Chai is Tea, Toasted Corn, Mint Balls, Yuzu and more at chefshop.com/enews EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER 5% OFF CODE chai  Recipes | Chef's Pantries | Shop for Food & Ingredients | Food Blog Chai is back! Back-in-Stock!! The Meaning of Chai The word Chai means “life”, alive, living, and as far back as medieval Spain, the symbol (of life) was worn as an amulet. In France, Chai (pronounced shay) means a wine “shed” or place to store wine above ground. In India, Chai, \chi\ derived from Chá (Chinese and others), means tea. And in Indian cooking, the word Masala means spice mixture made into a paste or powder, such as chicken masala. Thus Masala Chai is a spiced dark tea. Jaipur Avenue Masala Chai is more than the blending of the ingredients; it is not just a random mix. In fact, it is about finding perfect harmony to create the smooth balance that makes this a very special, calming, blissful chai. The creation of Jaipur Avenue Chai started with an expat from Mumbai, India who was an accomplished textile designer for Oscar de La Renta in NYC, and missed the Chai from “home”. Now a Seattle resident, Jillu found it harder and harder to find the time to make Chai. When she found out that her husband’s high school friend had created an all-natural, instant, just-as-good as the freshly brewed homemade chai, she quit her job at Nordstrom and started Jaipur Avenue. This year in our shop during the holidays we shared and sampled all of her flavors and with total eye-closing rave reviews! The aromatic spices chosen are not random and according to Ayurveda, the 5,000 year old system of natural healing; the spices chosen have purpose and are rich in antioxidants with health benefits. Like all foods, the origins are as important as the taste themselves! tasty, easy, single serve and stay-at-home friendly "This chai is a very tasty and has a nice mouth feel. It is very close to homemade, but with the ease of just adding water and the ability to make just one cup at a time. We were drinking it pretty regularly already, but it's perfect for stay-at-home orders. Just add water, no need to have fresh milk on hand." -- anna Shop now for Jaipur Avenue Chai! 1) Original Masala Chai Still Jillu's favorite, the original. With classic milk, tea and spices, this is "the" taste that you are most likely to find on the streets of Mambai. Soothingly, smoothingly, the feel and the nose is awarded with textures that are like silk. Shop now for Original Masala Chai! 2) Ginger Chai Ginger is one of my favorite Jaipur Chai flavors. Warming -- but with a little ginger kick. It awakens you with a zesty zing. Perfect. Ginger stimulates blood circulation, aids digestion, relieves cold symptoms, and lowers risk of colon cancer. Shop now for Ginger Chai! 3) Saffron Chai Saffron has an aroma and flavor all its own. Made with natural saffron, the sensual and unique aroma cannot be faked. If you love saffron, you will love this chai. Saffron can act as antidepressant, antioxidant, relieves stress, aids digestion, and protects body against infections. Shop now for Saffron Chai! 4) Cardamom Chai Cardamom is the perfect, warm spice - and so popular in Indian culture. The woodsy, green overtones and aromas might just hit the spot. Cardamom is beneficial to the kidneys, lungs and heart, is anti-inflammatory, aids digestion and stimulates metabolism. Shop now for Cardamom Chai! 5) Vanilla Chai Vanilla is perfect when you're not sure which one to choose. A celebration of vanilla creamy smooth flavors. Vanilla is relaxing, anti-anxiety, anti-depressant, anti-oxidant, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-inflammatory. Shop now for Vanilla Chai! 6) Lemongrass Chai Lemongrass has a delicate, citrusy aroma and warm, peppery flavor. Lemongrass aids digestion, improves blood circulation, and relieves symptoms of cough and cold. Shop now for Lemongrass Chai! Basic Chai Tea! A place to start Recipe This homemade chai tea recipe makes a cup plus. This is just a starting point. Add star anise to protect from influenza and black pepper for digestion and mind clarity. Click here to see a Basic Chai Recipe! For Chai - Whole Cardamom Pods! For Chai - Organic Whole Cloves! For Chai - Organic Ceylon Cinnamon Bark! For Chai - Ground Organic Ginger! The Premium English Mint "keep you all aglow" Just three ingredients combine to make the most delicious mint candy. Masterfully blending golden brown cane sugar, cream of tartar, and oil of peppermint, creates a treat that keeps you on the happy side. Perhaps the very best on the planet, it's not just a "mint", not just a "candy"; we consider Uncle Joe's Mint Balls a food. Established in 1898, the award winning Wm. Santus & Co. LTD. is run by a fourth generation confectioner who still guards the secret recipe that makes this sweet the sweetest! Back-in-stock! You can't have enough in your pantry (or your glovebox). You