Zingerman's Not Too Late Holiday Catalog 2018

HOLIDAY CATALOG FOR FOOD LOVERS

FEATURING LEBKUCHEN & OTHER CLASSIC CHRISTMAS TREATS

HOLIDAY 2018

LEBKUCHEN

NUREMBERG'S CHRISTMAS COOKIE, MADE IN AMERICA Lebkuchen have been the Christmas cookie of Nuremberg, Germany since local monks started baking them more than 600 years ago. They’re huge—about four inches in diameter and nearly an inch tall. The best ones are made with honey, spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, a bit of candied citrus, plenty of ground almonds and hazelnuts, and just a smidge of flour.

In the middle ages, Nuremberg was a central hub of the continental spice trade. That gave the bakers of Nuremberg better access to exotic flavors like cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, ginger, anise, coriander, clove, and black pepper—all of which show up in lebkuchen. Nuremberg was also surrounded by a dense forest that was so famous for its honeybees that it was known as “The German Empire’s bee garden.” Even with access to the ingredients, lebkuchen were a luxury. Spices and citrus were rarities, making them incredibly expensive. They would have been saved for special occasions, like Christmas.

Fast forward to the current millennium. Sandy Lee first tasted and, in her own words “became obsessed with” traditional lebkuchen at a Christmas market while living in Berlin. When she came back home to New York City, she spent more than a year trying to recreate those flavors. Sandy uses all of the traditional ingredients to make her lebkuchen: the batter is more than 40% ground almonds and hazelnuts mixed together with honey, candied citron and orange peel, warm spices, and just enough flour to hold it all together.

In Nuremberg it’s traditional for lebkuchen to be packaged in decorative tins. New this year, our lebkuchen come in a Zingerman’s-exclusive tin with a cheery, wintry scene designed by longtime Zingerman’s artist, Ryan Stiner. They’re a beautiful gift—no extra wrapping required.

Each tin contains five enormous cookies: three coated with a powdered sugar glaze, and two covered in a shell of rich dark chocolate.

P-LEB 5 cookies in tin $40 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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GERMAN-AMERICAN CHRISTMAS TREATS DRESDEN STYLE F RUITCAKE Zingerman's Stollen

Stollen is the classic Christmas cake of Dresden, Germany. Over the last couple of decades, the master bakers at Zingerman’s Bakehouse have made it a classic here in Ann Arbor, too.

If you haven’t had stollen and wonder what all the fuss is about, just take a look at the ingredients: real butter, Bacardi® white rum, glacéed lemons, oranges, cherries, fresh lemon and orange zest, fresh lemon juice, almonds, golden raisins, Red Flame raisins, real vanilla and our very scent-sual Indonesian cinnamon. Toasted and spread with a little sweet butter, it’s delicious and is perhaps rivaled only by our own coffee cake as a great afternoon snack cake. Each stollen comes wrapped in a muslin bag and nestled in a colorful gift box. It serves 6-8 and, barring extensive snacking, lasts for weeks.

G-STO gift boxed stollen $45

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KINDER COOKIES

SWABIAN COOKIE Springerle Cookies

Fancy Schmancy Christmas Cookies

The St. Benedict Monastery of Ferdinand, Indiana was founded in 1867. For more than half that time, the sisters that live and work there have baked and sold cookies to support the Monastery. Springerle cookies originated in the Swabia region of southwestern Germany at the start of the Renaissance.

Images and icons are pressed into the dough before baking and allowed to dry. The extra time gives the cookie a hearty texture and they taste slightly of anise without being overly sweet. Traditionally served for Christmas and Easter, they’re great for dipping in coffee or to please the lovers of old world flavors and special celebrations.

P-SPG six cookies $12

This gift box has two different Christmas cookies with Germanic heritage. Pfeffernüsse Spice Cookies made with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and a bit of black pepper. Mandel Plätzchen Almond Cookies are made with almond paste and are soft, chewy and sweet with a thin crisp crust. They’re baked with all-natural ingredients at Zingerman’s Bakehouse and packaged in a handsome box.

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D. BARBERO TORRONE ITALIAN NOUGAT, THE WAY IT USED TO BE

Torrone is the Italian word for nougat with nuts mixed in (and like most things, it sounds much better in Italian). It’s been made in northern Italy since at least the 1400s.

Most torrone these days is made with a lot of cost-cutting shortcuts: sugar instead of honey, powdered egg whites instead of real eggs, additives like gels and gums to speed up the cooking process. These modern “innovations” allow makers to crank out a batch of torrone in under an hour, but it’s sweet without nuance and hard rather than cracking and crumbly.

At D. Barbero, in Asti, Piedmont, things are still done the old fashioned way. Over seven hours, they slowly churn Italian wildflower honey, a bit of sugar, real egg whites and a touch of vanilla from Madagascar in big mixers that look like giant KitchenAids.

But the nougat is only the half of it—literally. Each batch of Barbero torrone is at least 51% Piedmont hazelnuts by weight. The hazelnuts come from just down the road. Piedmont hazelnuts are recognized as the most flavorful in the world, without any of the bitterness that mars other hazelnuts—just deep, rich, nutty, just-sweet-enough flavor. To turn that flavor up to eleven, the hazelnuts at D. Barbero get a double roasting before they’re churned into the torrone.

To finish off, every batch of torrone is kneaded, molded, and shaped by hand. The result is a crisp, crackling texture with delicate, complex sweetness and intense, deep, nutty flavor.

Even Barbero’s packaging harkens back to an earlier era. They pack their torrone in metal tins with art deco styling. It’s a beautiful presentation and makes a super gift. In Italy, torrone is a classic gift for Christmas—one that pretty much every Italian family is bound to receive.

P-DBT P-DBT-SML P-CTN P-DBT-BAR

500 g tin large pieces 100 g tin small pieces 100 g tin small pieces in chocolate 100 g bar covered in chocolate

$60 $17 $17 $10

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MORE NUTTY ITALIAN SWEETS Sugar Bathed

Marrons Glacés from Italy

Despite the French name, Marrons Glacés are an invention of Northern Italy’s Piedmont region. Having tasted a whole bunch of them over many years, I can confidently say that the ones the Bardini brothers make near the town of Cuneo are my favorites. The chestnuts are aged for a week while submerged in water in underground caves. Later, they soak in a vanilla-scented sugar syrup bath, during which time the syrup is slowly pulled into the center of the chestnut. Finally, they’re rolled in sugar and boxed.

A surefire gift success with anyone of European origin and a great gift for chestnut lovers of any origin.

P-MRN gift box of 8 $45 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

HOW ITALY DOES FUDGE

a 300 year old coOkie

Northern Italian Hazelnut Fudge It's not really fudge. It's better. From up near Alba comes a super dense, super rich block of fudgy textured chocolate that's strewn with tons of toasted Piedmont hazelnuts.

Outrageously delicious.

P-IFG 200 g box $29

Amaretti del Chiostro Cookies

For almost three centuries, way up in Lombardy near the Swiss border, the Lazzaroni family has made this simple, unique almond cookie. The secret ingredient is apricot “kernels” (here we call them “pits,” but the Italians have such a nice way with language).

They add a tiny edge of refreshing bitterness to the crispy, crunchy, nutty cookie. A bright, fun gift tin holds about twenty almond cookies, each individually wrapped in beautiful wax bakery paper.

P-ACC 20 cookies in tin $25

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GIANDUJA 2.0

Sea Salt Chocolate and Hazelnut Cremini Truffles Cremini, that’s a mushroom, right? Usually yes, but not in this case.

In the Piedmont region of northern Italy, a “cremino” (plural cremini) is an ultra-smooth cube of chocolate and hazelnut gianduja.

You’ll find them in the cases of every fancy chocolate shop. These cremini come from Guido Gobino, a bean to bar chocolatier in Torino, Italy, the heart of gianduja country. The cremini are super silky smooth, each dotted with a few toasty hazelnut crumbles. The rich sweetness of the chocolate gets just a bit of an edge from the addition of sea salt. Getting a box of these individually-wrapped morsels feels like winning the chocolate lottery.

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PECAN SMOKED DUROC HAMS FROM SMOKING GOOSE THE NEW STANDARD FOR HOLIDAY HAMS

Forget the pineapple. These hams, made from heritage Duroc pork raised outdoors on pasture on a single farm in northern Indiana, then cured and smoked by the meat mavens at Smoking Goose, are showstoppers without the extra garnishes.

Smoking Goose is a fantastic producer of slow cured and smoked meats, salumi, and sausages in Indianapolis. They are conscientious about the sourcing of the all the meat they use, working only with farmers who meet their standards for ethics and sustainability. To make these Pecan Smoked Hams, they’ve taken that attention to detail a step further by sourcing all of the pork from a single farm: Gunthorp Farms in northern Indiana.

Greg Gunthorp is a 4th generation pig farmer. He raises heritage Duroc breed pigs that spend their whole lives out rooting around on pasture. He never uses any hormones or antibiotics. Greg’s attention to detail pays off with huge flavor—his Duroc pork is earthy, nutty, bold, yet clean and juicy.

The team at Smoking Goose takes the raw Duroc hams and cures them with pepper, coriander, mustard seed, honey, bay leaf and Shelby Blue Ribbon Cider, a strawberry-rhubarb cider from local New Day Meadery in Indianapolis. Then they slowly smoke the hams over pecan wood.

The flavor is a knockout. Sweet and complex, with a smooth smokiness that lingers long after you put down your fork. The hams are fully cooked and ready to eat right away.

A Zingerman’s exclusive. Note the hams are boneless, unsliced, shipped frozen and may take a day to defrost.

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4-5 lbs, boneless, unsliced, serves 8-10 7-9 lbs, boneless, unsliced, serves 15-20

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OUR MOST POPULAR GIFT BOX The Weekender Gift Boxes Great all-purpose gifts, built from foods the recipient can snack on right out of the box. Whatever the occasion, folks will dig right in.

The Weekender, hand assembled in our cartooned gift box (illustrated) has a loaf of Zingerman’s Artisan Bread, a couple of Brownies (Walnut-studded Magic Brownie and a Caramel Dulce de Leche Buenos Aires Brownie), La Quercia's Borsellino Salami, Zingerman's Peanut Brittle, a half pound of our Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar and a nosher-sized version of our extremely popular, extremely good Sour Cream Coffee Cake.

G-WEE weekender gift box $75 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

The Long Weekender, packed in a handsome wooden crate, includes all the items in the Weekender plus Zingerman’s freshly roasted High Flyer Coffee, Zingerman’s Banana Bread, Spanish Chocolate Covered Figs and Virginia Diner Peanuts.

G-LWE long weekender $160 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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keep your stockings on

Pheasant

Christmas Goodies Gift Box

Pheasant might traditionally be the poor man’s holiday centerpiece—without money to buy meat, a pheasant could be hunted wild and dressed at home. But it’s also a popular choice for the British royal family to serve for dinner on Christmas eve. I understand why—pheasant tastes like the most flavorful chicken you’ve ever tasted, and then some.

The flavor is rich and robust, without being gamey. It’ll make for a meal you’ll be talking about for many Christmases to come. A whole pheasant is about the size of a chicken and roasts to a perfect golden-brown in about as much time. Whole bird, ships frozen.

M-PHS about 2-2.5 lbs, serves 4 $55

This box probably won’t fit into their stocking. But it’s so good looking and tasty they might want to hide it anyway. Make everyone jealous by sending our signature wooden gift box filled with an Original Zzang!® Handmade Candy Bar, our mini Hot Cocoa Coffee Cake, Spanish Chocolate Covered Figs, a half pound of our Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar, a small Zingerman’s Stollen, Spiced Pecans and a box of Zingerman's Pfeffernüsse Cookies.

G-CGG christmas goodies gift box $100 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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THANKS

GIVING

THANKSGIVING CHEESE COURSE

THANKSGIVING BREAD BOX

The day they ship to you, we’ll hand cut and wrap three of our top American cheeses: Pleasant Ridge Reserve, Cabot Clothbound Cheddar and Zingerman’s Manchester Double Cream. We’ll also stash some spiced pecans and a loaf of Roadhouse Rye along with it. About a pound and a half of cheese, plenty enough to serve twelve for appetizers or after-dinner—or maybe a bit of both. Hand packed in our cartoon gift box.

G-TCB gift box $100

Forget the rolls from a can. This year, fill the bread basket with full-flavored, hearth-baked, crusty loaves. We’ll pack three American classics in our cartoon gift box: Roadhouse, Sourdough, and Cranberry Pecan Bread. Just reheat them in the oven, slice, and serve.

G-TXC 3 loaf gift box $45 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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THANKSGIVING HORS D’OEUVRES We spend so much time planning and preparing the perfect Thanksgiving feast—but what do you nibble on while the turkey’s still in the oven, an hour longer than you planned on? Stave off hunger with La Quercia’s Prosciutto Americano, a hand-cut wedge of Cabot Clothbound Cheddar, Zingerman’s Pimento Cheese Spread, Underground Meat’s Summer Sausage, and Virginia Diner Peanuts. Everything comes packed in a colorful cartoon gift box.

G-THD hors d’oeuvres $90 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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FIRE PARCHED MINNESOTA WILD RICE This wild rice–not at all like the wild rice you’ll see in most shops–is one of America’s oldest foods. It was definitely on Native Americans’ diets four hundred years ago, which meant it was probably an early settlers' food, too. The plants were part of the Great Plains ecosystem, a thousand mile stretch of grasses whose biodiversity was as great as the Amazon. Today, the rice harvest still happens in ways a person from four centuries ago would have recognized. The grasses are gathered by hand in canoes, threshed by simple machines and parched over open fires, which gives it a slight wood-smoke aroma. To cook some I sweat half a sliced onion in a pan, add the rice and warm it, stirring it into the onion and oil, then pour in chicken broth and cook it for half an hour with the lid open till the grains crack, split and fray. The flavor is absolutely stunning. It’s mild but extremely complex, with woody, green and grassy flavors mixed in with nutty, earthy notes. Never overpowering, it’s the kind of flavor kids love too.

