Best Gifts for Party Hosts

The perfect bottle for tailgating: it's as good for hot chocolate as it is for a batch of icy Boulevardiers. Buy: $49.95 at amazon.com.

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These linen napkins have a subtle pattern that gives them a textured look. Buy: $9.99 for 4 at serenaandlily.com

A therapeutic mix of California harvested salts and blood orange oil. Buy: $24 at amazon.com.

Famed Tuscan chocolate maker Cecilia Tessieri has created a stunning gift set for the serious chocolate lover. Buy: $250 at igourmet.com.

Roll the dice to create new flavor combinations with ingredients in eight categories, including spirits, fruit and spice. Buy: $24 at uncommongoods.com.

Who wouldn’t love to come home to a box filled with pumpkin or chocolate whoopie pies? Buy: $37 for 12 at onegirlcookies.com.

Ceramic knives are an equally sharp, super lightweight alternative to steel. Buy: $64.95 at williams-sonoma.com.

This pretty enameled steel and bamboo kettle is worthy of a formal tea ceremony. Buy: $75 at uncommongoods.com

Ingenious, stretchy silicone bands keep drinks from spilling. Buy: $180 at finell.co.

Giffard's Abricot du Roussillon is as fragrant and juicy as the best apricot we've ever tasted. Buy: $31 at hitimewine.net

The Perimeter tray is a striking combination of man-made materials (rubber, aluminum) and natural ones (wood, marble). Buy: $250 at ladiesandgentlemenstudio.com.

Architect Molly McGrath first worked with a laser cutter to make building models. Now she uses it to create felt and leather coasters. Buy: $45 for 4; mollymdesigns.com

The Prosecco scent smells like a fresh mix of citrus, apricot and flowers—just like the sparkling wine. From $26; anticafarmacista.com

The chunks of fruit in We Love Jam’s cherry-grapefruit flavor are succulent. Buy: $12 at welovejam.com.

This is an adorable hostess gift: a hand-carved pie server and cheery “Easy as Pie” tea towel. Buy: $24 at studiopatro.com.

This handmade charcuterie board looks as nice on the wall as on the table. Buy: $180 at onourtable.ca.

Made from silk-screened canvas, this roomy tote has a pocket for wine and space for food. Buy: $35 at herobags.com.

F&W’s Megan Krigbaum loves to give sparkling wine to party hosts, with explicit instructions to drink it while doing the dishes. Here, her five top picks.

Locavores love Cesare Casella’s domestic cured meats. Buy: From $23 per lb at salumeriarosi.com.

Marcel Wanders’s “Dressed” ladle for Alessi is ultradeep. Paired with Tuscan minestra, it makes a great gift. Buy: $50 at alessi.com

Japanese hand-forged brass trivets from Mjölk look like suns and stars. Buy: From $81 each at mjolk.ca.

This roasted red pepper, jalapeño and peach jam is great with pork. Buy: $9.25 for 10.5 oz at copperpottraditions.com.

Made from extra-durable glass, the Carafe Pinson (foreground) has an unusual hollow handle that fills up with liquid. Buy: $100 at luminaire.com.

Iittala’s Sarpaneva pot has a smooth wooden handle. Buy: $295 at amazon.com.

This shapely copper watering can is handsome enough to use outdoors and indoors. Buy: $120 at shophorne.com.

This earthenware-and-copper trivet would look terrific on my table with simple white plates. Buy: $56 at xeniataler.com. —Maren Ellingboe

My favorite flavor from NYC’s Canelé by Céline is the savory Parmesan; the cheese gives the custardy center a nice, sharp tang. Buy: $28.50 for 18 at canelebyceline.com. —Julia Heffelfinger