Zingerman's Fall Buyer's Guide Catalog 2024

Featuring a peck of peerless peppers procured from around the planet

Red pepper, black pepper: what’s the Difference?

Red peppers, often called chiles or chilli peppers, are the fruits of small shrubs native to South America. They belong to the botanical genus Capsicum. Black peppercorns are dried berries that grow on vines. They’re native to southwest India and belong to the genus Piper. They are completely unrelated plants from opposite sides of the globe. How did they wind up with the same name?

Blame it on Spanish explorers. When they first tasted chilli (the Nahuatl word for capsicums), they associated the fiery pungency

with the familiar piquancy of black pepper. Rather than use the local name or create an entirely new name, they called capsicums by their word for black pepper—pimiento. When the name got translated into English, it stuck.

Unlike black pepper, which grows only in the tropics, red pepper can grow in temperate climates. That has made it one of the most widely used spices in cuisines around the world, from Mexico to Tunisia, Vietnam to Hungary.

Pepper Pop Up Shop

For a short time only, our pepper pop up shop is here to celebrate capsicum’s global reach. We’ve sourced a prodigious peck of sweet pepper sauces, pungent red pepper flakes, fermented pepper spreads, and more. Quantities are limited and won’t last long. Peruse even more pepper picks at zingermans.com.

Wood Fire Roasted Piquillo Peppers from Spain

Spanish Piquillo pimientos are to roasted red peppers what Parmigiano Reggiano is to cheese: the undisputed sovereign. However, buyer beware: there are many versions sold these days and almost all of them are packed with peppers roasted on gas grills, not wood fired grills. In the same way that home barbecue tastes better when it’s done with wood, roasted piquillos improve when they get a dose of smoke. Gas-roasted peppers are fine. But wood-roasted peppers are magnificent, the beech wood smoke imparts umami richness and amplifies the flavor. Wood-fire roasted piquillo pimientos are always more expensive since wood roasting is a finicky process, but the return on flavor you get with your extra dollar is extraordinary. They also happen to be gorgeous. Lay a rose-red piquillo on a white plate in a pool of luscious Alziari olive oil (online), and you’ll have an hors d’oeuvre as luscious to look at as it is to eat.

P-PIQ 220 g jar $14

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Sun Dried Peperoni Cruschi from Italy

If you have a soft spot in your heart for peppers or potato chips—or both—you’ll love these. Very mild chiles from the Massimo family in Basilicato, a region in the far south of Italy, are strung together by hand and then hung to dry in the sun for a few weeks. Finally they’re fried in a bit of the farm’s own olive oil, and then salted. The result is a sweet, smoky, salty, crispy sensation that’s quite habit forming.

P-POS 30 g bag $25

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Pepper Spreads & Sauces

Koy Pepper Paste from Turkey

When you sun dry vegetables—like the sweet red peppers in this paste—it does two things: it preserves the food, and it concentrates the flavor. Try mixing a dollop of this pepper paste into your regular tomato sauce, curry, dip, or vinaigrette. It adds depth, accentuates sweetness, and gives a boost to everything it touches. If you’ve used tomato paste in your cooking, this will feel familiar, but the flavor is all sweet pepper.

P-KPS 260 g jar $22

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Lutenitsa Red Pepper Spread from Bulgaria

A roasted red pepper and vegetable spread, Lutenitsa is a Balkan staple that you’ll find in one form or another across southeastern Europe. This jar called Bulgaria home until it shipped from the Black Sea to the Great Lakes. Sweet, roasty, and not at all spicy, it’s a go-to spread for sandwiches and a helpful addition to add flavor to sauces. Opened, a jar will last many many weeks and, if you top it with a bit of olive oil, for much longer.

P-LUT 18.2 oz jar $14

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Peperoncino Hot Pepper Spread from Italy

From the di Mauro family in Salerno, Italy comes this spicy condiment. They start with local chiles (called ‘Amante’ by locals), mash them and mix them with olive oil and a smidge of salt. Then everything hangs out for a few months, developing deep flavor. The heat hits you first in the cheeks, then on the tongue, but it doesn’t mask every other flavor you’re eating. Start slow when you begin to experiment. A little goes a long way.

P-HPO-L 200 g jar $18

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Korean Chile and Garlic Gochujang Paste

You’ll find Gochujang (fermented chile paste) in every pantry in Korea. If you’ve ordered bibim bop at a Korean restaurant, you’d recognize it as the red sauce served on the side that you mix into your bowl. It’s a savory and spicy spread beefed up with big notes of umami. It’s used in everything: sauces, marinades, dips, barbecues. Try it instead of tomato paste in your sauces, soups and marinades for a spicy kick.

P-MIL-ORI 10 oz jar $16

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Harissa Pepper Spread from Tunisia

Harissa is a thick, spicy spread of dried chiles, garlic, tomatoes, caraway, coriander, and extra virgin olive oil. In its home country of Tunisia, it’s used in just about everything from soups to sandwiches to couscous to shakshuka to roasts. Use it to give a spicy kick to eggs, potatoes, grilled meats, or whip it into a fresh vinaigrette for salads.

P-MMH 185 g jar $18

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Peppers & Pals

New Mexico Green Chile & Cheddar Bread

I love this bread: savory, lusty, delicious. Softly spicy, fire-roasted New Mexico green chiles and Cabot cheddar blended into the Bakehouse’s tangy Farm Bread. Great on its own or as an accompaniment to dinner. It’s especially good if you give it about fifteen minutes in a 325-degree oven before you break it open so it’s nice and steamy when you crack the crust.

B-CHI 1¼ lb loaf $19

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Portuguese Tinned Mackerel with Piri Piri Pepper

Mackerel has a firm texture and full, meaty flavor somewhere between the sweetness of tuna and the richness of sardines. This tin comes from northern Portugal. The firm, perfect fillets are packed in olive oil and spiked with a bit of piri piri pepper—a common chile in Portuguese cooking. The piri piri adds a hint of warm spice without any burning heat. Open and eat straight from the tin, try it on toast or mixed into a pasta dish, or jazz up your tuna salad to use mackerel instead.

P-MPI 120 g tin $12

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Red Pepper Chocolate Truffles from Sicily

Bonajuto has been making chocolate in the baroque Sicilian town of Modica since 1880. Since the beginning they’ve made unconched chocolate, which makes the texture crunchy, not smooth. These bite sized truffles are 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 $17

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Zingerman’s Pimento Cheese from Michigan

There are probably more versions of pimento cheese spread in the South than there are grandmothers. Our classic version is a salty/tangy/spicy mix of Cabot Vermont Cheddar, Hellmann’s mayo, pimento peppers and spices. Spread some on a burger, mix some into mac and cheese, or simply sweep it up to your mouth on celery ribs.

C-PMC 8 oz tub $13

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THE BEST RED PEPPER FLAKES WE’VE EVER TASTED

Marash Red Pepper Flakes from Turkey

Marash red pepper flakes have an amazingly full flavor with just a moderate amount of heat. I use Marash in all sorts of ways. In vinaigrettes. On eggs. In pasta sauce. Blended with lemon juice and spread on chicken, lamb and fish. In fact, it’s hard for me to remember a lot of dishes where I didn’t try to use Marash pepper—more often than not, it’s been successful. My kitchen hasn’t been without a jar for the past fifteen years.

P-MAR 49 g jar $15

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Heaven Facing Chiles from Vietnam

These small, dark red chiles grow up towards the sky (hence the name) in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, and they’re carefully minced and dried to preserve their distinctive fruitiness. With a moderate heat similar to cayenne, they’re so bright and fragrant that every time I use them I can’t believe how much flavor I was missing before. Sprinkle them on any dish that needs a dose of spice, stir them into dipping sauces, or bloom them in oil for your own chili oil.

P-HFC 35 g bag $16

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Hatch Green Chile Powder from New Mexico

The Hatch Valley region of New Mexico is famous for its green chile peppers. This powder, made of ground Hatch chiles much like how paprika is made from ground red chiles, is the easiest, most direct way I know to get the earthy, slightly spicy Hatch flavor into any and every dish you create. Sprinkle over eggs in the morning, in a vinaigrette for lunch, use as a dry rub for a pork roast at dinner.

P-GCP 2 oz jar $16

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Urfa Pepper Flakes from Turkey

These deep purple pepper flakes have a sweet, soft, smoky, raisin scented smell that’s ravishing. After harvesting, the peppers are, cut, dried in the sun by day, then wrapped and sweated at night for over a week. That little trick turns them burgundy, almost black. In the process the peppers pick up a rich, earthy flavor. With a meaningful but moderate level of heat, Urfa pepper flakes are easy to use: sprinkle them over almost any salad, pilaf, pasta or meat.