P-CAS 1 lb bag, serves 10 as a side $20 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

CABOT CLOTHBOUND AMERICAN CHEDDAR Beefy cheddar, wrapped in traditional cloth. Unlike wax, the cloth breathes, aging the wheel with amazing depth of flavor.

From the Cellars at Jasper Hill in Vermont.

C-CCC $36 per pound SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

PIMENTO CHEESE DIP A salty, tangy spread of Vermont cheddar, Hellmann’s® mayo, pimento peppers and spices—or, for a smoky boost, with bits of Nueske’s bacon stirred in. One of our best-selling foods.

C-PMC 6 oz tub classic $10 C-BPM 6 oz with bacon $13 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

CRANBERRY WALNUT & TOASTED PECAN PIES

COPE'S DRIED SWEET CORN

Our two most popular pies feature flaky all-butter crusts, loads of nuts and all natural brown sugar and flavor that just doesn't stop. Each serves 10-12.

A-CRA cranberry, in cartoon box $50 G-CRA cranberry, in wooden crate $60 A-PEC pecan, in cartoon box $55 G-PEC pecan, in wooden crate $65

It’s my personal mission to put this on as many Thanksgiving dinner tables as I can. Buy a bag to make the best creamed corn you’ll ever eat, guaranteed. Recipe included.

P-CRC 7½ oz, serves 8 $14 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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FRUITCAKE THE GAME CHANGER FROM ROBERT LAMBERT

Full disclosure: the price on these fruitcakes may cause sticker shock. While England's national holiday cake has become a cheap industrial laughing stock, these are another species altogether. Crafted by Robert Lambert in California from rare citrus that he picks and candies himself. A slice cut thin while the cake is cool—I recommend serving it chilled—looks like a stained glass window and is a taste revelation.

White Rare Citrus Fruitcake

Dark Rare Citrus Fruitcake

Vintage Fruitcakes

Robert's classic cake, the one we've offered for many years. It's by far the best of its kind I’ve ever tried. Blood oranges, bergamots, Rangpur limes and more, many that he picks himself. Each cake is soaked in cognac and aged for a few months, then garnished with a slice of candied fruit and a bay leaf, all wrapped gently in cheese cloth. It tastes fresh, clean and lively. Comes in a muslin bag.

P-KUY 1 lb, six inches long,

serves 8-10 $70

Robert starts by candying exotic citrus like Buddha’s hand citron, bergamot, blood orange, Texas lemon and white grapefruit peels. He adds hazelnuts, pecans, walnuts, dark raisins, prunes, black figs soaked in Poire William eau de vie—oh yes, there’s more—dates, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, 10-year-old Port, and candied ginger. Then, wait for it...he soaks it all in bourbon. Comes in a muslin bag.

P-RLD 1 lb, 6 inches long,

serves 8-10 $70

If you already consider fruit cake a joke the idea of a vintage fruit cake must seem like a real marketer’s whopper.

Selling last year’s fruit cakes? Yes, that’s exactly what we’re doing. Over the last year the flavor has developed, expanded and gotten more complex. Like a wine that was fun while young, more serious now that its aged, these fruit cakes have become a real aficionado's treat. Gift boxed.

P-VTG white vintage $85 P-VLD dark vintage $85

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another reviled british christmas tradition Christmas Pudding

From the culture that brought you fruitcake comes another much-scorned holiday food tradition: Christmas pudding. But just like there’s good fruitcake and lame fruitcake, the same goes for pudding. It's not bad, it's just misunderstood. In Victorian England the holiday pudding would be made from brandy soaked dried fruits, sugar, eggs, lots of spice and just enough flour to hold it all together. This particular pudding comes to us from Thursday Cottage in Essex. They craft it in the old way, with dried currants and red and white raisins that are soaked in Cognac to intensify their flavor and give them a juicier texture. They deploy their own orange marmalade (they're a preserve maker first) as well as sugar, flour, citrus peels, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and another touch of Cognac. It’s traditional to steam the pudding for a couple of hours before serving, but Victorians didn’t have microwaves and they work too. Serve for dessert in thin slices drizzled with hot brandy butter—or some warmed maple syrup if that's what you have.

P-PUD 454 g in ceramic bowl, serves 8 $30 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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spices they'Ll actuaLly use

let it drip

Épices de Cru Grand Spice Set & Book

Clementines in Chocolate

First you’ll be struck by how they look. Over two dozen matte metal tins, translucent tops, each filled with a shock of spice.

When you unwrap it, the aroma follows: floral, toasty, bright, rich, herbal, earthy, all swimming together. What really steals the show, though, is the taste. Ethné and Philippe de Vienne’s Montreal spice business, Épices de Cru, has what I think are hands-down the best spices around. Their house blends are unparalleled. This kit has 26 of them, enough to keep a curious cook busy for months. It comes with a 143-page book featuring 60 of their well-tested recipes.

Makes a stunning gift. Note the spices are whole, which makes them last much longer. They only need a quick grind with a mortar and pestle or food processor.

P-EDC 26 spices, plus book $90

A rarely seen specialty from Calabria. The Favella Ranch is near Sibari in Southern Italy, which, if you’re up on ancient Greek history, you might recognize as the place where the Sybarites lived and ate famously well. These clementines in chocolate fit right into the Sybarites’ hedonistic tradition: spectacular Calabrian oranges, soaked in a constantly refreshed bath of simple syrup for three weeks, cut in quarters, smothered in dark chocolate. Each piece is the size of a large chocolate truffle. If you slide it in your mouth all at once, the luscious orange syrup won’t drip down your chin. Better yet, be a Sybarite. Let it drip.

P-CIC 12 piece box $35 P-CIC-S 4 piece box $14

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LAYER CAKES The showpiece of these layer cakes, made at Zingerman's Bakehouse, is traditional Swiss buttercream frosting. Made by whipping fresh eggs and sugar into a meringue, then mixing in real Wisconsin butter and Madagascar vanilla. Our cakes are also marked by what they don’t contain: no artificial anything, no mixes, no shortening. These are the ingredients your grandmother used. Cakes ship frozen. Unwrap them while cool, then defrost and serve at room temperature for maximum flavor and attractiveness.

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Apple butter cake with dulce de leche buttercream frosting inside and out. Wrapped in crispy pieces of toasted cake crumble. Ever so slightly spiced with fall flavors.

A-SPI serves 8, 6” wide , 4” high $100

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Chocolate cake filled with a rich chocolate mint buttercream then iced with vanilla buttercream.

Cloaked in crushed brownie pieces and topped with a fondant candy cane.

A-MER serves 8, 6” wide , 4” high $100

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PANETTONE

Traditional Panettone

Lemon Panettone

If Italy had to elect a national Christmas dessert, this would be the top candidate. The texture is as fluffy as a pillow, the candied citrusstudded dough peels off in strips like cotton candy. What you can’t finish after dinner makes fantastic French toast.

P-ANE 750 g cake, serves 10-12 $55

From the makers of our fan-favorite Agrumato lemon olive oil (online), this cake is made with extra virgin olive oil—not butter—made by pressing the olives together with southern Italian lemons, plus ingredients like candied fruit, raisins, flour, eggs and yeast. Bright and refreshing.

P-LPN 750 g cake, serves 10-12 $70

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You know it's Christmas in Italy when the panettone start appearing in shop windows. They're the fluffy, tall cakes that are seasoned with candied citrus and packaged as beautifully as a present for the Pope. We’ve had great traditional Italian panettone every Christmas since our doors opened in 1982.

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Panettone L’arancia Made with loads of extra virgin olive oil that was pressed with southern Italian oranges, capturing the essential oils in the orange zest. Bright, clean orange flavor complements the fluffy, just-sweetenough cake. Outstanding warmed and topped with a bit of fresh whipped cream.

P-OPN 750 g cake, serves 10-12 $70 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Chocolate and Fig Panettone

Panettone Balsamico

A classic panettone cake that hides luscious pockets of tender figs and bits of melt-in-your-mouth Italian chocolate. Wrapped and ribboned in typically gorgeous fashion, it makes a beautiful gift for a chocolate-and-fruit fan.

P-CPN 750 g cake, serves 10-12 $65

Balsamic is laced through this cake, forming a ribbon of dark glaze. Instead of finding panettone’s traditional gems of dried fruit you’ll discover veins of cherry-sweet, luscious caramel. The gift box is vintage Italian graphic design, classically gorgeous.

P-BPN 750 g cake, serves 10-12 $65

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GREAT OLIVE OIL, STUNNING BOTTLES Muraglia Olive Oil

TyPuglia Olive Oil

From Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, comes this spicy, racy extra virgin olive oil. Made from 100% Coratina olives, this one ain’t for everybody. But the oil aficionados who crave intensity will be blown away by its big, bold body and grassy, peppery finish. Fittingly, the bottle is just as intense as the oil within. Ceramic artists create each bottle by hand, about three per hour, which makes up quite a bit of the cost. The glaze is vibrant, a swirl of bright stripes. Not only is it beautiful to look at, it’s good for the oil, protecting it from light which causes olive oil to lose its flavor. Keep it around and you can fill it with new oil when you run out. Very limited supply.

O-MUR 500 ml $60

TyPuglia extra virgin olive oil is that and then some.

It’s made in Puglia entirely from Coratina olives.

They’re a coveted varietal for making peppery powerful oils, which is what you’re going to get with this.

It’s a condiment that can stand up to beans, pasta, red meats. Elia Pellegrino, who makes the oil, enjoys a slab of farm bread topped with fresh smashed tomatoes, sea salt, and a glistening coat of TyPuglia. It comes in a limited edition tomato red ceramic bottle, hand crafted in the studio of Elia’s friend, Michele Cataldo, in the nearby town of Terlizzi. The bottle is reusable—being ceramic, it keeps all light out, which is the best way to store oil. Let me tell you, it’s gorgeous.

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ITALIAN FRUIT MAGIC

Wild Cherries and Hand-Picked Apricots in Syrup

It’s been a dozen holidays since I found wild Italian cherries from Piedmont.

I remember bringing the first jar to Christmas at home, spooning out individual fruits to top a crisp of cracker slathered with a gooey triple crème cheese whose name I forget. I kept at it for an hour—I have a big family and everyone wanted seconds. We barely made a dent in the jar. Prepared in small batches so they do not bruise, packed with syrup in a resealable glass jar, we've been bringing in a small quantity every holiday since and their fans gobble them up. We also offer soft, tender apricots, hand harvested and rushed into a simple syrup bath within hours. The speed is important, it protects the texture and flavor of the fruit. The longer they wait around, the more their texture breaks down, the mushier they get. But that’s the only rushing allowed.

The apricots take their time once they reach their bath, allowing the sugar to slowly soak into the fruit, preserving them and freezing their flavor at its peak.

An elegant gift. Fantastic with gelato or fresh cheeses. The cherries are pitted, but the apricots still have their stones so chew carefully.

P-AGR-CHE 680 g jar wild cherries $40 P-AGR-APR 680 g jar apricots $40 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Italian Christmas Chocolates Slim squares of exquisite milk chocolate and dark chocolate, individually wrapped. From Northern Italy, near the city of Turin, with lovely, gift-worthy packaging (and eye-rollingly good flavor).

P-ITC 18 piece box $30 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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CREATE YOUR CUSTOM PASTRY GIFT We got into the business of shipping food more than twenty years ago when people couldn’t live without our brownies. Today not much has changed. Zingerman’s Bakehouse still makes all of their cookies, scones, and more the old fashioned way, with no short cuts and pronounceable ingredients like real butter, real vanilla, fresh eggs, and oven-toasted nuts. Get exactly the baked goods you want with a custom pastry gift box. Choose your mix, pick your packaging (a colorful cartoon cardboard gift box or classy wooden crate), then give us a ring or hop on our site at zingermans.com where you can customize your box online. Your personal selection is hand packed to order.

6 PASTRIES

15 PASTRIES

cartOon box

woOden Crate 8 PASTRIES

20 PASTRIES

G-6PP 6 in box $36

G-15P 15 in box $75

G-8CR 8 in crate $50

G-20C 20 in crate $120

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G-10P 10 in box $50

G-20P 20 in box $95

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Magic Brownie

Buenos Aires Brownie

Oatmeal Raisin

Chocolate Chunk

Classic with toasted walnuts. USA Today raved about them.

So will you.

Brownie sandwiching a layer of dulce de leche caramel, topped with burnt sugar.

Dense and chewy.

Made with maple syrup, rolled oats and red flame raisins.

Studded with big pieces of chocolate and toasted walnuts.

Ginger Jump-Up

Sky’s the Lemon

Slightly spicy, darkly sweet with Muscovado brown sugar and crystallized ginger.

With fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and candied lemon.

Black Magic Brownie Same great classic brownie, without the nuts.

Dense and rich.

Pecan Blondie Pecan praline in a butterscotch (nochocolate) brownie, topped with sea salt.

Townie Brownie Gluten Free with amaranth and quinoa, not wheat.

Stuffed with chocolate chunks. * Not made in a gluten free facility.

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RED FLAME RAISINS

Red Flames are plump, juicy, joyously flavorful— a big step up from Thompson raisins (the ones in the little red boxes). They’re the star in our oatmeal raisin cookies and country scones.

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Want to create a custom gift all your own?

Awesome! We build every one of our gift boxes to order, so we can customize absolutely everything. Give us a call at 888-636-8162 and get ready for your custom gift dreams to come true. Or, opt for a DIY custom gift online

with one of these collections:

CUSTOM CHEESE BOX, PAGE 42-43 CUSTOM BREAD BOX, PAGE 29 CUSTOM GELATO COLLECTION, PAGE 40 CUSTOM MEAT & CHEESE BOX, PAGE 42-43 CUSTOM COFFEE CAKE BOX, PAGE 49 CUSTOM MINI PIE BOX, ONLINE WOODEN

Currant Scone

Buttery, creamy dough loaded with tangy dried currants.

Lemon Scone

Bright and refreshing with plenty of candied lemon zest.

C R AT E

Cheddar Herb Scone Savory with tangy Vermont cheddar and fresh rosemary.

