Biscuits, Jams, Almond Cardamom Ginger Walnut Cranberry Fennel Strawberry Rhubarb Blackcurrant Bitter Orange and more at chefshop.com/enews EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER 5% OFF CODE effies  Recipes | Chef's Pantries | Shop for Food & Ingredients | Food Blog Sometimes you want a cracker and not a cookie Sometimes you want a cracker and not a cookie While we've always thought of them as crackers, they are really a biscuit, And though they are a biscuit we often treat them like cookies, And the flavors... It’s not just the flavors we love, it’s the bite. And what a bite it is! It’s the crunch. It is how it treats the mouth. Effie's have a feel all their own, When you bite them, they crunch, and it feels good, really good! Inside your head you hear this easy crunch that is so even and smooth. It is a perfect experience. Not too cookie-like, and not a cracker at all. These are powerhouses of deliciousness that crunch, and crumble, all the while playing well with other flavors to carry, cajole, and create. Not just a cookie or a simple cracker, these are biscuits that stand alone, will ably carry cheese to your mouth, and be the next crumble crust for an apple tartlet or to elevate your afternoon tea. You can’t go wrong having one of each flavor for that midnight moment when you need a friend! Shop now for Everything in this week's newsletter! Almond with Cardamom Biscuits Effie's Homemade Break open the package and you will see a light-colored biscuit. Break one in half and you can see the geology of the biscuit. You will be able to recognize the almond bits and you will be able to see the layers of biscuit and surmise why it is so crunchy all the way thru. All the ingredients come together to create this recognizable but unidentifiable total taste sensation. It’s delicious. The Almond biscuit goes well with jam or marmalade, a sharp cheddar pairs well, or try with nice chocolate and toasted marshmallow. Shop now for Effie's Homemade Almond with Cardamom Biscuits Ginger Biscuits Effie's Homemade With a rich feel and a smooth crunch, the ginger comes thru by the third chomp. Depending when and where you bite you get a chewy feel from the bits of ginger. Add a sweet hint and a bit of saltiness that tails on the edge of your tongue, and you have a complete flavorful biscuit. Ginger Biscuits pair perfectly with both savory and sweet! Think soft cheese like brie or a dollop of lemon curd for a nice treat by the fire. Shop now for Effie's Homemade Ginger Biscuits! Walnut with Cranberry and Fennel Biscuits Effie's Homemade One bite and you know you have a delicious savory biscuit. Little bits of walnut are spaced amongst the biscuit, the cranberries are spaced about and make for a nice flavor hit. As the biscuit falls gently apart in your mouth you parse all the elements as if they are alone, but then come quickly back together to make a bite you wish weren’t over. And then you go for the next one. Totally good! And they go well with a robust cheese and red wine. Shop now for Effie's Homemade Walnut with Cranberry and Fennel Biscuits! Magic 7 Layer Cookie Basic Recipe Take this recipe from the label (Bordens Eagle Brand of sweetened condensed milk) and change out the graham crackers with any of Effie's Biscuits and make it much better. You can also mix Effie's Biscuits with the graham crackers and still get the flavor, plus the extra crunch. The Pecan Cakes are perfect; the Oatcakes are always great to crumble on a fruit crisp, and the Cocoa Cakes work perfectly with chocolate recipes. See the Magic 7 Layer Cookie Basic Recipe! La Trinquelinette Strawberry Rhubarb Jam La Trinquelinette Strawberry Rhubarb Jam Open this jar and you are greeted with a loose, bumpy surface of jam. This look makes you want to skim the surface instead of taking a big dip with your spoon. As you skim the surface, you pick up bits and pieces and as you lift the spoon the jam trails on. To the nose, you smell the wonderful combination of strawberry and rhubarb. This is one of our favorite combinations of fruit on the planet. Be sure to tongue the stalactite that is hanging below the spoon as you bring what you know is going to be this amazing mouth-fill. It is just as you dream about, but even better, way better! To the tongue, there is the jelly, smooth and flavorful, that moves gently as you push it this way and that. The little bits of flesh, that only a strawberry can feel like, are a wonderful chew, which seems to enhance the flavor experience. Like a tactile reinforcement to your mouth. It is delicious. It is sweet, it is fruity, it creates visions of a perfect croissant to your mind's eye. This jam is meant for flakey, buttery pastry. And a large spoon! Shop now for La Trinquelinette Strawberry Rhubarb Jam! Blackcurrant (Cassis) Jam La Trinquelinette Open the jar and on the top you see a smooth ice rink of jam. Dip your first spoon in and you know that you have a sea of jelly. The taste is all blackcurrant. It is 55% blackcurrants, 45% unrefined brown cane sugar and a little pectin. It is not sweet in the typical sweet jammy way. Instead, what you get is the blackcurrants that are no longer puckery, close-your-eyes, sour. And you can, with your eyes open, taste all the blackcurrant flavor. A bit of blueberry, a bit of berry, rich color and sour bitter that bites at the back of your throat. Blackcurrants