P-URF 49 g jar $15

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Zingerman’s Bakehouse Breads What gives them so much flavor?

By Val Neff-Rasmussen

I love bread. I eat toast for breakfast at least four times a week. So I’m always excited to discover a new bakery offering beautiful, artisan loaves. Most of the time, though, I’m disappointed. Too often, those gorgeous breads are so completely lacking in flavor that they’re hardly worth eating, even slathered with butter. But in the decades that I’ve been eating Zingerman’s Bakehouse breads, that has never once happened. Their breads are so full flavored I want to—and do—eat them plain. What’s the difference?

Better Flour

Most artisan breads are based on the same four ingredients: flour, water, salt, and a leavener. The first step to making great bread is to choose great versions of those ingredients. Let’s start with flour. At Zingerman’s Bakehouse, the “house” flour is an organic AP flour that comes from a single mill in Colorado—most of it grown on a single farm. The bakers use more than 20,000 pounds of it each week. It’s included in baked goods from Farm Bread (facing page) to Hummingbird Cake (find it at zingermans.com). For many breads and pastries, the team at our Bakehouse also use locally grown, freshly milled whole grain flours. Many of those flours are milled in the bakery on the in-house stone mill, including the rye flour use in the Vollkornbrot and Roadhouse breads (find both at zingermans.com). The freshly milled flours are more variable and perishable, but used well they contribute exceptional depth of flavor.

Natural Leavening

Let’s talk about leavening, too. While some Zingerman’s breads, like Paesano (page 23) and Sesame Semolina (find it at zingermans.com), are made with yeast, more than a dozen of breads are naturally leav-

Baking your own bread

ened. Naturally leavened breads are made without the addition of commercial yeast, relying instead on the “wild” yeasts present in the sourdough starters the Bakehouse team has been feeding daily since 1992. Zingerman’s naturally leavened breads range from the tangiest Better than San Francisco Style Sourdough (page 23) to sweeter loaves like Cinnamon Raisin (find it at zingermans.com) and Chocolate Cherry (facing page).

Time

The most important ingredient is one you’ll never see listed on a label: time. At Zingerman’s, making bread is a slow process. A loaf of Farm bread takes 18 hours. A loaf of Paesano bread takes a whopping 20 hours. All that time allows for incredible flavor development, the same way that a broth simmered all day has way more intense, complex flavor than one that’s only been cooking for a couple of hours. Those flavorless artisan breads from other bakeries probably suffer from being made in just a few hours, not allowing enough time for flavor development. And incidentally, those bags of sliced white bread at the grocery? Thanks to industrial dough developers and oxidizers, they can go from raw flour to ovenready dough in four minutes flat. No wonder they don’t taste like much!

Stone

The method of baking matters, too. Zingerman’s breads are baked in a stone hearth oven. The stone allows for more even distribution of heat, making for a crisper, more flavorful crust.

All the little steps add up. Zingerman’s breads are deeply aromatic, with complex flavors of grain. You really can taste the difference.

Want to try your hands at baking your own seriously flavorful breads? We can help with that!

Bake at your own pace with cookbooks Zingerman’s Bakehouse and Celebrate Every Day, both offering dozens of Zingerman’s recipes for breads, pastries, and more. Read more about each book at zingermans.com.

Or for personalized help, attend a baking class at Bake!, our hands-on baking school. Learn more at bakewithzing.com.

Val Neff-Rasmussen is a writer and food finder at Zingerman’s Mail Order. Her favorite breakfast is a bowl of yogurt with jam, and a couple of pieces of buttered toast. You can reach her to share your favorite toast ideas—or for any other reason— at vneff-rasmussen@zingermans.com.

Farm Bread

Imagine sitting around a French farmhouse table waiting for dinner. This would be the bread the family would serve. Like French pain au levain, it's made with a sour starter and a mix of white and freshly milled whole wheat flours. Its crust is crisp, its flavor subtle and never tiring. The three pound round is my favorite. Cut into quarters and freeze what you don’t eat.

B-FRM-RND 3 lb round $20

B-FRM-LOF 1½ lb loaf $12

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Chocolate Cherry Bread

A chocolate lover’s fantasy come true—bean to bar Nicaraguan chocolate from French Broad Chocolates in North Carolina, plus dozens of dried Michigan cherries, all folded into a tangy bread. 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 1¼ lb loaf $20 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

i’ll take it all

Bake of the Month 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.

Three Months

G-BKC-3 $160

Raison d’Etre

Jewish Rye Bread

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Chocoholic

Chocolate Sourdough Bread

Coconut Macaroon Brownie

Black Magic Brownie

Mini Hot Cocoa Coffee Cake

Tutti Frutti

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Currant Scone

Lemon Scone

Raspberry Patti Pocket

Six Months

G-BKC-6 $300

Includes first 3 months plus:

Frenchie

Farm Bread Palmiers

Orange Almond Bostock

All American

Roadhouse Bread

Classic Banana Bread

Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

Sweet & Savory

Sourdough Bread

Sea Salt Pecan Blondie

Spicy Ginger Scone

Ginger Molasses Cookie

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Local Cheese for the Nation Zingerman’s Creamery

By Brad Hedeman

For most of its history, cheese has been a local affair. Farmers would bring their milk to a village creamery that could convert that milk into cheese and other dairy products. Cheese has always been the long term storage solution for extra milk—especially before the era of refrigerators. The creameries would produce the same type of cheese and offer it at different ages like fresh, young, aged, extra aged— that sort of thing—but most of their sales came from the fresh varieties. Cottage cheese, cream cheese, hand-ladled rounds and bright white logs were all typical and popular fare.

Folks might come into town once or twice a week to grab what they needed and stop by the local creamery, bakery, brewery, and general store for weekly supplies. A slower time to be sure, but the world wasn’t in such a hurry then, either.

Things changed, of course. Small, local producers were mostly overtaken by the convenience and variety of grocery stores and shopping centers.

Seasonality disappeared. Better living and eating through science and all that jazz. You know: TV Dinners and toaster pastries and plastic wrapped blocks of orange cheese. The neighborhood creamery disappeared from the culinary landscape.

Then, slowly the trend reversed. Folks were over the microwave—they wanted well made products that tasted great. The “who” and the “how” were important again and our Zingerman’s community of businesses evolved in the same fashion: local baking, coffee roasting, cheese making. Zingerman’s Creamery hit the scene in 2001 and made an instant splash with natural cream cheese. In a couple short years they were making a variety of fresh, hand-ladled cheeses from local cow and goat’s milk—just like the old days.

Zingerman’s Creamery receives fresh milk daily from local farms within about an hour’s drive. The volume of milk changes depending on the time of year, so they’ve become adept at changing their own production schedule to match the influx—or dearth—of milk.

The cheesemakers at Zingerman’s Creamery use the same time-tested techniques that gave old village cheese its signature, light texture and subtle flavors. There’s a bright, fresh, tangy character you can only find in young, handmade cheeses. Like milk, butter and the other dairy regulars in your fridge, fresh, local, hand-ladled cheeses can once again be a staple.

Reserve the heavier, richer, more intensely flavored cheeses for a special occasion. Make fresh cheese the daily experience it used to be.

Brad Hedeman is a writer and food finder at Zingerman’s Mail Order. His favorite food is french fries topped with other foods. Reach him to bond over your favorite fry toppers—or about anything else—at bhedeman@zingermans.com.

Fresh Dairy from Zingerman’s Creamery

Zingerman’s Natural Cream Cheese

Our cream cheese is hand ladled, which protects the cream cheese’s delicate texture. And because there are no added vegetable gums, preservatives, artificial additives or sweeteners, the flavor is more direct. You’ll find it’s softer, lighter, fresher tasting than any cream cheese you’ve ever tried. Don’t just limit this great stuff to bagels. Mix a spoonful into pasta tomato sauces. Smear some on a slice of toasted chocolate sourdough or pecan raisin bread (find them both at zingermans.com).

C-ZCC 6 oz tub $9 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY WARM WEATHER CARE

Zingerman’s Manchester Cheese

Want to stock up on cream cheese? It freezes beautifully for long term storage

Zingerman’s Fresh City Goat Cheese

Super-fresh goat’s milk and hand ladling make this little fresh goat cheese slowly fall apart and melt on your tongue. Bright, clean, fresh flavor. The goat cheese fans will love it; the others will finally understand what all the fuss is about.

