A la carte: Last-minute gift ideas for foodies

Here are a few gift ideas for the foodies on your list, just in case you haven't finished your shopping yet.

Beth Thorp of Nightingale Breads in Forestville is baking and selling fresh panettone through Christmas, as well as Joni's Gingerbread.

Panettone is a yeasted egg bread with candied fruits and raisins that is often toasted on Christmas morning. The tall treat is baked in a paper mold and is quite labor-intensive to bake, with four rising periods.

Nightingale Breads is located at 6665 Front St. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. 707-887-8887.

The Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co. has gathered all of its favorite cheeses and accompaniments into a gift package called The Fork Collection. The tasting selection includes the Original Blue, Young Gouda, Bay Blue, The Fork's Original Blue Date Spread and Pimento Cheese and house-roasted honey roasted rosemary almonds, for $95. Other gift packages include the Holiday Gathering and Taste of Point Reyes. pointreyescheese.com.

Rancho Gordo of Napa has also put together some delicious Gift Boxes for the holidays, including a Holiday box, which includes heirloom corn posole for Christmas Eve, cassoulet beans for Christmas Day and black-eyed peas for New Year's. You get a bag of each, plus Mexican oregano and New Mexican Chile Powder, plus recipes. Cost is $25.95.

Other gift boxes include a Cassoulet Gift Box, including cookbook; a Chili Sampler; and a Deluxe Gift Box. Their new cookbook, “The Rancho Gordo Vegetarian Cookbook,” can also be ordered for $24.95. ranchogordo.com

Staff Writer Diane Peterson can be reached at 707-521-5287 or diane.peterson@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @dianepete56.