10 of the Best Hostess Gifts to Give in 2021
updated Oct 2, 2021
When someone takes the time to time to prepare you a home-cooked meal, or opens up their home to you for an overnight stay it’s always nice to show them a token of your appreciation. (Especially these days!) What to bring? Wine, flowers, and the like are surely appreciated, but they’re also a little expected. Instead, show the host or hostess with the mostest in your life that that they deserve a little extra effort with these unique and thoughtful finds.
Pro tip: Keep a few of these hostess gifts stashed in a closet for last-minute events. Also: We’re going to be updating this post with even more gifts as we get closer to the holidays, so be sure to check back again!
Handcrafted from durable (and beautiful) ash wood, these utensils will look just as good in a host’s kitchen crock as they will as serving pieces at the table. The set includes a slotted spoon, ladle, spatula, and ceramic spoon rest made by the team at East Fork Pottery.
Flowers are great, but if you know someone with a green(ish) thumb, this pick has the potential to last so much longer. The kit comes with seeds and everything else needed to grow an aloe plant from scratch, so to speak.
Lots of us have recently honed (or discovered) our puzzle-solving skills. Help your hostess pal add a little friendly competition to her next gathering with 12 culinary-inspired puzzles. Each one only has 48 pieces so they can be completed quickly and make for a great post-feast game at the dinner table.
A fresh set of oven mitts and pot holders can really freshen up a kitchen. The team at Food52 queried more than 25,000 of their fans to find out what they wanted most in these products. The result: comfortable (and washable) cotton fabric, magnets and loops for hanging, extra length in the mitts to protect arms, and silicone that can withstand temps up to 650 degrees. We’ve gotta give them two thumbs up for these mitts!
Both homemade cakes and confections from a local bakery will shine atop this handcrafted walnut cake stand. It’s not fragile like the typical ceramic versions, so it could even be filled with smaller bites and easily passed around the table.
The Grace Farms Foundation is a nonprofit that works to address humanitarian issues, including forced labor. They have a beautiful campus in Connecticut that is open to visitors and has a bit of a following for the delicious, ethically sourced coffee they served. Now that coffee — along with tea and cookies — can be enjoyed anywhere with this sampler pack. And, of course, the proceeds support the organization’s core mission.
The swinging magnetic lid of this salt keeper makes it easy for a home cook to access what they need with just one hand. It’s carved from grainy olivewood, so each piece has its own unique look and will be at home on a kitchen counter or at a table.
Any hostess worth their salt knows that good lighting can really make a big impact on the look and feel of a dinner party. This sleek lighter is a definite upgrade from a book of matches, and also has a flashlight —just in case someone drops something under the table.
We’ve all moved on from plastic, but throwing produce into any old canvas bag isn’t the best way to protect it. These linen bags are great to bring along to the grocery store or farmers’ market and have a drawstring closure so nothing escapes when your favorite host picks up more than they intended.
This amber maple syrup from Vermont comes in a bottle that looks like it belongs in a craft bar setup. And what’s inside is equally as impressive. We love the idea of bringing a gift that your host can use in the morning after all their guests are gone.
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt
Contributor
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt has never passed a sale without slowing down to take a look. She’s a freelance editor and writer who was previously on staff at many lifestyle magazines including Rachael Ray Every Day, Shape, Fitness, Food Network Magazine, and more. These days, she entertains her two kids and hangs out with her husband in New York between deadlines.
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