C-JOG 4 oz round $16

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A French-style cheese, similar to a Camembert or brie. Luscious and rich, with a creamy paste surrounded by a pillowy rind, it’s ideal served at room temperature with nuts or fruit or mustard, smeared into a ham sandwich with caramelized onions, or baked in puff pastry.

C-MNC 8 oz round $20 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY WARM WEATHER CARE

Zingerman’s Gelato

Eating gelato is an event, a special occasion that borders on a religious experience for ice cream connoisseurs. Each amazing flavor of Zingerman’s gelato is churned from scratch in small batches at our Ann Arbor Creamery from Calder Dairy’s farmstead milk. Build a collection your favorite flavors online or by phone for your own customized gelato five-pack. Full list of flavors at zingermans.com.

G-5GL five 16 oz containers $130 FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory Two things that separate it from the candy pack

by Alex Hall-Ruiz

Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory has been crafting delicious confections for fifteen years with a focus on traditional American candy. Each sweet treat takes days to make, and has remarkably full flavor. Here are two factors that make Zingerman’s candy different than your average grocery store find.

1. Made by hand, not by machines

Instead of massive industrial cookers mechanically churning out literal tons, we still make our peanut brittle, nougat, and caramel by hand in big pots on a stove.

“Made by hand” might sound like a throwaway marketing line, but it actually does translate to taste. Making caramel in smaller batches means we can caramelize it more for richer, deeper flavors. Those huge commercial vats hold about 50 times more, so

they can’t cook as long without burning the caramel on the bottom.

We also hand-pull our peanut brittle, carefully stretching and pulling the melted nut and sugar mixture before it cools. Most companies, even smaller ones, rely on little bubbles from baking soda for an airy, crisp texture. But hand-pulling puts bigger air pockets into the mix for an even flakier bite—and it never sticks in your teeth.

2. Especially flavorful ingredients

We use high quality ingredients for each candy component. Take the peanuts. Instead of the typical small runner peanuts, we source big Virginia Jumbo peanuts for better crunch. Industrial makers will buy roasted nuts to save time, but they quickly lose flavor and texture. By roasting in house, we get the freshest flavor and we control the salt and roast levels. We grind our house-roasted nuts to make our own nut butters instead of pulling a jar off the shelf with added sugar and other filler ingredients. And that’s just the nuts. We use just as much care in selecting our chocolate, our sugar—even our raspberry preserves!

Looking at the ingredient list on a mass-produced candy bar, you’ll notice something we don’t add: preservatives. It’s cheaper to add preservatives because companies can make more candy at one time and hold onto it for longer. Think about a regular candy bar in the grocery aisle. Do you have any idea when it was made or how long it’s been sitting there? With ours, you do. It’s likely no more than a few weeks old when you receive it. You’ll want to eat it within a couple of months for best texture and flavor. You really can taste the difference.

“Chewy, crunchy, sweet, salty and highly addictive—this luscious handmade candy bar puts the vending machine stuff to shame.”

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Alex Hall-Ruiz is a writer and food finder at Zingerman’s Mail Order. Her current favorite wine to sip on after a long day is Albariño. You can reach her to share your own favorite tipples—or for any other reason—at ahallruiz@zingermans.com.

Zingerman’s Handmade Candy Bars

Old-fashioned, handmade candy bars you can wrap your hand around. These aren’t 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.

Choose from five flavors:

zZang! oriGINAl

Peanut butter honey nougat, roasted peanuts, and silky caramel, all bundled in dark chocolate. Our most popular bar.

P-ZZG zzang! original, 2½ oz bar $6.50

miLk ChOcolaTe KAraMEL kRUNCH

Muscovado brown sugar caramel mixed with crisped rice, enrobed in milk chocolate. Sweet and light.

P-KKB karamel krunch, 1.3 oz bar $6.50

CA$HEw coW

Jam-packed with cashews three ways, plus a bit of crisped rice, coated in dark chocolate. Sweet and salty.

P-COW ca$hew cow, 2 oz bar $6.50

RaspberRy wOWzA

Raspberry three ways: ganache, nougat, and jelly. Covered in dark chocolate. Bright and fruity.

P-WOW wowza, 2½ oz bar $6.50

PEanut BUTter cRuSh

Smooth peanut butter & crunchy peanut brittle bits with crisped rice, in dark chocolate. Crackling and crunchy.

P-PBC peanut butter crush, 2 oz bar $6.50

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Zingerman’s Peanut Brittle

Jumbo Runner peanuts jut like boulders from a shiny, golden candy sea. The texture looks silky but shatters in crisp shards with each bite. To achieve this consistency, the Zingerman’s candy cooks make small batches by hand with a watchful eye. The result is butterscotch-brown flavor, sharp, crackly texture and a finishing savor of roasted peanuts. A small sliver is a wonderful treat. It’s also great if you coarse chop it and toss it onto gelato. Or on savory salads. It’s a surprisingly good pairing with blue cheese.

CLASSIC BRITTLE

P-BRT-S 4 oz bag $8

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CHOCOLATE COVERED

P-CBR-S 4 oz box $12

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Zingermans’ Coffee Company A buyer’s guide to range and consistency

By Val Neff-Rasmussen

In 2003, when Zingerman’s Coffee Company first started roasting coffee, small, specialty coffee roasters were few and far between. A decade ago, specialty coffee was beginning to find a foothold, but it was still a nerdy, niche product with a limited audience. Today, the story has changed. Even a small town is likely to have at least a couple of offbeat coffee shops serving locally roasted brews. (In the rural town of 30,000 I call home, we have four.) A big city may have dozens of independent coffee roasters.

As specialty coffee has become more ubiquitous, in many cases it’s also become more generic. Many roasters make similar boasts: they source directly from small growers, sharing details like the name of the farms or farmers, the type of coffee beans grown, and the processing methods. That transparency is great, and it’s wonderful to see the hard work of coffee growers celebrated. But for all the specificity, it’s often hard for someone who isn’t a professional coffee cupper to tell the difference between one brew and another. These days, specialty coffee tends to be synonymous with lightly roasted beans that produce highly acidic, fruity brewed coffee. If jammy coffee isn’t your jam, you may be stuck with the one token dark roast that a shop offers.

While the specialty coffee landscape around Zingerman’s Coffee Company has changed significantly in its 21 years in business, the operation here in Ann Arbor has largely remained the same. That consistency plays out in many ways. For one, from the beginning, the Zingerman’s roasting crew have selected a wide range of beans, with a few offerings hitting lighter, medium, and darker roast profiles. As flavor fads have come and gone, the Zingerman’s crew have continued serving a range of tastes.

Behind that range of flavors, we have long standing relationships with many of the folks who grow our coffees. While other shops may not have much to share about a grower beyond their name and a photo or two, we focus on building long-term relationships with our growers. We’ve sold coffee from Hacienda Miramonte in Costa Rica every year for a decade. It’s been even longer since we started working with the DaTerra Estate in Brazil. Over those years of partnership, we’ve traveled down to visit the estates—and they’ve come up to visit us in Ann Arbor, too. Together, we’ve worked on experimental microlots to discover the impacts of very specific terroirs. We’ve tried out different processing methods to tease new flavors out of coffees. These aren’t the kinds of partnerships that spring up overnight. Our long, strong relationships have given us deeper understanding of the coffees, and better access to exceptional beans.

A decade from now, I can’t predict how the specialty coffee market will have shifted. But I can bet that the coffees from Zingerman’s Coffee Company will continue to produce excellent, easy to love brews.

Costa Rica Hacienda Miramonte Coffee

At the peak of the season, the most experienced pickers at Hacienda Miramonte in Costa Rica’s central valley harvest the ripest cherries in this micro-lot, grown especially for Zingerman’s. The beans are processed on the estate using a technique called “natural” processing, which creates fruity flavors and smooth, velvety textures in the coffee. When you brew it, the flavor is balanced and caramelly with a honey-like sweetness.

P-COF-RIC 12 oz bag, whole bean $24 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Sweet Yellow Brazilian Coffee from DaTerra Estate

The DaTerra Estate in the high-plains of Brazil is Rainforest Alliance certified, with half of the land considered a nature reserve. The coffee is made from a mix of three varietals (Yellow Bourbon, Catuai, and Caturra, if you’re interested) that the folks at DaTerra have spent years fine tuning. We roast it gently, so the brewed cup is amazingly sweet, very nutty and super smooth, almost buttery.

