Beef jerky is a no-carb pretty low-fat food that lasts for a good while. It’s great for snacking, taking camping or on roadtrips or for sticking in your desk at work.

This food dehydrator includes special trays, recipes, and tools to help you make your own beef jerky at home. The quiet, dishwasher safe design also lets you dry out fruits, vegetables, herbs, or clay. It includes marinade recipes for flavored jerky.

$50 from Amazon.com

This is the second time we’ve posted about Coffee Joulies. Since we got our set a few months ago family, friends and coworkers have been fascinated and jealous. Coffee Joulies work on the basic principles of science. When placed in hot coffee or tea, the joulies suck in the excess heat from the liquid, lowering the temperature to a drinkable temperature faster. They then stay hot and exude that same heat back into the liquid, keeping it hotter longer.

These work like a charm, and are completely safe. These would make brilliant gifts for coffee or tea lovers on your list.

$50 for a set of 5

Espresso Machines can be expensive and difficult to use. The Presso Espresso Machine is manual– you do all the work. If you had a kettle over a fire, you wouldn’t even need electricity. The espresso is made by combining ground coffee beans with boiling water and applying a little elbow grease . The result is a batch of espresso that is ready to be taken as a shot or mixed with milk or water to produce your favorite drink. This would be a great gift for coffee lovers.

$149 from Think Geek

Internet memes abound with decorated confections featuring video game or cartoon characters. These cookie cutters give you a head start on crafting edible, fun Pac-Man characters. Fortunately, you don’t need a power pill to eat the ghosts. Milk is a good idea, though.

$20 @ Busted Tees

Whether you’re outside grilling, or because of cold weather you’re stuck inside cooking on the stove, adding the right spice can turn an average meal into a great one.This collection of spices and rubsfrom Gneiss Spices are a great way to get started cooking flavorful meats.

The set includes barbecue, Chiva five spice, jerk, bonfire salt, steak, taco and tandoori flavors. Each seasoning comes in a one and a half ounce hexagon shaped reusable jar with a magnetic lid so you can stick it to your fridge, grill (not the hot part, stupid), or other magnetic surface.

This would be a great gift for any meat-lover on your list.

$44 from Gneiss Spices on Etsy

This officially licensed collectible is a pizza cutter shaped like the starship Enterprise. The blade has a laser etched engraving similar to call letters on the ship– “USS ENTERPRISE NCC-1701.” Starfleet has made a surplus of these available for sale since the replicators on the Enterprise are able to produce pre-sliced pizzas. Geeks and Trekkies alike will find new cause to enjoy pizza even more if they have this to cut their pie.

$29.99 @ ThinkGeek

Olympic Provisions is a purveyor of gourmet cured meats in Portland, Oregon. The pictured meat is a dry cured Spanish chorizo. It is wildly delicious, very flavorful and generally amazing. Unlike most Spanish chorizo, this variety is a little spicy. It is made of dry cured pork with sweet paprika, garlic and cayenne pepper. Since their chorizos and salamis are shelf stable and do not require refrigeration, you can purchase these online and have them shipped.

This would make either an excellent guy gift or a show stopping addition to your holiday party hors d’oeuvres platter.

FYI — We also sampled their hot dogs, which are amazing. Look for an upcoming review on our sister site, Stump Chow.

$10 for 1, $30 for a sampler pack at Olympic Provisions

Tacos are quite possibly the best food on Earth. It doesn’t matter what kind you prefer– beef, pork, chicken or fish– taqueria, home made, or fast food– tacos are always delicious. What’s not to love? Fresh vegetables? Delicious meats? Spicy salsas? Tangy cheese? Perfect.

This t-shirt will allow you to announce your love of tacos to everyone you encounter without having a wandering band of mariachis following you around. You could have them follow you, it just isn’t as necessary.

$14 @ Etsy from The Bold Banana

Celebrate the holidays this year with some delicious undead gingerbread men. These cookie cutters make standard size gingerbread men cookies and stamp a skeleton pattern on top. Zombie Santa will feel extra generous this year when he sees your offering. He might even leave extra brains under your tree this year.

$6.99 @ ThinkGeek

Mike’s Hot Honey has already made its round on the Internet’s blog circuit. Back then we were too busy sucking this stuff down to bother posting about it. Mike’s Hot Honey is a fantastic condiment that adds a surprising spicy sweetness to many savory dishes. It makes an awesome topping on pizza, ribs, chicken, vegetables, salad dressings, marinades, fish, shrimp, kabobs and lots of other foods. It isn’t so spicy that you’ll be agony, it’s just spicy enough to give your food an extra kick.

We have yet to try this in our hot tea, but I think it would send any cold running for the hills.

$8 on Etsy