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The first of the Cherries will be harvested soon! When you pop the first Early Robin Cherry of the season it’s like an explosion of memory! You close your eyes with your arms outstretched as you reach to the sky and feel the sun bathe your face, and as you spin you feel like the steadicam is circling you in the reverse direction as the opening scene of your own movie begins! It’s that great an explosion of life! For some reason this fleshy drupe (a stone fruit), a derivative of Prunus avium, the sweet cherry, has this amazing ability to make you feel alive and farm fresh! They certainly make you feel like you’re in touch with the land. Cherries, I would argue, are like no other fruit on the planet in their ability to bring a smile to ones face! If you hate cherries I would expect that 1) you have never had a good cherry (let’s face it, often by the time cherries make it to the grocer they can be so-so), 2)you grew up picking cherries and just can’t stand them (my Dad couldn't stand salmon for the longest time after working in a cannery in Alaska, or 3) you’re not a sweet person. Cherries are one of nature’s true pleasures! With a pop when you crunch, a sweetness like no other, these little orbs are packed with healthy goodness that are one of the best natural fighters of old age! Did you know if you eat a dozen cherries a day you have a 35% lower risk of a gout attack? If you eat 72 cherries over 2 days your risk goes down 50%! And how about these benefits, like better sleep (eat before bedtime), less joint pain (reduce inflammation), and maybe even reduced belly fat! All from the eating pleasure of the little fruit, the cherry! First up are the Early Robins. Smaller and sweeter than Rainiers, they extend the cherry season by coming in even earlier than the coveted Rainiers. From the Stennes Family Orchards, who share with us the amazing Rainier cherries, come these just-in-time, picked-at-their-peak cherries. It is never too early to place your order to hold your place in line for cherries! The cool night time temperatures of northern Chelan help to create a firmer flesh than their brethren grown to the south. That is just one reason why our cherries are so good and worth waiting for. All of the varieties of cherries we carry are hand chosen in the orchard, hand sorted on the line, and then we sort them two more times in our cool room, before we ship them to you. No grab and bag here! Shop Now for Picked-at-their-Peak sweet Washington Cherries! |
Easy and Basic Cherry Clafouti Recipe This is the easy squeezy simple Clafouti Recipe. You can't fail unless you forget to bake it! The most time consuming step is pitting and slicing the cherries. (In keeping with the "real" recipe the cherries aren't pitted). Keep in mind any fruit will do wonderfully. I use pears in the fall and peaches when in season. Click here to see the Easy Clafouti Recipe! |
Early Robins! the first of the cherries to Harvest - Picking Soon! Order Now! Whoa!! It is June and it is cherry season! amazing!!! "Super huge! So sweet, fresh and great flavor! I love them so much. I'll definitely order next year again:)" -- sayaka Preorder now to ensure your Early Robin cherries for 2021! |
Rainier Cherries! Beautiful & Sweet! Love These Cherries "The most amazing cherries I have ever seen. Big. Juicey. Incredible." OMG....those Rainier's are absolutely outrageous!! "What a surprise and a treat to have those arrive yesterday. I am trying to hold off eating them all so that I can share some with my daughter and son-in-law tomorrow, but it that point it will be nip-and-tuck as to whether they will still be around." Shop now to ensure your Rainier Cherries for 2021! |
Fresh Bing Cherries Picked-At-Their-Peak Best Bing Cherries "Every cherry was perfect, fat, sweet and crispy. Year after year they arrive at the peak of perfection." Shop now for Fresh Bing Cherries! |
Fresh Lapin Cherries Fresh Lapin Cherries The Lapin is a big, beautiful, dark red, sweet cherry. Lapin cherries are some of the largest, juiciest cherries that grow on trees. They're great for snacking, and so big that one cherry is a mouthful! Kevin Stennes, of Stennes Family Farms, says that Lapins are his favorite of all the cherries. And he should know.... Although Bings are the more well-known, sweet eating cherry, some of us here at ChefShop.com prefer the Lapin - you'll have to try them for yourself! The crunchiness and juiciness just won our hearts . . . and our stomachs. Happy Customer "These cherries are incredible! Drew and the Chef Shop have the BEST customer service in the WORLD!" -- kristeen Shop now for the biggest Cherry of the season - the Fresh Lapin CherrY!! |
