Why didn’t someone think of this sooner? Chocolate and nuts, smooth and crispy, sweet and salty. All are proven yins and yangs in the dessert world, yet no one to my knowledge has put them together in a single snack. Until now. Crispy, crackly, jumbo runner peanut brittle, cloaked in semi-dark chocolate. A terrific invention and our breakout hit of 2014. P-CBR-S 4 oz box $12 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Coconut is definitely having its moment. People are drinking its water, wearing it as makeup, doing who knows with it. Given that, it’s not too surprising this jam was popular in 2014. But in ten years, when we’re all secretly disgusted at ourselves for guzzling grey coconut juice, many will still be eating this super-tasty traditional Indonesian jam. Try it and see why. P-CJM 8 oz jar $16
From Szeged in Southern Hungary where the Hodi family grow peppers, dry peppers, stone grind peppers and hand pack peppers for their paprika. The pungency and depth of flavor will be startling if all you’re used to is typical tinned supermarket paprika. Start experimenting, with stuff this good you’ll see why it became a national obsession. P-HPS 70 g box sweet $7 P-HPH 70 g box hot $7
In south Holland, goat’s milk is queen and goat’s milk gouda is everywhere. But it rarely ascends such heights of flavor. These wheels, made for and selected by Betty Koster who runs Amsterdam’s best cheese shop, L’amuse, come to us around six months old, porcelain white, full of buttery caramel flavor and soft, creamy texture. New this year, a huge hit with cheese lovers. C-CGO by the pound $36
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Coffeecakes are Zingerman's perennial best-sellers. But we create a new one on average just twice a decade. That’s the mark of how hard it is to break into the ranks. You’ve gotta be good. This one is—topped with a full flush of pistachio, cardamom, ginger, clove and even a little coconut. Larger sizes online. A-NDC-S in cartoon box $40 G-NDC-S in wooden crate $45 FREE SHIPPING
Line-caught tuna from Ortiz is extremely delicious. It got even more tasty after I went to Spain and selected individual catches to get the best of the best. This is silky, rich, delicious tuna, the crown jewel of tinned fish in Spain. Buy as much as you can afford, it only gets better with age. P-ORT 112 g tin $8 4 or more tins $6.50 ea P-ORT-12 12 pack of tins $65
Two different heirloom breed hogs, renowned for their flavor, raised with access to the outdoors and without hormones or antibiotics. Their hams, maple sugar cured and hickory smoked, are two of our surprise hits this holiday. Wattle is sweeter, Berkshire has more umami. Each sports clean, deep, resonant flavor. M-RWH 4 lb half red wattle ham $75 M-BHC 4 lb half berkshire ham $75 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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A semi-firm, washed rind cheese—think Swiss raclette and you’re not far off. It’s aged in Vermont for just enough time to get a bit soft and runny while the rind firms up. The flavor is creamy, nutty, with just enough funk to make things interesting. Our top American cheese find of the year. C-REA by the pound $35
Adding fragrant juniper to the smoking fire—it's an old English way to make bacon, and it creates an extraordinary rasher. The only place on earth I still know of that still makes it, Nodines in Connecticut, sends us sliced svelte slabs every week or two. Get one and make a deep winter breakfast you won’t forget. M-JUN 1 lb, sliced $20
I feel like calling this "bread" is misleading. Not a lie, just not quite the truth. It looks like a bread, you slice it like a bread, but it’s got butter and other lovely ingredients that make it very coffecake-like. In fact, our crew calls it coffeecake bread. Whatever you call it, it’s a hit and it's delicious. B-QUE 1½ lb loaf $22
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The aging attics of La Vecchia Dispensa in Castelvetro, near Modena, are stuffed with barrels. Old barrels, new barrels. Small ones for precious cargo, large ones for just-cooked must. Made from chestnut, oak and half a dozen other woods, each of them holds balsamic vinegar caught somewhere on its way from grapevine to bottle. Sounds romantic, doesn’t it? Want one for yourself? La Vecchia Dispensa’s cooper has fashioned a few small, seasoned oak barrels filled with over a quart of our exclusive sixteen year aged balsamic. Use the glass dropper to rescue a bit of balsamic for salads or strawberries. Kept sealed, it’ll last indefinitely and get better with time, just like you. Quantities very limited. V-BAR-16 1 liter barrel of 16 year balsamic was $400, NOW $200
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Perennially, our best selling balsamic. Beautifully packaged, complexly flavored, it’s the most intensely flavored balsamic of its age I’ve ever tried. V-10Y 250 ml bottle was $35, NOW $25 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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30 year aged With much of the flavor of balsamics that cost twice as much, this is a great deal for a great vinegar. Get a bottle while you can. V-30Y 100 ml bottle was $50, NOW $30 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Tradizionali Balsamics from Modena These are the vinegars about which legends have been woven. Buy one for a grand occasion. A golden anniversary. A wedding. A newborn. An election. Tested by a panel of judges, the qualifiers in Modena are graded gold and white. Then they return to the wood for another five, ten, twenty, or a hundred years or more. During the aging process, the vinegar is shifted from one type of wood to the next. Cherry, chestnut, oak and mulberry all leave their imprint on the flavor of the vinegar. The result is an almost unbelievable concentration of sweet-sour flavor in a dense, intense, brown-black vinegar that hints of berries, grapes, vanilla. There is nothing like it in the world. Only a tiny amount is released each year, in elegant glass flasks. Let loose a few drops on ripe strawberries fresh from the market. An amazing treat you'll always remember. All traditional balsamics from Modena are bottled in Ferrari designer Giorgio Guigiaro's streamlined, sexy bottle, then gift boxed. They may all look the same, but the vinegar is not. We buy ours from Erika Barbieri, one of only a handful of female balsamic makers. I think her vinegars are consistently fantastic—and the juniper aged version is unique. V-JUN 100 ml white label juniper was $150, NOW $100 V-MOD-1 100 ml white label was $125, NOW $100 V-MOD-2 100 ml gold label was $200, NOW $150
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Balsamic Sampler
This little set gives you the chance to match the age of your vinegar to your dish. An 8 year aged for a vinaigrette. 10 year aged to anoint a just-broiled fish. 20 year aged to dip wedges of Parmigiano-Reggiano in. And a remarkable 40 year aged for spring's best strawberries. Four precious small bottles (about an ounce total) of Vecchia Dispensa's 8, 10, 20 and 40 year aged balsamics. They look like beautiful vials of perfume, just way tastier. V-VBT 4 bottles, 1 oz total was $30, NOW $25
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Made just for us by Roberta & Marino at La Vecchia Dispensa in Modena. A balsamic blended to capture the woody, earthy intensity of our 10 year aged balsamic and rounded out with a dose of lush sweetness, the kind you'll find in older bottles. This one is 16 years old, ready for the debutante ball. Don't miss it. V-16Y 250 ml bottle was $45, NOW $30 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Borsellino Salami from La Quercia La Quercia sources pork from farms who raise their pigs with access to the out-of-doors, use no hormones and no sub-theraputic antibiotics. Their salami was a real improvement that we made not just for its flavor, but for its unparalleled attention to animal husbandry. It’s the salami in nearly all of our gift baskets and boxes, including the most popular one we sell, The Weekender. M-DSG 6 oz salami $12 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
The Weekender Our most popular gift box, now with amazing salami from happy, healthy hogs. Find out all of what’s inside this box at zingermans.com. G-WEE the weekender $75 G-LWE long weekender $175 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
French Cheese Bag A trained cheesemonger can wrap a piece of cheese perfectly. Good luck to the rest of us, though. We get a crinkled wrapper gapp0ing at its corners and our cheese dries out in the fridge. Bags work so much better, but until now I've never found a bag that lets cheese breathe yet keeps it from drying out. This bag that we import from France does just that. Slip your naked cheese inside—or two cheeses, they’ll fit just fine—roll down the top and you’re in business. The wax lined bag keeps them in perfect shape. It lasts, too—reuse it for other cheese. We use it to wrap nearly all of our cheese, including the hand-cut wedges in our Cheeses of the Word Gift Box.
