to the touchy food lover. Hangry, of course, is the state of anger triggered by pangs of hunger, or what people should expect if they eat off someone else’s plate. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Food & Cooking (Published 2015)

Cabbage Leaf Bowl | Soon after founding his kitchen emporium, Williams-Sonoma, Chuck Williams featured a line of cabbage-leaf pottery pieces from Portugal, including this handsome and generous salad bowl. To commemorate Mr. Williams’s 100th birthday, the company is selling the bowl again in limited edition with a commemorative stamp. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Food & Cooking (Published 2015)

Salt and Pepper Set | This concrete and olive wood salt-and-pepper set (or salt-and-salt, or pepper-and-pepper, given the lively varieties on offer these days) is neutral and elegant enough for any dining table. It works in the kitchen, too. The design is intuitive: The wood top pulls easily up and off for refills, the ceramic grinding mechanism is smooth, and the grind is easily adjusted with a screw on the bottom. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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Kitchen And Dining Table

2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Food & Cooking (Published 2015)

Chef Timer | This old-school tick-tock-ding timer sports the classic high white toque and long waxed mustache, a quaint touch in this age of bearded chefs in beanies. (His expression is far more benign than those of French chefs of yore.) And unlike the classic front-dial timers, it is just the right shape to grab, twist and set. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Food & Cooking (Published 2015)

Espresso Tamper | As adorable as espresso spoons are, your home barista really doesn’t need another set. Delight her instead with a coffee tamper from Reg Barber. The tamper firmly packs and evenly distributes espresso grounds for a better shot of espresso. These Canadian-made tampers are a favorite among competitive baristas; the wooden handles and metal bases are customizable, and personalization is also available. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Food & Cooking (Published 2015)

Thermapen | A good thermometer is one of the few kitchen tools that is truly indispensable, and the Thermapen has the rest beat by a mile — or by two seconds, actually, since that’s how long it takes to give an accurate internal temperature reading. When dealing with a pricey piece of meat or fillet of fish, those saved seconds matter. It comes in 10 colors, so one should suit your favorite serious cook. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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Front Yards

Cooking Gadgets

Xmas Gifts

2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Food & Cooking (Published 2015)

Grill | The best way to add smoky flavor to salsas and moles is to blister chiles over a stovetop flame, but that can be messy, and chiles may be sacrificed to the fire. This smart grate fits over the burner and ensures that none of those serranos fall through. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Food & Cooking (Published 2015)

Wooden Spoons | Can a cook ever have enough wooden spoons beside the stove? This gift set of 13, handmade from beechwood in India, guarantees a constant supply. Better still, split them among the entire family. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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House Objects

Concrete Candle Holders

2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Home (Published 2015)

Concrete Candle | The Novel Studios candle design isn’t like most others — when the wax is gone, instead of being left with a glass or ceramic container, what remains is a concrete sculpture. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Home (Published 2015)

Fire Starter | Kate Casey, a woodworker in Brooklyn, makes these Match Strikers from wood scraps left over from other pieces she’s created. Available in two sizes, each comes with two books of matches. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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Salt And Pepper Shaker

2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Home (Published 2015)

Snowmen Salt and Pepper Shakers | The modern, minimalist shape of these Snowmen salt and pepper shakers was inspired by vintage Scandinavian Christmas figurines that the designer Lisa Jones would play with as a child. Salt and pepper comes out of the buttons on the front of each snowman; each has a hand-painted copper nose and a cork stopper base. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)

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Painted Pillows

Organic Cotton Bedding

2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide — Home (Published 2015)

Party Animal Pillow Cover | For every “Party Animal” pillow cover sold, PB Teen will donate $5 to the A.S.P.C.A. The 18-inch square covers (inserts not included) depict various animals with gold sequin details — a French bulldog wearing a party hat, a kitten with a bow tie, a rabbit with headphones, a retriever with a flowing scarf, and this hound, sporting oversized glasses. (Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)