Sweetheart! Picked-at-their-Peak Sweet Washington Cherries! A brilliant red, Sweethearts are a fairly new sweet cherry developed in British Columbia. A large, bright red fruit that typically matures five to seven days after Lapins, the Sweethearts have great flavor with a nice hint of tart on the finish to balance the sweetness. Their unique taste is a spectacular finale for the summer cherry season. The ever so slight tartness makes them the best of the bunch for baking, as they lend that slight "sour" cherry flavor to pies, breads and my favorite recipe: cherry clafouti The last four harvests have produced the most spectacular Sweethearts! They are a wonderful eating cherry! Shop now Fresh Sweetheart Cherries! |
The very Best! Heritage Shortbread from South Carolina This buttery, crisp - but slightly moist - shortbread is handmade by Willow McCrain in South Carolina's Lowcountry. It's baked to a golden brown and its texture and flavor border on the sublime. Willow uses only the best ingredients -- and you can tell. We like our shortbread cookies to be crisp when you bite into them, but not hard. And these shortbreads do not disappoint! We met Willow in New York in July many years ago. It was one of the highlights of our visit, not only because her shortbread was exceptional (and we tasted a lot of shortbread that day!), but because we got to talk to Willow. It is always one of the great benefits in this business to meet the people who make the food! Her care about the quality of the product shines thru with every bite! What also sticks with me after all these years is her care for the people who work with her to create these shortbreads. It is her extension of "family" you can feel every time you hold and open a box of Heritage Shortbread. Willow uses an old family recipe -- past down from mother to daughter for generations. Although the recipe is not complicated and has just a few pure ingredients, the key secret to the consistent and delicious outcome is clearly the love and caring that Willow puts into every batch. This is the best Shortbread we have ever had. Period. Shop now for Heritage Shortbread! |
Risotto with Caramelized fennel Herbivoracious Video Recipe Michael Natkin, Chef and Author of Herbivoracious - a blog and book of the same name, brings us his version of Risotto with Caramelized fennel. Uses wine and a clear broth of mushroom. Click here to see the Risotto with Caramelized Fennel Video Recipe! |
Mama Lil's Kick Butt Peppers! These pickled Hungarian peppers work really well with meaty hot sandwiches with cheese. In other words, these peppers really mix well with others; they enhance as much as they contribute. From Abruzzi, Italy to Youngstown, Ohio, and then to the Yakima Valley in Eastern Washington comes a recipe that has moved with the people. At the core of this condiment is the Hungarian Hot Wax, known as the Goathorn Pepper. It took a young man who moved to Seattle and who learned early on that his one jar allotment from his Mom every year was not enough to satisfy his cravings. If he wanted to share with his friends, he needed to make it himself. In 1992 he did just that. In the basement kitchen of the Seattle Unitarian Church, the first batch of Mama Lil’s Peppers were born. Over the years Mama Lil's has transformed from the local Church Kitchen, to a robust food service business, serving hundreds of hot dog joints and fancy dancy eateries. Mama Lil's classic Peppers should be a staple in any kitchen essential pantry arsenal. Shop now for Mama Lil's Peppers! |
La Vecchia Dispensa 30th Anniversary Balsamic In honor of their 30th anniversary, balsamic vinegar makers La Vecchia Dispensa created this commemorative gem; rich, thick balsamic ideal for drizzling. For this vinegar, the grape must be cooked down longer than usual and aged in small, new wood barrels, before being transferred to open barrels to finish fermentation and aging. This balsamic has stood the test of time. It is always great tasting. This thick vinegar is the perfect treat in the summer on strawberries or vanilla ice cream!! Shop now for La Vecchia Dispensa 30th Anniversary Balsamic! |
Bomba! XXX Amazing Flavor Tomato Paste in a Tube! Not like the other tomato paste in a tube; this is sweet, flavorful, and good tasting! Bomba! XXX tomato puree sauce is a candy tomato treat. Of course, Bomba! XXX has a Culinary use, but do you remember when you first had toothpaste and you thought it was so good you would swipe a little extra just to eat? This is the grownup version of that! Sure it might go well in a pot of sauce, as a dab on cheese & crackers, or mixed in with mayo for your next saucy sandwich! But I ask, what’s wrong with a tube in your pocket (not a back one of course) for a little squirt of Bomba! as a late afternoon pick-me-up to remind you that dinner is not faraway! This is a tube (of tomato sauce) that you won't have to feel guilty about eating. Get it today and squeeze some out to be happy! Shop now for Bomba! XXXX |
Foglie di Mais Primo Pan Corn Cookies These absolutely fantastic Crunchy Corn Cookies are back-in-stock!! After what seemed like forever, they are back to be eaten with gusto! Crunchy, with an open cell texture that is crumbly and toasted, the flavor of joy is in each cookie! In the village of Battifollo, on the Cuneo side of the Ligurian Alps in Tuscany, the Biga family bakes small lots of their tantalizingly flavored biscotti according to a traditional recipe. Primo Pan biscotti contain top-quality ingredients including many locally-sourced eggs from small farms in the surrounding area, organic honey, raw cane sugar, and stoneground local wholegrain flours, including organic buckwheat. Shop now for Primo Pan Corn Cookies! |