Bacon Cheddar Scone

Bostock Buttery brioche with orange syrup, topped with almond frangipane.

Raspberry Patti Pocket Buttery, flaky pie dough filled with raspberry preserves.

Savory with applewood smoked bacon and Vermont cheddar.

Ginger Scone

A jolt to the taste buds with lots of spicy, crystallized ginger.

Country Scone

Sweet and homey with rolled oats, pecans, red flame raisins and cinnamon.

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WHAT'S A BOSTOCK?

A thick slice of buttery brioche bread brushed with orange syrup, spread with almond frangipane cream, sprinkled with almonds and baked. Rich and buttery, not overly sweet with a featherly light texture, like citrusy-almondy French toast you can eat out of hand.

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DRI N K IN G

CHOCOLATE

BARCELONA

Good drinking chocolate is a far cry from the dusty packets many of us grew up on. It’s thick—sometimes so thick that instead of sipping, it’s easier to eat it with a spoon like pudding. It’s not overly sweet—you should still be able to taste the bitter, roasted notes of chocolate. Even a tiny cup can transport you to a dream café, far away.

PARIS

ANN ARBOR

Rovira Drinking Chocolate

Angelina Drinking Chocolate

Zingerman’s Hot Cocoa

In Spain they’ll drink this morning, noon and night. Stateside, it's hard to get our hands on it. When the chance presents itself we jump at it—if you see it in stock, my advice is to buy it. You can make it as thick as you want by mixing the chocolate pellets with milk. For a truly indulgent chocolate experience, go heavy on the chocolate. Slow, low heat, constant stirring and a little patience will produce one of the most luscious and rich elixirs you've ever sipped.

P-ROV 330 g box, 8 servings $25

Angelina, the jewelbox tea salon on the Rue de Rivoli, serves the best hot chocolate in Paris—and, I’m ready to throw down and say it, maybe the world. It’s incredibly rich, with deep, intense chocolate flavor. Sipping a mug of it—served in the café with a mound of whipped cream so you can make it as decadent as you can bear—is an event to remember.

If a quick jaunt to Paris for a cup of hot chocolate isn’t an option, the next best option is to make it at home for yourself.

P-ANG 400 g tin $35

Move over, Europe. Your ultra thick, ultra rich, ultra luxe drinking chocolates are great, but sometimes you just want a mug of really good, everyday hot cocoa.

The cocoa connoisseurs at Zingerman’s Delicatessen spent months formulating, blending, testing and finally packaging our house blend of hot cocoa mix. Made with Scharffen Berger chocolate, it’s got deep flavor without being overwhelmingly rich. Great for everyone in the family, especially kids in the après-sled mode.

P-ZCO 1 pound tin $15

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SOLID SHELL, MOLTEN RUM INSIDE Cunesi Rum Truffles A unique chocolate served with immense style. Cunesi are rum and chocolate truffles, each massaged until it’s as smooth as silk. A single truffle just barely fits in your mouth. The chocolate pops and cracks and the rum seeps through and down your throat like molten lava. From Venchi, our long-time supplier of Hazelnut and Chocolate Spread from Turin. Packaged in a sleek red box.

P-HGU 200 g box $30 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Over the last three decades of finding food across our nation and around the world (tough job, I know), we’ve met so many incredible, inspiring foodmakers. Over and over again I’m struck by what they all have in common. These are people who are passionate about their land, their heritage, and more than anything, about their food. That’s true whether they’re using rare, heirloom citrus to make beautiful syrups and marmalades like Robert Lambert in California, or tinning fresh, never frozen sardines in good olive oil like the team at La Gondola outside of Porto, Portugal, or making crusty, hearth-baked breads right here in Ann Arbor at Zingerman’s Bakehouse. These artisan gift boxes, each packed in our colorful, cartoon box, feature some of our favorite food finds.

Artisan collections are hand packed in our signature cartoon gift box.

fine foOds from the 3rd coast

Great Lakes Artisan Gift Box

Seven delectables that I think represent some of the ingenuity and resources of artisan food makers from our region, all stuffed in a cartoon gift box: Peanut Butter from Koeze in Grand Rapids, Michigan, American Spoon Preserves from Petoskey, Michigan, Freshly Roasted Zingerman's Coffee, Mo’s Bacon Chocolate bar from Vosges in Chicago, Marieke Gouda from Thorp, Wisconsin, Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon from Wittenberg, Wisconsin, and our Cinnamon Raisin Bread.

G-GLA gift box $100 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Italian Artisan Gift Box

Tapas Gift Box

Lucious fig preserves, a half pound of Piave, Bonajuto chocolate truffles with cacao nibs, wild artichokes in olive oil, D. Barbero’s hazelnut torrone, olive oil taralli crackers, and Marina Colonna's Leccino olives.

G-ITL gift box $100

Zingerman's Farm Bread, La Quercia’s Borsellino Salami, Crispy Tortas with Olive Oil and Anise, Marcona Almonds, TunaStuffed Piquillo Peppers from Basque Country and Portuguese Sardines. Serves 6-8 quite handily.

G-TAP tapas gift box $80

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Zingerman's Artisan Gift Box

American Artisan Gift Box

A mini Sour Cream Coffee Cake and hearth baked bread from Zingerman’s Bakehouse, a bag of whole bean coffee from Zingerman’s Coffee Company, Pimento Cheese Spread, a box of Peanut Brittle, Spiced Pecans, a Bacon Cheddar Scone, a Walnut-studded Magic Brownie, a bottle of our Cold Brew Coffee and a Sky’s the Lemon Cookie.

G-ART artisan gift box $100

Robert Lambert’s Rangpur Lime Syrup from California, Broadbent Sausage from Kentucky, Pleasant Ridge Reserve Cheese from Wisconsin, Virginia Diner Peanuts, La Quercia’s Cured Ham from Iowa, Landrace Fettuccine from California, and Askinosie’s Red Raspberry Chocolate Bar from Missouri.

G-AMT gift box $100 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Koeze Peanut Butter Jeff Koeze sources great Virginia peanuts, then blanches them to remove the skins and keep them from going rancid. He toasts the peanuts in vintage coffee roasters, adds sea salt, then grinds the mixture to the texture of spun silk (a slightly chunky spun silk, that is). That traditional product is not an air-whipped, sugar-filled concoction but a natural, intense, rich, mouthwatering sensation.

P-BUT 17 oz jar smooth $9.50 P-CRU 16½ oz crunchy $9.50

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Sour Cherry Preserves Sour cherries are (justifiably) one of Michigan’s most famous crops and this is probably the best sour cherry preserves I’ve ever had. Each jar is about two thirds sour cherries and a third cane sugar, that’s it.

P-SCP 9.5 oz jar $14 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Bell Stone Toffee Forget all the toffee disappointments life has dealt you: the ones that are rock hard, or gummy-sticky, or cloyingly sweet, or sticks in your teeth. This toffee is crisp, buttery, and after a satisfying crunch it melts in your mouth. The mother/daughter team of Pat & Anijka Stone at Bell Stone Toffee in Livonia, Michigan use Grandmother Bell’s 100-year-old recipe.

Each 12-pound batch of sugar and butter cooks for about an hour, then is poured out and topped with dark chocolate and chopped pecans. Nutty, chocolatey, just sweet enough, and perhaps a little too easy to keep snacking on.

P-BST 6 oz bag $16 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Clusters The nut mavens at Koeze in Grand Rapids, Michigan, start with their Cream-Nut peanut butter (left).

Then they blend that peanut butter with a bit of white chocolate, toss it with a ton of chopped pecans, form it into fat little clusters, and cover the clusters in really good dark chocolate. The result is supremely nutty, dense, rich, creamy with just a bit of crunch—the ultimate peanut butter cup.

P-KPP 5 cluster box $15 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Chocolate Cherry Bread A chocolate lover's fantasy come true— the best Belgian and French chocolate and dozens of dried Michigan cherries.

A few minutes in the oven, the chocolate chunks begin melting, the aroma of cocoa fills the air. Spread it with just a hint of sweet butter or set a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of a warm slice.

You'll be sitting in front of the most decadent dessert you've had in years.

B-CHO 1 ¼ lb handmade loaf $18 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Maple Pumpkin Caramel Before your eyes glaze over at the thought of yet another “pumpkin spice” product let me stop you right there. This isn’t a fad or someone trying to capitalize on the latest trend of pumpkin popularity. Made by American Spoon in northern Michigan, one of the country's premier preserve makers, this is slow cooked pumpkin, spiced up like pie, blended with rich, buttery caramel and maple syrup from nearby farms. It's addictive.

Slather it over everything. Eat it off the spoon. Top your gelato with a dollop or two. Then tell those trend chasers you found an incredible caramel that will never go out of fashion.

P-PMP 9.5 oz jar $18 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Made in Michigan Gift Basket Guaranteed to cure homesickness for the misplaced Michigander in your life. This gift basket is stuffed with Cherry Berry Spoonfruit preserves from American Spoon in Petoskey, a jar of Koeze’s Cream-Nut Peanut Butter from Grand Rapids, a bag of Al Dente pasta from Whitmore Lake, a bag of Bell Stone’s Dark Chocolate Toffee from Livonia, and from here in Ann Arbor a bottle of Clancy’s Fancy hot sauce, a bag of Zingerman’s sea salt potato chips, a box of Zingerman’s peanut brittle, a bag of whole bean High Flyer coffee, and a loaf of Zingerman’s crusty Farm Bread.

G-MIM gift basket $125 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

MICHIGAN FOOD CLUB Three Months

Six Months

G-MIC-3 $125

G-MIC-6 $240 Includes first 3 months plus:

Month 1 Good Morning, Ann Arbor Sour Cream Coffee Cake Zingerman’s High Flier Coffee

Month 4 Snack Attack Zingerman’s Pepper & Barbecue Potato Chips Zingerman’s Peanut Brittle Ginger Jump-Up Molasses Cookie

Month 2 Cherry Country USA Chocolate Cherry Bread Fruit Perfect Sour Cherries

Month 5 Bread & Cheese Farm Bread Chestnut Leaf-Wrapped Napoleon Cheese

Michigan Food of the Month Club

Month 3 Peanut Butter Jelly Time Koeze’s Cream Nut Peanut Butter Early Glow Strawberry Preserves Zingerman’s Sea Salt Potato Chips

Month 6 Confections Bell Stone Toffee Koeze Peanut Butter Clusters Original Zzang!® Candy Bar

Though we search across the country and around the world to find new flavors, many of our perennial favorite foods come from our own backyard right here in Michigan.

Keep the flavors of our pleasant peninsula coming every month.

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BUTTERY BAKED GOODS & HEARTH BAKED BREADS FROM

Owner & Head Chef at Zingerman’s Delicatessen

Mini Scone Box

French Mountain Bread

In the scone world, the only thing I can imagine better than a Zingerman’s scone is a miniature Zingerman's scone. Still made with fresh butter, cream and just enough flour to hold them together, but now they’re half the size so they fit into life in all sorts of new ways. They stash easily in desk drawers. In glove compartments. In jacket pockets. Let's not forget the guilt got cut by half too—not that anyone's counting. Each box contains four mini scones: two currant, one ginger, and one lemon.

P-SC4 4 mini scones, boxed $15

Hands down, this is my favorite bread and probably my favorite food period. It is my desert island food for sure. I love it for just eating, salami sandwiches, grilled cheese and breakfast toast with tons of butter and preserves. This bread is so good with a fried egg on it. It has been the only bread in my stuffing for the last decade during Thanksgiving where it blends well to the sausage, celery and sage.

B-MON-A ¾ kilo handmade loaf $12.50 B-MON-B 2 kilo handmade “Z” loaf $26

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HAND-LADLED CHEESES FROM Website Designer & Business Gift Concierge

City Goat Cheese

Manchester Cheese

Super-fresh goat’s milk and hand ladling make this little fresh goat cheese from Zingerman’s Creamery slowly fall apart and melt on your tongue. Bright, clean, fresh flavor. Or for a spicy kick, try the same City Goat rolled in Berbere (illustrated), an Ethiopian spice blend of three different chili peppers plus ginger, cardamom, fenugreek, allspice, adjwain (an Indian spice similar to thyme), cassia buds, and black pepper. Bright red in color, it’s a little hot, a little sweet.

C-JOG 4 oz plain $13 C-BCG 4 oz berbere $16

I must confess that I love cheese, and one of my long-time favorites is Manchester from Zingerman’s Creamery. Normally I will not even look at a cheese made from pasteurized milk, but this one is a rare exception—it is that good. It beautifully showcases the seasonal nature and flavors of the local milk used to make it. The cheese is soft and lusciously creamy with a mild tang when young, and gets denser and more flavorful as it ages, with a soft, almost runny rind that is delectable. Versatile and fitting all year round.

C-MNC ½ lb $18 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Zingerman’s Delicatessen opened in March 1982 with a staff of two, a small selection of great tasting specialty foods, a host of Jewish dishes and a short sandwich menu. The deli is still thriving, making corned beef reubens and cutting cheese to order. Today we're also a family of small food-related companies all located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We focus on traditionally made, full flavored foods, many of which we make ourselves, like hearth-baked breads, hand-ladled cheeses, freshly roasted coffees, and old fashioned candy bars. You really CAN

Service Star & Business Gift Concierge

FROM OUR KITCHEN AT

taste the difference!

Zingerman’s Spiced Pecans My obsession with Zingerman’s Spiced Pecans is serious...I love how one seemingly simple food can be so versatile! Toss a few over fresh greens and your salad instantly becomes more sophisticated. Pile a few on a cheese plate and your dinner guests will gobble them with delight. You can even jazz up breakfast by stirring some into your oatmeal or muffin batter. However, most often, you’ll find me snacking on them right out of the package. The balance of flavors along with the crunch makes my mouth happy and the perfect blend of sweet and savory lightly lingers on my tongue long after my last bite.

The warm, buttery aroma reminds me of my days living in Manhattan when the scent of freshly-roasted nuts would fill my nose with coziness and, for a brief moment, make the city feel like my hometown in the Midwest.