P-COF-SYB 12 oz bag, whole bean $24 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

continuous caffeination

Zingerman’s Coffee Club

Make your morning caffeine buzz especially flavorful. Each month we’ll deliver a 12-ounce bag of great tasting, freshly roasted, whole bean, single origin coffee from Zingerman’s Coffee Company.

Three Months

G-COF-3 $115

Guatemalan Buena Esperanza Coffee

Ethiopian Guji Coffee

Papua New Guinea Coffee

Six Months

G-COF-6 $225

Includes first 3 coffees, plus:

Sumatran Mandheling Coffee

Ugandan Rwenzori Coffee

Brazilian Peaberry Coffee

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Zingerman’s Food Tours A buyer’s guide to location Mongers

By Mo Frechette

Chances are, if you’re reading this, you’re the kind of person who thinks going halfway across the world to visit a farm is a good idea. You’ll go to Italy, sure. You’ll navigate Florence and spend time at the Accademia with its marvelous blocks of men Michelangelo made. But what you really remember is the Sicilian lemon granita at Carabè. You even scored reservations at Cibreo—but if someone invited you to their olive farm you’d cancel them in a heartbeat. Well, consider yourself invited. We’d love you to come to some farms. Every year we host a dozen or so small groups of food fans at Zingerman’s Food Tours. It’s a chance to go behind the scenes at some of the most iconic, interesting, and, frankly delicious food makers in the world. (Also, when you come with us, you’ll probably eat at Cibreo.)

There are many other tour companies who offer visits to food makers. We are by no means alone in the field. But after doing this for two decades we’ve sussed out a couple of tips to follow if you’re seeking a top notch tour that puts food at the center.

Are they in the food business?

Entertaining guides who are logistics geniuses are a must in the tour business. But the extra mile that makes a food tour great is a guide who lives and breathes food. Every Zingerman’s tour is hosted by at least one person who works at Zingerman’s. Food is their day job. They are moonlighting when they give you a tour. When it’s done, they go back to Zingerman’s where they source, make, and sell great food for a living. They are not just hosts, they are food people. This gives them a way to get into the details to uncover more for you. They don’t just entertain, they teach. They’ll raise your food know-how off the charts.

Do they take their time?

A short, quick trip is easier to schedule and easier to manage. But a longer, more relaxed tour, is a much deeper experience. We like to take our time on food tours, and, in our experience, it’s much more fulfilling.

Travel with us in Spring 2025

Two tours that take you where you’ve never eaten before. Learn more about each tour—and many others—at zingermansfoodtours.com.

Canary Islands: Feb 22 – Mar 2 2025

Fresh fish, tapas—even volcano roasted chicken!

$10,500

Hungary: May 12–22 2025

Backstage at a butcher & a secret Jewish Hungarian cook.

$9,500

Mo Frechette founded Zingerman’s Mail Order. His favorite snack food is popcorn. You can reach him to ask him about his favorite ways to season it—or anything else you’re wondering about—at moeats@zingermans.com.

Foods from some Zingerman’s tour stops

Comté from Fort St. Antoine in France

Comté is made in giant, 70-pound wheels in eastern France’s mountainous Franche-Comté region. This one is selected for us by Essex Street Cheese Co. after aging more than a year in an underground, 19th-century fort that’s been converted to cheese caves by legendary affineur Maison Marcel Petite. Just outside of the fort, the wind carries the song of cowbells as the dairy cows graze on the hillsides. The cheese has a fudgy texture, well balanced, never bitey flavor, with a buttery, hazelnut taste that grows on the tongue and slowly expands to fill your entire mouth.

C-COM by the pound $38

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Bonajuto Box of Chocolates from Sicily

Bonajuto has been making chocolate in the sunny, baroque town of Modica in southern Sicily since 1880. They make unconched chocolate, the way it was done before the industrial revolution. The result is a crunchy, slightly bitter, nutty, sweet chocolate experience that stands out. Each colorful box holds eighteen individually wrapped squares of chocolate, each a mini-vacation from the mundane (and tasteless) chocolate life we’ve been living.

P-BON-BOX 18 pieces, gift boxed $30

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Sherry Vinegar from Spain

It’s impossible to visit Spain without seeing sherry for sale. The fortified wine is made from grapes grown around the town of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia in southern Spain. Inevitably, some of the wine naturally turns into vinegar, and we’re lucky that it does. To make the best sherry vinegar, it ages for years in oak barrels. Sanchez Romate draws upon 300 years of experience making sherry and sherry vinegar to create a sweet, soft, mouth-tingling flavor. Add a few drops to creamy tomato soup or mix it into a classic cocktail sauce and stand back for the fireworks.

V-25Y 750 ml bottle $30

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Mole Negro Simmer Sauce from Mexico

From Oaxaca, this mole (pronounced moh-lay) is made with tomatoes and tomatillos spiced with five kinds of chiles, cinna mon, garlic, sesame seeds, oregano. It’s thickened with a mix of corn tortillas, pea nuts, and almonds, and sweetened with plaintains, raisins, a smidge of sugar, and Oaxacan chocolate. Spicy, smoky, subtly sweet, and ready for simmering straight from the jar, it turns your protein or veggies into a marvelous meal in minutes.

P-MOL-BLA 12 oz jar $15

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New Food Finds

Delizie al Vino Sweet Taralli Crackers from Italy

We’ve carried savory taralli—the shatteringly crunchy olive oil crackers from Puglia—over the years (find them at zingermans.com), but these sweet taralli might be my new favorite. The traditional base recipe of wheat and olive oil gets a touch of color from Primitivo red wine. The wine doesn’t taste noticeably boozy; instead, it adds a pleasant fruity undertone that keeps you eating one after another as you try to figure out what’s making them so good. The sugary crust veers the bite-size crackers a bit further into sweet territory, although they’re still not too sweet. Incredibly snackable and remarkably delicious.

250 g box $13

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Auream Argudell Olive Oil

There’s no shortage of olive oils in this world (regardless of what the latest harvest news might say). While we taste dozens of new oils every year, only a few stand out enough to join our line up, many of which we’ve been selling for decades (explore the full range at zingermans.com). So when we taste an oil that stands out in unexpected ways it always catches our attention. That’s what we have here with this extra virgin olive oil from the Empordà region of northeastern Spain. That’s where you’ll find the argudell olive, which is native to the region (and not found too many other places in the world). What sets this oil apart is its inherent sweetness, just a touch in the beginning that accompanies notes of nuts like almonds. There’s a slight peppery bitterness in the finish, making this oil wonderfully complex and really interesting.

O-AUR

500 ml bottle $29

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Spicy Mango Chutney

I’ll be honest—sometimes my fridge is where open jars of condiments go to die, sadly forgot ten and unused. But not this time. I have reached for Karachi Kitchen’s mango chutney over and over again and keep finding ways to use it. Curries need some aromatic spice and flavorful heat? Cumin, fennel, turmeric, and chili powder check those boxes. Tacos need a little bit of sweetness and texture? Coarsely grated mango and brown sugar to the rescue. Cheese boards need some tang that’s more interesting than a pickle? A spoonful of chutney will do the trick. Grab a jar and enjoy your new secret ingredient.

P-KMC 11.5 oz jar $22

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Craize Toasted Corn Plantain Crackers

One of my favorite aspects of the “cheeseboard” phenomenon is the resurgence and focus on quality crackers. A spread of meat and cheese simply isn’t complete without a delectable vehicle with which to deliver them, and these toasted corn and plantain crackers are perfect for pairing. They’re a little sweet, a little salty, they have a satisfying but not impossible crunch, and they offer variety from your workaday cracker. They also happen to be gluten free. My favorite way to eat them is with fresh goat cheese. My kids just like to snack on them, straight from the bag.

P-TPC 4 oz bag $7.50

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Pink Gooseberry Jam from England

Gooseberries have been a part of British cuisine—especially desserts like pies and puddings—for centuries. Heck, the Egton Bridge Old Gooseberry Society of Lancashire has been meeting since 1801, so it’s a serious fruit. For this jam, the folks at London Borough of Jam cook down the sweet, bright pink gooseberry with dried elderflower and sugar to create a very British flavor sensation. Slightly tart, yet plenty sweet. I’ve really been enjoying it in place of strawberry jam or even blueberry jam because it’s more complex and a little earthier than those more familiar flavors.

P-GBE 220 g jar $22

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Sun Dried Tomato Spread from Italy

In the shadows of the ancient city of Matera lies Masseria Mirogallo, the Belfiore family farm and production site. It’s in the Basilicata region of Italy, which isn’t exactly a popular place for tourists, but a great place to be a tomato.