Whole Artichokes with Stem - Romana Style in Olive Oil These elegant, long stemmed artichokes are pretty and big. You, of course, could cut them up and make a recipe...such as you might with Carciofi alla Romana (one of the most famous artichoke recipes) using artichoke hearts without the stem. Instead, think beauty. Lay just one artichoke down gently on a plate. Dress it up with some fresh mint and parsley leaves...or not. Gently slice it with a sharp paring knife and eat it one enjoyable piece at a time. Fork it for your first bite. The result is a bite filled with flavor and a wonderful mouth-feel. The bite is not-too-soft, but tender, with just the right resistance and a gentle artichoke-y crunch. The leaves and the heart have their own bite and marry well together. Unlike the grocery artichoke hearts that you get preserved in brine, there is no mushy-ness here, and the leaves are soft enough to easily chew - at least 99-precent of the time. The long stem is just an extension of all the joy that a Romana style Artichoke heart has. It is, all on its own, an appetizer you could serve at suave table for one. Or even more. PLUS, artichoke hearts are good for you! I eat 1 to 2 a day -- keeps those gall bladder spasms away. Like a charm! Plus, I'm getting one of my daily servings of veggies. Perfect! Shop now for Whole Artichokes with Stem Romana Style in Olive Oil |
La Dalia Pimentón de la Vera Smoked Spanish Sweet Paprika Pimentón de la Vera is a paprika made from luscious red peppers (pimientos) grown in the La Vera microclimate of Spain's Extremadura region. When harvest begins in the fall, entire families get involved. The mature peppers are placed in drying houses, where they are smoke-dried over oak fires - the mark of genuine pimenton de la vera. The dried peppers are then stone ground into a powder. La Dalia Pimenton de la Vera is D.O. protected - Pimento de la Vera was the first pepper to receive such designation in Spain. Dulce is the "sweet" version of this smoked paprika (rather than hot-spicy); its hint of sweetness flows through its smoky warm flavor. The flavor of pimentón is much more complex than Hungarian paprika and is an absolutely essential ingredient for many Spanish dishes. Shop now for La Dalia Pimentón de la Vera - Smoked Spanish Sweet Paprika! |
Madras Curry Powder Established 1876 for export to England Sun Brand Madras Curry Powder's tin encases a recipe that has been handed down generation to generation, maintaining the quality that the two founders, Merwanjee and Poonjiajee, created 145+ years ago. Madras Curry is like many spice mixtures, there are many variations of the ingredients and proportions. Madras, (or Madrasapattinam) India, now called Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, India, is on the Coromandel Coast and the second largest port in India. Sun Brand Madras Curry was one of the first curries to be exported. We carry Sun Brand Madras Curry Powder because we have many curry lovers who tell us it is the best that you can find out there. You, of course can make your own...but we like the very fine powder and the ease of having it in our Essential Pantry. Shop now for Sun Brand Madras Curry Powder! |
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Sweet Washington Cherries A Quintet of Picked-at-their-Peak Cherries! People have been asking for a fresh cherry offering that includes the light-skinned cherries, but includes fewer pounds of cherries - something more suitable for two people. Well...here you are...a Quintet of Cherries for Two. All five fresh, sweet cherry varieties delivered in June and July - for a grand total of 14 pounds of cherries right to your door. Preorder your Fresh Quintet for Two of Sweet Washington Cherries now! All five fresh, sweet cherry varieties delivered in June and July - for a grand total of 23 pounds of cherries right to your door. Preorder your Full Fresh Quintet of Sweet Washington Cherries now! 
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe from Bev Bennett "I developed this cookie recipe years ago when I was Food Editor at the Chicago Sun-Times. I haven't changed it, but the ingredients get better every year." - Bev Moroccan Harissa Grilled Chicken Recipe This recipe is from our friend Mehdi who has brought some amazing ingredients from Morocco. It is his passion about the foods he creates that "chooses" the ingredients he makes and carries. This recipe is so simple and easy and tastes great! Yogurt Marinated Grilled Chicken Recipe According to Bon Appetit Magazine this is the perfect recipe for "grill-o-phobes." It's easy, delicious and perfect for a hot summer evening. |
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