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Best of Gourmet Food Online 2014

Here is the Best of Gourmet Food Online 2014 - we have put together a selection of the most popular posts and posts that received the most attention and comments.  It's been a real pleasure and sharing these thoughts with you have really changed the way we have done business in the last few months. 

Gourmet Food online has never been so important and relevant and powerful in our daily lives as it is today in 2014.  Especially when you consider the power of online shopping and grasping the opportunities that are presented with a national shopping exposure afforded by the internet. 

Buying gourmet food is especially successful in terms of gourmet hampers and fruit baskets.  So here goes, and don't be shy when you want to go and leave a comment below.

1 - Detox with a Fresh Fruit Hamper

Sharing a Fresh Fruit Basket is the perfect way to inspire a mid summer detox. What better way to give your body a break and a chance to clean out, reset and re charge than a basket of fresh fruit? The most important thing about detoxification and losing a few extra kilos from over indulgence is to not feel deprived or hungry. And nothing satisfies hunger throughout the day like a piece of fresh fruit.

Alkalise Your System in the Morning


As soon as you wake think positive and grateful thoughts about your day – and make certain you are up and about minutes after waking. Now, head straight for the fruit bowl and slice a whole lemon in half. Squeeze the lemon into a glass of warmed water – this will act as an alkalizing agent and stimulate your liver and kidneys.

Clear Head from Eating Fresh Fruit

Eating fresh fruit and limiting your intake of such undesirables as chocolate, alcohol, animal products, soft drinks, sugar, bread, pasta, is a large part of an effective and thoroughly cleansing detoxification. The word detoxification actually refers to the body's ability to neutralise and safely eliminate harmful chemicals and toxic by products of your lifestyle.

2 - Three tips to Increase your Vitality

The latest diet fad and new age trend may spark your interest - but nothing beats simple good health.  Looking to the past for inspiration, we are now following the simple diet and meal plans of our grandparents for less complicated and more healthy food options. 

Finding a fruit basket filled with simple unblemished fruit direct from the markets is the ideal way to keep in touch with natural, wholesome goodness.  Here's some easy to follow tips to keep your diet simple and healthy.

3 - Healthy Gourmet Fruit Gifts


Getting at least five portions of fruit and vegetables each day doesn't have to be expensive. Some ways to cut the cost are:.

Make use of local grocery shops or markets, or choose a reputable online fruit gift delivery service. You can often get cheap deals and bargains.  Look out for offers in supermarkets such as 'buy one, get one free'.  Choose loose fruit and vegetables - check the price labels and compare how much they are per kilogram (kg). Look out for the lower section in supermarkets. Sometimes you'll find price cuts on fruit and vegetables that are on the shelves for their last day.
 
Go later in the evening to local stalls and get a bargain on fruit and vegetables that may otherwise go to waste.
 
Buy in season, as this is when fruit and vegetables tend to be cheaper.  Frozen or dried fruit and vegetables can be cheaper, and you don't need to worry about them going off too quickly.  Tinned fruit and vegetables such as tinned tomatoes, beans, pulses, carrots, sweetcorn and peas are cheap. They can be added to casseroles, stews, soups, bolognese, curries, stir-fries or pasta dishes. Try to avoid those with added salt or sugar.

4 - Christmas Wine Gifts

Searching for a Christmas Gift for Delivery can be time consuming when you don't really have much of an idea of what wine is what or dealing with delivery and online shopping.

That's where emerging Boutique Winery Twin Bridges and their Twin Wine Box comes in handy.

Simply a Bottle of Semillon and Shiraz from the world famous Hunter Valley Wine region - superbly gift packed in a presentation wine box and of course your personal message handwritten.

5 - Cheese And Wine Fruit Baskets

Choosing the right Cheese and Wine Fruit Basket for a corporate gift, a sympathy occasion or just to say thank you is very important in making  meaningful and effective gift presentation.

Firstly, make sure the fruit is as fresh as possible, blemish free and in abundance.  The fruit should be the background of the gourmet hamper, so plenty of seasonal freshest fruit makes all the difference.

Second, it important you buy from a recognized Gift Basket Professional - not from a florist or backyard operator who is just putting something together for the occasion.

We hope you have enjoyed our 2014 Best of List of Gourmet Food Online Blogs - we have been really enthused and excited sharing them with you.

In the meantime - go out and have some fun and share your gourmet food experience with your friends and family.  Cheers!

The Best Christmas Hampers


Regional Produce in a Box
The Gourmet Hamper as a Christmas Gift

With the increasing focus on growing your own produce, limiting your carbon footprint, and supporting local food networks, there has never been a better time to sample regional food.  The best way to sample regional food outside of visiting the actual area yourself is by having a gourmet hamper delivered to your door.  Browsing the internet there are a plethora a local gourmet providores who are capable of assembling a great gift basket package with a range of local tastes and shipping it to you wherever you may live.

Visit Hunter Valley Hampers for
our recommended Christmas Hampers.

Wine and Gourmet Gift Baskets are always popular and make an easy to share gift for family and friends.  Have a look for some of the latest variations on the theme, like wine picnic hampers, wine and cheese hampers and champagne hampers.  Wine picnic hampers would contain a selection of cheeses, fresh fruits, some fig paste, pate, perhaps some smoked salmon and some crackers.  Wine and cheese hampers have a cheese focus with perhaps a cutting board for the cheese, and a specialty cheese knife, amongst a broader range of local cheeses.  Champagne Hampers feature appetisers and nibbles approaching the beginning of the dining experience, like crackers and dip.

A themed hamper for an older couple would focus on jams, relish and condiments from the regional area.  There is a special something about having a pantry full of food products from a single locale, and with the slow use rate of condiments, the gift is present and still being consumed well into the third and forth months.   Be careful to include some food products ready to eat immediately as well as the longer shelf life products, otherwise on opening the gift there is a quiet moment where the recipients look at each other and then start to pack it all away in the pantry!

If you are struggling to find a resource for a local gourmet hamper supplier, take the time to browse around the local shops and ask when the next local markets are scheduled.  Once you are at the markets, it is simply a matter of wandering up and down the aisles and securing your products.  Be careful to keep the tastes unique, as it is easy to find yourself with several jars of similar style products - when what we want is diversity and samples of tastes.  Once you have the selection it is a matter of placing the jars in a suitable container and wrapping the goods for presentation.

As you can see, building a local gourmet hamper is as much a case of sourcing suitable product as it is building the gift basket.  Taking the time to do your research and putting your own unique twist on the material also lends the impression of a certain personal gift style.  Be confident and creative and focus on presentation and of course, your recipient, for a lasting, meaningful impact of regional produce in a box - the gourmet hamper.

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