Kristin Jensen, Holiday Gift Guide
For the person who is happiest cooking up a storm in the kitchen
Managing Editor of FAIRE
Kristin Jensen is a freelance editor, food writer and publisher in Ireland who believes that stories are one of the most fundamental things that connect absolutely everyone, everywhere.
Kristin is the founder of the Blasta Books series of small cookbooks that publish new voices and provide a more inclusive snapshot of Ireland’s modern and diverse food culture.
She has also co-authored two books, Saturday Pizzas at the Ballymaloe Cookery School (Ryland Peters & Small, 2017) and Sláinte: The Complete Guide to Irish Craft Beer and Cider (New Island, 2014), and is currently writing a cookbook to be published in spring 2023.
When she’s not pottering in the kitchen or got her nose stuck in a book, you’ll find her walking for miles in the countryside with her dogs, probably listening to a podcast about food.
We are thrilled to share Kristins holiday gift list ideas here
Blasta Books
I launched a new quarterly series of small cookbooks earlier this year to provide a more inclusive snapshot of Ireland’s modern and diverse food culture – they are little books with big voices. They’re coming out next year, but in the meantime, I have a range of merchandise designed by our series artist.
Two Wooden Horses
Two Wooden Horses is an award-winning woodworker based in County Wicklow, specialising in handmade furniture and kitchen utensils made using sustainably sourced Irish hardwood and materials. His one-of-a-kind boards are especially covetable. @twowoodenhorses
Butter Dish & Hand-carved knife, €95.00 EUR
Butter Dish by Arran Street East
The butter dish is hand-thrown on a wheel in the Arran Street East pottery studio in Dublin and pairs beautifully with Kilkenny-based Eoghan Leadbetter’s hand-carved wooden knife. It comes in a range of colours with evocative names like Dublin Bay, Potato and Cabbage.
Christmas pudding bauble by Jemma Millen Ceramics
This terracotta Christmas pudding bauble has the option of gold lustre detail on some. Hung on a green satin ribbon, each bauble is handmade by Jemma in her rural County Armagh studio in Northern Ireland.
£20.00
Superfolk prints
I dropped some big hints about the summer rowan print for my birthday this year after reading Superfolk’s feature in Issue 3. I love the way all their prints, from seaweeds to birch leaves in all the seasons, bring a sense of the outdoors into your home.
€240.00
Deluxe food ornaments by Choosing Keeping
These handblown glass ornaments, made in Europe, are simply the most stunning and whimsical food ornaments I’ve ever seen. The fruit bowl or the veg box collections would be cherished heirlooms.
£200.00