The Ultimate Gift Guide for Seafood Lovers
While it’s easy to be obsessed with seafood, it can sometimes to be difficult to find that perfect gift for the seafoodie in your life (and that includes yourself!).
To help you find the perfect gift for the seafood lover in your life this holiday season, I’ve rounded up a few of my favourite fishy finds in this post.
They’ll feel like they’ve traveled to their favourite coastal town once you surprise them with one of these unique seafood-themed gifts.
Here’s the ultimate gift guide for seafood lovers!
From totes to sweatshirts to phone cases, you’ll find a variety of ways to show your support for sustainable seafood from the Sustainable Seafood Merch from Seaside with Emily.
The “Eat Small Fish Thermos” is a great conversation piece that celebrates and showcases nutrition-packed small fish. It’s BPA-free, leak-proof, and vacuum-insulated.
Tinned seafood is a great option for any culinary adventurer in your life. Nuri is one of my favourite tinned seafood brands in the world. They’re one of the only canneries in Portugal that still upholds the tradition of canning everything completely by hand. It definitely makes a difference in the quality of their sardines!
A seafood box is a great gift choice for anyone, from the seafood beginner to the seafood expert. With a wide variety of options available, you can completely customize the perfect gift for friends, family, and co-workers.
For Canadians: You can choose your seafood selection, pick your delivery date, and your gift will arrive in recyclable packaging from Organic Ocean.
For Canadians: With Springhills Fish, you can choose from a mixed box of seafood and have it delivered to your door on any schedule you’d like. You’ll be able to thaw only what you need and prepare a meal in 15 minutes or less.
For Americans: The Fish Fixe Box includes 16 hand-picked, responsibly-sourced fish proteins that rotate seasonally. You can also choose your own size and selection and curate your own perfect gift.
For Americans: Sourced off the coast of Patagonia and frozen to preserve for peak freshness, Secret Island salmon is an ideal choice for any seafood lover. From fillets to salmon bacon, Secret Island provides the best salmon available for anyone, anywhere in the US.
Lure: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the West Coast is one of my all-time favorite seafood cookbooks. With recipes based on the wild Pacific coast, you’ll find recipes from fish burgers and sandwiches to ceviche and caviar butter.
Named one of The Best Cookbooks of 2021 by The New York Times, The Magic of Tinned Fish is a very special gift for your special seafood lover. This cookbook focuses on sustainable seafood and easy-to-find ingredients such as anchovies, sardines, and mackerel.
The Tinned Fish Cookbook is another favorite of Seaside with Emily. Containing delicious recipes for tuna, mackerel, herring, and more, this cookbook is a great introduction to getting more sustainable seafood into your everyday diet. With recipes like tuna lasagna and salmon pizza, you can easily find a seafood-based recipe for anyone in your life.
The Joy of Seafood: The All-Purpose Seafood Cookbook with more than 900 Recipes is a culinary gift that keeps on giving throughout the year. With over 900 recipes to choose from, from flavored butters and sauces to chowders and stews, this robust cookbook can be enjoyed by anyone.
One of my all-time favorites to use in the kitchen, these lobster oven mitts and pot holders are durable and beautiful. Available in a 4-pack that includes 2 oven mitts and 2 pot holders.
This oyster shucking set is high-quality and sure to please any oyster lover. Made of stainless steel with a wooden handle that is non-slip and easy to grip for oyster shucking.
Seaweed Gin from Newfoundland Distillery Co. is one of the most unique items on the guide this year. With flavors of Juniper and hints of dulse seaweed, this gin can elevate any seafood meal at home.
Give your loved one an adventure they won’t forget with this DIY Sushi Making Kit & Class. Including everything you need to make unforgettable sushi rolls, all you provide is the fresh ingredients of your choice.
This non-stick steel enamel paella pan is an ideal choice for the camper in your life. Available in sizes from 2 servings up to 25, you can make endless seafood dishes from paella to risotto.
Don’t forget about the essentials this holiday season! This stainless steel fish spatula is heat-resistant and made of stainless steel.
Mix and match a variety of wines in a case, or order the 2022 Limited Edition Christmas Pack from The Hidden Sea. For every bottle of wine sold, The Hidden Sea removes and recycles 10 plastic bottles from oceans and rivers. The Hidden Sea’s mission is to remove and recycle 1 billion single-use plastic bottles from the ocean by 2030.
Hand-picked by French-Canadian freediver, spearfisher, public speaker, and entrepreneur Valentine Thomas, these seafood spices will take your dishes over the top. With spice mix options like Provence and Portuguese Discoveries, you’re sure to find the perfect spice for your loved one’s palate.
Sure to become a family heirloom, this engraved cast iron pan is an ideal choice for the best hostess in your life. Crafted by both hand and machine, this piece will remain a showstopper for years to come. And in my opinion, it’s one of the best ways to prepare seafood!
The Scout Market Goods Holiday Bundle includes everything you need for a Seacuterie board of your hostess’ dreams. This gift pack includes a 3-Pack of Atlantic Canadian Lobster, PEI Mussels in a Smoked Paprika & Fennel Tomato Sauce, and Rainbow Trout with Dill, a cheese set including a spreader, fork, cheese knife & a Scout shucker, and a 100% bacterial-resistant acacia wood board and 3 stoneware bowls.
The Patagonia Provisions Tinned Seafood Sampler Box takes the sustainable seafood home cook around the world with mussels, mackerel, and anchovies from the cold, clear waters of northern Spain, all while protecting the coastal ecosystem. Packed in a beautiful box and perfect for a Christmas gift.
The Story of Sushi: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and Rice dives into everything you thought you knew about sushi, and then some. Trevor Corson takes the reader into a surprising story, from the pioneering of sushi to the future of sushi.
I hope this list helps you find the perfect gift for that special seafood lover in your life!
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