Here it is! Resources that I love and I know you'll love too! From spices to chorizo - I've got you covered!
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Grocery
Spices and Seasonings
Meats, Poultry, Seafood
Butters
Vegetables
Vinegars
Grocery
So many fabulous resources!
Fun store, fun to use!
Weee! - The Largest Asian and Hispanic Grocery Store in North America
I've shopped here a lot. It's a subscription, but the products and savings are great!
Thrive Market | Healthy living made easy
Not perfect, but still good.
Misfits Market - Save up to 40% off your groceries
Great products - no subscription - zero carbon foot print
Hive Brands: Buy What You Believe In
I LOVE this website, and their products!
Traditional / Authentic Spanish Foods & Products - La Tienda
This one is fairly new for me. I think this is a good resource for the unusual.
Snuk Foods.com
Smen is a fermented butter that adds an umami quality to Moroccan cuisine. It is certainly possible to make your own, but I suggest you buy some first so you have something to compare your fermentation to.
Smen
Spices and Seasonings
I have what I like to call “an extremely active” spice drawer. It's well labeled and I open it all the time. I make my own spice blends, but am inspired by many of the sources here. I do buy some spices locally, but love ordering online too.
Spices make great gifts and The Spice House has great packages.
The Spice House: Online Spice Store, Exquisite Spices ...
La Boite is an inspiration! The quality is great and so is their information.
La Boite Spices and Biscuits
One of my favorite sources for Turmeric.
Diaspora Spice Co. – Diaspora Co.
Burlap and Barrel is my favorite source for Sumac. Great site!
Kerry Gold has always been my “special occasion” butter. Imagine my excitement when I found it at Costco!
Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter, Salted, 8 oz, 4 ct
This butter will ruin all other butters for you, but it's worth it!
Beurre de Baratte Doux - Unsalted Butter
This is my go-to butter for croissants and pastries of any kind.
Plugra Usalted Premium European Style Butter
Hope butters are sold locally in Minnesota. Expensive - yummy!
Old Fashioned Butter | Hope Creamery | Hope, MN
Vegetables
When the farmers market is closed.
The Chef's Garden at Home is a lot like a CSA, but all of the produce comes from Farmer Jones Farm. They have seasonal boxes and their quality is beautiful.
Home
This is the teaching entity of The Chef's Garden at Home.
Home | The Culinary Vegetable Institute | United States
Fun to have the box arrive. Remember, they aren't perfect, but the quality is usually good and it keeps the food in use.
Misfits Market - Save up to 40% off your groceries
Vinegars
The longer I cook, the more I love vinegar. My cabinet is overflowing.
Balsamic - Compagnia del Montale Anniversary Special Edition is a balsamic prepared in the traditions of an aged balsamic. Dense, sweet, delightful. Luscious and entrancing,
Compagnia del Montale Anniversary Special Balsamic Vinegar
Balsamic - Fig Vincotto is a versatile vinegar. This unique fruit vinegar enhances simple salads and adds depth to meat marinades. Vincotto Fig is crafted by the infusion of fig after the third year of vinegar aging.
Vincotto Vinegar, Fig Selection from Calogiuri, 250ml
Balsamic -"Gold Seal" New package design! Traditional Balsamic Vinegar hails from the region of Emilia Romagna, and two consortiums oversee vinegar production in the provinces of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Each consortium defines the standards, the lo...
Extravecchio Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena DOP Gold Seal Balsamic Vinegar
I love this vinegar - mother and all!
Apple Cider Vinegar - Bragg
White Wine - A must-have in my cabinet!
White Wine Vinegar From Champagne
Red Wine - Beautifully balanced
Cabernet Sauvignon Vinegar
This is a classic vinegar that is as good as the wine it's made from.
French Banyuls Wine Vinegar - Aged 5 Years
I found this company a while ago. Beautiful wine vinegars!
Small Batch Barrel-Aged Wine Vinegar
I bought a bottle of OMed's Cabernet vinegar. It is unbelievably delicious! It's a Spanish company. I have ordered more and am trying the Cava and the Yuzu next. I also love the bottles!
Vinegar - OMed Vinegar
Olive Oils
Spanish: Tend to be fruity and grassy
This oil is at the top of my list. It's lite with a bitterness that dissipates quickly.
Shop Olivar de la Luna Olive Oil Online | La Tienda
A special treat of an olive oil. One of my favorite fruity finishing olive oils.
Shop Mas Tarres EVOO PDO Siurana Online | La Tienda
Buttery and delicious! Wonderful on fish.
Shop Marques de Valdueza cold pressed EVOO Online | LaTienda
They call the flavor “hay”, I call it grass. This rare and exclusive olive oil is so delicious on vegetables!
Shop Belvis de Las Navas EVOO Online | La Tienda
I love the quality of these Spanish olive oils. They are beautiful!
Omedoil
This “Soave” olive oil is light and delicate. It's perfect as a finishing oil over fish.
Fruity and light extra-virgin olive oil – Soave | Albori
My new favorite olive oil duo. They are Spanish and absolutely divine!
“Drizzle” & “Sizzle”
Whole Grain Flours
Quality flour is the key to quality baked goods.
Anson mills mills heirloom grains, legumes, and oil seeds. They are known as the best in the biz.
Anson Mills - Artisan Mill Goods from Organic Heirloom Grains
Maine Grains is fairly new to the market, but has gained a lot of momentum with local and national bakers.
Home - Maine Grains
Hayden Mills is known for it's quality and heritage grain flours. The rose is synonymous with quality.
Shop All — Hayden Flour Mills
Grist and Toll is a small batch, urban mill in LA. Their quality is unsurpassed and all of the flour is stone-ground.
Products – gristandtoll
Wades Mill flours are old school. Stone ground, family owned, non-gmo, great quality!
Products Archive - Wades Mill
I love this company and their quality. Their catalog always gives me great ideas.
King Arthur bread flour
Pizza and Pasta Flours
The quality of the pasta is directly related to the quality of the ingredients. These flours are some of my favorites.
Beautiful flour in beautiful packaging. Price-wise, it's in line with other 00 flours.
Pizza Flour
This flour is produced very close to Bergamo (where my family is in northern Italy).
Fresh pasta
Caputo has always been the gold standard. The flours are fairly easy to find in the states and produce delicious pasta, pizza, and pastries.
