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Parmigiano-Reggiano
Pruneax d'Agen
soup stocks
treats
spring into summer
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sweet treat
healthy sugar!
minty balls
minty candy
sweet cherries
first of the sweet
red lentils
they hold their shape!
pyramid of chocolate
One fantabulous gift! The gorgeous Pyramide des Tropiques is the pièce de résistance of the François Pralus chocolate bar collection. The Pyramide contains ten 50-gram bars, each hand-wrapped in a different color. Each bar is created with cocoa beans that originate in different plantations across the worldwide cocoa zone, and each has a cocoa content of 75%.
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Parmigiano-Reggiano
Spring cheese
Hard to believe, but summer and its warmer temperatures are here now. And that means, before warm turns to hot, that it is time to offer Spring Parmigiano-Reggiano while the weather is still tepid enough to ship.
We have a very small amount reserved for this pre-ordering window. We plan to ship in just three short weeks.
Parmigiano-Reggiano can keep for a very long time in your refrigerator. Of course, it's quite a treat the moment it arrives; the smooth feel along with the salt crystallizations. Yet, it also retains the unique characteristics and flavors over time. Remember it's a naturally aged cheese, so more aging is not inherently a bad thing.
You can never have enough Parmigiano-Reggiano on hand in your cold-pantry. Think about shaving it onto a plate of hot pasta or as the Farmers Markets get "green" with spring crops, you can crumble spring Parmigiano-Reggiano on top.
Or, late at night, if you feel inclined, it can make a spectacularly decadent toasted cheese bread!
About the Spring Parmigiano-Reggiano:
One way in which Parmigiano-Reggiano differs are the seasons during which they were started. This is a spring cheese, meaning that it was begun during the spring months. Parmigiano-Reggiano is also made at other times of year, and each of them have their merits.
Spring cheeses are often the most pungent and herbaceous due to the concentration of fresh, spring grasses and young wild herbs and garlic where the cows forage. As compared to, say, milk collected in the winter when the cows are fed a higher concentration of dry hay.
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Natural Candy
Fabulous French Pruneaux d'Agen
Puneaux d'Alene, pitted Agen prunes are absolutely wonderful. Known for their amazing health properties of positive fibers, prunes have the stigma of "regular" help and thus are avoided because of it. Prunes not only help with "flow", they also are antioxidant rich, and the fiber can help with one's blood sugar level, which has the pyramid effect of helping with cholesterol, controlling weight gain, and iron absorption.
Although these are great reasons to eat prunes, when it comes to Puneaux d'Agen, the best reason is they are better than candy!
With their micro-thin skins, they are absolutely melt-in-your-mouth delicious, and just as good for snacking as they are for either sweet or savory dishes; Braised Pork with Port and Prunes, or rich North African-style tagines, incorporating warm spices like cinnamon or allspice with prunes and meat, often lamb.
What's so special about these prunes?!
These prunes come from plums that are a hybrid of a local fruit and the exotic Damask plum, first brought to France from Syria in the 12th century. The plums are shaken from the trees, dried first in the sun, and then finished in a barely warm oven. The result is a large, plump prune with a deep, spicy aroma and rich, lovely flavor - a summer harvest that's ready to enjoy all winter long!
California is the source for most of the prunes in this country, but France is the home of the most splendid prune of all, the celebrated Pruneaux d'Agen. Special plum trees in the heart of orchard country in the Lot-et-Garonne region of southwestern France are cultivated exclusively for prune-making.
shop now for fabulous natural candy!
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Heilala Vanilla
double x means use half the amount
No chemicals or nasty synthetic imitations here. Only the best organic vanilla beans are used before Heilala's cold extraction and unique aging process takes place, resulting in a true vanilla aroma and the purest taste imaginable.
This versatile extract is perfect for all your baking needs, or whenever a recipe calls for vanilla extract or essence. Harvested this year, this vanilla extract tastes like vanilla and smells more like a bean than alcohol. 2x means it has twice the "vanilla" flavor than a 1X like most other vanillas. NO sugar is added to 2X and Heilala is wheat and dairy free. Many vanillas have traces of wheat because of the type of alcohol used.
Double fold extract has 37% alcohol.
Using a whey alcohol, this ethanol has no allergens, is free from dairy and wheat, and has a less offensive alcohol odor.
Shop now for fabulous real vanilla!
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citrus blossom honey
Spanish Oil
The 100% Picual extra-virgin olive oil. Picual is a Spanish variety representing about 90% of the olive trees planted in the Jaen region of Andalucia, Spain, the largest olive growing area in the world. Vibrant and rich in color, the almost phosphoresence neon yellow color of this oil is amazing! Its color alone makes all other oil dull yellow in comparison. The flavor is wonderfully olive - eee, with a charateristic brightness, strong pepper and slight bitter component.
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Cooking in the French Countryside - How to Sharpen your Steel Video
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Cooking Classes with Chef Lesa - Cooking in the French Countryside Class - July 11th
Some of France's most famous food has its roots in rustic, regional fare. In this class you'll learn how to make dishes that are typical of this French "country" style: unfussy and soul-satisfying. We'll prepare a Pissaladiere Nicoise (onion tart with anchovies and olives); Daube Provencale (rich beef stew with tomatoes and orange essence); Ratatouille (sautéed onion, eggplant, tomato and red pepper); Salad Greens with Mustard Vinaigrette and Tarte Tatin with Crème Fraiche (open-faced apple tart with tangy cream sauce).
How to Use a Sharpening Steel on your Knives -- video tutorial
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