With people keeping celebrations simple and small this year, the value of household real estate is at an all time high. While some have back yards and outdoor dining spaces, for most the question is clear: who wants another meal at the kitchen table? Well, no need to push yourselves, or your little ones, to pop out of bed this holiday season. Bring breakfast to them. From sheets to throws to pink truffles and beyond, nothing makes the spirit bright like getting cozy this winter.
Hand crafted molinillo whisk, red clay jug and Villa Real chocolate made in Mexico by artisans.
The founders of Verve Culture, Jules and Jacquie may be mother and daughter but they are truly a team. Add on Sarah Garland and you’ve got an initiative to empower local artisans around the world.
“After becoming disillusioned with the mass produced products prevalent in the marketplace, we started to seek products that were more unique and have actual heart and soul.”– Jacquie Lewis, Jules Vertrees, and Sarah Laping Garland. “We curate iconic items that are made in the country of origin using traditional practices.”
That means hand fired clay tagines from Morocco and traditional volcanic stone molcajete for all of your guacamole needs. That hot chocolate situation is a crowd pleaser.
“To make authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate, you need traditionally made chocolate, a hand-carved molinillo, and an artisanal Mexican clay jug. Luckily, we've put together this Mexican Hot Chocolate gift set with all three!”
All items in this collection are handmade by artisans in Mexico.
The famous panettone being made at Olivieri 1882 for the 2020 holiday season.
Love panettone but not sure how to find the most luxurious and traditional? Olivieri 1882 has you covered. This 140 year old pasticceria in Veneto, Italy has been making pastries including panettone with recipes handed down through generations. Now, co-owner and sixth-generation pastry chef, Nicola Olivieri, makes his dessert delicacy with Australian 5 crown sultanas, candied oranges made in-house, Tahiti Bourbon vanilla beans, Italian wheat flours, raw cane sugar, Belgian centrifuged butter and Italian acacia honey, all hand worked formed and baked. They ship from Italy within 48 hours, just in time to fulfill your breakfast in bed needs.
Pink Marc de Champagne Truffles from Sur La Table.
Charbonnel et Walker Pink Marc de Champagne Truffles
Truly, with all of the wonderful offerings at Sur La Table, it’s hard to pick just one. For the most luxurious, Charbonnel et Walker can’t be beat. They hold a Chocolate Manufacturer Royal Warrant from Her Majesty the Queen, after all. Not surprising for these world renowned truffles, founded in 1875. Each “chocolate is handmade according to traditional recipes and then carefully packaged at the Old Bond Street Store in London.”
With a milk chocolate, butter and Marc de Champagne filled center and finished with pink icing sugar, breakfast may last all day.
Nauseni slippers are hand stitched in Nepal from 100% felted wool.
Social consciousness is more of a necessity and not a luxury but NAUSENI is truly both. “Created to help employ women in Nepal by giving them a way to earn a living by handcrafting slippers inspired by the cultural heritage and dramatic natural landscape of Nepal.”
Every pair is handcrafted: the soles are Himalayan buffalo suede leather and the rest is 100% natural wool and felt.
Gift Box #2 from Evangeline linens based in Portland, Maine.
No breakfast is complete without lush hand woven blankets and throws. Enter Evangeline Linens, a Portland, Maine based company helmed by Ben Ray. When his travels exposed him to the beauty and craft of handmade textiles, he had no choice but to return home with his family to Portland and bring them to the world.
“In every Evangeline piece I hope that I've captured a bit of the wild, the resilience, and the warmth of Maine with simple materials woven to be used daily.” -Ben Ray
Simply organic bamboo sheets made from sustainable materials are soft and pliable.
No breakfast in bed is possible without sheets. These 100% certified organic bamboo feel like silk but pack a punch on the sustainability side. Based in the midwest, these sheets are a family owned passion project that stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter. They are OEKO-TEX certified free of harmful chemicals and hypoallergenic.