just never know when you will need a refreshing pick-me-up! Uncle Joe's Mint Balls now in a bag! Shop now for Uncle Joe's Mint Balls Toasted Corn Corn Nuts - but better! It's Awesome Toasted Corn! Having consumed our fair share of “bagged” “corn nuts” of the overly giant sized kernels, we were intrigued. You know the old saying ,“bigger is better”, is more fun to say than it is in practice! When it comes to taste, flavor and crunch, these little, normal sized corn kernels are da bomb! Crunchy thru and thru, each one crunches just right. Eat one at a time and you will get 11 crunches (of biting) before you are done. Depending on your crunch speed about 6 seconds of time! With three flavors, Toasted Corn, Spicy Toasted Corn, and Salt and Pepper Toasted Corn, there is something corny here for everyone (see below)! Starting with non-GMO corn kernels, the just plain “Toasted” version is my favorite. A little oil and salt and it is perfect in every possible way! I thought bigger kernels were better but not anymore. It’s hard to exclaim exactly why we love these so much, but they are the perfect munch food. For desk or a long car ride, they are the just right grab and bite snack treat. Toasted corn is exactly that, corn kernel un-popped, un-boiled, but toasted and most often oiled and salted. CornNuts (Kraft Foods), Cornick (Phillipines), Diana (El Salvador), Cancha (Peru, Equador) are all variations of a Corn Kernel that is “toasted”. The base variation is seasoned with oil and salt. Garlic, chili cheese, adobo, BBQ, ranch, etc. are some of the many flavor variations available today. The Toasted Corn was first introduced here in the US by Albert Holloway in Oakland, California in 1936. Originally sold as a free Tavern snack food (in 1900 there was an estimated 265,000 legal and illegal Taverns) it later became the CornNuts with a hybrid of the Cuzco corn from Cusco, Peru being grown in California. In 1998, Nabisco purchased the business. Shop now for Toasted Corn! Organic Beans Teggia Variety A French shelling variety, these dried Teggia beans have a delicate flavor and creamy texture. Plenty of nutrition and protein packed into a perfect side dish for any meal or in a wonderfully hearty soup. These may be the most delicately flavored legumes you have ever enjoyed. Shop now for Organic Teggia Beans! Easy Baked Bean Recipe Cook all day on the Stovetop! Imagine filling your home with the smells of cooking beans all day long. And as dinnertime approaches the smells intensify! It is pretty wonderful! Making beans in the oven or on the stovetop is so incredibly easy! Making this recipe is literally putting the ingredients into a pot and putting it on the stove top. Get creative and dice the onion if you want to get fancy. This recipe says bake it, though recently I have been making baked beans on the stovetop. Mostly because our oven is broken and I have been to busy (lazy) to take it apart and fix it. And, because my garlic supply has run out (anxiously awaiting the new crop of hardneck), I have been using our Organic Garlic Powder as it is a touch easier and more than does the job. As an option for bacon, I like using sausages from different places. Polish, Chorizo, Bratwurst, Chinese (which I like a lot because they have a ton of oil) or a locally made hot dog works, too. If you're like me you won't be able to keep from stirring it every time you're in the kitchen! And if you forget something, like the mustard or the real maple syrup, you can add it anytime in the day. Really you can put the beans in the pot in the morning and go shopping for the rest of the ingredients. With a pot'o'beans there is no such thing as too long! This versatile food goes side by side with rice for one dish. On top for another meal. By itself as it thickens, top it with a little ham, or freshly cut corn off the cob. Baked beans are simple, easy, tasty, and smell great when cooking! Click here for the Easy Baked Bean Recipe! Organic Red Rosita Beans - perfect for baked beans! Grown to the north of us...this bean is relatively small and leans towards purple red in color. Delicate and works pretty gosh darn good in baked beans. (It's the bean I am using right now while I check the recipe.) The rice is ready and after sampling for the last couple of hours I am ready to chow down! Baked beans! It's what's for dinner! Shop now for Organic Red Rosita Beans! Ortiz Bonito Del Norte Tuna Tin This can of Ortiz Benito del Norte tuna is the perfect size for lunch! We love the shape of the can, which fits easily in the palm of your hand. Opening it reminds us of those romantic (fantasy or real) wicker basket picnics in a green field in your locale of choice. It is one of the most reliable tunas in a can you can have. It fits in your jean pocket, front or back! In the glove box or in your backpack! A definite can for your run bag or earthquake prep kit! Bonito Del Norte (White Tuna) is a homemade specialty of Ortiz. These are authentic Spanish white tuna; they appear annually in the waters of the Bay of Biscay in the Cantabrian Sea. The Bonito del Norte is the most prized of the tuna family, appreciated for its pure white flesh, delicate texture and superb taste. Line caught, and within a 24-hour period of being caught, large chunks of delicious fish are cooked in seawater and the loins are hand-packed in quality olive oil to preserve the tuna's highly prized flavor, and left to mature in the can for at least three months. This aging process helps ensure that the product is moist and delicious when finally opened. Amazing Tuna and Perfect Can "This is amazing tuna! I use it in all kinds of recipes including salads where I just crumble it over some chick peas and rocket arugula with a little parmesan. Not only is the tuna good, but I reserve the oil often and use it in the dish because it's great quality oil and flavored wonderfully by the tuna. Size it the can perfection because you don't have to commit to a big can and store the rest." -- the jazz Shop now for Ortiz Bonito Del Norte Tuna in a Tin! From the Co-op in the Palouse! Brown Pardina Lentils Brown lentils are one of earth's first domesticated crops, and are still one of the most widely used pulse in existence. They have a relatively short planting and harvesting time and can grow well, even in poor soil. They are easily dried and stored for long periods of time, and are quick to prepare. Pardina lentils are a "cinchy" way to add fiber and protein to your diet without adding fat or calories. Their hearty flavor goes a long way to satisfy your "meat tooth," so if you're looking for a way to a) go veggie or eat less meat, b) improve your diet dramatically, c) eat well for less money or d) dine your way to happiness, wealth and beauty, you can't find a better dish for yourself than a heaping helping of lentils. I'm always astonished at how deeply satisfying and rich a simple lentil soup or salad can be. All it takes is just a little bit of seasoning from a squeeze of lemon, some freshly ground black pepper, and a pinch of sea salt to make Pardina lentils sing. For me, brown lentils recall a younger day of macrobiotic dinners eaten with brown rice and steamed zucchini, all soaked with lots of home-brewed tamari. If that's your thing, bravo; you're probably already a big "lentilhead". What's amazing to me is how they also occupy a space at the other end of the table. Brown lentils are not only easy, they're elegant. Lentils can be braised with duck fat and demi-glace, pureed with parsnips and deep-fried into croquettes, or pressed together with roasted mushrooms and walnuts for pate. Yes, you can have your lentils and relish them, too...no wheat grass juice required. Lentil lovers in Spain go crazy for these because they're the most flavorful lentils around. Grown on the Palouse, these quick-cooking Pardina lentils "muddy" the water, but maintain their shape and taste out-of-this-world delicious. "another great find..." -- sr Click here to check out Brown Pardina Lentils! Yuzu Kosho Red A touch of heat Awesome, hot, but not hot like you have had before...this red Yuzu Kosho paste is a spicy, herby Japanese condiment that we are thrilled to bring to you. It's great for adding a delicious dash of flavor to fish, vegetables, even a turkey sandwich. Best pork belly ever! "I slathered this on chunks of pork belly, sousvided it at 65 c for 24 hours and then seared it. It may be best thing I ever cooked, period." -- dan Wonderful! "Yum! A somewhat odd taste combination--almost floral. I rediscovered it tonight at the back of the fridge (somewhat crystalized and 2mo past its pull date) and added it to a bowl of sweetish Armenian red lentil soup. Heavenly!! I had loved it used in more predictable uses, too, before I lost track of it." -- betsy Shop now for Yuzu Kosho Red! Organic Hardneck Garlic Killarney Red Killarney Red Garlic, a Rocambole, is rare and difficult to find. The cloves are exceptionally large, and the loose skins on Killarney Red makes it easy to peel. It has a wonderfully deep, full-bodied flavor. Pre-order your Killarney Red Organic Garlic today! Cocoa Powder! Always in stock! Best Cocoa Powder Ever! "I freely admit that I'm hooked. The Chef Shop 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 Holy Grail of Cocoa's "This is love-of-your-life cocoa, if you are an obsessy baking enthusiast like myself. It is worth its weight in gold. I, too, used to buy it at Williams Sonoma when it was labeled Pernigotti. It is expensive and it is 100% worth it. I can’t bring myself to use up my “old” cocoa, which I thought was the best. (Guittard. Easily second best)" -- angela Shop now for Cocoa Powder! Got questions? Call or email and we will do our best to answer your questions! We love sharing our taste opinions about all our products. Local