are considered a powerhouse of goodness. They are considered good for your immune system, blood flow, gut health, kidney health and your eyes. Full of vitamins, most notably C, with 4 times the amount as the orange. The other vitamins contained in this little berry are A, B-1, B-5 , B-6, and E. Perfect for spreading to your heart's desire on toast or a wonderful Effie's Homemade Oatcake. Add to your morning yogurt and oats. And most perfect for your game fowl. Shop now for La Trinquelinette Blackcurrant (Cassis) Jam! La Trinquelinette Bitter Orange Jam La Trinquelinette Bitter Orange Jam With just two ingredients - fruit 55% and unrefined brown sugar 45%. Open the jar with a satisfying pop, dip your spoon in, break the surface tension, releasing the gorgeous slivers of orange to the top. You can separate the mouth feel into two parts. The jelly/jam and the bits of peel. If you chew a spoonful it all comes together just like you dream it would. If you suck and swirl the jelly separates from the slivers, some of which are so small that you can’t chew them. I recommend just going for it and chewing away. The bite is a wonderful combination of jelly and bits! What a joy! All together a mouthful is fulfilling. What enters the mouth is the sweet jelly jam filled with this orange citrus taste. Then the flavor of the bitter orange grows and as it all disappears, you realize there is a bitter edge that evolves on the outside, in the cheeks. It is quite wonderful. It is this leftover taste that reminds you the bitter orange has been there. Quite addictive! What is bitter orange? Bitter orange (Citrus aurantium) is also called sour orange; Seville (not Valencia), bigarade, is the tree and its fruit. Originally from China and/or Southeast Asia. There are now many varieties that have been spread across the world. The fruit's essential oils are used for perfume and as a flavor agent in food. It has also been used in herbal medicines because it contains synephrine which is similar to the herb ephedra which can suppress appetite. As a supplement in concentrated form, ephedra has been linked to severe reactions, including heart attacks and death. Because of the use in pills, synephrine has been banned by the NCAA as a performance enhancing substance. So don’t jam with this jam if you are competing. Shop now for La Trinquelinette Bitter Orange Jam! Easy Hand-Sized Jam Pies recipe Using a store bought premade dough makes this recipe quick and super easy. And taking your favorite jams makes it personalized to you. The goal for this recipe is to make a hot pastry bite that is fun to hold and eat. See the Easy Hand-Sized Jam Pies Recipe Here! Curried Carrot Soup recipe This recipe comes from Shauna, who has great taste, buds. And this is a great season for making carrot soup. The addition of curry makes it all the better. See the Curried Carrot Soup Recipe Here! Red Wine Trio Vinegar from Katz Farm in Napa Valley! This oak-aged Trio Red Wine Vinegar from Katz Farms takes two years to make. This terrific vinegar is crafted using the traditional "Orleans" Method. It's a blend of carefully selected vintages of Merlot, Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon from the heart of one of the world's great wine appellations, the Sonoma Valley. "Trio" has been crafted to mirror the classic Meritage blends where small lots of selected red varietals are mixed to create wines of great structure and character. The finished blend is well-balanced and full-flavored and retains the varietal characteristics of the grapes with nuances of cherry, raspberry and oak. This vinegar will enliven your favorite dishes and create distinctive dressings and sauces. The Sonoma Trio is a favorite of many of America's top chefs. Try reducing it for sauces for meats or grilled peaches or figs, and use it in your next dressing. Shop now for Red Wine Trio Vinegar! Spicy Mustard Shrimp with Coconut recipe Serves 3-4 as main course, or 10-16 as an appetizer, depending on the size of the shrimp. See the Spicy Mustard Shrimp with Coconut Recipe! Smoked Habanero BBQ Marshall's Haute Sauce To the nose, it initially smells like a nice traditional BBQ sauce, but when you get a second whiff you can smell the underlying Habanero, which then gives your nose a tickle - cool! To the mouth, it's BBQ 'eee, sweet and delicious. Little bits of onion to crunch and a complex wonderful flavor. Though the name of this BBQ hot sauce might appear to be the hottest, this smoked habanero hot sauce comes across the palate as the mildest. Even Ryan, the banker, loved this smoked habanero hot sauce on his hamburger, pouring it liberally even though he doesn't really like hot. Shop now for Marshall's Smoked Habanero BBQ Haute Sauce! Bloody Mary Ketchup! This Hawkshead Bloody Mary Ketchup sends a wonderful tingle-twinge up the nostrils - it is sweet with a hint of angry - and reminds one a little of a V8. To the eye, it is thinner than a "The best things come to those who wait" ketchup, and it pours quickly in a nice bright red color. As you taste, the lips taste nothing, the tongue tingles and the back of the throat coughs! All the flavors are mixed together and come out in a racy way. In the end your lips tingly, the edges of your tongue are, too, and if you have enough spoonfulls your body starts to get hot! It is delicious fun, and just right for the