After the harvest, tomatoes are sun dried for a number of days, concentrating their sweetness. Then they’re blended with the family’s own olive oil to create a spread with a soft, spreadable texture. That’s the real trick to me. Other sun dried tomato spreads I’ve tried in the past have been more like a bitter/sweet paste. This one is light and almost airy while still bringing a ton of flavor to the floor. I’ve been using it—well, everywhere! I bet you will, too.

P-STS 6.3 oz jar $22

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bacon of the Month Club

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-by-mail 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.

Three Months

G-BAC-3

$130

Nueske’s Applewood Smoked

Broadbent’s Hickory Smoked

Arkansas Peppered

Six Months

G-BAC-6

$250

Includes first 3 months, plus:

Spencer’s Irish Style

Benton’s Dry Cured

Gunthorp’s Hickory Smoked Duroc

“Fantastic gift!”

BOBBY FLAY

Red Wattle T-Bone Pork Chops

Twelve Months

G-BAC-12

$495

Includes first 6 months, plus:

Ferry Farms Hickory Smoked

Burger’s Steak Bacon

Vande Rose Applewood

Sorghum Cured

Indiana Jowl Bacon

Cherrywood Smoked

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING FOR ALL BACON CLUBS

Grass Fed NY Strip Steaks from Carman Ranch

Strip steaks—also known as Kansas City strips, top loin or strip loin steaks—are a perennial favorite because they strike a balance between being tender and packed with flavor. They’re equally outstanding on the grill or in a cast iron pan on the stove top. These grass-fed, grass-finished strips that we get from Cory Carman and her team are deeply savory, with earthy flavor and a great mineral tang. Ships frozen.

M-STP-2 two steaks, 10–12 oz each $80

M-STP-4 four steaks, 10–12 oz each $140

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Our heritage Red Wattle 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. From pastured pigs that root and roam and never receive hormones or antibiotics. Ships frozen.

M-WAT-4 four 13 oz chops

$75

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Custom Meat & CHeese Gifts

Build your own ultimate meat & cheese spread. Select cheeses—we’ll hand cut each half-pound wedge to order—and cured meats to pair with them. Then choose what you want to include with all those proteins: tangy Sourdough Bread, artisan Crackers, or a full party spread with Sesame Semolina Bread, Crackers, Cornichon Pickles and Virginia Diner Peanuts.

CHOOSE YOUR CURED MEATS & CHEESES

Sacre Blue Saucisson Sec

Cacciatore Salami

Spicy Calabrian Salami

Red Square Salami

’Ndjua Spicy Pork Spread

Holy Cow Beef Sticks

Zingerman’s Nor’Easter Cheddar

Cabot Clothbound Cheddar

Parmigiano Reggiano

Charcuterie and Cheese Gift Box

With a larder like this, your 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 a loaf of Zingerman’s Sourdough Bread, a half pound each of Dutch Pril Gouda and Zingerman’s Nor’easter Cabot Cheddar, Old Kiev Salami, Tempesta’s spicy ‘Nduja Cured Meat Spread, Cornichon Pickles, Moroccan Olives, 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 $190

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

Marieke Gouda

Brabander Goat Gouda

French Mountain Cheese

Spanish Manchego

Piave Vecchio

Swiss Gruyère

Zingerman’s City Goat Bayley Hazen Blue

WITH BREAD

4 meats & cheeses with sourdough G-4MC $140

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING WITH

CRACKERS

4 meats & cheeses with artisan crackers G-N-4MC $140

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

PARTY SPREAD

4 meats & cheeses with full spread G-4MP $185

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

Italy, Elevated

Tuscan’s Treat Gift Basket

A glowing reminder of Italy, it arrives, unannounced, like a handsome vacation daydream. Includes Zingerman’s Paesano Bread, Zingerman’s Travel Oil from Tuscany, Vecchia Dispensa’s Aged Balsamic Vinegar from Modena, Antonio Mattei’s Almond Biscotti from Tuscany, Rustichella Pasta from Abruzzo, Il Mongetto Tomato Sauce from the Piedmont, Fig Preserves from the Piedmont, Caricato Black Olive Tapenade from Puglia, Italian-style Finocchiona Salami, and Taralli

Olive Oil Crackers from Puglia.

G-TUS italian gift basket $200 FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

Cravero Parmigiano Reggiano

Giorgio Cravero sources Parmigiano Reggiano from San Pietro dairy, located high in the hills above Modena. Giorgio ages the wheels to develop particularly soft, sweet flavors, good enough to eat all on its own (though it’s excellent for grating over pasta, too). His family has been aging cheese since 1855—they’ve really figured it out!

C-VER by the pound $35 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY WARM WEATHER CARE

La Vecchia Dispensa’s 16 year Aged Balsamic

The Tintori family’s sixteen year aged balsamic is blended to capture a balance between woody, earthy intensity, and a dose of lush sweetness, the kind you’ll find in much older balsamics. Its complexity, with rich flavors of oak, blackberry and dark fruit, is partly due to aging in very small batches. Highly recommended.

V-16Y 250 ml bottle $45

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Tenuta di Valgiano Olive Oil from Tuscany

From Lucca in the far west of Tuscany, near the Tyrrhenian sea. Tuscan oils often have lower yields, but more concentrated flavors, and Lucca’s olive oils have long been prized as some of the finest in Italy. We’ve sold this oil for more than two decades. The current 2023 harvest has mellow and buttery flavors that grow to a grassy bitterness and a peppery finish.

O-VAL 500 ml $65

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GUARANTEE If you experience a problem with one of our products, customer service, shipping, or you just don’t like how it tastes, please let us know. We’ll do whatever it takes to make it right, and we’ll never ask you to return anything.

The Snackboard Baskets

These have always been our most popular gift baskets. No heating, no cooking, just eating required.

SMAlL

A loaf of Zingerman’s Farm Bread, and a no-nut Black Magic Brownie, Ann Arbor Tortilla Chips, Premium Salsa, Garlic & Pepper Pretzels, John Macy’s Cheesesticks, Virginia Diner Peanuts.

G-SNA-S small $115

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

Medium

All the food from the Small plus a Ginger Jump-Up Molasses Cookie, Holy Cow Beef Sticks, and Elderflower Gummies.

G-SNA-M medium $145

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

Large

All the foods from the Small and Medium plus a Lemon Scone, Cornichon Pickles, and Zingerman’s Peanut Brittle.

G-SNA-L large $175

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

Deluxe

Everything in the other three sizes plus Moroccan Olives, Apricot Rugelach, and Zingerman’s Spiced Pecans.

G-SNA-D deluxe $215

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

Coffee Cakes

Sour Cream CofFEe Cak E

This is a Zingerman’s classic and perennially our most popular gift: rich, moist Sour Cream Coffee Cake made with organic flour, loaded with Indonesian cinnamon and toasted walnuts, baked in a traditional bundt pan. It’s very impressive and extremely delicious. And it lasts. In theory, a week after delivery, wrapped, it’ll still be soft and scrumptious, melting in the mouths of a hungry crew. Personally, I’ve never seen one withstand the onslaught of the hungry for more than an hour.

A-SCC-L large serves 10–12 in cartoon box

G-SCC-L large in wooden gift crate

A-SCC-S small serves 5–7 in cartoon box

G-SCC-S small in wooden gift crate

FREE RELAXED SHIPPING

$65

$75

$50

$55

CUSTo M TrIPLE CoFfeE CaKe GIFT

Put together your own triple coffee cake gift. Select three nosher-sized cakes from the list of flavors at zingermans.com. We’ll pack them in our handmade wooden gift crate. Makes a fantastic centerpiece for your next brunch. Cakes also freeze splendidly for long-term munching.

G-3CK 3 cakes in wooden crate $125

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Fill your own cartoon gift box with an assortment of Zingerman’s Bakehouse pastries. Choose a mix of brownies, cookies, scones, and more treats that you know they’ll love. Then give us a ring or hop on our site at zingermans.com where you can customize your box online. Your work is done in minutes. Your thoughtfulness will be remembered for months.

choose your pastries

BROWNIES

Magic Brownie with walnuts

Black Magic Brownie without nuts

Black & White coconut macaroon-topped Brownie

Pecan Blondie

Gluten free Townie Brownie*

* not made in a gluten free facility.

