Carmel Ceramica Square Cozina Baker
This beautiful kitchenware piece can go straight from your oven to your table, designed in California and made in Portugal to look chic in any kitchen while also evoking old world European style. In Portugal, pottery is relied on for functionality in the home, inspiring pieces like Carmel Ceramica’s baker. Glazed using a traditional European technique, artisans dip sponges into colored pigment and apply the glaze onto each piece in an irregular pattern. Afterwards a clear glaze is applied and the piece is fired to give it a finished shine. This baker comes in three classic colors and is outfitted with handles to fit any kitchen or dining room decor thanks to its elegant minimalism. You’ll love using it during the busy holiday season to bring to gatherings.
Carmel Ceramica Round Cozina Baker
This beautiful kitchenware piece can go straight from your oven to your table, designed in California and made in Portugal to look chic in any kitchen while also evoking old world European style. In Portugal, pottery is relied on for functionality in the home, inspiring pieces like Carmel Ceramica’s baker. Glazed using a traditional European technique, artisans dip sponges into colored pigment and apply the glaze onto each piece in an irregular pattern. Afterwards a clear glaze is applied and the piece is fired to give it a finished shine. This baker comes in three classic colors and is outfitted with handles to fit any kitchen or dining room decor thanks to its elegant minimalism. You’ll love using it during the busy holiday season to bring to gatherings.
Carmel Ceramica Rectangular Cozina Baker
This beautiful kitchenware piece can go straight from your oven to your table, designed in California and made in Portugal to look chic in any kitchen while also evoking old world European style. In Portugal, pottery is relied on for functionality in the home, inspiring pieces like Carmel Ceramica’s baker. Glazed using a traditional European technique, artisans dip sponges into colored pigment and apply the glaze onto each piece in an irregular pattern. Afterwards a clear glaze is applied and the piece is fired to give it a finished shine. This baker comes in three classic colors and is outfitted with handles to fit any kitchen or dining room decor thanks to its elegant minimalism. You’ll love using it during the busy holiday season to bring to gatherings.
The Riley/Land Collection Wooden Biscuit Cutters — Set of 2
In rural Tennessee, the craft of handmaking wooden kitchenwares—like these one-of-a-kind biscuit cutters from Riley/Land—has been practiced over generations. Joseph Riley Land locally sources wood from around the state, often from his parents’ farm, for artisans to carve into striking, functional kitchen items. With their varying wood color and grain, these one-of-a-kind biscuit cutters look like heirloom pieces—like something you might have seen your grandmother use, much as Joseph did. But they cut sharply into biscuit or scone dough after an initial dip in flour.
Steen's Syrup Dark Molasses
Steen’s is a 4th-generation family company making cane sugar products that became a household staple for Southern Louisiana families in the 1950s. Their dark unsulphured molasses is rich and sweet with an almost tangy flavor—with much more complexity than what you can find in the grocery store. Unlike robust or black strap molasses, it has very little bitterness and an almost smoky flavor. Steen’s molasses works just as well in sweet classics like gingerbread cookies and cake as it does in savory applications like barbecue sauces.
Steen's Cane Syrup
This sweet, rich syrup is a staple in Southern cooking and is our go-to for a lighter but still flavorful alternative to molasses. Steen’s is made from 100% pure cane syrup with nothing added or extracted. Whereas molasses is a by-product of sugar refining, cane syrup is made from raw pressed cane juice that’s boiled down. Lighter in both color and flavor compared to molasses, this thick syrup makes a great option for those looking for the heady essence of molasses without the bitterness and acidity. Perfect for serving alongside biscuits or in any recipes that call for molasses.
French Broad Milk Chocolate Chips 42%
These round, large, milk chocolate chips are created using the finest sustainably sourced cacao from Central and South America. Unlike many store-brand varieties, French Broad Milk Chocolate does not contain soy lecithin, a food additive used as an emulsifier. Sweet, but not cloying, we found that the texture, whether melted or bitten straight into, to be smooth and creamy, dare we say silky. Plus, we love how beautifully these milk chocolate chips are packaged.
Marou Cacao Powder
From the first artisan chocolate maker in Vietnam, this naturally processed cocoa powder by Marou has rich, deep flavors that give way to a gentle sweetness and subtle notes of cinnamon. It lacks the bitterness of some natural chocolates, and unlike Dutch-processed cocoa, Marou’s product is not alkalized, a process that darkens and reduces the natural acidity of the cacao bean. Besides using it in baked goods, this cocoa powder makes wonderful hot chocolate and simple chocolate sauces. And the attractive metal tin is nice enough to leave out on a shelf.
Marou Cacao Nibs
Barely processed, these roasted cacao nibs are from Marou, the first artisan chocolate maker in Vietnam. Nibs are simply coarsely ground cacao beans that had been removed from the pods, briefly fermented and dried—the basis of any chocolate bar. These lightly crunchy nibs are rich and dark, with an almost savory essence, a bit of tropical fruitiness and a coffee-like finish. Simple and unadorned, they are highly versatile, adding a deep chocolate flavor and light crunch to a range of both sweet and savory dishes. We also give these nibs bonus points for the elegant and unique looking tin they come packaged in.
Cortez Milling Co. Navajo Maize Blue Cornmeal
Blue cornmeal is used in traditional Native American cooking and prized for its nutty flavor and hearty texture.This beautiful purple-hued variety from Cortez Milling Co. in Southwest Colorado keeps it’s amazing deep lavender color, even when cooked. And while most other blue cornmeal tends to cook up gray and have a bitter, harsh or musky flavor, this Navajo Maize Blue Cornmeal’s flavor was sweet and earthy with an intense corn essence. Perfect for tortillas, chips, muffins, cornbread and Navajo mush, a breakfast made of roasted blue corn, juniper ash and water—similar to Cream of Wheat but much more flavorful.
Cortez Milling Co. Blue Bird Flour
This ultra-finely ground, high protein flour from Cortez Milling Co. in Southwest Colorado is perfect for making soft, tender, chewy tortillas and flat bread. They use red winter wheat purchased from local dryland farmers, whose higher gluten content makes dough that is pliable and resists tearing. This softer, more finely ground flour is neutral in flavor, a touch sweet with no bitterness. We also love that Blue Bird flour is bagged in 5-pound muslin cotton bags with the iconic blue bird print on the front, which can be repurposed in a number of fun ways.
Pearson Farm Pecans—Set of 3 Flavors: Toasted and Salted, Champagne, and Maple
This selection of pecans by Pearson Farm in Fort Valley, Georgia, features three addictive flavors. The first, toasted and salted, are just that—baked pecans tossed in butter and sea salt for a delicate balance of flavor. Champagne features crunchy, sweet pecans rolled in real sparkling wine and spiced with cinnamon, ground ginger and sugar. And maple crumbles balance the sweetness of authentic syrup with a touch of salt to balance the sweet. Munch on them by the handful or try on top of desserts, over yogurt, swirled into oatmeal or even as a crunchy salad topping.
