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Bona Furtuna Organic Tomatoes Marinara Sauce and with Oregano Flowers These two Marinara's are made from an indigenous heirloom ancient variety of tomato called Corleonese, a variety grown for over 350 years in the Palermo Province area of Sicily. These hand picked tomatoes are a round tomato with multiple ribs. Bona Furtuna is the only commercial producer of this tomato in the world and it is pretty gosh darn tasty! This native plant naturally grows in the long, hot summer months in Sicily, giving the tomato a wonderful, fresh flavor and perfect acidity. It is this tang of flavor that makes these tomatoes special and different than all others. 
Original Marinara
When you open the original marinara, to the nose it smells like a crushed tomato. To the mouth, the first thing you notice is how smooth it is. It’s smooth with just a little bit of tickle and then it disappears in a wonderful fade of flavor. On the first bite a memory comes back, it tastes like a V-8 juice, just way, way better. It’s delicious! On subsequent spoonfuls the taste is very delicious, like a liquid tomato. With just 2 ingredients, tomato and Trapani sea salt, it is pure. The best thing about the taste is that it finishes sweetly, tomatoey and super clean. So many tomato products end with some unknown flavor of bitter, sharp, tang, and never in a good way. I never imagined I would say a tomato sauce would taste this good! It’s good enough to eat with a spoon Shop now for Bona Furtuna Organic Tomato Marinara Sauce! 
Oregano Flowers Marinara
To the nose, it absolutely wafts sweet oregano. You smell oregano at the front with a delicious background of tomato. To the taste, there is a base layer of tomato across the tongue into the back and the oregano flowers are up high on the upper sides of the cheeks above the teeth and at the back of the throat. Together they make a wonderful, harmonious flavor. At the forefront of the taste it is wonderfully oregano. With a vehicle of tomato. Think pasta, of course, but also a base for a flatbread quickie. Tortillas with a swirl of sauce, cheese sprinkled and bell peppers in the toaster oven. Shop now for Bona Furtuna Organic Marinara Sauce with Oregano Flowers! |
Three Cans from Italy with the berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum. At some point in time I started making a classic red sauce for pasta. It was cheap to make, easy, and could include lots and lots of pasta to make a filling meal for the day. That was college and now is now. In between then and now came a little income affording additional ingredients. In an effort to get more calories into the tykes and to expand their flavor taste buds, the sauce went from a topping for pasta to an almost stand alone dish. Start with diced onions in a good dutch oven and tiny bit of olive oil. Cook until transparent, then transfer to a bowl. Cook about a pound of hamburger that has been salted and peppered and separated with a potato masher, until well cooked with some crispy bits, if you can. Then add the onion back in, toss and keep cooking. While cooking the meat and onions, mince or smash a whole head of garlic, dice 2 to 3 bell peppers (of varying colors), and slice 10 mushrooms. Add the garlic and peppers to the sauce and toss to intertwine. Add 2 cans of tomatoes and stir. Find the ones you like, it really makes a difference. Use water to get the remaining tomato off the walls of the cans and add to the pot. Add the mushrooms. Add a spoonful of sugar and or maple syrup (please use the real stuff). Lower to an aggressive medium bubble for 15 minutes and then simmer covered for at least 30 minutes; the longer you cook it, the better to reduce the liquid and to concentrate the flavors. Works fabulously on pasta, rice and as a standalone in a bowl in the middle of the night! Omit the hamburger if you must and the mushrooms if you so desire. Shop now for Rega Rega DOP San Marzano tomatoes! Shop now for Solea Whole Peeled Tomatoes! Shop now for Posardi Sardinian Whole Tomatoes! |
Three Bean Chili Easy Recipe We got beans! So, we made baked beans last week and tonight we made chili. Well, at least our version of chili. Going to the store is not really something we are doing right now. (And we have a really big pantry (the shop) for most everything). So we took a sweet onion, a head of garlic, 3 sweet bell peppers, Muscovado Sugar, Mehdi's Harissa, cinnamon, cumin, cilantro, ground turmeric and a pound of mixed beans. The beauty of chili, or at least this chili, is that precise measurement is not critical. It is a more or less measurement depending on what you like and don't like when it comes to the spices. Like it hot? Add more of the Harissa (though the Harissa is more flavor than heat, add pepper flakes for true heat), the cinnamon doesn't make it taste like cinnamon, the cinnamon instead brings out all the flavors. Add cocoa powder to get an enriched feel. Check out the Three Bean Chili Recipe! |
Take your mouth to Morocco The finest ingredients from around the world, freshly ground and combined makes one of the freshest products we carry. It has the feeling of smooth heat and all the attention to detail that makes this Moroccan condiment a treat! The Villa Jerada Harissa represents the story of Mehdi returning back to his Moroccan roots. Harissa remains a staple Moroccan condiment, much like Ketchup, Tabasco or Siracha is in many American homes. Though some key ingredients remain essential to every Moroccan Harissa recipe, variances do exist, setting one apart from another. How is Villa Jerada’s harissa recipe any different from what’s in the market today? Well first, though this sauce remains prevalent in Morocco, its influence on this recipe goes beyond the geography of Mehdi's native country and past the vibrant street culture that comprised his upbringing, to the center of where his love for food began. Shop now for Mehdi's family recipe for Harissa! |