P-PCN 12 oz gift tin $25 P-S-PCN 5 oz letterpress bag $14 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

OLD-FASHIONED CANDY BARS FROM

FRESHLY ROASTED COFFEE FROM

Zzang!® Candy Bars

Roadhouse Joe Coffee A mix of Papua New Guinea, Costa Rican, Indian and Brazilian Peaberry beans make this crowd-pleasing blend that we’ve served every day alongside breakfast (and brunch, and lunch, and dinner) at Zingerman's Roadhouse restaurant for over a decade. Nutty and balanced. Whole bean.

P-COF-ROA 12 oz $22

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Zingerman's makes great, old-fashioned American candy bars almost entirely by hand. Chunky, fat, fudgy bars you can wrap your hand around. They’re not the serious kind of sweet you nibble with your eyes closed, hushed, your tasting notes near at hand. They’re the kind where you chew great chunks off—fun, fantastic candy, made with all natural ingredients, without cutting a single corner. The most popular Zzang!® Original bars include honey nougat, peanut butter and roasted peanuts, and silky caramel all bundled in dark chocolate. Read more about each additional flavor online.

P-ZZG zzang! ® original, 2½ oz bar $6 P-COW ca$hew cow, 2 oz bar $6 P-ZFU what the fudge, 3 oz bar $6 P-WOW raspberry wowza, 3 oz bar $6 P-PBC peanut butter crush, 2 oz bar $6 EACH SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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greEn and AsSertive

buTtery and Rich Alziari Olive Oil

Peranzana Olive Oil

It's now been over two decades since I first fell in love with Alziari, the old shop in the historic center of Nice, on France’s Côte d’Azur. Their extra virgin olive oil is exceptional and typically Niçoise—light, flowery and elegant but still full of character and charisma. I could use the same phrase to describe the tin it comes in. It's such a beautiful package that it makes one of the best gifts from our catalog; it needs no wrapping.

O-ALZ 1 liter tin $50

We looked long and hard for an oil to call our own. We finally chose this one.

Zingerman’s Olive Oil is made by Marina Colonna on her ancient estate in the Molise, a little over 100 miles due east of Rome. Made from hand picked Peranzana olives pressed the same day they’re taken from the tree, this extra virgin olive oil is hugely flavorful.

O-ZIN 500 ml $29 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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"Best Overall" food club – Wall Street Journal ESTATE OLIVE OIL CLUB

olive grove tour de force Zingerman’s Estate Olive Oil Club In Ann Arbor, folks line up to attend our olive oil tasting events. Here’s a chance to get someone in on the action. Each shipment contains a full-sized bottle of estate-bottled extra virgin olive oil and plenty of research on how the oil was made and suggestions for using it in the kitchen. Bonus: first shipment includes a handmade ceramic terraced dipping dish and keepsake Z Clubs folder to hold the copious notes.

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Two Months G-OCC-2 $125

Four Months G-OCC-4 $200

Six Months G-OCC-6 $260

Terraced Ceramic Dipping Dish, plus:

Includes first 2 oils, plus:

Includes first 4 oils, plus:

Marina Colonna’s oil from the Molise

La Spineta from the Pellegrino family in Puglia

Roi from the Boeri family in Liguria

OLV oil from the Flores family in Spain

Agrumato lemon oil from the Ricci family in Italy

Onsa’s Oil from the Mahjoub family in Tunisia

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from La Vecchia Dispensa 8 Year Aged V-8YR

250 ml bottle $25

The Balsamic Vinegars of La Vecchia Dispensa While we carry different vinegars and olive oils from different farms and acetaias we only carry one family's everyday balsamic.

Working just off the historic square in the center of the old town of Castelvetro, southwest of Modena, Italy, Roberta Pelloni, her husband Marino Tintori, and their son Simone make a range of outstanding balsamics under the name La Vecchia Dispensa.

And while I've probably tasted another fifty balsamics since we started carrying theirs a decade and a half ago none have come close in terms of balance and flavor. Although many believe Americans tend to gravitate toward sweet caramel-flavored balsamics, Marino is quick to emphasize “the key to great Balsamico is balance.” Exaggerating sweetness is an easy way to enhance appeal and reduce the need for proper blending and aging. You might not notice it at first, but after many uses overly sweet balsamics get kind of dull. Not so with Vecchia Dispensa. They have a legion of followers who return to them again and again.

10 Year Aged V-10Y

250 ml bottle $35

16 Year Aged V-16Y

250 ml bottle $45

30 Year Aged V-30Y

100 ml bottle $50

4 Ages Sampler Bottles V-VBT

4 x ¼ oz each $30

Oak Barrel of 16 Year Aged V-BAR-16 1 liter barrel $350 BALSAMICS SHIP FLAT RATE

showStoPper

Four Balsamic Showcase

You don’t have to be a balsamic sommelier to taste the difference between these amazing vinegars. As balsamics age, they go from being bright and tart to taking on a sweeter, more raisin-y flavor and a thicker, more syrupy texture. The young balsamics are better for vinaigrettes; the older ones are killer drizzled on cheese or berries. This collection of four bottles from our longtime source for balsamic, La Vecchia Dispensa in Modena, Italy, range in age from 10 to 30 years. Nestled in a beautiful box, they make a stunning gift.

V-WB4 four bottles, 100 ml each $150 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

french balsamic

6 Year Aged Cognac Vinegar

It’s not too often you see the French taking a page from the Italians when it comes to cuisine, but they did just that in crafting this intense, complex vinegar. It’s made from the same grapes (Trebbiano) balsamic vinegar makers use in Modena, Italy. Just like the Italians, they reduce the fresh pressed juice in copper kettles, then age the concentrated juice in oak barrels formerly used to age Cognac, which gives it a French twist.

Like its Italian cousin, this vinegar is smooth, complex, a little sweet with a finish that seems to linger for hours. Unlike its cousin, it’s light on the tongue (not thick) and more versatile in the kitchen. My favorite new vinegar in years.

V-CGN 200 ml bottle $38 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Pastry Collections for a few foOdies

for a larger group

Pastry Sampler

Baked Goods Bonanza

Our cartooned gift box includes a mini Sour Cream Coffee Cake, Walnut-Studded Magic Brownie, Ginger Molasses JumpUp Cookie, Currant Scone, Sea Salt Pecan Blondie, plus a pouch of six handmade, crispy, all butter Palmiers.

G-ZBS sampler, serves 6-8 $50 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Big, beautiful cartooned gift box with Dulce de Leche Buenos Aires and Magic Brownies, a Pecan Blondie, Oatmeal Raisin and Ginger Molasses Jump-Up Cookies, a Ginger Scone, a Cheddar Herb Scone and a Currant Scone, a six pack of all butter Palmiers and our nosher-sized Hot Cocoa Coffee Cake.

G-BNZ bonanza, serves 10-12 $100 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

a baker’s basket

built to impreSs

Pastry Dreambox

If you want to knock someone’s socks off, this is the gift to do it. It’s a footand-a-half long pine crate (illustrated) stuffed to bursting with our incredible nosher-sized Sour Cream Coffee Cake, two Currant Scones, a Magic Brownie, a Dulce de Leche Buenos Aires Brownie and a Pecan Blondie, a Ginger Jump-Up Cookie, a Big Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, a Raspberry Patti Pocket, Banana Bread, Star Thistle Honey and six handmade crispy Palmiers.

G-DRE dreambox, serves 14-16 $150 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Almost as Good as Grandma’s Gift Basket

This is one of our most popular baskets, a selection of some of the baked goods made by Zingerman’s Bakehouse presented in a wooden box emblazoned with the Zingerman’s name.

DELUXE (illustrated) Cinnamon Raisin Bread, Zingerman’s Magic Brownie and no-nut Black Magic Brownie, Dried Currant Scone and Lemon Scone, Sea Salt Pecan Blondie, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, Chocolate Chunk Cookie, Ginger Jump-Up Cookie, Honey and Preserves.

G-GRA-1 deluxe $75 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

ULTIMATE Double of all the pastries plus a loaf each of Cinnamon Raisin and Chocolate Sourdough breads.

G-GRA-2 ultimate $135 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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Beyond the malL Cinn-ful Cinnamon Roll Gift Box Almost anyone can make a cinnamon roll smell good while it’s baking, even among the cell phone kiosks at the mall. Unfortunately, most have little more than aroma to offer. You won’t taste much beyond sugar and cinnamon. The real challenge is to fashion a cinnamon roll that tastes as good as it smells. These fit the bill.

Warm them up, break one open and put your nose up close. You’ll smell sweet butter, Indonesian cinnamon, real vanilla. But the real treat is next. Take one bite. That’s all you’ll need to forget the litany of cinnamon roll disappointments life has dealt you. With serving instructions.

G-CIN ten roll tin in wooden crate $40 A-CIN ten roll tin in cartoon gift box $35 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

banaNA 3 way

Banana Breads

Three flavorful takes on banana bread.

Classic has no nuts. Chocolate chunk has—you guessed it—huge chunks of chocolate. Pecan praline is topped with a layer of caramel-coated toasted pecans sprinkled with a pinch of sea salt. Wrapped in tissue, each loaf comes packed in its own colorfully illustrated box. Serves 5-7.

G-BNA classic banana bread, gift boxed $20 G-BNC chocolate chunk, gift boxed $20 G-BNP pecan praline, gift boxed $20 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Zingerman’s Bakehouse Cookbook Make your own Zingerman’s baked goods at home with recipes we’ve been honing for two and a half decades. Written by Zingerman's Bakehouse co-owners, Frank Carollo and Amy Emberling P-ZBH 240 page hardcover $30 $3.99 BOOK RATE SHIPPING

Beigli Roll Gift Box Beigli (bay-glee) is Hungary’s favorite Christmas sweet. It’s a yeasted dough rolled up with a sweet filling made of finely chopped walnuts. The outside crackles and shines. Inside, there's a familiar swirl that will remind you of a cinnamon roll standing on its side. The buttery dough and rich honey walnut filling blend perfectly together, balancing its sweetness. The dough has a satisfying chew. Baked by hand at Zingerman's Bakehouse, it comes in a muslin gift bag nestled inside our fun, colorful cartoon gift box. Serves 6-8.

G-BEI beigli gift box $45 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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paesano

parmesan PepPer

ChoColate Sourdough Paesano Thin, snowy-white crust surrounds a soft, savory crumb with lots of holes.

This is the traditional bread of Puglia—the heel of Italy’s boot—and the best one to eat alongside a pasta dinner or to rip and dip in olive oil.

B-PAE 1½ lb loaf $9.50 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Chocolate Sourdough Our sourdough bread stuffed with chunks of dark Belgian chocolate.

It’s hard to resist ripping off a hunk to eat immediately, but it's best heated in the oven until the chocolate just begins to melt.

B-XSB 1 lb loaf $10 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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Jewish Rye

Chile & Cheddar

This is rye like my grandparents ate in Eastern Europe, with plenty of rye flour, a natural sour rye starter (not the usual canned shortcuts) and lots of time to let the dough develop. The bread for our reuben and many other sandwiches.

B-RYE 1½ lb loaf $9.50

Softly spicy, fire-roasted New Mexico green chiles and Nor'easter Cabot cheddar blended into tangy Farm Bread. Great on its own or as an accompaniment to dinner. Heat it up so it’s steamy when you crack the crust.

B-CHI 1¼ lb loaf $16

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When you walk into Zingerman’s Delicatessen, the first thing you see is bread. Enormous shelves stretching up to the ceiling, piled high with stacks of beautiful loaves. You can’t escape the smell. Invited to taste, you're unable to resist. Like most, you’ll end up leaving with a couple tucked under your arm. There’s not a bad loaf among them and the real gems—traditional peasant loaves like Paesano, Farm, and Jewish Rye—will redefine what you think bread can be.

It may sound crazy to take that bread and send it in the mail. It sounded nuts in 1992 when we started baking. Still does today.

But we ship more bread than any other food we sell, always have. If you’re not totally convinced but curious to see what the fuss is about, rest assured you can try it without risk. I guarantee you’ll love it. If you don’t, I’ll refund or re-ship, no questions asked.

find dozens more loaves at zingermans.com

Sourdough Sourdough

Parmesan Pepper

The crisp, crackly crust, Really good Parmigiano moist honeycombed Reggiano along with a load interior and that tradeof cracked black peppermark sour tang will tickle corns from Epices de Cru make this loaf savory, tangy, your tongue. So good that and slightly spicy. It’s fantas- we regularly ship them to San Franciscans across tic toasted when the cheese the country. just barely starts to melt.

B-PEP 1 lb loaf $17 B-SDR 1½ lb round $9.50 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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Farm Farm Bread

Pecan Raisin

Like French pain au levain, this bread is a white-wheat mix with a sour starter.

Crisp crust, subtle and never tiring flavor.

B-FRM-RND 3 lb round $18 B-FRM-LOF 1½ lb loaf $9.50

Dense with a half pound of big, juicy Red Flame raisins and toasted pecans in every tangy loaf. The New York Times says our Pecan Raisin Bread "redefines the category."

B-PEC 1¼ lb loaf $17

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Bread Gifts

Zingerman’s Holiday Bread Box

We send thousands of our artisanal loaves to tables across America every Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you can’t make a holiday gathering send these and they won’t miss you. You can pick your own assortment to serve from these pages but if you’d like to get four of the season’s favorites beautifully gift boxed, just ask for this gift box. Our cartoon holiday bread box contains Farm Bread, Cranberry Pecan, Roadhouse and Chocolate Sourdough Breads.

G-HBB holiday bread box $60 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Sweet & Spicy Bread Box For a different kind of bread fanatic. A cartooned gift box stuffed to bursting with a loaf of Chocolate Sourdough, Cinnamon Raisin, Chile Cheddar and Peppered Bacon Farm Bread.

G-SAM-B sweet & spicy $65 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Bread-fest Gift Box Two of our most popular breakfast breads (good any time of day, of course, toasted or not). This colorful, printed gift box selection includes a loaf each of Cinnamon Raisin and 8-Grain 3-Seed Bread, a couple of Lemon Scones to sweeten the deal and a small jar each of Honey and Preserves.