TREATS

Orange & almond brioche Bostock

Raspberry Patti Pocket hand pie

Cinnful Cinnamon Rolls

SCONES

Currant

Lemon

Ginger

Century oat & raisin

COOKIES

Oatmeal Raisin

Ginger Jump-Up Molasses

Sky’s the Lemon Vegan Almondinger with coconut

CHOOSE YOUR SIZE

G-4PP 4 pastries $45

G-6PP 6 pastries $60

G-10P 10 pastries $85

G-15P 15 pastries $120

G-20P 20 pastries $150

G-30P 30 pastries $200 FREE RELAXED SHIPPING

“Having eaten at marquee bakeries and boulangeries from New York to Paris, I can [say] that Zingerman’s baked goods are world class and on par with anyone’s. But even more importantly, they travel very well.”

LARRY OLMSTED, FORBES

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. Comes with serving instructions.

G-CIN ten roll tin in wooden crate

$60

A-CIN ten roll tin in cartoon gift box $50

FREE RELAXED SHIPPING

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, Pecan Blondie, walnut-studded Magic Brownie, no-nut Black Magic Brownie, Lemon Scone, Currant Scone, Sky’s the Lemon Cookie, Ginger Jump-Up Molasses Cookie, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, Honey, and Preserves.

G-GRA-1 deluxe $115

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

Ultimate

Double all the pastries in the Deluxe, along with Preserves, Honey, and a loaf each of Cinnamon Raisin and Chocolate Sourdough breads.

G-GRA-2 ultimate $180 FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

If you experience a problem with one of our products, customer service, shipping, or you just don’t like how it tastes, please let us know. We’ll do whatever it takes to make it right, and we’ll never ask you to return anything.

Select three or six hearth-baked Zingerman’s Bakehouse 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 (for three breads) or our giant wooden crate (for six breads).

choose your loaves

Traditional

Farm Loaf

Sourdough

Roadhouse

Sesame Semolina

8 Grain 3 Seed

Savory

Chile Cheddar

Parmesan Pepper

Peppered Bacon

Rye

Jewish Rye

Onion Rye

Pumpernickel

Sweet

Chocolate Sourdough

Chocolate Cherry

Pecan Raisin

Cinnamon Raisin

Paesano

IN A CARTOON BOX

G-3BD 3 breads $75

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

IN A WOODEN CRATE

G-6BD 6 breads $145

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

“The bread is (er, was) OMG-eyes-rolling-upin-the-head-toes-curling delish!”

CHRISTINE, MIAMI, FL

Top 3 Breads A la Carte

Sourdough

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 $10

SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

The crisp, crackly crust, moist honeycombed interior and that trademark sour tang will tickle your tongue. We ship them to San Franciscans across the country—even to some living near the Golden Gate.

B-SDR 1½ lb round $10

SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

It tastes “like no rye you’ve ever had.” David Sax, author of Save the Deli

Jewish Rye

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 $10

SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Zingerman's Unbeatable Returnless Guarantee

If you experience a problem with any of our products, customer service, shipping—or even if you just plain don't like how it tastes—please let us know. We'll do whatever it takes to make it right for you. We never ask you to return anything so you can shop worry-free. Customer service is our passion, our charge and our mission.

Free relaxed shipping arrives in 1–4 business days. Free 2 business day shipping arrives in 1–2 business days.

Local Pick Up

Order by phone or online and you can arrange to pick up for free at our warehouse in Ann Arbor.

FLAT RATE 4 BUSINESS DAY

Arrives in 1–4 business days. Shipment qualifies for $12.99 flat rate only if all items selected ship for flat rate. Bread doesn’t ship flat rate, sorry.

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frequEnT Foodie rEward program

If you spend enough to earn a prize, we’ll let you know. It’s that easy. No membership fee. No account number. No pin. No need to sign up. The current Frequent Foodie period is October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024. (It repeats every year.)

Money you spend Level of Award Gift card reward

over $20,000 Montmorency Cherry $1,000

$15,000–19,999 Goldcot Apricot $750

$10,000–14,999 Thimbleberry $500

$9,000–9,999 Harrow Crisp Pear $450

$8,000–8,999 Bubblegum Plum $400

$7,000–7,999 Concord Grape $350

$6,000–6,999 Rhubarb $300

$5,000–5,999 Wild Blueberry $250

$4,000–4,999 Tart Cherry $200

$3,000–3,999

$2,000–2,999

Alaska and Hawaii Add $10 to rates. Flat Rate takes 8 days. Two Business Days takes 3 business days. One Business Day takes 2 days.

The WeEkender Gift Boxes

Our best-selling all-purpose always-spot-on gift box. Built from foods you can snack on right out of the gate.

The Weekender

Hand assembled in our cartooned gift box with a loaf of Zingerman’s Farm Bread, a no-nut Black Magic Brownie, a Ginger Jump-Up Molasses Cookie, Holy Cow Beef Sticks, Zingerman’s Peanut Brittle, Zingerman’s Sea Salt Potato Chips, and a nosher-sized version of our extremely popular, extremely good Sour Cream Coffee Cake.

G-WEE weekender gift box $110

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

The Long Weekender

Packed in a handsome wooden crate, includes all the items in the Weekender plus Zingerman’s Banana Bread, freshly roasted High Flyer Coffee, Cornichon Pickles, Italian Fruit Jellies, and Spiced Pecans.

G-LWE long weekender $200

FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

Reuben sandwich kits

I'm eating a best sElLer

ShHh, I'm eating pu re ma jesTy

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.

Corned Beef Reuben

G-SHE serves 8 $225

G-SHE-2 serves 3–4 $150

Pastrami Reuben

G-BIN serves 8 $225

G-BIN-2 serves 3–4 $150

Turkey Reuben

G-GEO serves 8 $225

G-GEO-2 serves 3–4 $150

Corned Beef & Pastrami Reuben

G-JJA serves 8 $225

REUBEN KITS FREE 2 DAY SHIPPING

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Jewish Rye Bread (Pumpernickel in Pastrami Reuben)

Meat of your choice

Sliced Emmentaler Swiss

Russian Dressing

Sauerkraut Coleslaw

Garlicky Pickles

Zingerman’s Potato Chips

Magic & Black Magic Brownie Bites

Professional Deli Instructions

For Special Occasions

Find more gifts for all kinds of occasions at zingermans.com

Bereavement Gift Box

When someone loses a loved one, I usually send food, and often find it’s really appreciated—especially when they can enjoy the foods right out of the box. Here’s a great, not too perishable assortment of a nosher-sized Zingerman’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake, Old Kiev Salami, Antonio Mattei Almond Biscotti, Italian Fruit Jellies, John Macy’s Cheesesticks, Zingerman’s Spiced Pecans, Virginia Diner Peanuts, and a bag of Zingerman’s Coffee, ground. It’s packed in our wooden gift crate. Not sending in sympathy? We can remove the identifying label.

G-BER bereavement gift box $165

G-BER-NL without sympathy label $165 FREE RELAXED SHIPPING

Get Well Gift Box

For your favorite person on the mend, or colorful, cartooned gift box includes Turmeric Ginger Tea from Rishi, Moroccan Spiced Tomato Soup, Cheddar Oyster Crackers, Ginger Chimes candies, a Ginger Scone, and a Lemon Scone. Sending to someone in good health? We can remove the identifying label.

G-GWG get well gift box $85

G-GWG-NL without get well label $85

FREE RELAXED SHIPPING

Midnight Feeding New Baby Box

You may not be able to send a full night’s sleep in a box, but at least you can help exhausted new parents be well fed. The Midnight Feeding Gift Box is filled with a Ginger Jump-Up Molasses Cookie, crispy Palmier Cookies, Holy Cow Beef Sticks, Garlic & Pepper Pretzels, Chocolate & Olive Oil Lollipops, Moroccan Spiced Tomato Soup, Caramel & White Cheddar Popcorn, Spicy Pineapple Tamalitoz Hard Candies, Zingerman’s Sea Salt Potato Chips, and a darn cute Zingerman's bib.

G-BBY new baby gift box $140 FREE RELAXED SHIPPING

Zingerman’s Gift Cards

Good for a midnight snack shopping spree online, an afternoon Reuben binge at the Delicatessen or a Tuesday evening burger at our Roadhouse. Gift cards are available in any amount, and are good at any Zingerman’s business. Mailed or electronic.

G-GIF physical card, mailed USPS you choose the amount

E-GIF electronic card, emailed you choose the amount FREE SHIPPING

OUR GUARANTEE If you experience a problem with one of our products, customer service, shipping, or you just don’t like how it tastes, please let us know. We’ll do whatever it takes to make it right, and we’ll never ask you to return anything.