Cheeses of the World A cheese crate of five hand cut cheeses, now wrapped in the world’s best cheese bag. Read more at zingermans.com. G-COW-A beginner’s cheeses $100 G-COW-B experienced cheeses $130 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
Brownbread Crackers Seamus Sheridan and his brother run some of Ireland’s best cheese shops (check them out if you ever find yourself on the Emerald Isle). Frustrated that they couldn’t get crackers to match the quality of their cheese they decided to have some made to their own recipe. With buttermilk, butter, and stone ground wheat (from the same mill we source our oatmeal, p. 32), these are subtle crackers that pair extremely well with cheese. And pretty much anything else you throw at them. Now the standard cracker in all of our gift boxes and baskets, including the Snackboard. P-BBC 5 oz box $9 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
The Snackboard The gift basket we’ve sold for two decades, now with better crackers than ever. In four sizes. Starting at $90 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
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Create your own assortment of Zingerman's big brownies, stellar cookies, creamy scones and cosmic cakes. Choose your mix and give us a ring. Visit www.zingermans.com where you can customize your box online. Your personal selection is hand packed to order in our fun cartoon gift box.
Magic Brownie
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Vanilla
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Classic with toasted walnuts.
Muscovado brown sugar and chunks of crystallized ginger.
Real Madagascar vanilla.
With dried currants.
Oatmeal Raisin
Chocolate Mint
Classic minus the nuts
Lemon
Buenos Aires
With maple syrup, organic oats and giant red flame raisins
Peppermint buttercream.
Brownie sandwiching a layer of dulce de leche.
Chocolate Chunk
Townie
Big pieces of chocolate and toasted walnuts
Gluten free* with amaranth and quinoa, not wheat.
Triple Chocolate
Black Magic
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Blondie No-chocolate with pecan praline, sea salt-topped.
Chunks of caramelized milk chocolate from Valrhona, melted dark chocolate and cocoa.
Sky's the Lemon With fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and candied lemon.
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Ginger Spicy, crystallized ginger.
Cheddar Herb A savory scone with cheddar and fresh rosemary.
Country Scone A rustic special with organic rolled oats, pecans, red flame raisins and cinnamon sugar.
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Bacon Learn more about our top selLing bacONS online Spencer's Back Bacon
Wisconsin Applewood Smoked The house bacon at Zingerman’s Deli and our top seller. R.W. Apple called it "the beluga of bacon, the Rolls-Royce of rashers." Custom sliced on the thick side, exclusively for Zingerman's. M-BAC 1 lb, sliced $17 M-SLAB 5-6 lb slab, whole $80 EACH SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Back bacon is basically pork loin with a bit of the side bacon attached, dry cured, then smoked. It's what they call bacon in Britain and Ireland. M-IRI 8 oz sliced $10 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Burgers' Jowl Bacon Jowl bacon slices come a bit smaller than belly bacon and the fat is creamier, more delicate. It fries up more quickly, so make sure to watch it closely. M-JWL 1 lb, sliced $10 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Allan Benton's Dry Cured The most intense bacon we carry, definitely not for everyone. Prized by chefs, including David Chang of Momofuku. M-BBT 1 lb sliced $17 EACH SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Arkansas Peppered Bacon Hickory smoked and wrapped in a sweet and spicy jacket of black peppercorns. M-ARK 12 oz sliced $14 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Cherrywood Bacon Smoked with cherrywood for just over twenty-four hours. Cured with celery-based nitrate so it bears the odd label "uncured". M-CHY 12 oz, sliced $16 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Nodine's Juniper Smoked Bacon The flavor is sweet, the aroma lightly smoky with some juniper pine present. For those who like their bacon on the lighter end of the spectrum. M-JUN 1 lb sliced $20 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Arkansas Long Pepper Bacon Coated with aromatic Balinese long pepper. Exotic and down home at the same time. M-ALP 1 lb sliced $20 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Heirloom Berkshire Dry Cured Sam Edwards gets special hog bellies from heirloom breed Berkshire hogs, renowned for their full flavor. Smoked over green hickory. It's not as intense as Benton's bacon, but it isn't for the faint of heart, either. M-ECB 12 oz sliced $16 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Salamis and sausages are made by grinding different cuts and merging them to cure. Primals are made by curing whole cuts, like loins and hams. Here are two of my favorites.
meat chOcolaTE Ibérico Bellota Pork Loin
Shocking. There’s no other way to describe the experience of first tasting cured bellota pork—in this case, the loin made from heirloom Ibérico pigs who’ve feasted on acorns (bellotas) the last months of their lives. The acorn diet has a magical effect on the meat’s texture. It appears to lower the fat’s melting point to body temperature. Eating a thin slice is like placing a piece of chocolate on your tongue—it immediately puddles, the flavor releasing itself in the process. M-LOM about 1.1 lbs $150
made for the mountains Speck
A lean piece of pork, cut from the rear leg, rubbed with sea salt and smoked over apple wood. Where prosciutto is delicate and subtle this is chewy and robust, earthy and rich, sweet and smoky. From La Quercia. M-SPK 3 oz sliced $14 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Broadbent Kentucky Sausage
Fresh pork, sage and red pepper, stuffed into a cloth bag, smoked and air dried. Our staff's favorite sausage. M-BRB 1 lb $10 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Nduja from La Quercia
Nduja is a specialty of Calabria in Italy, where they love chiles and anything spicy. It's a salami of a sort, but rather than coarsely grinding meat and making it sliceable, this is ground even finer so it's spreadable. Traditionally, this would have been made from the “poor cuts” of preserved pork. Enter La Quercia, American Prosciutto makers in Norwalk, Iowa. Herb and Kathy make their Nduja from prosciutto and speck, the polar opposite of poor cuts. The meats are ground and blended with red pepper to make a spreadable treat that spices up all sorts of dishes. Toss a dollop with pasta, spread it on a burger, vegetables, or good crusty bread. Any dish that could use a little character is fair game. It’s spicy, but not terribly hot, so go to town. M-NDJ 12 oz package $29 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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the next best thing
Crespone Salami
Living in America we are forbidden from importing Cuban cigars, Iranian saffron—and Italian salami. I know, the salami ban makes little sense to me, either. But the FDA makes the rules. We're left with the next best thing which, to be honest, has gotten quite good: the cured meets from the recipes of Francois Vecchio. Made in the style of Verona a coarse cut creation, with thick, natural pork casings. The casings let the meat age more slowly. Time costs money, of course, but it’s worth it, offering up a salami that's sweeter, more soft and succulent and more perfumed than any around. We ship them whole. You trim the casing (it’s OK to eat, but I prefer to peel it off) and slice what you'd like. M-CRE crespone, about 2/3 lb $26 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Italian via iowa Borsellino Salamis
La Quercia's borsellino sausage is soft, sweet, porky and even a little earthy. Somewhere between a quarter and a half-dollar in diameter, its natural casing is stuffed with pork that's coarsely ground, liberally littered with morsels of fat. They're mild but substantial, without the heavy salting that you often find in other salamis. Serve them on a cheese plate or toss chunks into pasta or salads. Throw one into your backpack the next time you head out for a hike, borsellino can go for hours—or days— without refrigeration. Like all their meats, La Quercia's salamis are made from hogs raised naturally, without hormones or sub-theraputic antibiotics. M-DSG 6 oz classic $12 M-SDS 6 oz piccante slightly spicy $12 M-SKB 6 oz smoked $12 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Wild Boar Salami
Outstanding Texas wild boar mixed with all natural pork belly, seasoned with cloves and juniper berries. It's the lean, funky cousin to traditional salami, influenced by the boar's outdoor diet of roots, grasses and wild berries. Made by Cristiano Creminelli in Utah. M-WLD 7 oz salami $25 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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24 hour energy meat Salami Musica