Beans on Toast English breakfast Things (that are easy) to eat for lunch and dinner. A great way to travel as you watch Theatre of Life on Netflix. Look, I know Louise, you don’t like beans, but they really are a good thing to have. Travel across the pond for Beans on Toast. From a can of any beans, (dress it up to make it your own by adding a diced onion, minced garlic, maple syrup or muscovado sugar – any sweetener of your choice really). Add Col Pabst Malt Amber-Lager Worcestershire sauce, Katz Apple Cider Vinegar, tomato sauce. No need to measure, you will know if you need more or added too much. Heat in a pan, stir it all for a short bunch of time and then place a couple of spoonfuls on toast. Dress it up with something pretty like a Peep. Shop now for Butter Beans Canned! |
Sip a bit of Chai Bring some spice and stuff into your life tonight As diverse as the colors of India are, so are the flavors of Indian chai. Jaipur Avenue has formulated their chai tea mixes in six delectable flavors, with tones ranging from spicy to floral – each with a unique flavor profile that can be enjoyed on its own or paired with savories and desserts. According to Ayurveda—the ancient Indian system of natural healing—the various aromatic spices we use in our chai are also rich in antioxidants and offer a range of health benefits. Pick the one that's right for you. Chai tea has recently become very popular - with every coffee shop and Starbucks offering what they can find or make themselves. But, it's nearly impossible to find that authentic Indian chai flavor outside of India. Most of the chai available today are either super sweet (like, make your teeth ache sweet!), too spicy (like, who likes all that clove in their chai?), or not enough umph to have any flavor at all above the steamed milk (where is the spice?!). While ideally we would all brew fresh chai from scratch, it is not an easy task to accomplish away from home or at the office. The idea for Jaipur Avenue was born to fix this chai "problem" once and for all - with an all-natural real milk, instant chai that tastes just as good as the freshly brewed homemade kind...Really! If you are searching for the perfect instant chai mix, you have now found it. But be careful, Jaipur Avenue Chai is VERY addictive. Luckily, you can take it everywhere you go...and you will! Shop now for Jaipur Avenue Masala Chai! |
Pasta Tuna Capers recipe So incredibly simple and easy to make. Boil water, cook the pasta, heat the oil and rinse the capers, add the pasta to the pan and crumble the tuna on top. Eat right out of the pan on a hot pad. Perfect when it's just you and a good book. Or a table of two. Click here to see Pasta Tuna Capers Recipe! |
Spaghetti Organic Pasta from Sicily Spaghetti is a wonderful shape. This one really shows its heritage as it is not perfectly straight, it's wavy in fact, from the natural air drying. It is also a shape we always test. You can learn a lot about a pasta when it is spaghetti. And this pasta is good! Shop now for Bona Fortuna Organic Spaghetti Pasta! |
Desert Miracle Moroccan Olive Oil Wonderful lightness, filling the mouth with the feel of the Arbequina olive. Desert Miracle olive oil is a sweet oil, with a light, almost hidden burn in the back of the throat. Its character of Spain is present with a bit of fruitiness. From the pressing of the best Arbequina and Dahbia olives, we get this golden olive oil verging to green, with a well-balanced taste and complex profile. Harvested at the end of September-beginning of October, just when the olives are changing colors from green to black and are still rosy. The fruitiness of ripe olives is clearly identifiable in the nose and mouth with a great diversity of secondary aromas, above all apple and banana. Desert Miracle olive oil also has hints of other ripe fruit such as almonds, tomato, fennel and artichoke. On the palette it reminds of almonds, its sweetness stands out a little, as well as its astringency that does not interfere with its profile. The result is a very well balanced and harmonious organic olive oil with a clear touch of sweetness—a characteristic of the variety. Shop now for Desert Miracle Olive Oil! |
There are still a few cakes left! Colomba - The Spring Panettone This cake always puts a smile on your face. From the moment you open it, the soft gentle cake and smell is wonderful! A couple of bites is full of satisfaction! Later on, make French Toast for dinner! Remember you don't need to dry the slices before and only leave in the egg for just a moment. Otherwise, you will end up with a Colomba Cake Omelette! The cake is open celled and drinks like a fish. Nice for a treat! Shop now for Colomba Spring Panettone Cakes! |
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Keep the Faith. Inbound and outbound shipments are having random delays, so please be patient. Some of the producers are unable to produce or ship so be prepared that we may be out-of-stock for some items. We will continue to ship as fast as possible. With the expanded precautions that we are taking everything is taking a little bit longer. | |
Back-in-Stock! Cocoa Powder! Cocoa powder is back! We are shipping and filling all new orders ASAP. Think about all the things you can make! Cookies, cakes, brownies and oatmeal. Add it to chili or pork chops. Dust your next s'mores or pancakes! "I freely admit that I'm hooked. The ChefShop cocoa powder will do that to you. With just a hint of vanilla, and a dark color and intense flavor, a day is no longer complete without a nightcap of strong cocoa made with this product." -- tony Shop now for ChefShop Cocoa Powder! 
Cooking Classes for 2020
We have moved all our classes to a later date yet to be determined. If you have a class seat we have most likely contacted you and all is good. Rest assured, we will honor your seat whenever you decide you want to come in and take a class. We will keep you informed about our upcoming classes. Wash your hands and cook great food! ChefShop Cooking Class
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| This Week's Recipes |
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Orange Brownies with Pistachios, Cranberries and Candied Ginger Recipe Time for brownies.... Tonno e Fagioli (Tuna & Beans) Recipe Fast, easy and traditional -- a perfect quick fix. Hardy and healthy, and perfect for a binge of TV. Best to use European tuna as it is moister and packed in olive oil. Carrot Soup Recipe Simple, easy, carrots and stock + time. Dress it up with a drizzle of an interesting oil like pumpkin seed or French walnut. |
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