There are a handful of subscription services that send Japanese snacks. If your sweet prefers savory, Bokksu is a great option. But for cakes, sweets, candy and other sugary eats, Sakuraco is the better pick. While you'll still find salty snacks in the mix, this subscription leans more heavily on desserts and tea snacks including moist Japanese cakes, chocolates, wagashi confections, hard candies and gummies. 

A one-time send is about $37. Subscribe for a full year and the monthly price drops to $33.

This is an excellent cheese subscription service with a name that probably could have used some workshopping. Membership to the Curdbox club nets you a monthly package of three different cheeses and three specially curated goodies to pair with them. The cheeses they choose are in the crowd-pleasing zone and not overly intense, so this makes an excellent gift for even a novice cheese taster.

My first Curdbox delivery included 4 ounces each of an incredible Paraire Breeze cheddar, a creamy cow's milk Toma by Point Reyes and a slightly crumbled cow and goat milk cheese from Central Coast Creamery. Plus, a jar of cherry spread, positively addicting sweet potato chips and a bag of crunchy craft popcorn. All this for $50 a delivery (or $48 if you prepay for three months) is a solid price considering everything you get.

Chocolate gets knocked around for being cliche this time of year. If you're going the cocoa route, you'd better make it special and few subscriptions are better suited for a dark chocolate lover than Bar & Cocoa's monthly club. Each shipment will contain four bars of unique craft chocolate from some of the top producers in the chocolate-making world (see a full list of producers here). Three months of fine chocolate subscription packages will run you $135 and six months is $259.

Note, that four full bars is a lot of chocolate. If you're not sure there's an appetite for that much, you can order one-time gift boxes or even single bars.

As a person who cooks a lot but doesn't have a market nearby with particularly good spice sections, I can say I would love this gift. If your valentine has an affinity for cooking with bold and interesting spices, this is a no-brainer. 

Raw Spice Bar will send 2 ounces of a spice or spice blend such as Indian garam masala or Japanese furikake. Plus, she'll get chef-tested recipes to make with each one all for $12 a month if you sign up for a year. The best part is your spices come freshly ground -- unlike most everything you get at the supermarket -- and believe me, they'll be able to tell the difference. 

The Japanese have snacking down to an art form. Bokksu knows this better than anyone, which is why it took the top spot in a ranking of best snack boxes I wrote earlier in the year. Bokksu collects some of the best snacks from Japan and compiles them in a one-time or recurring monthly curated tasting box.

I've both given and received a Bokksu and it is always a hit. The best part about these high-end snack packs is that if you're not familiar with them, almost none of the Japanese treats remind you much of the snacks more common in the US.

Inside the unmistakable bright orange boxes, you'll find eats like seaweed tempura, green tea and lemon cakes along with Japanese candy such as yuzu gummies and matcha-strawberry Kit-Kats. What's more, Bokksu includes some slick literature explaining a bit about each treat, including historical and cultural significance, and where it applies. Bokksu boxes start at $40 per month for subscriptions for a year of deliveries. It's $50 for a single send.

If it's too late to plan a cross-country road trip to try the best eats in the land, Goldbelly has a backup plan and you'll spend way less on gas. The Best of Goldbelly three-month subscription includes curated monthly boxes featuring truly legendary food like southern barbecue, pies and baked goods from iconic purveyors around the country including Magnolia Bakery and Russ & Daughters. 

Each delivery is different and can't be modified, but that's the fun of it. Goldbelly does a great job of making sure everything is packaged safely and securely and provides precise heating or thawing instructions. Three months of the Best of Goldbelly is $249.

If your Valentine is a regular over the grill grates or cast-iron skillet, a box of high-end meats is never a bad call and your gifting options abound in 2024. We've tried ButcherBox on several occasions and it stands out as the best service for gifting a meat box or subscription for the grilling gal in your life. 

Other online butchers specialize in niche beef such as KC Cattle Co's stock of 100% American wagyu. Another newcomer, Porter Road, has some interesting cuts and holiday bundles, while old standby Rastelli's will let you curate a box of meat and seafood to send. See our favorite online butchers to find a little something meaty to gift to your favorite carnivore.

Flowers also aren't food, per se, but they're so entangled with Valentine's Day gifting we thought it best to include an option we've personally tested. Flower subscription services are becoming increasingly popular, ensuring delivery of beautiful blooms month after month, and that's exactly what BloomsyBox specializes in.

We tried BloomsyBox recently and appreciated the high-quality flowers that arrived fresh and held up for nearly a week. BloomsyBox subscriptions start at $60 a month, but you can spring for the deluxe and premium bouquets as well. The more expensive plans have more flowers per delivery. The selected flowers will vary each month and often include favorites like roses, orchids and sunflowers. 

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Everything I've ever ordered from Fulton Fish Market online has been fresh, and when you're talking seafood that's about as important as it gets. For someone without a good fish market in their neighborhood, some quality fish by mail from this trusted fishmonger based in New York City is a total treat. 

You gift your person a seafood subscription and Fulton will send curated boxes of fish starting at $85 per month. There's a minimum order of three months for gift subscriptions so you'll be in for about $255.