Salami Musica was originally made for salami maestro Christiano Creminelli’s hometown music festival. The party lasts twenty-four hours and the band requested meat that could keep them going all night. Move over, 5 hour energy drink. Here’s the 24 hour energy meat. Spiked with 10% pork liver which gives it extra gusto. M-MUS 7 oz $20 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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La Quercia Prosciutto Americano Cured Ham If you want to get an introduction to cured American ham you couldn’t do much better than to start with Prosciutto Americano. This is La Quercia's mildest, most straightforward cured meat, the one they sell more of than any other. It’ll remind you of Italian prosciutto but the flavors are more forward and there’s more of a mineral tang to the finish. While Italian prosciutto is made with standard breed white pigs raised without any guarantee of their conditions, this is made exclusively from Niman Ranch naturally raised pork. There are no hormones, no sub-therapeutic antibiotics. The pigs are far from being confined; they have access to the outof-doors and room to root and roam. The pork is not smoked; it's simply cured with sea salt and hung to age for just under a year at Herb’s cured ham house in Norwalk, Iowa. M-PAM whole, deboned, unsliced, about 7 lbs $275 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Broadbent Smoked Cured Ham If you're new to American cured ham, here's another place to start. Broadbent is a classic salt-cured and smoked ham (unlike Prosciutto Americano, above, which is not smoked). It's made by Ronnie and Beth Drennan in southern Kentucky. It's from standard breed pigs, smoked gently, aged just under a year, making it milder than many other American hams we sell which are aged for longer. M-BKM whole, bone-in unsliced, 12-14 lbs $130 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Iberico Dry Cured Ham
Iberico pigs are basically the heirloom breed of heirloom breeds, the flavor standard against which all other pork for cured meats is measured. Its flavor and unique melt-on-the-tongue fat is unmatched by any other meat out there. In Spain, Iberico is served and eaten as simply as simple can be. No melon, no fruit, no nuts—just a plate with ham. Here it's sliced paper thin, like Prosciutto di Parma. Serve Iberico ham at room temperature. The eating experience is radically better that way. M-BLR 2 ounces, sliced very thin $20
We maintain dozens of cured hams in our aging vault, ready to be shipped to pork-o-philes at a moment's notice. No other mail order source in America carries as wide a range of European and American cured hams, from the peanut-fed Berkshire hams of Sam Edwards to the ultra-smokey cult hams of Allan Benton in Tennesse, to La Quercia's delicate Italian-style wonders cured in Norwalk, Iowa, to the ham world's most prized pork: Spain's acorn-fed bellota hams from Ibérico hogs. Go to zingermans.com, read more, get hungry, get a ham.
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Cheese Passports You pick the country. We’ll head to our cheese cave and take care of the rest. We take deep pride in sourcing and offering a small but excellent collection of cheeses, tending them in our cave, cutting them to order by hand and sending them with careful packaging so they arrive in great condition. We never use cryovac to seal the cheese—it can create off flavors. We wrap them in our amazing French cheese bag that's like a Birkin for cheese. It keeps them looking great, feeling great and tasting great. Makes a great gift for any cheese lover you know, including you.
Enjoy your cheese at room temperature for maximum flavor.
OUR PASSPORTS Matured beyond what you’ll normally find in the USA, these three cheeses, including Antique Gruyère and Parmigiano-Reggiano, are often the cheesemaker’s favorites. And mine. G-CCP with our bread $75 G-N-CCP with crackers $75
With three cheeses including perennial favorites like Farmhouse ParmigianoReggiano and Piave, hand cut from the whole wheel the day they ship. G-ITA with our bread $75 G-N-ITA with crackers $75 BREAD VERSION 2 BUSINESS DAY CRACKER SHIPS FLAT RATE
The one I enjoy most. My short list of favorites for their long aging and big, bold flavors. We’ll include three samples of mountain cheeses, including Comté and other well-aged wedges. G-MTN with our bread $75 G-N-MTN with crackers $75 BREAD VERSION 2 BUSINESS DAY CRACKER SHIPS FLAT RATE
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English Farmhouse Cheddar, Raw Milk Stilton and Lancashire, all selected by Neal’s Yard Dairy, the premier source of English cheese. G-BRI with our bread $100 G-N-BRI with crackers $100 BREAD VERSION 2 BUSINESS DAY CRACKER SHIPS FLAT RATE
Three French cheeses, shipped direct to us from the farm and aging cave. We’ll assemble an homage to affinage with greats like Comté from Fort St. Antoine, Camembert and more. G-FRE with our bread $75 G-N-FRE with crackers $75 BREAD VERSION 2 BUSINESS DAY CRACKER SHIPS FLAT RATE
We’ll pick three of our best-tasting domestic cheeses, like Pleasant Ridge Reserve from Wisconsin, Landaff from New Hampshire and others that are remaking the image of American cheese. G-AME with our bread $75 G-N-AME with crackers $75 BREAD VERSION 2 BUSINESS DAY CRACKER SHIPS FLAT RATE
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UniversalLy imitated, never replicated Montgomery’s Farmhouse Cheddar
Like the British Empire, cheddar conquered the world—it’s the planet’s most widely copied cheese. Ironically, with so much emphasis on imitation, the original has become an endangered species. Montgomery’s is one of only three farms in its ancestral homeland making truly traditional farmhouse English cheddar. Big, clothbound drums are made by veteran cheesemaker Steve Bridges every day except Friday. All the milk comes from Jamie Montgomery’s herd of just under 200 Holstein-Fresian cows, which graze on a nearby hill rumored, incidentally, to be the site of Camelot. Each one is spoken for—they’re taking no new customers. Other cheesemakers have started returning to aging cheddar in cloth, not wax—notably Cabot, see next page—but like all old methods, it takes more than copying to master it. No other cheddar comes close to the penetrating, grassy, beefy, brothy flavor of Montgomery’s. C-EFC ½ lb hand cut $22 by the pound $40 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Farmhouse Parmigiano-Reggiano Not all the wheels that bear the world famous Parmigiano-Reggiano name are created equal. There are big differences from one to the next. This one is made by a dairy nearly 2,000 feet up in the hills outside of Modena, Italy. The high altitude makes for plenty of diversity in the grasses, herbs and flowers growing in the cows’ pastures. This means that the milk—and therefore your cheese—is full of the pastures' complex flavors. The wheels are aged for a minimum of two years (33% longer than the Consorzio minimum). Most important, the finished cheese has a really rich, wonderfully complex flavor with a lovely, long finish and none of that bitterness or mouthburn that often mars the final flavor of others. Wrapped well, it lasts for weeks. C-PAR 1 lb hand cut for dinner $32 2 lbs hand cut to save $60 4 lbs for an addict $110 8 lbs to share $200 80 lb wheel $1,800 80 lb wheel hand delivered by Mo $2,500
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CHEese candy L'amuse Gouda
While Gouda is made everywhere in Holland, there are major differences between goudas from different regions. These wheels are made in the north from the milk of Holstein cows, two factors that give the cheese a distinctive creaminess speckled with big, crunchy flavor crystals. Selected for us by Betty Koster of L'amuse, Amsterdam's top cheese shop, aged for over two years, the flavor is correspondingly intense. It fills your mouth with butterscotch and caramel, almost like a dessert. In fact, a single nib, taken with espresso after dinner, is a revelation. C-LAM ½ lb, hand cut wedge $22 by the pound $40 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Essex Manchego One of Spain’s only farmhouse, raw milk, unwaxed Manchegos. Unwaxed Essex Manchego has a lovely, dry crumble and never tastes bitey. It goes down smooth. C-EMA ½ lb, hand cut wedge $22 by the pound $40 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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cheEsemongEr's CHOice Comté from Fort St. Antoine
France’s most renowned mountain cheese, selected for us by Essex Street Cheese Co. from the caves of legendary Jura affineur Maison Marcel Petite. 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. A cheese that makes you want to come back to eat it again and again. C-COM
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Extra aging means mOre intense flavors Antique Gruyère
Aged many months more than the usual half year that most Gruyère gets. Imagine the flavor of the Gruyère you know now but ten times more delicious and infinitely more interesting. Smooth, with the spiciness of a great Rhine wine. C-GRU ½ lb hand cut wedge $15 by the pound $29