G-FES bread-fest box $50 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Deli Deluxe Bread Box

Rustic Peasant Loaf Gift Box

These are the breads we built our reputation on.

While we ship over two dozen types of loaves, these foundation breads have probably seen more tables than any other. Honor a bread fanatic by sending our cartooned gift box of Jewish Rye, Farm Bread, Better Than San Francisco Sourdough and Pecan Raisin.

G-SAM-A deli deluxe $60

This box is for all those classic bread lovers out there, the ones who turn up their noses at Cinnamon Raisin, the ones who fight for crust. We offer three of our most hallowed peasant loaves, the ones our bakers consider their crowning achievements. The gift box includes a loaf each of Paesano, Farm Bread and Roadhouse.

G-PEA peasant gift box $45

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Build Your Own

Customize Your Own Bread Gift Box

Fill your bread basket with the hearth-baked Zingerman’s Bakehouse loaves you love the most. Select your three breads from the list below: classic or creative, sweet or savory, or a mix of everything. We’ll pack them in our fun, cartooned gift box.

G-3BD 3 breads, gift boxed $45 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAYS

SAVORY Slightly spicy New Mexico green chiles and hunks of Cabot cheddar.

Parmesan Pepper

Loaded with Parmigiano Reggiano and freshly cracked black pepper.

Peppered Bacon

Rich and smoky with bits of Nueske’s Applewood bacon and black pepper.

SWEET

Farm Loaf

Chocolate Sourdough

White-wheat mix, subtle sourdough tang.

French Mountain

RYE

Chile Cheddar

TRADITIONAL

Jewish Rye

Huge rye flavor.

Named “best rye in America” by Saveur.

Tangy sourdough with chunks of dark Belgian chocolate.

Chocolate Cherry

Thick crust, deep toasty wheat flavor.

Chocolatey dough, chocolate chunks and dried sour cherries.

Sourdough

Pecan Raisin

Crisp, crackling crust and trademark sour tang.

Dense with tons of Red Flame raisins and toasted pecans.

Traditional rye base with caramelized onions and poppy seeds.

Roadhouse

Cinnamon Raisin

Pumpernickel

Dinkelbrot

Dark and rich with real pumpernickel flour.

Dense, 100% spelt loaf with a sunflower seeded crust.

Onion Rye

Rye, cornmeal and wheat mix, sweet with molasses.

Laced with Indonesian cinnamon and Red Flame raisins.

8 Grain 3 Seed Loaded with whole grains and seeds, sweetened with honey.

BREAD CLUB

Three Months 1 loaf per month G-1-3 $70

“Some women are thrilled to get a box from Tiffany... but for me one of the most thrilling things I can imagine is a box of breads from Zingerman’s.”

Carol Field, The Italian Baker

monthly loafing

Bread of the Month Club

Our bread is magical. If you’re worried that someone will think you’re a little crazy for sending bread through the mail, it may reassure you to know that you’re not alone.

We send thousands of loaves to bread lovers nationwide.

It’s considered by many to be some of the finest bread made anywhere. A real treat.

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2 loaves per month G-2-3 $100

Roadhouse Bread

Roadhouse & Sourdough

Paesano

Chile Cheddar & Paesano

Chocolate Sourdough

Chocolate Sourdough & Farm Bread

Six Months 1 loaf per month

2 loaves per month

G-1-6 $139

G-2-6 $200

Roadhouse Bread Paesano Chocolate Sourdough Farm Bread Better Than San Francisco Sourdough Jewish Rye

Roadhouse & Sourdough

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Chile Cheddar & Paesano Chocolate Sourdough & Farm Bread Parmesan Pepper & Jewish Rye 8-Grain 3-Seed & Cinnamon Raisin Pecan Raisin & French Mountain Bread

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The current Frequent Foodie period is October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019. (It repeats every year.)

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the crown jewels

Ortiz Tunas from Spain

Tuna is one of the most popular foods we sell. It may seem surprising because here in the U.S., tinned tuna is a low-end commodity usually sold in supermarkets. In Spain it’s at the complete opposite of the culinary spectrum. Tuna in tins, especially these from the fourth-generation family firm Ortiz, is one of the jewels in Spain's culinary crown. Ortiz's fish are all line caught—not netted—hand filleted at sea and quickly tinned by hand in good olive oil. The olive oil is key. It adds flavor and makes the texture silky over time, unlike water, which tends to leach flavors from the fish. We went to Spain and selected a single great batch of Bonito loin, our best seller, for fullness of flavor, silky texture, and lingering sweetness.

ortiz tunas Bonito Loin P-ORT 112 g tin $9 4 or more $7 each

case of 30 $200 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Bonito Ventresca (Belly) P-TUN

110 g tin $24 4 or more $20 each

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Yellowfin Loin P-YLL

220 g jar $20 2 or more $18 each

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Yellowfin Ventresca (Belly)

the prize of POrtugal

P-YVT

110 g tin $16 2 or more $14 each

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Portuguese Sardines

Tuna is our top-selling tinned seafood, but sardines aren't too far behind.

It's surprising to me since sardines are not a big part of the popular food scene in America. This is perhaps the classic case of tinned food seen as poor, low-quality food. Before college students ate 75 cent ramen, they ate 10 cent sardines. Forget that stereotype. Here, four or five tender, perfect sardines, come nested in a tin of olive oil, and their flavor is extraordinary— the prize of Portugal, revered there as a kind of national seafood treasure.

We offer pure olive oil (classic style, illustrated) or extra virgin olive oil, which has the effect of making the flavor more buttery, less metallic; in a way it's less fishy.

P-SAR 125 g classic (illustrated) $7

4 or more $5.50 each P-SEV 110 g extra virgin $9

4 or more $7.50 each

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aged fish? it's fOr REAL Vintage Tinned Fish

Great tinned fish gets better with age, just like you. We’ll gather two vintage tins of Portuguese sardines and one of Ortiz's stunning line-caught tuna and slip them in our vintage seafood muslin bag. A real treat for the seafood adventurer in your life.

G-VFS 3 tins gift bagged $35 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Tinned Fish Trunk A fun, colorful, under the sea themed box filled with supremely flavorful fishes: Ortiz’s Bonito Tuna from Spain, Portuguese Sardines, Portuguese Stuffed Squid, Portuguese Mackerel, and Oil Packed Anchovies from Italy.

G-H2O 5 tins of fish, boxed $45 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Caveman Combo When Fred Flintstone got that cut of dinosaur that toppled his car it was a comic nod to real cuts of meat like these. Huge versions of the chops and steaks we’re used to, cut thicker, with more bone, more fat, more meat, more everything. That includes more ethical: like the pre-historic herds of grazing buffalo that lived their lives out on the prairies with no feedlots, antibiotics or hormones, these are cuts from cattle and pigs raised out on pasture with room to roam and the diets they evolved to eat. We’ll send two thick-cut Red Wattle porterhouse pork chops, a gigantic cowboy cut ribeye from Carman Ranch—a ribeye with a bone handle. Plus a pound of grass-fed ground beef. Shipped frozen for a night of grilling you’ll never forget.

G-HMT caveman combo $165 FREE SHIPPING

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Dry-Aged Cowboy Cut Ribeye from Carman Ranch

Grass-Fed NY Strip Steak from Carman Ranch

Grass-fed steaks have a reputation for being lean and lacking the marbling of grain-finished beef. These ribeyes defy that norm, with luscious fat and stunning marbling. The cowboy cut has a couple inches of bone sticking out, giving you a handle to hold onto. The steaks are dryaged for two weeks, creating huge flavor with a deep mineral tang. Bone in, 2 inches thick, serves an army. Ships frozen.

M-RIB-2 2 steaks, 1½ lbs each $175 M-RIB-4 4 steaks, 1½ lbs each $320

Just like tomatoes have a season, so do grass fed cattle. Lush summer grass makes for great tasting beef. Winter grass makes for less flavorful—and less tender—beef. At Carman Ranch in Oregon, the cattle spend their whole lives out on pasture eating grass, and they only produce beef when the grass is at its richest and the cattle are at their fattest. These strip steaks are deeply savory, with earthy flavor and a great mineral tang. Ships frozen.

M-STP-2 2 steaks, 10-12 oz each $90 M-STP-4 4 steaks, 10-12 oz each $150

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Red Wattle Porterhouse Chops Our heritage Red Wattle breed porterhouse pork chops are over an inch thick and look like a T-bone steak. The flavor is famously sweet, in part due to a luscious band of melting fat. Great on the grill, they also cook up fantastically on the stove top (I like to brown a chop on the grill then put it in the oven to finish).

From pastured pigs that root and roam and never receive hormones or antibiotics. Ships frozen.

M-WAT-4 4 x 13 oz chops $80 M-WAT-8 8 x 13 oz chops $140 FREE SHIPPING

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the dry-cured pOwerful Polarizer

the wet-cured perennial PLeaser

Benton’s Bacon

Nueske’s Bacons

There’s a reason Nueske's Applewood Smoked Bacon is our top seller. It is perfectly balanced between softly, pleasantly sweet and salty/smoky. To me this is the Platonic ideal of bacon.

If I were to choose one bacon to eat every day, which pretty much sounds like heaven, this would be it. Nueske’s slices it thickly just for us. Or, for those who prefer bacons toward the lighter end of the spectrum, Nueske’s Cherrywood Smoked is a little milder, the salt a little lighter, the smokiness a little more present.

M-BAC 1 lb applewood $17 “[Nueske’s Applewood Smoked M-CHY 12 oz cherrywood $19

Bacon is] the beluga of bacon, the Rolls-Royce of Rashers.”

R. W. Apple, New York Times

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BAcon, mEet bread Peppered Bacon Farm Bread

We used to bake this on special occasions and we’d get so many orders we'd run out of bacon. It’s Farm Bread dough with Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon and Zingerman's 5 Star Black Pepper.

Every bite has a bit of sourdough tang and a lot of the sweet, smoky meatiness of bacon, plus a little spice. I’m sure it makes great sandwiches, but I’ve never had a loaf around long enough to try.

B-BAC ¾ lb handmade loaf $16 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

As Allan Benton explains, “The secret is that there is no secret. This is the way bacon was made for years.” To do that, he dry cures heritage Berkshire pork bellies with salt and brown sugar for a full month, then smokes over hickory for 3 whole days. The exceptionally long curing and smoking times make for exceptionally flavorful, memorable flavor that’s a confluence of smoke, salt, and sweet all at once.

Our most intense bacon by a country mile.

M-BBT 1 lb $20 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

“I find myself standing in front of my freezer in the middle of the night, just smelling Allan Benton’s bacon through the packaging.”

Eli, Burlingame, CA

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Camp Bacon Gift Box

A gift box for the bacon lover, the bacon fanatic, the bacon lunatic. Chances are if you're reading this catalog you know several people who match that description. Includes Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon from Wisconsin, Peppered Bacon from Arkansas, Hickory Smoked Duroc Breed Bacon from Indiana, plus an Apple & Bacon Coffee Cake from Zingerman’s Bakehouse, Mo’s Bacon Chocolate Bar from Vosges in Chicago and our Bacon Pig Magnet.

G-CAMP-1 gift box $100 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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pigs do fly

Bacon of the Month Club

Six to date. That’s how many vegetarians I know who’ve fallen off the bandwagon thanks to bacon. I’m not using that as a proposal for torturing anyone. I’m just saying any food that’s so good it can break a strong will has to be worth trying. Our bacon club has been lauded by chefs, sous chefs, home chefs, pork-o-philes and bacon freaks all over America. It’s our most popular food club by far and it’s not just the novelty of bacon-bymail that makes it so loved. The bacons are downright amazing. It’s hard to find any of these bacons in most shops, let alone all of them. They represent the pinnacle of American bacon making and, let’s be honest, this is one food that no one in the world does better than us. Sorry Europe, it’s true. Your Parmigiano Reggiano and your Champagnes are great, but you can’t touch our bacon.

Each shipment contains bacon stories, histories, recipes and great bacon.

FOUR DIFFERENT BACON CLUBS

THREE MONTHS

TWELVE MONTHS

Applewood Smoked Kentucky Dry Cured Arkansas Peppered

Includes first 6 months, plus:

G-BAC-3 $99

SIX MONTHS G-BAC-6 $189

QUARTERLY

G-BAC-12 $400

G-BHF-4

Spencer’s Irish Style Hickory Smoked Duroc Hungarian Double Smoked Nancy Newsom’s Dry Cured Jowl and Steak Cherrywood Smoked

$199

Quarter 1 Applewood Smoked Irish Style Back Bacon Quarter 2 Kentucky Dry Cured Arkansas Peppered

Includes first 3 months, plus:

Quarter 3 Tennessee Dry Cured Indiana Jowl Bacon

Juniper & Thyme Tennessee Dry Cured Balinese Long Pepper

Quarter 4 Balinese Long Pepper Cherrywood Smoked

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"The country's finest slabs of hog" Men's Journal "The best thing I ever ate."

Michael Symon

"Fantastic gift!"

Bobby Flay

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nowhere else

Zingerman’s Exclusives Basket Many of our best-selling foods can’t be found anywhere other than Zingerman’s. Some of them we make ourselves; others are made just for us by remarkable food makers we partner with from all over the world.

This basket includes the best of the best of foods you won’t find anywhere else, including Zingerman's Travel Olive Oil, La Vecchia’s Dispensa’s Balsamic Vinegar, Virginia Diner Peanuts, American Spoon’s Cherry Berry Spoonfruit, Portuguese Sardines from La Gondola, a bag of Zingerman’s potato chips, a bottle of Zingerman’s Cold Brew Coffee, and from Zingerman’s Bakehouse a loaf of Farm Bread, a Magic Brownie, a Ginger Jump Up Molasses Cookie, and a box of Mini Scones.