The Munchies Collection

Shipped free to any home or campus, including those located in Lansing. Includes four Brownie Bites (2 with nuts and 2 without), Ann Arbor Tortilla Chips, Fundidora Salsa, Garlic & Pepper Pretzels, Butter Toasted Peanuts, and a personal-sized bags of Zingerman’s Sea Salt Potato Chips.

G-MUN munchies gift box $65 FREE RELAXED SHIPPING

Happiest Birthday Gift Box

If you can’t be there to sing off key, sending this box is the next best thing. Our colorful, cartooned gift box is filled with Cacciatore Salami, Taralli Olive Oil Crackers, Rosemary Maple Almonds, Zingerman’s Sea Salt Potato Chips, a no-nut Black Magic Brownie, a coconut macaroon-topped Black & White Brownie, Italian Fruit Jellies, and a Mini Tea Cake.

G-HBD birthday gift box $100 FREE RELAXED SHIPPING

Congratulations! Gift Box

They just closed on their mortgage. They just graduated from college. They just landed their dream job. They just had their first anniversary—or their 31st anniversary. Whatever the occasion, say “congrats!!” deliciously with this colorful gift box stuffed with a Sour Cream Coffee Cake and eight assorted Brownie Bites, Italian Fruit Jellies, John Macy’s Cheesesticks, Zingerman’s Spiced Pecans, and a couple personal-sized bags of Zingerman’s potato chips.

G-CGT congratulations! gift box $100

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The Executive Eats Collection

We all do better work when we’re not feeling hangry. Nibbling on this collection of savory and sweet snacks is probably just the thing your team needs to boost productivity 146% next week. Our colorful, cartooned box includes Garlic & Pepper Pretzels, Caramel & White Cheddar Popcorn, John Macy’s Cheesesticks, Zingerman’s Sea Salt Potato Chips, crispy Palmier Cookies, Apricot Rugelach Cookies, and four Brownie Bites (2 with nuts and 2 without). Enough food to feed a crowd of 8-10—or to keep one highly valued colleague munching for days on end.

G-EXE executive gift box $95

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Custom Snack Gift Boxes

Whether sweet or salty, crunchy or chewy, snack time is best when you get to munch on the foods you like best. Choose from all manner of different snacky foods to build your ideal collection. Your custom assortment is packed in our colorful, cartooned gift box.

GIFT BOXED

G-6SK 6 snacks, gift boxed

$90

G-8SK 8 snacks, gift boxed $115

G-10SK 10 snacks, gift boxed $135

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CHOOSE YOUR SNACKS

Brown Bread Crackers

Taralli Olive Oil Crackers

John Macy’s Cheesesticks

Walnut Cranberry Biscuits

Sea Salt Potato Chips

Tapas Gift Boxes

In Spanish, tapas sort of means snacks, but that’s an inexact translation. In Spain, tapas can start a meal or substitute for it entirely. The ingredients in this collection of open-and-serve delectables are not all Spanish, but the idea is. Eat them with a glass of crisp wine.

The Classic Tapas Box includes Spanish Zamorano Cheese, Old Kiev Salami, Cod-Stuffed Piquillo Peppers from Basque Country, Spanish Tortas with Anise and Olive Oil, Marcona Almonds, and Portuguese Sardines.

G-TAP classic tapas box, serves 6–8 $115

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Sahli Black Olives

Holy Cow Beef Sticks

Virginia Diner Peanuts

Marcona Almonds

Spiced Pecans

Roasted Pepitas

Peanut Brittle

Kolsvart Sour Blueberry Gummies

Magic Brownie with Walnuts

No-Nut Black Magic Brownie

Pecan Blondie

Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

Molasses Ginger Cookie

Lemon Cookie

The Supremas Tapas Box includes everything in the Classic, plus Mahón Cheese, Ibérico cured ham, Arbequina Olives, and a Fig & Almond Cake for a little something sweet to finish.

G-TAP-S supremas tapas box, serves 8–10 $175

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Pastry Sampler Gift Box

Our cartooned gift box includes a coco nut macaroon-topped Black & White Brownie, a Ginger Jump Up Molasses Cookie, a mini Tea Cake, a raspber ry-filled Patti Pocket hand pie, a Currant Scone, plus a pouch of crispy, all butter Palmiers.

G-ZBS serves 6–8 $70

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Sunday Brunch Bakery Basket

Keep the lazy weekend morning vibes going until mid-afternoon with pastries to please the whole gang. We stuff the gift basket with a loaf each of Sourdough Bread and Banana Bread, an almond and orange scented brioche Bostock, a Mini Tea Cake, an Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, a raspberry-filled Patti Pocket hand pie, a box of Apricot Rugelach, and four Mini Scones.

G-SSV gift basket, serves 6–8 $150

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Magic Brownie Bite Gift Boxes

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.

G-MBB 20 bites in box (illustrated) $65

G-M50 50 bites in wooden crate $125

G-M100 100 bites in wooden crate $215

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Jewish Favorites

Jewish Deli Care Kits

For the Jewish deli devotee stuck in The Land of No Decent Deli, send a taste of the most beloved deli favorites.

The Classic Jewish Deli Care Kit includes a loaf of Zingerman’s Jewish Rye, a pound of First Cut Corned Beef, a kit to make Matzo Ball Soup, Apricot Rugelach, and a Chocolate and Raisin Babka.

G-JDC classic deli care kit

$140 FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

The Deluxe Jewish Deli Care Kit includes everything in the Classic, plus extra deli love with two Potato Knishes, a Noodle Kugel, and a jar of Raye’s Downeast Schooner Yellow Mustard.

G-JDC-D deluxe deli care kit

$195 FREE 2 BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING

Beef Brisket

This brisket comes to us from Tom & Tracy Dykstra’s Moraine Park Farms, here in Michigan. The cows begin their lives in the grazing lands in the western Upper Peninsula. Then they spend the rest of their time at the family ranch near Zeeland. The beef is antibiotic and hormone free. Each brisket is between 3–4 lbs raw, with a beautiful cap of fat that you won’t want to trim away. We’ll include the same recipe used at Zingerman’s Deli for holidays like Rosh Hashanah. It’s easy to follow, though it will have to brine overnight so keep that in mind. Also includes a recipe for gravy that you can serve for an extra bit of brisket flavor.

M-BRI-R 3-4 lbs, whole $115 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY WARM WEATHER CARE

Zingerman’s Handmade Potato Knish

It doesn’t get more classic then the knish: a Jewish pastry stuffed with savory filling wrapped in flaky, buttery dough. Originating in Eastern Europe, the knish came to America with the Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants who settled in cities like New York around the turn of the 20th century. We’ve been making them at Zingerman’s Deli since we opened our doors in 1982. The inside is made of mashed Yukon Gold potatoes, onions, and herbs. The outside is a tender, flaky, handmade crust crafted from fresh farm cheese from Zingerman’s Creamery. Ready to eat, cold or hot. We like ours served hot with a side of good mustard. Heating instructions included.

P-KNH-POT 4.5 oz, serves 1 $10 4 or more $8.50 each

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Zingerman’s Rugelach

Rugelach are the royalty of Jewish baked goods: tender, flaky, cream cheese pastry, dressed in cinnamon sugar. You take a couple bites, a shower of sugar and cinnamon coats your fingers and you’re done... until you reach for another. We offer three gift boxes. The most popular is half classic toasted walnut with currants, and half apricot. For chocoholics, there’s half chocolate, half raspberry. Or for the fruit fiends, try half apricot, half raspberry.

Zingerman’s Noodle Kugel

Like a bread pudding made with pasta instead of bread, our noodle kugel is made with great egg noodles, farm cheese from Zingerman’s Creamery, plenty of plump Red Flame raisins, and a generous dose of vanilla. Everything is blended together and baked to a golden brown. Great for breakfast, lunch, dessert, or really any time you just want something good to eat. Great cold, even better warmed up in the oven.

P-KGL 20 oz pan, serves 4 $20 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY WARM WEATHER CARE

P-RUG 8 walnut/currant & 8 apricot $36

P-RCR 8 chocolate & 8 raspberry $36

P-RAR 8 apricot & 8 raspberry $36

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Hebel Halva

Halva is a confection made of ground sesame seeds—AKA tahini—plus sugar and extra flavorings. The result is this ethereal, airy, nutty, candyfloss-like paste that’s spreadable or spoonable or sliceable and just delicious. We offer two flavors from Hebel & Co. in Los Angeles. The first is chock full of toasty pistachios and nigella seeds, a complex, earthy spice. The second is double chocolate. Both are Kosher.