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Antique Emmentaler This is the stuff the Swiss eat, cut from 200-pound wheels of cheese. Fantastic for fondue or just for eating as is. Almost a year of extra aging transforms this into an extraordinary example of traditional Emmentaler at its peak of flavor. Due to long aging, it has those flavorful little crunchy crystals you find when you savor a well-aged Parmigiano-Reggiano. Exceptional, and very hard to find in the U.S. C-EMM ½ lb hand cut wedge $13 by the pound $24
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Catch this elusive mountain cheese if you can Piave from Northeast Italy This rarely tasted traditional cheese made high in the mountains of northern Italy has been one of my favorite eating cheeses for years. We buy wheels with a little more age on them than most. Piave has the smoothness of cheddar, the texture of Parmigiano-Reggiano and the mellowness of sweet mountain butter. Flavor wise, think of a good Parmigiano-Reggiano, with a little kick of sweet mountain Gruyère. C-PIA ½ lb hand cut wedge $15 by the pound $28
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england's cLaSsiC bluE CheEse Raw Milk Stilton The only traditional raw milk Stilton in the world. British cheddar may have conquered America and subsequently lost some of its English-ness, but Stilton remains a national treasure. An exquisite, legendary blue with broad, buttery flavors that linger well into the evening. Made by Joe Schneider, selected by Neal’s Yard Dairy just for us. C-TCH ½ lb hand cut wedge $22 by the pound $40
Home Cheesemaking Kit Make mozzarella or ricotta at home. A grand gift to for families to enjoy together. All you need is the milk. P-HCK makes 30 batches $35
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Bayley's cheesemaker calls this “a cross between butter and chocolate,” and he’s not stretching it. Irresistible to blue cheese lovers. C-BYZ by the pound $39 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
america's stanDard
Pleasant Ridge Reserve
This may be the best American cheese being made today. Like a European mountain cheese, it's fruity in an appley sort of way—rich, deep and sweet. Production is very small—about 6,000 wheels a year. They utilize a seasonal, open grazing system, which means all the milk used to make the Pleasant Ridge Reserve is taken when the cows are happy and content out in the open pasture. Happy cows tend to produce great tasting milk. Since we've been working so closely with the maker we have the opportunity to select specific days of cheese, tasting from a series of different days of production to pick the most flavorful of the bunch. C-PRR ½ lb hand cut wedge $21 by the pound $39 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Cabot Clothbound Cheddar
Marieke Gouda
Great Lakes Cheshire
Beefy cheddar, aged in traditional cloth wrappers in Vermont. Unlike wax, the cloth breathes, resulting in deep flavor. C-CCC by the pound $39
Made in the style of Dutch Gouda. An irresistibly delicious balance of sweet and savory. C-MKE by the pound $30
A tangy, crumbly, citrusy, crowdpleaser of a cheese. Lighter than cheddar. Made by Zingerman’s. C-GLC by the pound $39
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roadhouse bread
The house bread at our restaurant, Zingerman’s Roadhouse and a local favorite. It’s based on an early New England recipe, made by combining rye flour and cornmeal with wheat. Anyone from an 18th century New Englander to Laura Ingalls Wilder would recognize and enjoy it today (it’s referred to in Little House on the Prairie as Rye ‘n’ Injun bread). The same goes for almost anyone I hand a slice to today. It’s got great crust and a soft, chewy center that has a slight sweetness from dark molasses, making it a hit with kids. Excellent with cream cheese and smoked salmon. B-ROA 1½ lb handmade loaf $9 B-2K-ROA 2 kilo round $25 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
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 a white-wheat mix made with a sour starter. Its crust is crisp, its flavor subtle and never tiring. The one and a half pound loaf is pictured, but the three pound round is my favorite. Cut into quarters and freeze what you don’t eat. B-FRM-RND 3 lb handmade round $15 B-FRM-LOF 1½ lb handmade loaf $9 B-OLV 1½ lb loaf with black olives $14 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
french mouNtain I’d have a tough time picking between this and Farm Bread for top spot on my European-style favorites list. French Mountain Bread has a chestnut colored crust nearly a quarter inch thick, a dense wheaty crumb inside and a toasty, long lasting flavor. It’s totally terrific for toasting. We offer it in two sizes, a ¾ kilo loaf (about 1.65 lbs) that’s good for munching and a 2 kilo (about 4½ lbs, illustrated) work of art. I love the 2K loaf. A good foot and a half across and four or five inches high, it’s decorated with a hand-cut “Z.” The size is significant because bigger loaves almost always taste better. Baked to last, you’ll still be enjoying 2K Mountain Bread ten days after the loaf has left our oven. B-MON-A ¾ kilo handmade loaf $12 B-MON-B 2 kilo handmade “Z” loaf $26 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
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paesano
Our most popular bread. Spreading out like the cap of a wild mushroom, its thin, snow white crust surrounds a soft, savory crumb filled with lots of holes (we work hard to put the holes in). This is the traditional bread of Puglia—the heel of Italy’s boot—and the best one to eat alongside a pasta dinner. Recommended for ripping and dipping in olive oil. B-PAE 1½ lb handmade loaf $9 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
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chocOlate cherRy
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
chocolate sourdough bread
It’s simple: our sourdough bread stuffed with chunks of dark Belgian chocolate. Like most of the school children I know, I like to rip off a hunk and eat it as soon as I open the bag, but it's best when you pop it in the oven for about fifteen to twenty minutes. Your entire kitchen is likely to be filled with sensuous smells—warm chocolate, good bread. This is one loaf that's very hard to keep around the house. B-XSB 1 lb handmade loaf $10 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
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cinNamon raisin
A cinnamon raisin bread with substance. A chewy, solid loaf where the flavor of the dough supports the freelancing of the Red Flame raisins and the racy scent of Korintje Indonesian cinnamon. Sweetened and moistened with a hint of clover honey. Makes sensational Sunday morning toast. B-CIN 1½ lb handmade loaf $10 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
pecan raisin
This bread has been like a chain reaction—someone serves it for brunch, and the next week their guests are calling us and buying it for themselves. Calling it dense is an understatement: a half pound of big, juicy Red Flame raisins and toasted pecans are baked into every loaf. The New York Times says our Pecan Raisin Bread "redefines the category." B-PEC 1¼ lb handmade loaf $16 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
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pePpered bacon farm Bread
parmesan pepPEr heretic's loaf
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 Tellicherry 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 $13 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
My Italian friends would probably think this bread is heresy, but that’s their loss. It’s a natural for me because I love bread, parmesan and good black pepper. There’s a quarter pound of parmesan in every loaf, along with a load of cracked black peppercorns. Leaves your mouth pleasantly aroused from the heat of the pepper and salivating from the savory sweetness of the parmesan. It’s fantastic when toasted. B-PEP 1¼ lb handmade loaf $16 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
new mexico green chile & cheDdar
I love this bread: savory, lusty, delicious and dangerously close to addictive. Softly spicy, fire-roasted New Mexico green chiles and raw milk Nor'easter 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 twenty 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 handmade loaf $15 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
jewish breadS, RYe & Beyond
Traditional Jewish rye bread is still an endangered American species. Twenty-two years after we started baking them in Ann Arbor you'll still be hard pressed to find a loaf like them anywhere in the country. Believe it or not, most “rye bread” sold in America contains very little rye flour. These are different. These are breads like my grandparents ate in Eastern Europe: plenty of rye flour, a natural sour rye starter (not the usual canned shortcut) and lots of time to let the dough develop. They’re the breads I reach for to make a sandwich or to eat with cool butter and fresh oysters. A perfect pairing with corned beef.
