Chadwick's Top 10

Our roving corresondent, Chadwick Boyd, right, has his eye on the most lovely and delicious holiday gifts to grace the kitchen -- onion goggles, anyone? As always, Chadwick's got the goods. Here are the who, what, where, when and why of his fabulous recs:

1. Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Lessons & Recipes for the Home Cook ($45.00) – for those who want to go to cooking school, yet don’t want to pay tuition or have the time. You can log online and cook with Martha.
2. Tiny Bubbles: Fizzy Cocktails for Every Occasion, Using Champagne, Prosecco and other sparkling wines ($14.95) + Sparkling Sake ($16.99, Sherlock’s Wine Merchants) – for the champagne lover. 40 recipes to make a bubbly cocktail + suggested cork popping tools & techniques
3. Panini spreads with olive wood spreader and panini grill from Atlanta-based Bella Cucina ($12 + $69.99) – for the sandwich lover. All the fixings and tools to make beautiful and satisfying authentic paninis in your own kitchen.
4. Washable computer keyboards from Georgia-based WETKEYS ($39.99 + free shipping) -- for the slob in the kitchen or the gadget fanatic. Washable keyboards that allow you to watch cooking videos, access recipes AND make a mess in the kitchen. You never have to worry about messing the computer up! (I use this all the time)
5. Orchard Fresh Meyer lemons ($23) – the ultimate fruit that chefs & foodies love for cooking. Need I say more!
6. Olio & Spices Olive Oil (Olio & Spices ($19.99 + shipping) -- First-pressed, premium quality ORGANIC extra virgin olive oil. Pressed in Tunisia from whole unblemished olives done within a day of harvest. A uniquely styled half-liter barrel – looks like a galvanized oil can keeps the oil sharp and aromatic with beautiful light color.
7. Onion goggles ($19.95, Savor) -- for the foodie who has everything, or for something extra fun...hip design, highly functional – they keep the vapors from hitting your eyes. People swear by them and they are flying off the shelves!
8. Vosges Exotic Mini-Candy Bar Box Set ($25, Whole Foods) – for the chocolate lover. Exotic and delicious flavors such as Barcelona Bar with Marcona Almond Chips and Sea Salt; Wasabi Ginger; and my favorite Bacon+Chocolate!
9. Stainless Spring Action pepper grinders from Grind ($60.00) -- the coolest and most sophisticated gadget hands down. A HUGE hit at the Fancy Food Show.
10. Fromagerie Belle Hevre “The Belle & the Bee” Goat Cheese Gift Set ($70, Star Provisions) -- for the cheese lover. Cheesemaker Tazia Malakasis teamed up Georgia-based Savannah Bee to create a cheese lovers treat – handcut honeycomb with fromage blanc and a disc of chevre + Rutherford & Meyer gourmet crackers. TO DIE FOR!!!