Classic Carrot Potage Soup Recipe

Épices de Cru’s 1642 Soup blend provides the base to make classic Quebec Potage—the thick soup/stew that Quebecois people are so fond of. Try the recipe!

Mushroom Fennel Salad

Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A recipe right out of Rolando Beramendi’s Autentico As you might have noticed, I have mushrooms on my mind of late! The #5 sandwich is marvelous. This … Continued

Anakhuzy Black Pepper from India

Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Exceptional rare black pepper from the Elephant Valley In Confronting our Freedom, Peter Block writes, “A larger, overarching purpose always resides in our own history, if … Continued

Durrus Cheese from Ireland

Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Super delicious semi-soft washed rind cheese from West Cork Somewhere, somehow, in the late 17th century, around the time the story of the Convulsionairres (see Trevor Dunn’s … Continued

Pfeffernüsse from the Bakehouse

Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews One of my favorite tastes of the holiday season There are many things that folks look forward to this time of year at the Bakehouse. The … Continued

Cauliflower and Harissa Salad

Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A terrific taste of Tunisia to make at home Local heirloom tomato season is coming to an end for 2022, but cauliflower is still going strong! … Continued

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year

Celebrating the High Holiday with Special Dishes A clean slate, a fresh start. There’s no time like the New Year for a healthy dose of optimism. Rosh Hashanah, known as … Continued

Introducing Rustichella d’Abruzzo

A Traditional Italian Pasta Maker Rustichella d’Abruzzo started in 1924 and remains committed to the ancient traditions of Italian pasta making–good quality semolina wheat, bronze dies, and a slow drying … Continued

Dinkelbrot from the Bakehouse

Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews German-style spelt bread makes for some marvelous eating Forty-something years into the American food revolution, most folks you know will probably be somewhat familiar with the … Continued

Salt & Pepper Peanuts

Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A Candy Manufactory classic in the making The Candy Manufactory has been quietly making these terrifically tasty peanuts in the background, easy to go unnoticed with … Continued