Our 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
Shop for backroad provisions and handcrafted gifts made by southeastern artists
Introducing our 2025 Backroad Portfolio Holiday Gift Guide. Many of these items were created by southeastern artists and crafters featured in our 2025 issues. We’ve grouped them in the following categories: Food + Beverage, Home + Art, Clothing + Accessories, Travel Gear, Books, Animals, and Nonprofits + Charitable Causes.
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FOOD + BEVERAGE
Cooperative Coffee Roasters
Various coffees, $10.50 and up
cooperativecoffeeroasters.com
Asheville, North Carolina
This small-batch coffee roaster in West Asheville has been operating a roasting facility underneath its cafe since 2019. Choose from eleven flavors with names like Levity, Virtue, and Gravity. Purchase coffee by the bag, or in “tasting boxes” containing signature blends or single-origin coffees.
Southern Supreme Fruitcake
Prices range from $9 to $56.75, depending on size and quantity
southernsupreme.com
Bear Creek, North Carolina
Southern Supreme Fruitcake, handcrafted in Bear Creek since 1984, redefines this holiday classic with its “less fruit, more nuts” motto. Packed with pecans, walnuts, candied pineapple, golden raisins, and spices, these fruitcakes are moist, candy-like, and preservative-free, earning rave reviews as one of the South’s finest.
Want to make your own fruitcake? Next week, we’ll send out a recipe along with a story about the lasting legacy of this holiday tradition.
Honey Next Door’s Pure Raw Atlanta Creamed Honey, $14
thebeehiveatl.com
Atlanta, Georgia
Beehive specializes in products made by local entrepreneurs. In addition to housewares, accessories, and jewelry, you can shop for artisan foods such as Honey Next Door’s raw creamed honey from Oakhurst Apiara at the Wylde Center Gardens in Decatur.
Daisy & Duke’s Fried Green Tomato Mix, $10
daisyanddukesgifts.com
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
If tomatoes are one of your southern meal staples, try Daisy & Duke’s small batch Fried Green Tomato mix. A secret sauce recipe is also included with your purchase.
HOME + ART
