In this ever increasing mechanized world of food, it is our mission to find and bring you a little closer to the artisans who dedicate their lives to preserving food traditions. We at ChefShop are committed to finding epicurean foods, made in small batches from around the world. Click here to see all our food "aisles".
Sometimes you just want a strawberry jam!
Peanut butter and jelly. Most of us grew up with it. The go to sandwich made with Wonder bread for much of our grade school life until we hit puberty and high school where cool was not a peanut butter and jelly anything.
Today we skip the bread and the combination of peanut butter and jelly, split them apart, otherwise known in hip terms as “deconstruction” and a term that is no longer cool either...
This Strawberry Jam is like what you remember and want it to be. It is worth always having on hand for the daytime and for the late night saltines, peanut butter and Fraise jam. Just like what I used to do in high school.
One of the All-Time Greats *****
"This is a wonderful jam, and I consider myself to be a "jam guy". My daughters claim I obsess on jams, and they may be right. La Trinquelinette's Strawberry Jam is sublime. Great texture. The flavor is alive. Just the right sweetness. This one I would buy by the case!"
-- john
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Time to spice it up!
Refresh your Essential Pantry with fresh Spices!
Spices like cumin, coriander, black mustard seeds, turmeric, cinnamon, do more than change the taste, they each have different and wonderful healthy characteristics that can boost your immunity, clarify your digestion, clear your thoughts and so much more. Add spice to your life!
Find the spices of your life!
The Easy Basic Kitchari
Recipe
This recipe is from our friend, John, who says he is not much of a cook and yet he seems to make food and bakes a killer sourdough bread.
This is, he told me, a dish you have all the time at meals when he visits his friends in India. His "recipe" is a list of ingredients with an emphasis make sure you have enough water to cook the moong dal and basmati rice.
While you cook the rice, chop your veggies and add them about half way thru the cooking of the "grains".
Zucchini, asparagus, carrots are nice to add. Brussel sprouts, yellow squash and sweet potato works too.
Then, while it is all cooking together happily heat some ghee in a pan and add the spices. Cumin, Turmeric and black mustard seeds are a good place to start. Coriander, salt, Cloves and ginger.
Check out the Recipe Here!
Baking
All the things you might want for baking
High-quality and hard-to-find specialty baking ingredients are all here for you to discover.
We don't have everything -- but we try!
Looking for something we don't have in our online baking ingredients store? Give us a call and let us know and we will seek it out for you.
Check out the selection of baking goods!
Kishibori Shoyu
1 of only 14 artisan brewers of Japanese soy sauce
A Gem
"This is the real soy sauce, rich tasting and aromatic. The saltiness does not overwhelm, the way commercial soy sauce does. When you try this product, it's hard to go back to all the artificial-tasting ones."
-- mary
very good
"never going back to regular soy sauce. just delicious. rich."
-- alice
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"Your newsletter is very dangerous, because it makes me want to try everything" - Dee
Cold Mountain Dry Rice Koji the secret ingredient!
Cooking with Koji
"I am so lucky to be able to be taught how to use it on steak. First it was marinated on steak for 2 days, washed off, in this case they used a tenderizer as it was not an expensive steak, so marinate, rinse, add pepper, salt and garlic and WOW, great steak that taste way above its price! This is the best part of chefshop, you get introduced to the coolest new things we can use for exciting cooking."
-- louise
Smooth Order
"My order arrived in a timely manner. Shipping was fast. No issues with the packaging. I look forward to fermenting the rice and cooking with it in the coming weeks. Helpful instructions are included in the packaging."
-- matt
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Wild-Caught Canned Tuna From the Northwest
I want to tell you a wonderful fish story....click the link below to read the story ...
Best Canned Tuna Ever *****
"I’ve tried many canned tunas, and this one is the best. It has a fresh mild flavor, with a firm flakey texture. Most canned tunas are more water than fish; a very fishy waterlogged mess in a can. This problem simply did not exist. With most canned tunas I’ve had, the only way to enjoy them is drain and squeeze out all of the water and turn it into a tuna salad. Lummi Island tuna was so good, I could enjoy it straight from the can. Lummi Island Tuna is delicious and I highly recommend it."
-- leah
Shop now for Lummi Island Wild Albacore Tuna!
Cocoa Powder 22% to 24% cocoa butter!
Wow! *****
"Was using various permutations of King Arthur Cocoas. Just tried this in my usually very good cocoa brownies. I could smell and taste the difference immediately. Revelation! Will never use another cocoa. This is THE BEST!"
-- joan Check it out here.
"Whomever writes the newsletter is wicked - too many temptations!" - Mary
Give the gift of food
Share your favorite foods with your peoples. You know they love to cook but haven't a clue what's in their pantry? Let them decide!
Share your love and give the love of food!
"For the breadth and quality of its offerings, nothing equals ChefShop.com. In addition to well-chosen examples of an Italian kitchen's staples... there are excellent products from other parts of the world and, in season, fresh salmon from the Northwest, plus an item that has all but disappeared from neighborhood markets, genuinely tree-ripened, sugary fruits."
- Marcella & Victor Hazan
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