"America's very best rye? No contest... It comes from Zingerman's Bakehouse." Saveur Jewish Rye B-RYE 1½ lb loaf $9 B-2K-RYE 2 kilo round $25 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
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Pumpernickel B-PUM 1½ lb loaf $9 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
Caraway Rye B-CAR 1½ lb loaf $9 B-2K-CAR 2 kilo round $25
Onion Rye B-ONI 1½ lb loaf $9 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
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bREAkfast breads
the bakers' crown
Toast ain’t just toast when it’s made from Zingerman’s Bakehouse bread. To that end, here’s two of our most popular breakfast breads (good any time of day, of course, even if they’re not toasted). This colorful, printed gift box selection includes a loaf each of Cinnamon Raisin and 8-Grain 3-Seed Bread, a couple of Ginger Scones to sweeten the deal and a small jar each of Italian Honey and Preserves. G-FES bread-fest box $50
This box is for all those classic bread lovers out there, the ones who turn up their noses at Cinnamon Raisin and think Chocolate Cherry is for the birds. The ones who fight for crust. For them, 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 Sourdough. G-PEA peasant gift box $45
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Deli Deluxe Bread Box
Sweet & Spicy Bread Box
Our classic deli loaves. These are the breads we built our reputation on. 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 $50
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
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Dinkelbrot
One hundred percent spelt grain loaf made with loads of sunflower seeds. Dense, moist, delicious, different from most of the breads we bake whose origins tend to be French and Italian. Excellent for sandwiches. I enjoy devouring loaves armed only with good butter and sometimes a toaster. B-DNK 1½ lb loaf $12 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
8-grain 3 sEed Cracked wheat, cracked rye, cracked barley, corn grits, oats, millet, whole wheat, whole rye, flax seed, poppy seeds, a little honey and a nearly irresistible outer crust of toasted sunflower seeds. More than a mouthful—this ain’t no bird feed. B-8GR 1¼ lb handmade loaf $10 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
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Craquelin Bread
The national bread of Belgium. It’s a buttery brioche rolled up with fresh orange zest and sugar cubes soaked in Grand Marnier®. The additions form a sweet swirl inside each slice like a cinnamon roll and their dark orange flavors seep into the surrounding dough. Some of our crew call it “coffeecake bread” which gets to the spirit of the loaf, though its texture is much lighter. B-QUE 1½ lb loaf $22 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
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the crown jEwel 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 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, siky texutre, and lingering sweetness. A Zingerman's exclusive. Kosher.
Bonito Loin Zing Select
P-ORT 112 g $8 4 or more $6.50 each P-ORT-12 12 tin case $65
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Decades ago chefs used to select their preferred tuna batches from the factory at Ortiz, Spain’s highly esteemed fifth generation tinned fish titan. Cheesemongers still do this with cheese, in fact it’s a specialty of some exporters like Neal’s Yard Dairy and Essex Street Cheese. But it’s something that hasn’t been done for decades with tinned fish. Last fall I went to Getaria, a fishing village in Northern Spain off the Bay of Biscay, to taste all the batches of tuna Ortiz had tinned that summer for America to select the most promising. We bought all of it, a single shoal of amazing fish that resulted in some 40,000+ tins. We’re going to age some of it and sell the rest for as long as we have it. It was the first time in a generation this has been done and I think it’s resulted in a great tinned tuna. Enjoy.
Spanish Surf & Turf Tuna Stuffed Piquillo Peppers
Tuna and smoked piquillo peppers in one snack? For me this beats putting your chocolate in my peanut butter any day. The Ortiz family's great bonito tuna, stuffed in smoked piquillo peppers, doused in a bit of tomato sauce. A classic Catalan tapa, as delicious as you’re imagining right now, ready to eat right out of the tin. Four stuffed peppers per tin. P-TOP 4 pepper tin $15 2 or more $13 each
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sargASso’s Surprise Smoked Eel
I understand that the name may put you off. Eels just don’t sound appetizing. I assure you they are—more luxurious than you can imagine. This tin has four flakingly tender eel fillets, lightly smoked. Milder than mackerel or sardines, they have a texture that reminds me of salmon crossed with sea bass. Amazing stuff, with the kind of out-of-fashion packaging that belies the high quality of fish within. Eat them on their own, forked out of the tin. Or top a green salad with a couple fillets, capers, Marash red pepper and lemon zest. An unparalleled late night snack. P-EEL 105 g tin $17 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Tinned Atlantic Mackerel Firm, perfect fillets of mackerel whose flavor is located somewhere between the sweetness of tuna and the richness of sardines. It’s rare to find tinned mackerel of this quality. P-MAC 125 g tin in olive oil $8 P-MPI 90 g tin with piri piri red pepper spice $8
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you'd be suRprisEd Portuguese Sardines
Tuna is our best-selling seafood, but sardines are no slouch. We sell loads of tins and I’m beginning to think it’s not a fluke because the numbers keep going up every year in a way that would make the Chinese economy jealous. There are real sardine lovers out there, and there are lots of you. Stand up, don’t be shy. With these sardines this good you don’t have to be. There are actually dozens of different fish sold as sardines in the U.S. Most are either brislings from Norway or herring from the North Atlantic. While they aren’t bad, they don’t come close to the flavor of true pilchards like these. And unlike Norwegian sardines, these are never smoked, so the full flavor of the fish comes through. Open a tin, and you’ll find four or five fine silver sardines nestled inside. I like to serve them simply, laid on a slice of toasted farm bread and dressed with great olive oil. Add a pinch of salt, a twist of black pepper, a squeeze of lemon and eat ‘em up. P-SAR 125 g tin (illustrated) $7 4 or more $5.50 each P-SEV 110 g tin in extra virgin olive oil $8 “The taste 4 or more $6.50 each
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bachelor's BAit Ortiz Duo Pack Anchovy
All the great flavor without the commitment, a bachelor's anchovy dream. Two boxes of five anchovies each, fished from the Galician Sea. Perfect on top of a midnight egg-salad sandwich. P-ACH 50 g $13
is not fishy or salty but soft and delicate and dark.” Kevin, Plymouth, Michigan
fish truffles Anchovy Stuffed Peppers
Capers and anchovies stuffed into exquisite cherry peppers, packed in good extra virgin olive oil. The layers of flavors unfold on your tongue. Sweetness at first, then mild heat, all enhanced by the suave saltiness of anchovies. P-AUP 180 g $32 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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cult-like, In a goOd way Maussane Olive Oil This is a unique oil that’s got one of the most dedicated followings I’ve ever witnessed. We tracked it down years ago at the adamant insistence of Nancy Harmon Jenkins, one of the world’s most knowledgeable food folks, and it’s had a growing cadre of fans ever since. A rich, golden nectar with a distinctive herbal character no other oil can match, it sings with an unequaled pitch in its range of high and low flavor notes. One of its fans told me, “If you love olives, you’ll want to marry this oil.” O-MAU 500 ml $40 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
a love aFfair Alziari from Nice
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 $55 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
HOUSE OIL NO. 2 Frantoio from Chile
house oil no. 1
A big, bold extra virgin olive oil. It has a wonderful aroma that reminds me of almonds and has a really beautiful bitterness in the finish that may catch you with a punch of late breaking pepperiness. O-OZB 500 ml $29 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Zingerman’s Peranzana
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 oil is hugely flavorful. The latest vintage has pleasing aromas of green apple, freshly cut grass and leaf and a whisper of almond. It finishes with that great green olive bitterness and a bit of a peppery kick. O-ZIN 500 ml $29 SHIPS FLAT RATE
