Great Lakes Artisan Gift Boxes

Thirty years ago it was a tough task to build a tasty collection of American artisan foods, let alone one strictly from around the Great Lakes.

Times have changed. Today there’s such a bounty the tables have turned. The difficult job is not finding enough foods: it's editing the selection.

For our Classic Great Lakes Artisan Gift Box, we stuff our cartooned gift box with Peanut Butter from Koeze in Grand Rapids, Michigan, American Spoon Red Haven Peach Preserves from Petoskey, Michigan, Marieke Gouda from Thorp, Wisconsin, Cheddar Oyster Crackers from Madison, Wisconsin, Gunthorp's Hickory Smoked Bacon from LaGrange, Indiana, and from Zingerman's a dulce de leche caramel-stuffed Buenos Aires Brownie, Apricot Rugelach Cookies, and Sea Salt Potato Chips. 

The Deluxe Great Lakes Artisan Gift Box includes everything in the Classic, plus Smoked Whitefish Spread from Traverse City, Michigan, Ghanaian-style Cashew Brittle from Appleton, Wisconsin, Moroccan Spiced Tomato Soup from Galien, Michigan, and Holy Cow Beef Sticks from Mundelein, Illinois.

"The huge box full of goodies -- bacon, Gouda, peanut butter, jam, coffee, and chocolate in that fun, colorful box filled with pleated brown wrapping shards -- was without a doubt the best gift we have ever received (and we are OLD. We graduated from Michigan 50 years ago.)"
Mary Jane, Washington, D.C.