It’s a time for jolly celebration, a time to rejoice and most importantly a time to exchange gifts. Ditch the ritual of gifting, wine, gourmet items, cookies, etc., and this festival season opt for something unique as I am going to tell you about some Food And Drink Books To Gift This Holiday Season.

Here are a few titles that are fun and practical, the book recipient will enjoy reading and subsequently be cooking the meals mentioned in these books.

Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes by Harold McGee (The Penguin Press)

This one is a perfect cookbook for home chefs. In this book, McGee, a food science expert, explains techniques for kicking recipes up a few notches. Through the book he explains the easy ways of cooking with multitude of ingredients. He explains his thoughts on seasonings and explains why searing meat doesn't seal in the juices.This book is designed to help you cook better by explaining what foods are, how cooking changes them, which methods work best, and why.

As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child & Avis  by Joan Reardon (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

This one could very well be a coffee table book with some amazing recipes and tips thrown in. It beautifully tells a story about long-term and long distance friendship of two friends and how their friendship blossoms through correspondence, that covers not just food but pretty much everything that two women can talk about over the course of many years. The book is frank, funny and even agonizing at times, but worth a read. It is a good holiday gift idea for a friend.

Culinary Ephemera: An Illustrated History by William Woys Weaver (University of California Press)

If you are looking for food and drink gifts, look no further. This book is a food lover’s delight. It includes images of postcards, match covers, menus, labels, posters, brochures, valentines, packaging, advertisements, and other materials from nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Each story tells something new about food and the American history. Packed with fascinating history, the volume is the first serious attempt to organize culinary ephemera into categories, making it useful for food lovers, collectors, designers, and curators alike. Go, grab it for a dear friend or a family member.

Bar Book: Poems and Otherwise by Julie Sheehan (Norton)

The book is a collection of poems with references to drinks and life. A perfect gift food and drinks gift for a person who enjoys poetry.The book is sassy, quietly observant, deeply cutting and includes range of subjects such as marriage, relationships, and the landscape of Orient Point, Long Island.

What's A Wine Lover to Do? An Illustrated Guide with 334 Essential Oenophile Pointers and Tips by Wes Marshall (Artisan)

This one is a good gift for any wine lover. It explains in simple language the differences between different wines and also tells the readers how to read the labels. What’s a Wine Lover to Do, is quirky and is fun because it offers an American perspective.

Recipe for Murder: Frightfully Good Food Inspired by Fiction by Esterelle Payany

This spirited collection drawing inspiration from fairy tales, literary classics, and contemporary favorites is as entertaining as the recipes are scrumptious. The book has some famous literary thrillers and authentic home-style recipes.

Hope you liked these holiday gift ideas and I am sure that these books are the best food and drinks gifts this holiday season

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