La Spineta from Puglia Pugliese oils get little credit on the international oil scene. But hidden in the shadows of the huge industrial producers are artisans like the Pellegrino family. I visited their farm a couple of years ago, and I keep coming back to their full-flavored extra virgin olive oil again and again. It’s especially good in spicy pasta dishes or any place you want a really robust olive flavor. The more I use this oil, the more I like it. O-SPI 500 ml bottle $25 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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the lemon Oil of angels
Agrumato Lemon Oil
I keep imagining that if I went to heaven, I’d discover this to be the oil the angels put on their salads. Smooth and olive-y with a lemoniness that tickles your nose like the bubbles of a fine champagne. This is not lemon flavored oil but the traditional pressing of olives and lemons together—oil of the fruit married to oil of the olive in an ethereal combination. You can do most anything with Agrumato lemon you’d do with other oils and then some. It’s fantastic brushed on top of almost any just-broiled fish. O-AGR 200 ml bottle $36 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Citrus Olive Oil Sampler Orange, lemon, bergamot and plain extra virgin olive oil in a little sampler from Marina Colonna. Whole olives are pressed with citrus rinds, not infused with essences like most citrus oils. O-CIT 4 oil sampler, 1 oz total $16 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
coastal tuscan masterpiece
Poggio Lamentano
Michael Zyw is a farmer and an artist and, appropriate to both, he crafted this oil and its label. The label is a pencil sketch, a complex study in grays and whites. The oil is also complex, but, by contrast, much more colorful. It has the bold pepperiness and green flavor of fresh cut grass and artichoke that are hallmarks of Tuscan oil, but the grove's location near the sea brings a softness. Where the oils from the Tuscan center are far more aggressive, the oils from the coast are relatively (for Tuscany) mellow. Lamentano starts big, softens a bit midway through and finishes with a meaningful but moderate amount of pepper. O-POG 500 ml bottle $40 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
true Tuscan
Tenuta di Valgiano Savignola Paolina Unfiltered, giving it a thick, creamy, buttery texture. It has a luscious, mouth-filling flavor that’s very grassy in this year’s harvest, hinting of artichokes with a soft touch of pepper at the finish. Carlo Fabri makes only 500 bottles a year, and all his olives are picked and pressed in a three day family affair in early November. He sends almost his entire production to us. The tall, elegant, black bottle is as sexy as the extra virgin olive oil within. Outstanding. O-SAV 500 ml $35 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
This is consistently one of our most popular oils, and a stand-out in Tuscany for its soft-edged intensity. Valgiano is a touch gentler than other more audacious oils from the center of Tuscany, but it’s still got plenty of pungent, peppery, olive-y goodness. O-VAL 500 ml bottle $45 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Roi from Liguria Mellow yet rich in its unfiltered state, it’s delicately delicious, feathery light and perfect for pesto making. Its subtle, lingering flavors leave you smiling long after you’ve tasted it. I use it for dressing fresh fish or a delicate salad. O-ROI-500 500 ml $25 O-ROI 1 liter $40 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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nOw introducINg chOColate Zingerman's Peanut Brittle
Candyman Charlie Frank isn't reinventing the wheel, just making it more delicious. In his classic 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. In his new chocolate version the crispiness is balanced by a silky cloak of chocolate. To achieve all this magic, Charlie makes small batches by hand with a watchful eye. This is stovetop brittle, not factory gristle, with butterscotch-brown flavor, sharp, crackly texture and a finishing savor of roasted peanuts.
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caramel knowledge Béquet Caramels from Montana
Robin Béquet says, "There are a great many products easier to make than caramel. In the blink of an eye you can go from potential greatness to complete disaster.” That's the voice of experience talking. In the last decade, in going from a home kitchen operation to an award-winning caramel maker, Robin has had a lot of experimental disasters. But we get to taste the benefits of her hard lessons. Her caramels are widely recognized as some of the best in the country. This silver, ribboned gift box is filled with two of our favorite types: sea salt and chipotle pepper. Caramel fans, don’t miss out. P-PEQ 11 oz ribboned box $36 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
seriously SensuaL Blanxart Cocoa from Spain
This stuff gives new and very seriously sensual meaning to the words “hot chocolate.” When you read about chocolate being the morning beverage of Renaissance royalty in Europe, this is what they were drinking. I know it’s hard to believe anything this good could come from a prepacked mix, but it does. So thick, so chocolatey, so intensely rich, it’s almost impossible to describe. If any beverage is better than sex, this is it. A huge hit, we always sell every bag we can import. Buy yours quick. One bag makes six servings. P-CDC 200 g drinking chocolate $9 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Our search is over Coop's Hot Fudge
I’ve been patiently searching for a great hot fudge ever since Zingerman’s Creamery started making gelato a few years ago. Till now it’d been a sickly sweet, unlucky quest. Most have too much sugar. Many have a laundry list of unpronounceable ingredients. Then along came Coop’s. To be honest, the jar caught my eye first. A waxed seal drips from the top looking like chocolate that leaked out of the vat. Usually when I see clever packaging like this I’m suspect. It often overshadows the food. To my surprise the hot fudge inside was good. Not just good, pretty great. Sporting just six ingredients, all of which I promise you’ll recognize, Marc Cooper’s hot fudge is milky and chocolaty without being overly sweet. Microwave for less than a minute and you’re in business. P-HHF 10.6 oz jar $16 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
right under our nOses Koeze Cream-Nut Peanut Butter
The peanut butter that's become a legend. We found this one nearly next door, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jeff Koeze sources incredible Virginia peanuts, brings them up north in one ton sacks, then blanches them to remove the skins and keep them from going rancid (a common flaw in a lot of natural peanut butters). He roasts them in vintage coffee roasters, grinds them smooth, then adds a bit of salt. The result is not an air whipped, sugar filled concoction but a natural, intense, velvety, mouthwatering sensation. Get a couple jars, quick. P-BUT 17 oz jar smooth $9.50 2 or more $8 each SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE P-CRU 16½ oz jar crunchy $9.50 2 or more $8 each
“Totally irresistable.” New York Times
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icOnic africa
cOConut's New jam
Baobab Jelly from Africa There's no tree more iconic to Africa than the Baobab. They call it the "upside down tree" because it's leafless for much of the year and looks like its roots are stretching into the air. It might be more apropros to call it the giving tree since it provides food, clothing, medicine, shelter and water to animals and humans across the African savannah. Its fruit is reminiscent of coconut. They're big—a few pounds each—and have a hard, smooth shell protecting white flesh inside that tastes bright with hints of vanilla. To make jam from them the fruit is sun dried to concentrate its sweetness, then macerated and mixed with a bit of water, sugar and just a touch of pectin to hold it all together. The result is a novel, delicious jam with a custardy texture. It's tart, with vanilla undertones and tastes like no other preserve I've tried in nearly twenty years of food finding. P-BAO 15.87 oz jar $12
Coconut Jam Across Southeast Asia they make Srikaya or simply Kaya. In Malaysia, the name means “rich” but a more detailed translation might also include "smooth," "creamy" and "more please." This version is made closer to home, in San Francisco, by slow cooking coconut milk, egg yolks and sugar. Its flavor is surprisingly complex for something with so few ingredients. It is deep and sweet like coconut custard, with a texture like lemon curd. Traditionally it’s spread on toast for a morning treat, but don’t stop there. Set it out with pretzels or apple slices for dipping, pair with fresh goat cheese, whirl into yogurt, put a dollop over ice cream or spoon it up right out of the jar in a dark closet. P-CJM 8 oz jar $16 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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beautiful BalAnce
