Food Products
If you spend time in the kitchen then you know that what you make is often a representation of the raw materials you have to work with. Over the years we have discovered and come back to some great products that we use as raw materials. Below are some of our favorites. If you like them, please click on our link to the product and purchase them from Amazon.com.
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Sarabeth's Plum Cherry Preserves
When Sonia and I lived in New York, we stopped into Sarabeth's restaurant for breakfast one day and kept going back — a big reason was their Plum Cherry preserves.
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Mama Lil's Peppers
A Northwest artisan food maker with the best hot peppers, relishes, and condiments — toss the spicy peppers with a little oil and arugula and put it on a burger. Trust us, you'll love it.
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Cock-n-Bull Ginger Beer
To find the optimal mixer for our Kentucky Mule, we tried more than a dozen ginger beers — without a doubt, Cock-n-Bull is the winner.
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Trader Joe's Dried Pitted Tart Montmorency Cherries
Our favorite dried cherries, which we use every time we make biscotti or granola.
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St. Jude Mediterranean Organic Tuna
Our favorite tuna for the tuna pasta recipe. Follow our link to Amazon.com to buy a 6-pack.
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If You Care FSC-Certified Unbleached Baking Cups
Really great baking cups that are easy to use. We use them for our muffins.
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Bionaturæ Strained Tomatoes
Great tomatoes we use for all sorts of things, from tomato butter sauce to tuna pasta — and the ingredient list is about as simple and organic as it gets: organic strained tomatoes.
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Luxardo Maraschino Cherries
The quintessential cocktail cherry.
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Trader Joe's Smoked Trout
One of our favorite snack board recipes is the Smoked Trout Dip, and we always use this Trader Joe's product.
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Pure Vanilla Extract
Nielsen-Massey
We buy the 32oz size and pour it into a smaller bottle for everyday use.
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Organic All Purpose Flour
Cairnspring Mills
A nutty, buttery all purpose flour with a beautiful golden color. Use this whenever your recipe calls for All Purpose.
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Organic Pumpkin Seeds - Pepitas
Terrasoul Superfoods
Unsalted and 100% organic, our shine skin Pumpkin Seeds are abundant in zinc and magnesium and can be used in any recipe - sweet or savory.
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