Online gift baskets

November 30, 2005 7:51 PM

Best places online to order a gift basket?

I'd like to buy a few gift baskets for my recommenders for grad school. Frankly, I have no idea what I want to send them but a wine basket seems appropriate. They live in various locations on the East Coast. Has anyone had any success ordering gift baskets online?

posted by pencroft to Shopping (8 answers total)

Not sure this is useful if you're positive you want to send wine, but Zabars never fails to please in any number of tasty ways.
posted by toxic at 8:17 PM on November 30, 2005

I actually noticed that overstock.com has a bunch of them right now, and I think maybe free shipping on some/all of them. There seemed to be a variety of styles/stuffings/prices.
posted by Medieval Maven at 8:25 PM on November 30, 2005

I have never had a lick of trouble with Harry & David. I can't speak for the wine, as I've never had it, but the produce is top notch.
posted by headspace at 8:28 PM on November 30, 2005

I have had excellent results with Chelsea Market Baskets. You probably can't get wine, but the food (including Leonidas chocolates) is excellent.
posted by sueinnyc at 9:37 PM on November 30, 2005

I like the cuba cheese shoppe.
posted by lorrer at 11:17 PM on November 30, 2005

Just here to second headspace's Harry & David recommendation. Amazing quality, even down to the jellies.

The pears might cause you to go into a fruit coma. They're just incredible.
posted by disillusioned at 12:22 AM on December 1, 2005

I have used Zingerman's and Bin 36 with great success. Not so much luck with Harry and David's, but to each his own.
posted by Sully6 at 7:35 AM on December 1, 2005

I've had good luck with Harry & David -- I've received gift baskets from them (my parents once sent me the massive "Tower of Everything Under the Sun, Including Salmon and Macadamia Nut Butter" when I was a starving grad student, and it pretty much sustained me for a month) as well as sent them, and never had a problem.

My personal H&D faves are the macadamia nut and pineapple fruitcake (do not be put off by the word "fruitcake"!), the raspberry galette cookies, the smoked salmon, and the pears. God. Soooo good!
posted by scody at 10:51 AM on December 1, 2005