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The Gift of Education:
Gift Packages from The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone

 If you’re looking to find gifts for the food and wine lover in your life, as well as unique gift packages for your business clients and all the people who take such good care of you and yours throughout the year, turn to us for the best in everything culinary.

 A wide-variety of inspired packages range from approximately $20.00 to $110.00 and include themes of A Little Thank You, The Cheeses Course, Giving Green, The Deluxe Wine Lover, The Extreme Office Party, and Baking at Home. Whether learning to create interesting cheese courses at home, becoming more fluent in the language and appreciation of wine, having the basics to create years’ worth of well turned-out baked goods, or providing everything needed to get a party on a roll, gift packages from the CIA can create endless opportunities for memorable experiences in the kitchen and at the table.

Each gift and gift package comes in a CIA logo box with a gift enclosure card letting the lucky recipient know that the purchase of their gift helps to support the future of the CIA’s students in the food, wine and hospitality business. As an independent, not-for-profit educational organization, The Culinary Institute of America directs its earnings right back into delivering its core mission of providing the best professional culinary education to the thousands of students each year in our degree, professional development, and wine studies programs.

For all of the CIA’s Gifts of Giving,” including those for the little chef in your world, please visit www.ciachef.edu.

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The Cheese Course
Our Price: $49.95

Whether planning a formal dinner party or a casual evening with friends, a cheese course will make any gathering more enjoyable. Our Cheese Course package provides everything you need (short of the cheese!) to start a life-long love affair with cheese and to explore the pleasures of the after-dinner cheese course, including helpful hints for selecting, serving and appreciating the wide variety of cheeses now available. The Cheese Course book is signed by local author Janet Fletcher.

Includes:

  • CIA cheese board with knives
  • The Cheese Course book by Janet Fletcher


Wine Lover Deluxe
Our Price: $99.95

The appreciation of wine is both art and science, and our Wine Enthusiast Deluxe gift package provides the foundation of years’ worth of learning, sipping and savoring. The elegantly designed Vinturi Aerator acts as an instant decanter, bringing out the best of any red wine’s bouquet and flavor and The Wine Bible is signed by the chairperson of the CIA’s Professional Wine Studies program, Karen MacNeil. The Wine Enthusiast Deluxe has everything you need to start a wine tasting group, feel more confident in ordering wine in a restaurant, and have more fun exploring the endless possibilities of wine.

Includes:

  • The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil
  • Vinturi Aerator
  • CIA Wine Journal
  • CIA Metallic Pen
  • CIA masters Collection Corkscrew


Baking at Home
Our Price: $99.95

Mastering the art and science of baking can be a lifetime passion, whether making simple quick breads and cookies to more advanced cakes, tarts and confections. Our Baking at Home package gives you a great foundation in getting started or kicking your baking habit into high gear.  

Includes:

  • CIA Baking at Home book
  • CIA Masters Collection 2-cup measuring cup
  • CIA Masters Collection pastry brush
  • CIA Masters Collection measuring spoons
  • Red plastic colander
  • CIA bowl scraper
  • Singing Dog vanilla

Wine Lover
Our Price: $49.95

Our Wine Lover package provides just enough to launch the lucky recipient into new adventures in studying wine. Karen MacNeil’s Wine Bible starts the journey and the CIA wine journal and pen are at hand to capture impressions and note favorite wines along the way.


Includes:


 



  • The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil

  • Wine Journal

  • CIA logo metallic (refillable) ball point pen
Office Party
Our Price: $49.95

Great for a small gathering, our Office Party package provides some of our buyers’ favorite foods from Napa Valley and beyond. If you’re thinking of savory new spreads or dips, or want to pick up a few new entertaining tips, this is the place to start in putting together a more intimate gift.


Includes:


 



  • Red Pepper Ancho Chili Jam /9 ounces

  • Made in Napa Valley Dipping Oil  / 16 ounces

  • L’Epicurean Cider Confit with Apple and Calvados / 4.38 ounces

  • Brent’s Beer Brittle / 8 ounces

  • East Shore Pretzels / 2 ounces

  • Napa Valley Mustard Mini Gift Pack / set of 4 / 1.75 ounces each

 

Sweet Tooth
Our Price: $54.95

Chocolate and caramel, brittle and banana…some of the most seductive words for anyone with a sweet tooth. Very grown up and ready for wine, our CIA Chocolate Truffles are blended with Greystone Cellars cabernet sauvignon, while Belgian chocolate and California merlot mingle most agreeably in the made-in-Napa Valley  Brent’s Merlot Fudge Sauce. The sweetness of brittle plays with the saltiness of peanuts and a touch of micro-brew ale in Brent’s Beer Brittle and the taste of the tropics comes alive in the Earth & Vine Caribbean Banana Sauce. Add Sharffen Berger Cocoa  Powder to the mix and you’ll have the ultimate cup of hot cocoa or a touch-of-chocolate baked good.


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  • Brent’s Beer Brittle / 8 ounces

  • Earth & Vine Caribbean Caramel Banana Sauce /8 fluid ounces

  • Scharffen Berger Cocoa Powder / 8 ounces

  • Brent’s Merlot Fudge Sauce / 9 ounces

  • CIA Chocolate Truffles / box of 6

  • Route 29 Dark Chocolate Grahams /package of 2 / net weight 2 ounces