P-PTH 8 oz box pistachio $22

P-CHV 8 oz box chocolate $22 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Rosh Hashanah

Zingerman’s Babkas

begins Wed 2 OCT

Babka is a sweet loaf, both fluffy and rich, kind of like a light textured coffee cake with a dense filling swirled throughout. The master bakers at Zingerman’s Bakehouse make two flavors. The first is swirled with chocolate and cinnamon and studded with juicy golden sultana raisins. The second is stuffed with pieces of roasted apple, toasted bits of walnuts, and a swirl of Michigan honey. Each comes gift boxed, and serves 6–8.

G-BAB chocolate raisin babka $50

G-AHB apple honey walnut babka $50 FREE RELAXED SHIPPING

Rosh Hashanah Challahs

Each fall Zingerman’s Bakehouse releases special limited edition challahs for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

It’s traditional for Eastern European Jews to bake challah in round, turban-like loaves to signify the desire for a full, complete year. Each is baked to order by hand, arriving wrapped in plastic and

Classic Turban Challah

Keeping with tradition, we sweeten all the egg and flour loaves with a healthy dose of Michigan clover honey.

B-TP2 1 lb round $13

B-TP1 2 lb round $20

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Raisin Turban Challah

On top of the clover honey we add a generous portion of extra-large Red Flame raisins and golden raisins soaked in Myers Dark Rum®.

B-RT4 1 lb round with raisins $18

B-RT3 2 lb round with raisins $30

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Moroccan Style Challah

Braided—not round—brushed with honey and rolled in anise, poppy and sesame seeds. No raisins.

B-MOR 1 lb braid $15

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paper. They’re gorgeous, the color of toasted saffron, and the flavors are rich and sweet—everything the New Year should be. Available to ship starting Monday, September 30.

Rosh Hashanah Cheese Plate Gift Box

Why have just a sweet new year when you could have a savory new year, too? Celebrate the season with honey, apples, and cheeses that are particularly good matches for them.

Our colorful, cartooned gift box includes a plain round Challah, Cabot Nor’Easter Cheddar, Zingerman’s City Goat Cheese, Apple Cider Jelly (a great pair for cheddar), and Coriander Honey (a great pair for goat cheese). Available to ship starting Monday, September 30.

G-RHC cheese box $115

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Rosh Hashanah Fancy Schmancy Cookie Box

Each box contains two types of cookies, just for the season. First up are Apple Rugelach: buttery, flaky dough wrapped around a spiced apple preserve filling. And second are bite-sized Cinnamon Stars, a lightly spiced cookie made with almond flour. (If you have any cinnamon stars left at the end of Rosh Hashanah, you might want to keep them for Yom Kippur— they’re a take on zimtsterne, a German cookie that’s often eaten when breaking the Yom Kippur fast.) They’re all baked at Zingerman’s Bakehouse with all-natural ingredients like real butter and organic flour. They come packaged in a handsome box, ready for gifting—or just opening-and-devouring.

P-TIN-RSH about 22 cookies, boxed $35 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Rosh Hashanah Gift Boxes

Ring in a sweet new year with challah, apple, and honey. Each collection of Rosh Hashanah treats comes packed in a colorful cartoon box and is available to ship starting Monday, September 30.

The Classic Rosh Hashanah Gift Box includes a plain round Challah, Coriander Honey from California, and Apple Cider Jelly from Vermont.

G-RHH classic rosh hashanah box $70

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The Deluxe Rosh Hashanah Gift Box includes everything in the Classic box, plus a raisin-studded round Challah, a box of Apricot Rugelach, and an Apple Honey Walnut Babka.

G-RHH-D deluxe rosh hashanah box $135

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Yom Kippur Gift

Break the fast at the end of Yom Kippur with a collection of bread, spreads, and more.

Read more at Zingermans.com

Apples & Honey for Rosh Hashanah

begins Wed 2 OCT

Wood’s Apple Cider Jelly from Vermont

Cider jelly is a centuries-old traditional American food. Ours comes from Willis and Tina Wood, whose family has been pressing and boiling cider for over a century. They use only whole, hand-picked apples to make their cider, then cook it down over a wood fire with no sugar or other ingredients added. The cider forms a thick, sweet-tart, intense jelly that’s equally great on toast, with cheese, or alongside roast meats.

P-CID 8 oz jar $11

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Apple Cinnamon Preserves from Michigan

At American Spoon in Petoskey, Michigan, they start with apples grown nearby in Charlevoix, Michigan, then add a smidge of cinnamon and a hint of vanilla. It’s like eating grandma’s apple pie filling, just in a jar and ready for spreading on toast or crepes, or swirling into oatmeal and yogurt.

P-PLE 9 oz jar $19

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Heirloom Apple & Maple Preserves from Vermont

The team at Blake Hill in Vermont combine heirloom apples with brown sugar and Vermont maple syrup into a thick, smooth, lightly spiced and sweet apple maple butter. The flavors are perfectly paired with cheddar in a grilled cheese, but it’s also a cozy addition to waffles, muffins, and salad dressings.

P-AMS 10.8 oz jar $15

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Apple Pie Treats from California

When you open the bag of these autumnally-spiced dried apple slices made by Joanne Krueger and her team in Sonoma County, California, the nostalgic aroma of apple pie wafts out. Compared to other tough or crunchy dried apples, these have a pleasant chew and almost melt in your mouth. The cinnamon flavor lasts long after the final bite. They’re a perfect add-in for granola or trail mix, but would also be right at home on a cheese plate.

P-API 1.5 oz bag $11

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Tupelo Honey from Florida

The honey made famous by Van Morrison’s song, and in the film Ulee’s Gold starring Peter Fonda. It’s made exclusively in north Florida along the swampy Apalachicola River basin, where bees feed on the pale green flowers of the shrubby ogeechee tupelo tree. Clear, never crystalline, with an aroma of flowers and caramel and a flavor that’s deceptively light at first but grows to a crescendo of warmth.

P-ULE 9 oz jar $25

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Lavender Honey from Provence

Each year in early July, hillsides across Provence are blanketed in purple lavender flowers. The bees that visit the lavender blossoms produce this perfectly perfumed, richly flavored honey. The honey is opaque, the color of custard cream. It’s mesmerizing. It pours like melted butter or spun sugar. Pop off the top, and you’ll be hit by the perfume. Each whiff is like the start of another good year in Provence.

P-LVD 8.8 oz jar $25

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‘Ohi‘a Lehua Honey from Hawaii

Found throughout the Hawaiian islands, ‘Ohi‘a Lehua trees bloom everywhere from newly formed bare volcanic rocks to thickly rainforested mountaintops. When bees visit the flowers, the honey they make is sublime: a luscious, creamy, spreadable texture holds a sweetness akin to caramel with a soft yet bright burst in the finish. A true taste of paradise.

P-OLH 9 oz jar $19

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Salted Honey Caramels from Utah

The family behind Bees Brothers in Logan, Utah start the process of making these caramels with the honey from their own hives. They add local cream, local butter, and locally mined salt to create a confection that’s remarkably balanced. The floral quality of the honey comes through beautifully, with just enough of a salty edge to accentuate that sweetness. The texture is great: chewy without being too tacky or sticky.

P-HNC 4 oz box, about 16 caramels $15

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Bullet Sesame Oil Chilli Crisp from Taiwan

Most chili crisps—a spicy, crunchy condiment from east Asia—start with a base of neutral vegetable oil, which doesn’t impart much flavor. This one, made by century-old Taiwanese sesame oil producer Dong He, combines toasted white sesame oil with crispy chiles, Sichuan peppercorns, and garlic. It’s roasty and super savory, with a tingly spice that builds and lingers. Use it when you need some extra crunch and umami heat— it’s my go to for eggs, rice bowls, and nachos.

Our Pepper Pop Up Shop is here! Peruse more peppery products on pages 2-5 .

P-SOC 2.8 oz jar $16 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Tempesta ‘Nduja

‘Nduja (en-DOO-ya) is a pork spread that’s spicy from the addition of Calabrian chiles, slightly sweet, buttery, powerfully porky yet as smooth in texture as homemade strawberry jam. This version is made by Chicago’s Antonio Fiasche, a fifth generation ‘nduja maker whose grandfather still lives in Calabria, Italy, not far from ‘nduja’s hometown Spilinga. Spread it on toast or a bread. Mix it into stuffing and sauces. Eat it with crackers, cheese, and pickles. Use it wherever you want a spicy kick.

M-NAN 4.5 oz $14 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Peppery CRUNCH