customers please remember to bring a mask or call if you want us to bring out your order to the parking lot. We also have masks if you forget yours. And if you want a private store shopping time, before or after normal hours, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate your request. Last week's #1 seller! Hawkshead Relish Mango Chutney No surprise that the mango chutney was the top seller last week! It is so good! really!!! "Oh my god that chutney is amazing" -- louise To the nose you get the feeling that there is no wafting here. There is an aggressive jump up into your nostrils as you smell cardamom, turmeric and hot peppers. This is followed by a feel of citrus that turns into acid. Leave the cover off and the acidic volatiles leave and what remains is the cardamom, turmeric and the hint of pepper. There is also the nose of pickling. There is a tinge of excitement for the mouth, not knowing what is going to happen! There are three main groups here. The initial whole mouth texture which is the mango and is the underlying taste, though you would be hard pressed to exclaim I taste mango! Then there is the “sauce” which is smooth like a nice thick syrup, and it contains all the flavors. There is the sweetness of the mango and sugar, and there is the sour sweet of the lemon and lime, and there is the melding of all the spices. It’s pretty tasty! With a mouthful, it is a lot to take in. There is a sour element that can make your eyes close, but only for a brief moment. The mango is in little pieces that are soft and disappears quickly. The little pieces of red pepper are (not hot) interlopers of bits of chewy, perhaps the only thing that doesn’t feel like it dissolves on its own. Overall though it is a combination of everything into one. In use you would never view it as separate elements, only as one glorious flavor. It’s all the complexity of all the flavors that makes it tongue smacking good! Get the Hawkshead Relish Mango Chutney! Give the Gift of Love through Food for 2020 Gift Certificate for any amount you choose. Choose the amount in $25 increments by changing the quantity number and we take care of the rest. Share ChefShop with a Gift Certificates Store Hours - Monday Thru Saturday! If your order has been confirmed as "READY FOR PICKUP" in email (or you were called) and want it brought to you in the parking lot, call us when you arrive and we will run it out to you. 206-286-9988 Monday thru Saturday 10AM to 5PM. ChefShop.com 1425 Elliott Ave W Seattle, Wa 98119 206-286-9988 Our bigger parking lot is north of the shop and next door (south of) Champions Party Supply. Easy to reach and wide open parking lot. Click here to see the map.   This Week's Recipes Raw Tomato Sauce Recipe This is a perfect way to use some of those extra tomatoes coming our of the garden. Fresh, quick and easy -- and perfect with long pasta after a long, hot summer day. Summer Farro Salad Recipe This has got to be one of the simplest recipes you can make. Because it's so simple, the quality and flavor of the ingredients - especially the vinegar and olive oil - are more important. Select a good-flavored artisan vinegar and a tasty Tuscan or Sicilian olive oil, and you can't go wrong. This salad is a twist on a classic Italian recipe, with added color as homage to summer. Add small cubes of feta cheese or tuna or white beans to give it a protein and filling boost if you like. It makes a wonderful side dish served hot or cold, or prepare it in advance and take it on your next picnic as a healthy and tasty alternative to potato salad. Also perfect as leftovers, as the flavors blend so nicely after it sits in the fridge overnight. In fact, this recipe is so good the next day, I always make the full recipe no matter how many I am serving - just so I can have leftovers. A bright and delicious salad using ancient grains - emmer or spelt. Izzy's Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Izzy adapted a traditional toll-house cookie recipe to make these very chocolaty, chocolate chip cookies. They are always a big hit. See what you missed in previous Newsletters New Mango Chutney and Recipe, Tuscan Oil, Spices & More Hebesu Citrus, Crust, Superfine, Mangalitsa New Hawkshead, Back-in-Stock, More ChefShop.com Toll-free: 1-800-596-0885 You've received this email because you have purchased from us or subscribed. We respect your privacy online, and will never share your email address. To unsubscribe just click UNSUBSCRIBE or send a request to info@chefshop.com with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. Hard copy requests may be sent by mail to: ChefShop.com, 1425 Elliott Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119. To view our privacy policy, please click here. Help | Contact | About | Terms | Privacy Policy | Search | My Account DESIGN: JODI LUBY & COMPANY, INC. NEW YORK CITY, NY; EMAIL STRATEGY: CRM Group USA, SEATTLE, WA