Looking for a good gift for a couple who hosts my family every year for Yom Kippur. I make a donation in their honor every year but I would like something more substantial. They are both rabbis but don’t need anything religious. They have one child, they enjoy hiking and travel and one of them is into running. I am usually a good gift giver but this one has me stumped.

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Lulu Lefferts · Answer

Interesting Honey: A long time ago, my friend Andy hosted a 15-course dinner designed around honey from around the world. I am now a huge honey snob and collect honey on vacation. There is a very wide variety of taste and color once you start focusing on region and plant-specific honeys. The best part is that honey never expires!

lauren o · Answer

A stockpot with the dry ingredients for a favorite soup inside: Beautiful serving vessels are well and good, but it's hard to know what people want on their tables; a well-made cooking vessel with all the details that matter (for a stockpot, five-clad bottom AND sides, wide body and lid handles for carrying, generous size, durability) will last forever, see all kind of use, and go with everything. Tucking in a bit of what you'd make for them at your place acknowledges how much their hospitality has meant to you.