Why we carry only one brand of balsamic 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: La Vecchia Dispensa. Working just off the historic square in the center of the old town of Castelvetro, southwest of Modena, Italy, Roberta Pelloni and her husband Marino Tintori make a range of outstanding balsamics. 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 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. A staff and customer favorite, their 10 year aged balsamic is the most intensely flavored balsamic of its age I’ve ever tried. Its complexity, with rich flavors of oak, blackberry and dark fruit, is partly due to aging in very small batches. That allows more evaporation and contact with the barrel— both of which contribute to more intense flavors. Although aged for only 25 percent longer than the 8 year balsamic, the intensity of flavor is almost double. As you move up the age range—to 16 year and 30 year—the liquor thickens, the sweetness enhances, the carmelization takes you on a wild ride of flavor. EACH SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
8 Year Aged
16 Year Aged
V-8YR 250 ml bottle $25
V-16Y 250 ml bottle $45
10 Year Aged
30 Year Aged
V-10Y 250 ml bottle $35
V-30Y 100 ml bottle $50
4 bottle sampler V-VBT 4 x ¼ oz each $30
Oak Barrel of 16 Year Aged V-BAR-16 1 liter $400
a kind of white balsamic
Agrodolce White Balsamic Vinegar
Sometimes I can predict foods that are going to be a hit. Chocolate Sourdough Bread was a nobrainer. Chocolate Banana Bread, natch. And sometimes they catch us by surprise, like this. Agrodolce vinegar has been selling at incredible rates despite the obvious fact that it’s not exactly inexpensive. Why? Maybe it's because we've been noting how it tastes like balsamic but it's a white wine vinegar. More than anything else, I want to chalk up its success to its flavor. It’s exceptionally delicate, subtly sweet and really delicious. Agrodolce is super smooth, light on the tongue, subtle and very, very long in the finish. You can use it in place of balsamic since it’s similarly soft and sweet. Wherever it’s employed, your cooking will be enhanced by one of the most elegant vinegars I’ve tried in a really long time. It’s crafted by Sante Bertoni on his family estate outside of Modena, Italy. Described as a bit of a mad scientist, Sr. Bertoni is giving the vinegar extra maturing just for us, making its flavor more complex before it hits your kitchen. V-AGV 500 ml bottle $25 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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stones, NOt STEel Macroom Irish Oatmeal
Eating this for the first time is like taking your first promenade in Paris, France, when all you’ve known is Paris, Texas: you realize just how good oatmeal can be. The Walton family has been milling oats in Ireland since the 1700s, and they still use old stone wheels, which I think leave the oats better tasting than steel-cut. The result is a coarse meal that has its natural oils still intact, making the meal darker than other oatmeal. Facts aside, the most important thing is the way it tastes, extremely good. P-OAT 2 lb $14 2 or more $10 each SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
the new staple
Tinawon White Rice from the Philippnes You might seriously consider kicking all your white rice to the curb to make room for this. It's white rice, but it's not polished so most of its bran (and nutritional goodness) is intact. It's harvested by hand on two-thousand year old Banaue rice terraces in the Philippines and dried in the sun so it's got a lot of positives, environmentally speaking. Most importantly, it tastes really, really good. It's become my staple white rice. P-TWR 1 lb bag $10 2 or more $8 each
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southern spread Pimento Cheese Spread
Pimento cheese is a salty, tangy spread of Cabot Vermont cheddar, Hellmann’s mayo, pimento peppers and spices. One of our best selling foods. C-PMC 8 oz tub $8.50 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
tiny wild artichokes
Wild Artichokes in Olive Oil
In Italy, they're called carciofini selvatici, which is the name you'll see on the label. They're a variety of artichoke that grows wild in Calabria during April and May. Picked by hand, they’re dethorned and cleaned, then blanched for just a few minutes so their texture remains firm. About the size of an acorn, they’re bottled with olive oil, wine vinegar, salt, black pepper and a little bit of red chili pepper—a spice you find in many Calabrian foods. The red pepper is so subtle you won’t notice its faint spice until you’ve had two or three, a feat that’s way too easy to accomplish with artichokes this good. Throw a couple in a pasta dish. Add them to salads. Serve alongside some sheep’s milk cheese. Or follow your heart, open the jar and just eat 'em straight up. P-ART 175 g jar, about 30 artichokes $25
Artichoke Cream A sun-bright spread of artichokes, whipped with extra virgin olive oil till pudding light, tarted up with a dash of vinegar and herbs. On grilled Farm Bread, as a vegetable dip, in a sauce, it'll seduce its way into many meals. P-ARC 185 g jar $17 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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"Now that's a sandwich!" Michael Ivins, The Flaming Lips
legendary Reuben Sandwich Kits The perfect sandwich by mail. If you know someone who loves real deli fare, sending this gift will cement your status as the most clever, generous friend they have. Some assembly is required, but considering it has been known to make grown men weep in appreciation, we think it’s worth it.
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Corned Beef Reuben G-SHE serves 8 $200 G-SHE-2 serves 3-4 $135 Pastrami Brooklyn Reuben G-BIN serves 8 $200 G-BIN-2 serves 3-4 $135 Turkey Georgia Reuben* G-GEO serves 8 $200 G-GEO-2 serves 3-4 $135 * Cooked in peanut oil
Jon & Amy's Corned Beef & Pastrami Double Dip G-JJA serves 8 $200
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Jewish Rye (Pumpernickel in Brooklyn Reuben) Meat Fixins Sauerkraut Emmentaler Swiss Redskin Potato Salad Coleslaw Russian Dressing Garlicky Pickles Magic & Black Magic Brownies Bites Professional Deli Instructions
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Our award-winning corned beef, by the pound. M-LCB 1 lb, sliced $25 M-LCB-W whole raw, 6-8 lbs serves 10 $80 SHIPS ONE BUSINESS DAY OVERNIGHT
Praise The Lard Gift Box
As if it was possible to love pork any more than you do. It’ll take a special kind of faith for the recipient to make it through this gift box, tallying up at over two and a half pounds of pork, plus bread and chocolate. When done, they will surely testify. Broadbent’s Kentucky Smoked Sausage, Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon, La Quercia's Prosciutto, Borsellino Salami and Zingerman’s Peppered Bacon Farm Bread. To round things out, Mo’s Bacon Chocolate Bar. All in a Zingerman’s bag. G-PTL praise the lard gift box $90
spain's NationAl nut Marcona Almonds About ten times more flavorful than the California almonds we’re used to. These are the nuts you'll find in tapas bars across Spain, served at the start of meals, the end of meals or during a bout of afternoon sherry sipping. P-MLM 4 oz bag $9 2 or more $8 each P-MLM-8 case of 8 $50
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Zingerman’s Midnight Feeding 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 Sourcream Coffeecake, a mini Hot Cocoa Cake, two Black Magic Brownies, Zingerman’s Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar, La Quercia's Borsellino Salami, a Chocolate and Nougat Cigar, Dulce de Leche Caramel Cream, John Macy’s Cheesesticks and a darn cute Zingerman's bib. (Available without bib for any adults in need of midnight feedings.) G-BBY midnight feeding gift box $125 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Bereavement Gift Box 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. Here’s a great, not too perishable gift of a nosher-sized Zingerman’s Sourcream Coffeecake, a dozen assorted Brownie Bites, our Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar, La Quercia's Borsellino Salami, John Macy’s Cheesesticks, Zingerman’s Virginia Peanuts, Spanish Chocolate Figs 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. Need it there tomorrow? Call us. Not sending in sympathy? No problem, we can remove the identifying sticker. G-BER bereavement gift box $125 G-BER-NL without sticker $125 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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The Munchies Collection Ann Arbor Tortilla Chips, Salsa, Smooch Lion All Natural Gummis, Zingerman's Virginia Peanuts, John Macy's Cheesesticks, Zzang!® Handmade Candy Bar, and a Zingerman’s Magic Brownie. Gift boxed. G-MUN munchies $50
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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Eight foods that have no connection to each other than they are full-flavored staples. You’ll find them in my pantry, in a lot of our crew’s cupboards, and in the homes of our regular customers across America.
