50 Gifts for Guys Who Love Cooking

If you know a guy who loves food, cocktails, wine or just cooking in general, your life is pretty easy when it comes to buying him a gift.

If you know a guy who loves food, cocktails, wine or just cooking in general, your life is pretty easy when it comes to buying him a gift. In fact it's so easy, you might not even need a buying guide like this at all. Gifting for someone with this interest is so simple because there are so many unique and special options that we usually don't buy for ourselves.

Cooking is a universal and necessary activity, so most of the products that do the job are fairly ordinary, mundane and utilitarian. When in the store buying for yourself, sure—your eye might be drawn to a more beautiful, elegant or full-featured product. But then you see there's cheaper option right there. It's fine. It gets the job done. Why spend the extra money? Reason prevails.

That moment when we make the rational, practical choice is, of course, a very good thing. Where would we be if we didn't think about the future, if we indulged in every whim and fancy? But that tendency to rational decision-making creates an opportunity for an eagle-eyed loved one to indulge on your behalf.

In this buying guide, you will find 48 special things for the kitchen, pantry, table or bar. Some are cheap. A few are expensive. But they're all the kind of thing that the man you're buying for isn't buying for himself. A sampler pack of olive oil that he always wanted to try, but never did. A coffee maker that he thought looked great, but he made a more practical choice. A little extra delight in his life that he turned down because he said to himself, "Do I really need this?"

That's where you come in, dear reader…

17 Gifts under $50

10 Gifts from $50 to $100

10 gifts from $100 to $200

10 gifts over $200