G-ZXC gift basket $115 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

the magic of the mediteRraNean A Tuscan’s Treat Includes Zingerman’s Paesano Bread, Zingerman’s Travel Oil, Vecchia Dispensa’s Aged Balsamic Vinegar, Antonio Mattei’s Original Tuscan Biscotti, Italian Slow Dried Pasta, Italian Tomato Sauce from Il Mongetto, Hazelnut Torrone from the Piedmont, Taralli Olive Oil Crackers, Bonajuto Sicilian Truffles and a hand cut, hand wrapped wedge of Farmhouse ParmigianoReggiano cheese.

G-TUS italian gift basket $175 FREE SHIPPING

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we make alL baskets to order!

The Ultimate Basket Unequaled food glory. Includes an assortment of four different Zingerman’s Brownies, Molasses Ginger Jump-Up Cookie, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, Zingerman’s Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar, La Quercia's Borsellino Salami, Zingerman’s Coffee, Zingerman’s Peanut Brittle, Garden of Eatin' Blue Corn Chips, Salsa, Zingerman's Sea Salt Potato Chips, Ginger Chimes Candies, Olives, Spanish Marcona Almonds, Chocolate Covered Figs, Zingerman’s Spiced Pecans and a Zzang!® Handmade Candy Bar. G-ULT ultimate basket $200 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Hey, That's a Nice Chocolate Basket We stuffed this gift basket so full of chocolate treats that it’ll satisfy even the biggest chocoholic. Includes a loaf of Chocolate Sourdough Bread, Chocolate Raisin Babka, a walnut-studded Magic Brownie and no-nut Black Magic Brownie, Koeze’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Clusters, Bonajuto Sicilian Red Pepper Truffles, Spanish Drinking Chocolate, Chocolate Dipped Figs, Chocolate Covered Peanut Brittle, a Bacon Chocolate Bar from Vosges, Coop’s Hot Fudge Sauce, and a Ca$hew Cow Handmade Candy Bar. G-CHB all chocolate basket $150 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Sugar AND salt

Sweet & Savory Bakery Basket

Who says all pastries have to be sweet? We stuff the gift basket with a loaf each of Roadhouse and Pecan Praline Banana Bread, a sweet Lemon Scone, spicy Ginger Scone, and savory Cheddar Herb Scone and Bacon Cheddar Scone, a raspberry-filled Patti Pocket hand pie, a walnut-studded Magic Brownie and a Sea Salt topped Pecan Blondie, an almond and orange scented brioche Bostock, a Ginger Jump Up Molasses Cookie and an Oatmeal Raisin Cookie.

G-SSV gift basket, serves 6-8 $90 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

greAt Snacks right Out of the basket

The Snackboard Gift Baskets

These have always been our most popular gift baskets.

No heating, no cooking, just eating required.

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Zingerman’s Farm Bread, Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar, English Fruit Preserves, John Macy’s Cheesesticks, Garden of Eatin’ Tortilla Chips, Premium Salsa, and a Ca$hew Cow Candy Bar. G-SNA-S small $90

All the foods from the small and medium plus Zingerman's Peanut Brittle, Spanish Chocolate Covered Figs and a Ginger Jump-Up Molasses Cookie.

G-SNA-L large $150

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MEDIUM All the food from the small plus La Quercia's Borsellino Salami, Zingerman's Virginia Peanuts and a Magic Brownie.

G-SNA-M medium $130 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

DELUXE (illustrated) Everything in the other three sizes plus Antonio Mattei's Biscotti, Olives and Zingerman's Spiced Pecans.

G-SNA-D deluxe $180 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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Whenever someone loses a loved one, their house is usually besieged by grand floral arrangements. I usually send food, though, and often find it’s really appreciated—especially when they can enjoy the foods right out of the box. We offer two options. Need it there tomorrow? Call us. Not sending in sympathy? No problem, we can remove the identifying sticker.

Bereavement

Sitting Shiva

Illustrated above. A not too perishable assortment of a nosher-sized Zingerman’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake, a dozen assorted Brownie Bites, John Macy’s Cheesesticks, Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar, Spanish Chocolate Figs, Zingerman’s Virginia Peanuts, La Quercia's Borsellino Salami, and a bag of Zingerman’s Coffee, ground. It’s packed with class in our oval wooden crate with Zingerman’s printed on the lid.

G-BER bereavement gift box $125 G-BER-NL without "bereavement" label $125

A good choice for Shiva, the week-long mourning period in Judaism for close family members. Our wooden crate comes filled with a box of Rugelach, a box of Chocolate Covered Orange Peels, Kosher vanilla butter caramels, Zingerman’s peanut brittle, and a Chocolate and Raisin Babka. Baked goods are not Kosher.

G-SHV shiva gift box $125 G-SHV-NL without "shiva" label $125 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Rustic Retreat Dinner Gift Box

The Munchies Collection

A “thank you” that’s not a cliché. This gift boxed set includes Italian Pasta and Il Mongetto Tomato Sauce, our Paesano Bread, hand cut Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese, Travel Olive Oil from Tuscany and two Cunesi Rum Truffles.

G-DIN rustic retreat gift box $80

Shipped free to any home or campus, including those located in Ohio. Ann Arbor Tortilla Chips, Fundidora Salsa, Zingerman's Virginia Peanuts, John Macy's Cheesesticks, a Zzang!® handmade candy bar, and a Zingerman’s Magic Brownie.

G-MUN munchies gift box $65

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Zingerman’s Midnight Feeding New Baby Box What scares the living daylights out of some people just happened to friends of yours. They had a baby. They don’t sleep.

How on earth do they eat? Very well, if they’re lucky enough to have friends who send this. The Midnight Feeding Gift Box is filled with a mini Sour Cream Coffee Cake, a mini Hot Cocoa Cake, two Black Magic Brownies, Zingerman’s Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar, La Quercia's Borsellino Salami, Coop's Salted Caramel Sauce, Pfeffernüsse Cookies, John Macy’s Cheesesticks and a darn cute Zingerman's bib.

G-BBY midnight feeding new baby gift box $125

Mom-To-Be Gift Box Win the baby shower with this gift box built for cravings of different latitudes. Our cartoon gift box includes Coop's Salted Caramel Sauce, Rick's Picks People's Pickles, Zingerman's Sea Salt Potato Chips, Zingerman's Spiced Pecans, Spanish Marcona Almonds, Clancy's Fancy Hot Sauce, Ginger Chimes Candies, Black Magic Brownie and a Mini Sour Cream Coffee Cake.

G-M2B mom-to-be gift box $100 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Gift Card Any amount, good at any Zingerman's business, mailed or electronic.

G-GIF mailed for free E-GIF emailed instantly

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$10.99 flat rate per address.

Combine with other flat rate items and the price is the same.

Get Well Gift Box

Hand Decorated Birthday Cake

Gift boxed nosher-sized Sour Cream Coffee Cake, John Macy’s Cheesesticks, Earl Grey Tea, a kit to make Matzo Ball Soup, Ginger Chimes candies, a thick, walnut-studded Magic Brownie and a no-nut Black Magic Brownie.

G-GWG get well gift box $85 G-GWG-NL without "get well" label $85

Dense chocolate ganache inside with buttermilk chocolate cake, chocolate fondant frosting outside and a large fondant bow on top to tie it all together, so to speak. A stellar presentation with flavor that lives up to its promise. Ships frozen. Arrives frozen or cool.

A-ZBC b-day cake, 2¼ lbs, serves 6-10 $125

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GREETIN GS FR OM MOUNT G ELATO

Hey there friend, tasted I just visited Zingerman’s Creamery and such direct, some of the creamiest, richest gelato with rned that the intense flavors that it blew me away. I lea learn their resident gelato makers traveled to Italy to Dairy—one craft. They use fresh milk from Calder nd mix of the last farmstead dairies in Michigan—a these crazy it with organic Demerara sugar and all it. But good good flavors. Wish you were here to try news—you can get it shipped!

See you soon, Your gelato loving pal

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Madagascar Vanilla Dark Chocolate

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Michigan Maple Syrup Pec

Dulce de Leche Caramel Peanut Butter Bittersweet Burnt Sugar Pumpkin & Cream Paw Paw

Sorbets

(dairy free) bet

Michigan Raspberry Sor Lemon Sorbet

Peppermint Bark Buenos Aires Brownie Sour Cream Coffee Cake

5 Flavors You Choose G-5GL 5 pints of gelati $125 FREE SHIPPING

5 Flavors You Choose & Service

G-5GL-KIT 5 gelati, cups, napkins, spoons $130 FREE SHIPPING

Gelato Sundae Classic Party You Choose

You choose six pints of gelato, we’ll pack them with Butter Toasted Peanuts, Fruit Perfect Sour Cherries, Coop’s Salted Caramel Sauce, and plenty of cups, spoons, and napkins.

G-6GL-PTY 6 gelati + toppings $200 FREE SHIPPING

Gelato Sundae Chocolate Party You Choose

You choose six pints of gelato, we’ll pack them with Coop’s Hot Fudge Sauce, Virginia Diner Peanuts, chocolate sprinkles from Guittard and plenty of cups, spoons, and napkins.

G-6GL-CHO 6 gelati + toppings $200 FREE SHIPPING

Classic 5 Gelato Collection

Not sure what flavors to pick? You can’t go wrong with this classic selection. Includes 5 pints of gelato: Madagascar Vanilla, Dark Chocolate, Dulce de Leche Caramel, Mint Chocolate Chip, and Raspberry Sorbet.

G-GEL 5 pints of gelati $125 FREE SHIPPING

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g elato “Well, I thought I had everything until the gelato arrived this afternoon! Now I do have everything. Great flavors and the gelato was frozen hard (the special plane must have landed at the Scottsboro airport with police escort to our front door). Now to 'Dig In'.”

Tom, Scottsboro, AL

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LEGENDARY REUBEN SANDWICH KITS THE PE R FE CT SANDWICH BY MAIL Zingerman's Reuben has been our top-selling sandwich since our doors opened on the corner of Detroit Street and Kingsley in 1982. It's a soul-filling combination of corned beef, swiss, homemade Russian dressing and sauerkraut that, when properly prepared at home, is a show-stopping meal. If you know someone who loves real deli fare, sending this gift will cement your status as the most clever, generous friend anyone could have. Some assembly is required, but considering it has been known to make adults weep in appreciation, we think it’s worth it.

SA N D W ICH KITS IN C L U DE Jewish Rye Bread (Pumpernickel in Brooklyn Reuben),

Meat Fixins, Sauerkraut, Emmentaler Swiss, Zingerman’s Potato Chips, Coleslaw, Russian Dressing, Garlicky Pickles, Magic & Black Magic Brownie Bites, Professional Deli Instructions

Corned Beef Reuben G-SHE serves 8 $200 G-SHE-2 serves 3-4 $150

Turkey Georgia Reuben G-GEO serves 8 $200 G-GEO-2 serves 3-4 $150

Pastrami Brooklyn Reuben G-BIN serves 8 $200 G-BIN-2 serves 3-4 $150

Jon & Amy’s Corned Beef & Pastrami Double Dip G-JJA serves 8 $200

instant hors d’oeuvres

Charcuterie and Cheese Gift Box

With a larder like this, the recipient can lay out a devastatingly handsome spread of food so quickly it’ll seem like Harry Potter cast a spell. We pack a culinary collection in its own wooden “cupboard” that a lazy gourmand can stash until hunger—or desirable company—strikes. Includes Borsellino Salami, French Cornichon Pickles, Dutch Gouda and Zingerman’s Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar, Olives, a loaf of Zingerman’s Artisan Bread, La Quercia's 'Nduja Spicy Cured Meat Spread, Zingerman’s Virginia Peanuts and Rustic Bakery Olive Oil and Sea Salt Flatbreads. Serves ten for snacks, lasts for weeks when refrigerated.

G-CAC charcuterie & cheese gift box $150 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

the new cure

New American Cheese and Charcuterie Box There are some serious contenders for America's crown in cheese and cured meats and they are in this gift box, ready for an antipasto plate extraordinaire. A collection of some of America’ best new(ish) makers, including Andy Hatch’s Pleasant Ridge Reserve cheese, Spring Brook Farm’s Reading Raclette cheese, La Querica’s Proscuitto Americano, Antonio Fiasche’s Nduja and Red Table Meat’s Vecchio Salami.

G-ACM gift box serves 12 $100 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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MEAT & CHEESE BOXES

Create your own ultimate cheese tray or meat & cheese spread. Choose all cheeses—we’ll hand cut each half-pound wedge to order—or mix it up and select some cured meats and salamis to pair with them. Then choose what you want to pair with all those proteins: we can pack them in our colorful, cartoon gift box on their own, with crusty Farm Bread, with a box of artisan crackers, or go to town with the full party spread including Sourdough Bread, Crackers, Cornichon Pickles and Virginia Diner Peanuts.

JUST CHEESE BOXES

CHEESE & CHARCUTERIE BOXES

Cheese & Bread

Meat, Cheese & Bread

Just Meat & Cheese

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Cheese & Crackers

Meat, Cheese & Crackers

Meat & Cheese Party

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G-3CH 3 cheeses plus farm bread $80

G-N-3CH 3 cheeses plus crackers $80 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

G-3MC 3 meats & cheeses plus farm bread $80

G-3MN 3 meats & cheeses stand alone $75

G-3MP 3 meats & cheeses plus party spread $115

G-N-3MC 3 meats & cheeses plus crackers $80

CHEESES

This is just a sampling– find many more meats & cheeses to choose from online.

Parmigiano Reggiano

Antique Gruyère

Manchego

Camembert

The classic. Raw cow’s milk cheese from Italy, aged at least two years for huge flavor.

Raw cow’s milk cheese from Switzerland. Smooth, fruity, slightly swissy flavors.

Pasteurized sheep’s milk cheese from Spain. Nutty, tangy, smooth.

Soft round of pasteurized cow’s milk cheese from France.

Vegetal and a little funky.

Cabot Clothbound Cheddar Pasteurized cow’s milk from Vermont. Complex, tangy, fruity and brothy.

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Bayley Hazen Blue

Brabander Goat Gouda

Brebis d’Ossau

Raw cow’s milk blue cheese from Vermont. Fudgy texture, big buttery flavor.

