Hungry for a great gift idea? Following are five Lone Star State treats guaranteed to satisfy.
- Galveston Island’s famed group-friendly Gaido’s Seafood Restaurant (www.gaidos.com) turned 100 years old in 2011: Gaido’s 100th Anniversary Cook Book is filled with secret recipes.
- The chocolate wine sauces made with cabernet and port from Wichita Falls Vineyards & Winery (www.wichitafallsvineyardsandwinery.com) are decadent dessert-toppers.
- Celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, Texas Coffee Company (www.texjoy.com) in Beaumont features Seaport coffee and a line of steak seasonings and Cajun spices that are Texas musts.
- Cookbooks, dips, salsas, barbecue sauces, condiments and imaginative snack and drink mix selections from El Paso Chile Company (www.elpasochile.com) spice up any gift basket.
- The holiday card program of the Houston Food Bank (www.houstonfoodbank.org) helps the less fortunate in the Greater Houston area.
