1. Gifts for foodies

Cleanup will be a breeze when he purees soups and smoothies with the Cuisinart Smart Stick Hand Blender ($44.99, shop.hbc.com). Textile designer Cath Kidston's Recipe Organizer ($15.72, amazon.ca) will make organizing her piles of magazine clippings, note cards and online recipe printouts enjoyable. Mini Me Bowls by Bambu (US$13 each, branchhome.com) are made of organically grown bamboo and come in nine colours. And challenge their taste buds with the Exotic chocolate collection from Vancouver chocolatier DC Duby Wild Sweets (from $24.95, dcduby.com) featuring such flavours as mincemeat caramel & butternut squash or smoked tomato emulsion & lemon thyme gelée.