food drink: Dining Guide 1 » Land of sky gift box Includes 12 Bones Smokehouse barbecue sauce, Roots & Branches crackers, Lusty Monk mustard, Hickory Nut Gap beef stick, Early Girl grits, French Broad Chocolate bar, and Selina Naturally Celtic Sea Salt. $48 from Asheville Goods. (828) 252-9175, ashevillegoods.com 2 » Italian treats Panettone bread ($12) and Italian holiday cookies ($12 per dozen) from Strada Italiano. (828) 348-8448, Asheville, stradasheville.com 3 » Honey Local sourwood ($16)
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photographs by carrie guemann; cheeses courtesy The Cheese Store of Asheville; Raffaldini wines courtesy of NC Wine Gifts
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and locust ($10) honeys from Asheville Bee Charmer. (828) 505-8829, ashevillebeecharmer.com
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Whittier, Facebook: Tribal Grounds Coffee 5 » gluten-free baking mix $6 by Ardenne Farm. (828) 891-6260, Mills River, ardennefarm.com 6 » Homebrewing ingredient kit $35 at Hops & Vines. (As a bonus holiday special, get a homebrewing starter kit and class for $100.) (828) 252-5275, Asheville, hopsandvines.net 7 » Defiant Whisky $40 by Blue Ridge Distilling. (828) 245-2041, Bostic, defiantwhisky.com 8 » Wine club membership to Raffaldini Vineyards. Includes semi-annual package of six bottles, recipes, discounts, and members-only invites. Cost is two installments of six bottles. (336) 835-9463, Rhonda, raffaldini.com 9 » Ceramic butter dish $185 by Liz Zlot Summerfield. (828) 688-1590, Bakersville, lzspottery.com 10 » Artisan Chocolates $18-$34 per box from the The Chocolate Fetish. (828) 258-2353, Asheville, chocolatefetish.com 11 » Oil cruet & ginger/ garlic grater by Cathey Bolton. $58 for set at Art on Depot. (828) 246-0218, Waynesville, artondepot.com 12 » Handmade cutting board by Sabbath-day Woods. The Wedge, $59, (828) 235-9444, Canton, sabbathdaywoods.com
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