Macroom Oatmeal We’ve carried the Donal Macroom’s Irish oatmeal for going on two decades. It’s the only oatmeal we sell and the standout breakfast oatmeal you'll find on the menu at Zingerman’s Deli. Stone-ground, not steel-cut, so the flavorful parts of the meal stays in tact. Superior stuff. P-OAT 2 lb bag $13 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Paesano Bread Almost all the Italian-style bread I’ve had suffers under the weight of too much commercial yeast. Over yeasting makes bread big and poofy and zeroes out its flavor. On the other end of the spectrum, our paesano bread, made with barely any yeast, is crackly, chewy and bursting with wheaty, toasty flavor. It’s been our best-selling loaf for 22 years, the bread our regulars bring to Thanksgiving, family gatherings, and any special dinner they're invited to. B-PAE 1½ lb loaf $9 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY
Cream-Nut Peanut Butter
Portuguese Sardines Sardines occupy a space in the American food chain only slightly above anchovies, which is to say low. That’s a shame for both fish, which are totally worth it when done well. These are some extraordinary sardines, a high-ranking member of our tinned fish committee. Silky mouthfeel, rich flavor, they are a primo addition to an openfaced sandwich or a bowl of pasta. P-SAR 125 g tin $7 P-SAR-10 10 tins $50 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Jeff Koeze’s family has been making peanut butter since 1925 and the recipe today is pretty much the same as it was then. The super-flavorful Virginia peanuts are completely skinned, roasted in a vintage coffee roaster, then ground almost smooth (they leave in a bit of texture). Some salt is added but no sugar. This is a classic, one of those foods you’ll find in the home of nearly everyone who works— or has worked—at Zingerman’s. P-BUT 17 oz jar $9.50 2 or more jars $8 each SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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As much as I like finding new foods, when great ones come along I don’t change them often. Check back in a decade, this list won’t have changed much.
Roi Olive Oil
Marash Red Pepper Flakes
Other olive oils may be bolder, sassier and demand more attention. But over and over, when I reach for an oil that goes well with food, I find myself picking up another bottle of Roi, the feathersoft olive oil from Liguria. I’m not alone. Since we started importing Roi in the mid-1990s it’s been one of our most popular oils. It doesn’t hurt that you get a lot of great flavor for a good price with Roi, too—it’s one of the best values in olive oil that we offer. O-ROI-500 500 ml bottle $25 O-ROI 1 liter bottle $40
It was almost twenty years ago when I received our first delivery of Marash pepper from Turkey. The box was crumpled, the hazy plastic packaging was totally underwhelming. But when I opened the bag the crimson color and smoky-sweet aroma were about as far away from what I expected as possible. I still get nostalgic for that experience every time I smell a jar of this miraculous pepper, which has replaced most of the other red pepper flakes I own—and done the same for thousands of regulars. A red pepper flake with no peer. P-MAR 49 g jar $14
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Il Mongetto Tomato Sauce
Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon If you ordered a BLT at Zingerman’s when we opened in 1982, this was the bacon. If you order one today, it’s still the bacon. I’m going to forecast it’ll still be our bacon in 2050. In spite of the proliferation of great artisan cured meats across America, there’s yet to be a bacon that has made anyone at Zingerman's even consider switching. I mean that literally: there has never been any debate among anyone I’ve ever known to work here when it comes to this bacon. I give high praise to southern dry cured bacons, but when those of us north of the Mason Dixon line think of bacon, when we think of what Sunday breakfast should taste like, this is it, full stop. M-BAC 1 lb, sliced thick $17
I love il Mongetto’s subtlety, complexity, the fact that you can taste the good olive oil that’s part of it—a lot of it—and that it has no added sweeteners. I never tire of its flavor. If my family would let me cook pasta with il Mongetto sauce five nights a week I would. It’s classic, clean, amazing flavor. It’s meant for Italian portions more than American. A jar serves two, and that’s dressing—not blanketing—the noodles. P-ILL-PLA 9.8 oz jar $12 2 or more jars $10 each
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SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE Il Mongetto is one of those companies whose every food is crafted with great tastiness. I highly recommend their anchovy-stuffed cherry peppers, AKA red truffles, page 23. They’re about as far away from a classic everyday pantry item as you can get but they are totally fantastic as a treat.
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Sourcream Coffeecake This is the gift that pretty much built our mail order business. Deceptively simple, extremely delicious, perhaps slightly addictive. It’s the gift that never gets old and, in all my years, gets zero complaints from even the pickiest of eaters. In fact it's usually the opposite— people write love letters to tell us how amazing it was. G-SCC-S small in wooden gift crate $45 A-SCC-S small in cartoon gift box $40 G-SCC-L large in wooden gift crate $65 A-SCC-L large in cartoon gift box $55 FREE SHIPPING
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, Dufflet Chocolate Crackle, Irish Brown Bread Crackers, Ginger Chimes Candies, Destrooper Belgian Butter Cookies, Mediterranean Olives, Spanish Marcona Almonds, Smooch Lion All Natural Gummies, Zingerman’s Spiced Pecans and a Zzang!® Handmade Candy Bar. G-ULT ultimate basket $200 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
Quarterly Bacon Report
Classic Banana Bread & Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread
For a more patient, thoughtful bacon lover. Our award-winning, rapture-inducing bacon club. We spread out the love so instead of a package of bacon arriving every month, it’s two packages every few months. G-GLA gift box $100
The diabolical pastry enablers at Zingerman’s Bakehouse have focused their dark magic on classic banana bread. Like our hugely popular sourcream coffeecake and magic brownies, banana bread instantly conjures up nostalgia for home baking. The thing is, this loaf tastes better than what mom used to make (no offense intended, moms, it’s just hard to beat our Bakehouse). There are no nuts in these loaves, just the classic charms: flour, cane sugar, real butter and fresh eggs, a touch of Madagascar vanilla and two freshly peeled bananas per loaf. Chocolate chunk banana bread is the same story, with the addition of huge chunks of chocolate. 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, gift boxed $20
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1st Quarter Applewood Smoked, Irish Back Bacon
Q3 Tennessee Dry Cured, Missouri Jowl Bacon
Q2 Kentucky Dry Cured, Arkansas Peppered
Q4 Balinese Long Pepper, Cherrywood Smoked
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Great Lakes Artisan Gift Box
Cinnful Cinnamon Roll Gift Box
Twenty years ago it was a tough task to build a collection of great American artisan foods, let alone one strictly from the Great Lakes. My, how times have changed. We stuff our cartooned gift box with Peanut Butter from Koeze in Grand Rapids, Jam from Farrell Fruit in Ann Arbor, 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 Wisconsin and our Pecan Raisin Bread. G-GLA gift box $100
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. 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
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Neato-politan Buttercream Cake
Porterhouse Pork Chops
Three flavors in one bite. Chocolate cake, fresh strawberry buttercream, all covered in Madagascar vanilla buttercream frosting. The showpiece on this cake is traditional buttercream frosting. Swiss style, it's made by whipping fresh eggs and sugar into a meringue, then mixing in real Wisconsin butter and real Madagascar vanilla. We'll ship it for birthdays, anniversaries, reunions, Valentines, or any reason you concoct. Ships frozen. Remove the plastic while cold, then defrost and serve at room temperature for maximum flavor and attractiveness. Serves 6-8. A-NEA 6" diameter x 4" tall, 1¾ lbs $75
Gigantic fourteen ounce bone-in porterhouse chops from the Red Wattle hogs, an heirloom breed whose flavor and tenderness make for incredible grilling pork. This is a melt-in-your mouth pork chop, the kind of succulent experience you expect in a great steaks. It’s a sensation I’d never experienced in a pork chop—until I tasted this one. From hogs raised impeccably, with access to the outdoors and no hormones or sub-therapeutic antibiotics. M-WAT-4 4 chops, nearly a pound each $80 M-WAT-8 8 chops, nearly a pound each $140 FREE SHIPPING
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once a year sale!
Sale ends January 31, 2015
Our annual balsamic vin egar sale returns. Stock up your pantry, your neighbor’s pantry, or buy a few birthday gift s.
Our fifteenth annual balsamic blowout is back!
Huge once-a-year discounts on our top selling balsamic vinegars, including Vecchia Dispensa’s incomparable ten year aged balsamic. V-10Y 250 ml bottle was $35, NOW $25 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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Mom-To-Be Gift Box Built for cravings of different latitudes. Our cartoon gift box includes Dulce de Leche Caramel Cream, Rick's Picks People's Pickles, John Macy's Cheese Sticks, Zingerman's Spiced Pecans, Spanish Olive Oil Tortas, Vosges Black Sea Salt Caramel Bar, Ginger Chimes Candies, Black Magic Brownie, Currant Scone and a Mini Sourcream Coffeecake. G-M2B mom-to-be $100 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE
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