<p>Zingerman's</a> | Food by Mail | Gifts & Sundries is pricey, but delicious. awesome if your kid's a foodie.</p>
<p>A friend suggested the following for students who are living in apartments and doing their own cooking:
Atlanta</a> Magazine - Great food gift: The “Mama says, ‘No More Frozen Pizza!’” recipe collection, Bites and Flights, Travel and Dining Blog, Jennifer Senator</p>
<p>I just sent D and her roomates some cookies from cheryl and company. She freaked out as did her roomies. They were gourmet frosted cookies but they have so many more yummy looking treats. They arrived quickly and were enjoyed by all. I think I spent $30 on 1 dozen cookies including shipping but they were worth it judging by the reaction of the girls.
I can't wait to surprise them with another batch!</p>
<p>I want to second the suggestion from momtn.
If your student is on the East Coast, you can order up to $24.99 in Nutella, cookies, crackers, favorite canned stuff, candy, etc., and it will only cost 5.99 for fed ex shipping from NetGrocer. </p>
<p>This lets you create a generous under $31 custom Care Package. (Other parts of the country are 9.99 for fed ex shipping - still nice, just $4 more.) You can save the list to send it again or make slight changes.</p>
<p>This is really nice for kids who have no easy access to a grocery store. You can stock up the dorm room with their favorite treats. Netgrocer also carries shampoo, conditioner, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks moms, the netgrocer is the perfect boy care package!</p>
<p>We just sent organic fruit/nuts from Got</a> Fruit.com; Fruit Gift Baskets, Gourmet Gift Baskets, Fruit Gifts, Comice Pears, Wine Gifts and the Monthly Fruit Club featuring the Fruit of the Month. Our DD said the pears were delicious! They have a monthly program that you can choose which months-and get free delivery. We set it up for Oct, Jan and May.</p>
<p>It might be worth checking with the student association of your child's college. I recall mine offering care packages during midterms and finals as a fundraiser.</p>
<p>I did a search for the one at Stanford, and found this:
<a href="http://www.stanfordalumni.org/students/carepackages/home.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.stanfordalumni.org/students/carepackages/home.html</a>
Unfortunately they won't be doing it this year, though they give links to other programs.</p>
<p>Cookies by Design are a real attention getter and the cookies are delicious! You select from a large assortment of arrangement options and customize your order for the recipient. Everyone who sees this awesome cookie arrangement will 1) want a cookie 2) be jealous of the person who got such a great gift. Plus- the gift giver gets a lot of "bang for the buck"! It is a great gift to give.</p>
<p>I'll second the Zingerman's recommendation. My daughter still talks about their chocolate sourdough bread.</p>
<p>You'll stop baking your own brownies after ordering from Fairytale Brownies. They are amazing and usually have a package on sale. You can sign up for their emails that will tell you when there is a sale.</p>
<p>Fairytale</a> Brownies, Gourmet Belgian Chocolate Brownies</p>
<p>Garrett's Popcorn is from Chicago. When you get within a short distance of one of their stores, you'll smile from the aroma. The line is usually out the door, but worth the wait. Cheese popcorn is my favorite and theirs is the best I've ever tasted, but all flavors are awfully good.</p>
<p>Both of these are major hits at college and at home.</p>