Perfect Housewarming Gift: Food Gift Baskets

The best present you can possibly get as a housewarming gift is a food gift basket. This is even better than a bottle of wine, since inebriation can lead to problems. Even if the people you are getting the food basket for aren't moving into a house, they will still welcome a food gift basket. With the stress and chaos of moving, there isn't time to make dinner or to pick up anything at the local eatery. Giving them food is a practical and thoughtful gift.

Make It Yourself

You could make the food gift basket yourself instead of buying an already assembled basket. You don't actually have to have a basket for this. You could also use an old but still useable serving dish, a Tupperware container or even a sturdy cardboard box. You just need something that will keep all of the food items in place. But if you have baskets left over from Easter - or from others sending you food gift baskets - them you can recycle those.

When gathering all the food items together for your food gift basket, try not to focus on just one type of food, just in case someone is allergic to it. For example, some people are allergic to peanuts, so a food gift basket entirely of nuts might not be well received. (And if it is, at least you know that your new neighbors are polite). So pick a wide variety of items.

Store Bought

With the growing popularity of food gift baskets, they are now easier to find in stores and online than ever before. You can pick from many types of food baskets, such as an Italian food gift basket. Most people love Italian food and will welcome such a basket. You can even choose foods native to your particular region. For example, in the Philadelphia area, there are websites that will ship Philadelphia foods like Tastycakes and a pretzel assortment.

In America, perhaps the most famous food gift baskets are found around Christmastime from mail order catalogues and real-word outlets from Hickory Farms. They began by assembling cheeses, sausages and mustards in baskets and have spread out to many types of appetites. You can get food that needs to be cooked or food that's ready made. You can concentrate of sweets and snacks or get more substantial food, or even the old stand-by, the fruit basket. You can even skip with solid food entirely and get a selection of coffees, teas or cocoa.