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Announcing our Inaugural Local Love Gift Box

Local Food Adventures • Apr 16, 2020

We are pleased to announce the launch of our Local Love Gift Box … just in time for Mother’s Day!

They say the best way to someone’s heart is through their stomach, right? Our Local Love Gift Box is a perfect way to send your love for special occasions while also celebrating and supporting your local small business community. It’s a curated collection of culinary favorites from our Oakland and East Bay food tours and experiences.

Each box comes carefully packed with festive paper and a handwritten message of your greeting so that it’s ready to be opened and enjoyed with local love … from you!

What’s in a Local Love Gift Box?

Our Mother’s Day Local Love Gift Box includes*:

  • 6.78 oz. bottle of Tuscan Herb infused olive oil from Amphora Nueva
  • 1/2 cup jar of Poivre a la Mode Citrus Pepper from Oaktown Spice Shop
  • 17.6 oz. bag of Rustichella d’Abruzzo pasta from Market Hall Foods
  • 18 oz jar of Super Q Mild Barbeque Sauce from Everett & Jones Barbeque
  • (2) 1 oz. bars of Barlovento dark chocolate from Diablo Foods
  • 4 oz. satchel of Vanilla Creme black tea from Papillon Coffee
  • Online access to Cooking at Home with Local Food Adventures: Recipes from Top Chefs as Seen on Our Tours Digital Cookbook
  • $15 gift certificate for any Local Food Adventures food tour
  • Custom Local Food Adventures reusable shopping bag
  • Handwritten message of your personal greeting
  • FREE domestic and international shipping via US Postal Service Priority Mail

*Slight variations to product selections may be made due to availability

ORDERS MUST BE MADE BY MAY 1st FOR GUARANTEED GIFT BOX DELIVERY NATIONWIDE BY MOTHER’S DAY.

No substitutions please.

Order by May 1 for Mother’s Day

$99 each (shipping included)

**First 25 orders to be shipped within the Bay Area (25 mile radius of Oakland) will also receive two tickets to the historic Grand Lake Theater**

More Local Love You’re Sending

Like our Local Food Adventures food tours , $1.00 of every Local Love Gift Box purchased goes to support the Alameda County Community Food Bank and ANOTHER $1.00 going to go to East Bay FeedER , a new local non-profit that is purchasing meals from local, independently-owned restaurants to deliver meals to five East Bay hospitals.

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