Pasteurized goat’s milk gouda from Holland. Sweet and creamy, like a milkshake.

Raw sheep’s milk cheese from France. Creamy texture, mellow, fresh flavor.

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FIRST RATE SOIRÉE ADVICE

GET TO CHEESIN' WITH A GOOD CHEESE TRAY

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Friends at five for wine? No sweat. Family this weekend for holiday feast? Easy. As long as you keep a few simple rules in mind, putting together the perfect cheese tray can be stress free and fun. Start off with a number so you know how much to get. A good rule of thumb is two ounces per guest. Next comes variety. Serve a fresh cheese with a blue and something harder, like a nice mountain cheese. You’ll have something everyone appreciates and probably something new for folks to taste.

HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND TO PUT TOGETHER A GOOD PARTY SPREAD

You CAN please all the people all the time with the right kind of party spread. The trick is all about variety. Start with color and think of the spread as any work of art (which it will be). You’re not shooting for a rainbow, but make sure the foods you serve aren’t all one color (an all beige spread is just as boring as it sounds). Now apply the same rule to texture: smooth and crunchy, soft and crusty, spreadable and sopable. Combine an array of colors with an array of textures and you’ll create the perfect party spread every time!

CHARCUTERIE Borsellino Salami

Summer Sausage

Spicy Calabrian Salami

Pork salami from La Quercia in Iowa. Mild but substantial with a great chewy texture.

Beef and pork salami from Underground Meats in Wisconsin.

Soft, sweet, tangy, smoky.

Pork salami from Nduja Artisans in Chicago, spiked with Calabrian chiles. Spicy and deeply sweet.

Ibérico Ham

Prosciutto Americano

Nduja

Sliced, dry cured, heirloombreed ham from Spain.

Intense, rich, deeply savory.

Italian-style dry cured ham from La Quercia in Iowa. Clean porky flavor with mineral tang.

Calabrian-style pork spread spiked with chiles, from Nduja Artisan in Chicago. Spicy, silky, powerful.

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ARTISAN CHEESE CLUB Six Months

Three Months

Artisan Cheese of the Month Club Our Artisan Cheese Club is a chance for you to let someone you know “visit” some of the most incredible dairies and aging caves in Europe and America. Each month we’ll hand cut, wrap and assemble a box of three choice cheeses (a pound and a half total) and include loads of detailed notes describing where the cheeses are from, how they’re made and how to serve them. We focus each shipment on a specific country. At the end the recipient will have a cheese education that's hard to find these days, including a deep understanding of cheesemaking styles and how to serve and pair the cheese.

G-CHE-3 $200

G-CHE-6 $390 Includes 3 months plus:

Italy

Switzerland

Cave-Aged Taleggio Parmigiano-Reggiano Fontina Val d’Aosta

France Ossau French Mountain Mimolette Fort St. Antoine Comté

Spain

L’Etivaz Antique Gruyère Extra Aged Emmentaler

USA Pleasant Ridge Reserve Bayley Hazen Blue Reading Raclette

Britain

Farmhouse Mahón Aged Manchego Aged Zamorano

Montgomery’s Cheddar Kirkham’s Lancashire Stilton

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PARM CLUB

PARM CLUB Three Months G-PRM-3 $150

Age Valserena aged 24 months Valserena aged 48 months

Elevation Parmigiano Reggiano of the Month Club Though all Parmigiano Reggiano is made according to a strict set of guidelines, there’s a world of difference between the cheeses from the 339 cheesemakers. You don’t have to be a master taster to notice the variations, either. Each month, taste the differences between cheeses of different ages, cheeses from different locations, cheeses made with different milk sources.

You’ll get two chunks of Parmigiano Reggiano each month, always totaling over a pound total. The first month’s shipment also comes with a parm knife, for chipping off chunks for pasta, salads, or just nibbling.

An outstanding gift for the Italophile, the cheese lover, or the culinary explorer in your life.

Roncadella, from the plains Cravero, from the mountains

Milk Source La Villa, a farmstead cheese Borgotaro, made by a co-op

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Not all Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses are alike...The cheeses—Valserena, Roncadella, Borgotaro, La Villa and Cravero—can exhibit typical nuttiness, but some, like the pinkish Roncadella, are sweeter, and others, like La Villa, hint of caramel.

Florence Fabricant, The New York Times

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cheese party in a box Holiday Cheese Course We’ll hand cut and wrap three of our top selling cheeses the day they ship to you: Pleasant Ridge Reserve, Bayley Hazen Blue, and L’Amuse Gouda. We’ll also stash some spiced pecans and a loaf of Sourdough along with it.

About a pound and a half of cheese is plenty enough to serve twelve for appetizers or after-dinner–or maybe a bit of both. Handpacked in our cartoon gift box.

We also have great American slate and Italian olive wood serving boards and handmade Irish cheese knives, sold separately.

G-HOL gift box $100 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Cheese Boards P-S518

P-S712

P-BRD

slate board 5 x 18 inches $45 slate board 7 x 12 inches $35 olive wood board 14 x 7 inches ≠$60

Handmade Irish Cheese Knife

P-RYR 3 inch paddle

blade knife $200 KNIVES SHIP FREE

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SPECIAL HOLIDAY CHEESES

Harbison Cheese from Vermont

Colston Bassett Stilton from England

Black Betty Brabander Goat Gouda from Holland

Harbison is a soft-ripened cheese from the acclaimed cheese makers at Jasper Hill in Vermont. It’s a small wheel made from pasteurized cow’s milk, wrapped in the inner bark of spruce trees. The bark holds the cheese together as it ages and imparts a woody, slightly piney flavor to the cheese inside. As it ages, the cheese goes from being light and firm to ooey, gooey, and spoonable. Let it come to room temperature, cut off the top, scoop it out onto something warm and crusty, then sit back and let your eyes roll into the back of your head.

C-HAR 9 oz wheel $26

Creaminess is the hallmark of great Stilton cheese. And Colston Bassett Stilton is the creamiest of British Stiltons—one of the world’s great blue cheeses and the traditional holiday cheese of England. These wheels of Colston Bassett were selected just for us by England’s great cheese exporter, Neal’s Yard Dairy. Paired with a glass of ruby port, it’s the perfect ending to a memorable meal, or the prelude to a special gathering of friends and family.

C-STI by the pound $40

Every year Betty Koster of Holland’s L’amuse cheese shops sets aside a small trove of her treasured Brabander goat gouda cheese. Where most wheels are aged for six months, this group gets to rest for double that time. Here, all the great elements of Brabander are amplified. The caramel. The grass. The milkshake richness. When it’s gone that’s it till next fall.

A once-a-year treat.

C-BTY by the pound $45

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business gifts BUSINESS GIFTS When’s the last time you sent a business gift for the holiday and the recipient called you back to say how great it tasted? How they wanted more? How you must be the smartest, best-informed, most well-dressed gift giver they know? I promise at least one of those comments will come your way. Our food has that kind of effect.

call 866 260 6169

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Awesome Office Supplies

Magic Brownie Bites

Feeds fifteen or more in a way they will not forget. Remotely host the best office party since that time someone snuck a magnum of Veuve Cliquot in the break room. Noshersized Sour Cream Coffee Cake, Macy’s Cheesesticks, Spanish Chocolate Covered Figs, crispy Palmiers, Italian Biscotti, Virginia Peanuts, Freshly Roasted Zingerman’s Coffee ground for drip, Zingerman’s Peanut Brittle, Homemade Spiced Pecans, two Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, and ten Brownie Bites.

G-OFF office supply gift box $150

Zingerman’s legendary Magic Brownies—with and without toasted walnuts—carved down to a quarter of their original size. Each is baked with real butter, cane sugar and dark Belgian chocolate. Perfect for desk hoarders.

G-MBB 20 bites in box (illustrated) $40 G-M50 50 bites in wooden crate $100 G-M100 100 bites in wooden crate $180 G-M200 200 bites in wooden crate $325 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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premier clubs Culinary Adventure Society and Food Explorers Club One of these would make just the right gift for that friend or client who thinks they're the Indiana Jones of the culinary world. No rolling boulders here, but we’ll send a box of food surprises based on our most up-to-date food research and travel. Perhaps they’ll taste olio nuovo, a coveted bottle of great olive oil, just pressed. Maybe a cheese from one of America’s small dairies so regional it rarely leaves its neighborhood.

All foods are exclusively selected for the members. We’ll include writing on each food's history and culture plus recipes for their use. It’s guaranteed to impress and put its recipient on the cutting edge of taste bud territory.

CULINARY ADVENTURE SOCIETY

FOOD EXPLORERS CLUB

Ships in December, March, June, and September.

8-10 discoveries per shipment. See dates online.

Ships monthly.

1-2 food discoveries per shipment.

3 monthly 6 monthly 12 monthly installments installments installments G-EXP-3 $125 G-EXP-6 $240 G-EXP-12 $475

1 Time G-1-Z $175

2 Times G-2-Z $325

4 Times (year) G-4-Z $600

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FREE SHIPPING BAKERY CLUB Six Months

Three Months

G-BKC-6 $240

G-BKC-3 $125

Includes first 3 months plus:

carbophiles, rejoice Bakery Club

How do you choose between crusty, hearth-baked breads and buttery, handmade pastries? Easy—choose both. Each month we’ll ship a loaf of Zingerman’s Bakehouse bread accompanied by a Zingerman’s Bakehouse pastry or three.

More Food Clubs:

Michigan, page 18 Bacon, page 35 Olive Oil, page 22 Cheese, page 44 Bread, page 29 Coffee Cake, page 48

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Month 1 Raison d’Etre Jewish Rye Bread Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Month 4 Frenchie French Mountain Bread Palmiers Orange and Almond Bostock

Month 2 Chocoholic Chocolate Sourdough Bread Magic Brownie Black Magic Brownie Mini Hot Cocoa Coffee Cake

Month 5 All American Roadhouse Bread Classic Banana Bread Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

Month 3 Tutti Frutti Cinnamon Raisin Bread Currant Scone Lemon Scone Raspberry Hand Pie

Month 6 Sweet & Savory Peppered Bacon Farm Bread Sea Salt Pecan Blondie Spicy Ginger Scone Molasses Ginger Cookie

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OUR BEST SELLERS

Coffee cakes have been our best selling gift since we started mailing food in the early 1990s. Having tried a lot of coffee cakes in the past two decades I can say quite honestly that I haven’t tasted one I like better. I think the same goes for a lot of our customers—many folks return year after year to send this gift and this gift only. It’s substantial, it’s honest, it’s straightforward and it’s really good. I guarantee you can really taste the difference.

3 SIMPLE STEPS TO SENDING THE ULTIMATE GIFT

Choose your flavor The full list is on the facing page.

SMALL

LARGE

The “Nosher” size cakes about 6 inches in diameter and 4 inches tall. They serve 5-7 easily.

The “Fresser” size cakes are about 9 inches in diameter and 3 inches tall.

They serve 10-12 handily.

Choose your gift box CARTOON BOX Sturdy, re-usable, way fun. Illustrated by our one-and-only Ian Nagy. Made with recycled cardboard.

WOODEN CRATE

Crafted in Wisconsin by Dufeck, the country’s last cheese crate maker. Zingerman’s logo silk screened on the lid.

Coffee Cake of the Month

Why stop at one cake? Give someone a chance to enjoy a flight of coffee cakes, one per month. Just as they start to miss what they finished, a fresh one arrives. Your succulent sentiments will be hard to forget. Each cake serves 5-7. Starts with the classic Sour Cream Coffee Cake; see full list of cakes online at zingermans.com G-C-3 three months $120 G-C-6 six months $230 G-C-12 twelve months $450 FREE SHIPPING

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CLASSICS SOUR CREAM

The legend. Toasted walnuts, thick streams of Indonesian cinnamon, creamy texture, huge flavor.

A-SCC-L large in box $55 G-SCC-L large in crate $65 A-SCC-S small in box $40 G-SCC-S small in crate $45

Familiar flavors, turned up to 11. The sour cream coffee cake is the all-time best selling gift in our entire catalog.

HOT COCOA With dark cocoa, a touch of espresso and chunks of dark chocolate that go molten if you heat it.

A-COA-L large in box $55 G-COA-L large in crate $65 A-COA-S small in box $40 G-COA-S small in crate $45

LEMON POPPY SEED

Real lemon oil and a veritable passel of Dutch poppy seeds, plus loads of real butter and Madagascar vanilla.

A-LMC-L large in box $55 G-LMC-L large in crate $65 A-LMC-S small in box $40 G-LMC-S small in crate $45

DELUXERS OLIVE OIL

Crystallized ginger, dark molasses, coffee, fresh orange juice and loads of winter spices.

A-GGC-L large in box $55 G-GGC-L large in crate $65 A-GGC-S small in box $40 G-GGC-S small in crate $45

NEW DELI

Our new classic. Butter crumble topping with pistachio, clove, cardamom, coconut and more.

A-NDC-L large in box $55 G-NDC-L large in crate $65 A-NDC-S small in box $40 G-NDC-S small in crate $45

Innovative coffee cakes, made with a slightly more adventurous set of ingredients.

APPLE BACON

Made with toasted almonds, freshly grated lemon zest—nearly a whole lemon’s worth per cake—and lots of excellent extra virgin olive oil. Super moist and luscious.

A-OOC-S small in box $45 G-OOC-S small in crate $50

Chunks of apples, pieces of Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon, and a swirl of Indonesian cinnamon mixed into our Sour Cream Coffee Cake batter.

A-BCF-S small in box $45 G-BCF-S small in crate $50

ALMOND

CHOCOLATE TAHINI

A bright, nutty flavor from a rich, allnatural almond paste, surrounded by a thin, buttery crust. European flavor, but moist, dense, all-American texture.

A-ALM-S small in box $45 G-ALM-S small in crate $50

GINGERBREAD

Nutty tahini (sesame seed paste) based cake swirled with a ribbon of chocolate.

Like an exotic version of a peanut butter cup in coffee cake form, with all the flavor but without the peanuts.

