Holiday Gift Ideas for the Food Lover

If you're holiday shopping for a food lover, you're in luck. Food lovers are among the easiest people in the world to satisfy with a gift.

First, consider a gift certificate to one of the finest restaurants in the country.

New York's Per Se is happy to sell you a gift certificate at a minimum of $550 (after all, a tasting, prior to wine, is $275 per person). Or, purchase a gift certificate to Per Se's sister restaurant in Napa Valley, The French Laundry, starting at $250. Chicago's Alinea offers gift certificates starting at $100, but if you'd like to give a complete, all-inclusive dinner, tastings for two begin at $700 and a tour is $1,050. ...