next dog in your life. Be sure to check out our ketchup "aisle" as every ketchup we have is different! Shop now for Hawkshead Bloody Mary Ketchup! The Mung Bean For both, Savory and Sweet dishes! The mung bean is a bean that is everywhere, except perhaps in your pantry. History tells us that India was the first to cultivate the bean in 1500 AD. The bean then spread to the diets of East, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Today, it is widespread, although not common here in the animal protein dominant US. Moong dal is the mung bean split in two, either with or without its skin. With the skin the bean is green, and without it is a pale yellow. Either/or can be used in recipes, with only the cooking times adjusted for the difference. In Indian cooking, out of all the beans, Moong dal is perhaps the most popular. Considered to be easily digestible; according to Ayurveda, the Mung bean is “tridoshic”, (a quality that is a supremely rare in a human). Tridoshic is described as an equal balance of Vata, Pitta and Kapha doshas, the elements responsible for mental, emotional and physiological health. Though my knowledge of Ayurveda is minimal, I find it quite interesting. Food is a key ingredient to one's health; what’s not to like about that? This weekend we are sharing classic recipes using Moong dal as the base. One of the big benefits is that these recipes include some of my favorite nostril-filling spices. So you get the potential benefits of Moong dal mixed with spices that all have wonderful health properties, as well. (Keep in mind, I think all food is good for you, especially salty and sweet!) Shop now for Organic Dried Mung Dal - Split Mung Beans! Steen's Pecan Pie Filling recipe This is the Pecan Pie recipe off the back of the Steen's Cane Syrup can. It's super easy! See Steen's Pecan Pie Filling Recipe Here! Toasted Sesame Oil from La Tourangelle Adds great flavor to a stir-fry! "It's amazing how much better my Asian dishes taste when I use this oil. It's a subtle thing, but so much more authentic than what I was using before. I love this product!" -- janet This golden brown, toasted sesame oil adds a rich, nutty flavor to your vinaigrettes, stir-fry and BBQ marinades. Not over-powering, this oil adds just the right amount of toasty sesame punch. Sesame oil, also known as Gingelly Oil and Til Oil, is an ancient ingredient. The Assyrians used it as a cooking oil more than 2500 years ago. It was an expensive delicacy back then, and a hundred years later in Persia, it was still an oil only the rich could afford. Today, it's still used as a medicine in India, and oil pressed from the raw sesame seeds is commonly used as a massage oil in Ayurvedic medicine. La Tourangelle has partnered with one of the oldest Japanese oil mills to bring you this toasted sesame oil, crafted in central Japan following traditional methods that are over 270 years old. Sesame seeds are slowly roasted using lower temperatures. The quality of Sesame Oil varies depending on the quality of the seeds, and the length and temperature of the toasting process. La Tourangelle's Japanese partner uses only the freshest, highest quality seeds that they then painstakingly clean and slow toast to produce the best quality product, all the while maintaining the integrity of the oil and creating a unique and wonderful flavor. The result is a lighter colored, more richly flavored oil with a subtle, toasted taste. Sesame seed oil is low in saturated fatty acid content and high in polyunsaturated fatty acid (about 40% omega 6 and 40% omega 9) content making it a very healthy oil - although best to keep it refrigerated once opened, as the high concentration of unsaturated fatty acids makes sesame oil somewhat delicate, with a medium heat smoke point of 275 degrees. Raw sesame oil has a much higher smoke point due to the high concentration of anti-oxidants, and raw is suitable for high-temperature cooking, where toasted sesame oil is used primarily as a flavor-adding ingredient to Asian and Indian dishes. Shop now for La Tourangelle Toasted Sesame Oil! 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. STORE HOURS: Monday thru Saturday, 10 to 5. Closed Sunday. Please let us know if you would like a private shopping time and we will do our best to accommodate you. 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Click here to see the map.   This Week's Recipes Butternut Squash Soup with Hazelnut Oil Recipe Thierry, of Rovers Restaurant in Seattle, is an amazing chef. His cookbook, Rover's Recipes from Seattle's Chef in the Hat is a delight to read -- and it is very fun to try his recipes. Thierry has a flair for fancy. But we tend to simplify the presentations -- which are designed for his very fancy restaurant patrons. Either way, his recipes are a delight to cook, and always impress. Split Pea and Ham Soup Recipe We love pureed soups. Easy to make, uncomplicated, and when food is so simple, if the ingredients are the best, so is the soup! Freshly dried split peas are exceptional and make a soup excellent. It's the blending of the starch and other ingredients that give this soup its wonderful body. Use a food mill, food processor or your stick blender, to achieve just the right consistency. Korean BBQ Marinade Recipe Add some Asian flare to your BBQ repertoire. 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