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    Chernushka Rye Bread from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A special bake! Loaves of crusty Jewish rye, liberally laced with black, softly spicy, and aromatic nigella seeds. If you’ve ever tasted Chernushka Rye, you’re likely … Continued

  • A top-down photo of six different Burlap & Barrel spice jars atop a Burlap & Barrel bandana, with the ground spices spread atop the fabric. Favorite Producers

    Introducing Burlap & Barrel

    Burlap & Barrel was founded in New York City by Ethan Frisch and Ori Zohar in 2016 with the dream of building equitable, transparent, and traceable international spice supply chains. … Continued

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    Fried Egg ’n’ ’Nduja Sandwiches

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Scrumptious, spicy, super good Spanish-style fried eggs, cooked in full-flavored extra virgin olive oil, are one of the best quick meals I know. The key is … Continued

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    Two-Kilo Country Miche from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A beautiful, terrifically tasty bread Somehow, within supermarket-driven American life in the 20th (and now 21st) century, bread became just another cheap commodity—something to drop in … Continued

  • A top-down photo of a dish of Jersey Onion Rolls resting on a red and white gingham tablecloth, with separate dishes of sliced red onion, tomato, lettuce, and cheese surrounding it. Ari's Favorites

    Jersey Onion Rolls at the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Special Bake for Memorial Day Weekend! For decades now, we have focused our culinary efforts on making full-flavored, traditional foods. (I wrote about our approach extensively … Continued

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    Rozendal Wine Vinegars

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews 12-year-old biodynamic masterpieces from South Africa The Rozendal wine vinegars are, to my taste, some of the most wonderful products we sell—and they’re on special all … Continued

  • A photo of both bottles of Sanchez Romate sherry vinegar on either side of a cheeseboard, with a box of Sanchez Romate vinegar behind it. Favorite Producers

    Introducing Sanchez Romate

    Vinegar from Jerez, Spain: The birthplace of sherry vinegar The story of Sánchez Romate begins almost 250 years ago in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, a city known for its … Continued

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    Colombian Cosurca from Café Femenino

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Craft coffee from one of the classic regions of South America Back around the time we opened, one of the most effective marketing campaigns in the … Continued

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    Obama Buns from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Our best breakfast pastry? Saturdays and Sundays only Two months ago last week, my good friend Melvin Parson, founder of the remarkable We the People Opportunity … Continued

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    Rhubarb Cheesecake from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews An annual spring tradition returns American movie star (and inventor!) Hedy Lamarr, whose father was a Ukrainian Jew from near what is now Lviv, once famously … Continued