A-THN-S small in box $45 G-THN-S small in crate $50

CUSTOM TRIPLE CAKE GIFT BOX Choose any three of our small, nosher-sized classic cakes above (not deluxers). We’ll nestle them in a large wooden cheese crate and ship them out for free.

G-3CK 3 nosher cakes, wood crate $100 FREE SHIPPING

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i Have ViSIons Sugarplums from Portugal

Straight from the rhymes of The Night Before Christmas, Greengage plums are harvested in Portugal in late summer then submerged in sugar syrup, where they rest for six weeks, slowly absorbing sweetness. Finally, they’re laid in the sun to dry. The long, complex process—similar to what happens with Marrons Glacés, below—makes a candied plum. Slightly sweet, green and fuzzy on the outside like a peach. They have a pit, so watch out. Remarkably, the texture is firm, like a fruit you’ve just picked. A venerable British Christmas tradition.

P-UGA 9 plums in wood crate $45 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

velVEtY

Mousse-filled Dried Plums from France Sweet, juicy plums from Agen, the undisputed plum capital of France, are dried till they’re moist, rich, and caramelly.

The pits are removed and they’re filled with velvety mousse made of their own fruit pureed with a smidge of sugar, lemon, and vanilla. Laid in a classic blue and gold tin that's totally French in all the best ways. Exquisite.

P-MFP 450 g tin $45 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

two takes on brittle Peanut Brittle

Zingerman's Candy isn’t reinventing the wheel, just making it more delicious. This is stove-top brittle, not factory gristle, with butterscotch brown flavor, sharp, crackly texture and a savory finish of roasted peanut.

Classic Brittle P-BRT-S 4.4 oz P-BRT 12 oz

$8 $20

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Chocolate Covered P-CBR-S 4 oz P-CBR 12 oz

$10 $30

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honey dROP

Honey Figs from Portugal Pingo de mel figs—”honey drop”–are so named because they drip sugar when they’re ripe. Preserved by the same nuns who make our Sugarplums, above. The flavor opens up after you taste, the dominant note of caramelized honey goes on and on, lingering long after you swallow. I’ve never had anything like this. I’m pretty sure eating one made me high. Packed in a very giftable wood crate.

P-HFG 9 figs in wood crate $45 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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AMERICAN CARAMELS

Goat's Milk Caramels

Béquet Salted Caramels

Big Picture Farm started in 2010 with a small herd of goats in the hills of southern Vermont. They use their fresh goat’s milk in their little creamery and confectionery. In the last six years their caramels have won a huge following of fans, including me. Caramels made with goat’s milk have a softer texture than traditional caramels, so you won’t lose a crown chewing one. Their flavor has bright notes on top of a big bass line of burnt sugar. Four flavors in each box: Sea Salt & Bourbon Vanilla, Maple Cream, Chai and Cocoa Latte.

P-GMC 20 caramels, 5.2 oz box $30

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In the last decade, in going from a home kitchen operation to an award-winning caramel maker, Robin BéQuet has developed an incredible line of caramels, widely recognized as some of the best in the country. The silver gift box tied with a blue ribbon is filled with three of our favorite types: sea salt, butterscotch, and salted mocha. The smaller bag is sea salt only.

P-PEQ 11 oz ribboned box $40 P-CSS 4 oz bag salted $12

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c.s. lewis’ favorite sweet

Turkish Delight with Double Roasted Pistachios

I remember reading “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe” as a kid and being flabbergasted when Edmund gave up his siblings to the White Witch for plates of Turkish Delight. I’d never had Turkish Delight, but I figured it must taste amazing for a kid to sell his family down the river just to have some.

After tasting this confection from Nar Gourmet in Turkey, I finally get where he was coming from. Made with twice-roasted pistachios, sugar, water and starch, this seemingly simple confection dazzles with flavor and texture of sweet pistachios. Chewy, crunchy, nutty and sweet, you don’t have to make a deal with the devil to enjoy this traditional treat. Comes in a handsome blue tin.

P-DLT 7 oz tin $22 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

gilded lilLies

Chocolate Covered Fruit Jellies What could be better than northern Italian fruit jellies with their direct, jammy flavors and ultra smooth texture? Covering those jellies in chocolate would be a good place to start. That’s exactly what Guido Gobino, one of northern Italy’s premier confectioners, has done. They took four different flavors of fruit jellies: pear, apricot, lemon, blueberry; and covered them in chocolate they make themselves. A luscious combination that balances neatly between the bright fruit flavors, the near gumdrop consistency of the jellies, and the smooth sweetness of the milk chocolate. The perfect gift for a sweets lover, full stop.

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CHOCOLATE + NUTS

French Chocolate Covered Walnuts

American Toffee Chocolate Macadamia Nuts

In the Périgord region of southwestern France, walnut orchards blanket the landscape. The locals make walnut wine, walnut eau-devie, walnut cakes, walnut breads, salami and cheese with walnuts... the list goes on. One of the most luscious walnut creations I’ve ever had comes from Domaine de Béquignol where they subject these famous nuts to four flavor-enhancing techniques. First they’re toasted, then caramelized, then enveloped in a coat of dark chocolate as thick as the walnut itself, then dusted with cocoa powder.

The effect is more than just an accretion of flavor, it’s like an explosion. They’re rich, nutty, so chocolatey, a little crunchy and yet they melt in your mouth. Twelve perfect nuts per box makes enough to share. Or not.

P-CCW 12 walnut box $16

There’s lots to love about these nuts from Charles Chocolates in San Francisco. At the confection’s core lies the famous macadamia nut, roasted to bring out the depth of its milky sweet flavor without sacrificing its satisfying crunch. Next comes a layer of buttery rich toffee, then a coat of milk chocolate that’s dusted with cocoa powder. Complex, sweet, and nutty.

P-TMC 6.3 oz $22

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Hungarian Chocolate Covered Caramelized Almond Cone A beautiful Hungarian paper cone stuffed with roasted, salted almonds, caramelized in a sweet, crisp jacket of cane sugar. The nuts are covered in 77% dark chocolate and dusted with cacao powder and a touch of Himalayan salt. Each bite is sweet and slightly salty, nutty, crunchy and just a bit chocolate-y.

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sicIly's ancient trade

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Red Pepper Truffles

Bonajuto has been making chocolate in the baroque Sicilian town of Modica since 1880. By that time Gustav Lindt had perfected conching, the process that makes chocolate smooth. Nearly every European chocolate maker adopted it. Bonajuto didn’t. They continued to make unconched chocolate, the texture crunchy in comparison. Nowadays that texture has come somewhat back in fashion.

Here, you can experience it as it was and always has been. This gift box has bite sized truffles spiced with just a hint of red pepper, another typical addition to 19th century chocolate. An outstanding gift for a chocolate aficionado—or history buff.

P-BON-TRU 20 truffle box $35 P-BON-RDP 6 truffle tin $12 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Chocolate Covered Grissini

Grissini are the thin bread sticks you see on every North Italian table before dinner. These, made by a bakery in the town of Asti, are crisp and crumbly and absolutely grand when served plain. But that's not what we're doing here. These are covered in semi-sweet chocolate. Each bread stick is more than eight inches long and, thanks to the sweet jacket, built for coveting.

Imagine a really substantial, supremely delicious version of Japanese Pocky® chocolate covered biscuit sticks.

P-GRS 200 g box $20 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

FIGGY CHOCOLATE

Spanish Chocolate Dipped Figs

These once unheard of figs have become one of our most popular holiday gifts. Tender, sweeter than usual Parito figs are dried, filled with soft chocolate truffle cream and a hint of liqueur, then dipped in dark or white chocolate. Each piece is individually wrapped. They’re as good as they sound, perhaps better, and beat your mall-bought chocolates any day. The small sizes make great stocking stuffers, the bigger boxes perform amazing feats as host gifts. Any chocolate lover— which, let's face it, means 85% of humanity—will go gaga.

P-RAB-3 3 piece box, dark chocolate $7 P-RAB-6 6 piece box, dark chocolate $12 P-RAB-9 9 piece box, dark chocolate $18 P-RAB 16 piece box, dark chocolate $25 P-WRB 12 piece box, white chocolate $20 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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calabrian citrus bomb

Chocolate Peppermint Creams from England

Calabria, in Southern Italy, is to citrus like Maine is to blueberries. The fruit they have is found elsewhere, but it's rarely better.

Oranges from here are so delicious you want to eat the peel.

Especially when it’s peeled by hand, scoured of its pith, candied in a sugar bath and put in an oven at low heat for hours to slightly caramelize, then dipped into a pool of 40% cacao chocolate. From Dolci Pensieri di Calabria, a family firm that have been at this for over five decades.

P-OCP 150 g box $20

I took these home to do some "research" and hit a snag. The whole box disappeared from my office. I found it hours later, hidden under my seven-yearold daughter’s pillow. Half of the patties were gone. “I need these for work!” I said. She looked at me then back at the box of chocolates. “Well, can I have them when you’re done?” she asked. I don’t blame her. These are peppermint creams with a plus—the heirloom Black Mitcham peppermint is grown on the farm where they make the candies, picked so fresh and vibrant they practically hum.

P-SMM 12 mint box $18

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CHANUKAH

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What was old is new again

Chocolate Raisin Babka

Babka is a sweet loaf, both fluffy and rich, kind of like a light textured coffee cake with a dense filling swirled throughout. In the late 19th Century, babka was made with leftover challah bread dough wrapped around nuts or jam. These days, the nuts have been replaced with fillings like chocolate. Now the master bakers at Zingerman’s Bakehouse have given babka a flavor update worthy of the new millennium. Rich with butter, swirling with chocolate and cinnamon, and studded with golden sultana raisins, our modern babka bursts with chocolatey sweetness. If you have memories of dry, lifeless babka from your childhood, forget ‘em. Wrapped in tissue and gift boxed.

G-BAB chocolate raisin babka $30 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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“Someone sent me your chocolate cinnamon babka. OMG! It was the most delicious thing I’ve ever eaten!” Nancy, Cape Coral, FL

Chanukah Gelt

The best tasting—and most authentic looking—gelt I’ve ever encountered. Gold and silver dusted disks (no foil wrapping here) from Veruca Chocolates in Chicago are formed to look like Judean coins circa 40 B.C. The real treasure is their flavor: dark chocolate with crunchy crystals of sea salt, an adult balance of sweet and savory. A great gift for every day of Chanukah. Kosher. Quantities limited.

P-GLT 16 piece box $30 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

sweet seasonal stars Marzipan Stars of David

Finding unique gifts for each day of Chanukah can be a challenge, but pencil these marzipan treats into at least one of those days. Marzipan is a firm, chewy confection of almond, sugar and egg whites with a sweet, floral almond flavor. These confections were made right here in Ann Arbor, where the marzipan masters at Marzipops have shaped the candy into Stars of David and hand painted them with blue and silver stripes. A great gift for kids or to share during the eight days of fun.

P-HMP 6 piece box $32 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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totalLy eat-able Edible Box of Chocolates

Special for Chanukah. Chuck Siegel and his team at Charles Chocolates in San Francisco have created a box of chocolates so delicious, even the box is a treat. Inside are eighteen assorted handmade confections. They’re delicious all by themselves. But the striking box holding the truffles is made of solid chocolate that’s just as tasty. The lid is made of dark chocolate and decorated with an elegant menorah. A stunning gift for any sweets lover. Awesome for kids and adults alike. Quantities limited.

P-CHH 17 oz edible box $110 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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divine confection Maple Halvah

CHANUKAH'S SWEETS Chanukah Gift Box

Keep them noshing during the holiday with our printed gift box stuffed with Rugelach, Chocolate Covered Pretzels, Olive Oil Cake and Chocolate Gelt.

G-CHA chanukah gift box $100 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Halvah, the tahini based confection popular in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, is a staple of good Jewish delis. But most halvah out there is mass produced and not very good. Enter Victoria Wallins. She spent three years researching, testing, and perfecting halvah before launching her company, Halvah Heaven. She makes the best halvah we’ve ever tasted with a texture that’s light yet solid and melts on the tongue with flavors direct and lingering. Made with tahini and a healthy dose of Vermont maple syrup, the halvah has a dark, woody sort of sweetness. Chop up the halvah and mix it with yogurt or oatmeal, or eat it straight up. I recommend straight up.

P-MPH 4 oz bag $9 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

RUGELACH

Rugelach are the royalty of Jewish baked goods: crispy, flaky, cream cheese pastry wrapped around a sweet filling, topped with a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar. You take a couple bites, the buttery pastry melts on your tongue, a shower of sugar and cinnamon covers your fingers and you’re done...until you reach for another. We offer two different gift boxes.

Classic & Apricot

Chocolate & Raspberry

Half classic toasted walnut with currants, and half filled with luscious apricot. Sixteen pieces, boxed.

P-RUG 8 classic & 8 apricot $30

Half filled with rich chocolate, half with sweet and tangy raspberry. Sixteen pieces, boxed.

P-RCR 8 choc & 8 raspberry

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the HOLIDAY superstar loaf Cranberry Pecan Bread

Loaded with dried cranberries and toasted pecans, this loaf is the kissing cousin to our extremely popular Pecan Raisin Bread (online). Dense, chewy and crunchy, cranberry pecan has a tart tang that’s very enjoyable. Sliced thin, it’s great on a cheese board. It’s also great to toss in the bread basket for dinner. And—stay with me here—it’s an excellent shell for an adventurous chicken (or turkey!) salad sandwich.

B-CRA 1¼ lb loaf $18 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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Peppy Peppermint Bark

I’m a sucker for traditions, especially when they’re this delicious. Peppermint bark has been a Christmas staple for my family thanks to my great-aunt Caddy’s sweet tooth and love of Fannie Farmer’s confections. While I’ll never forget Aunt Caddy, this peppermint bark from Chocolate Signatures in Toronto has erased all memories of that other candymaker. Dark Belgian chocolate is topped with white chocolate, then coated in a layer of crushed peppermint candies. Each slab of bark is nearly a quarter inch tall and thick with peppermint. Comes in a hot red tin.

P-PBK 220 g tin $20 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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