

So don't let tomatoes hog the summer market spotlight. Real new potatoes, not the imposters, are completely different from their aged, leathery cousins. "Salt potatoes," boiled in intense brine, are tastier than their merely sodium-dusted cousins. A Historic Potato Recipe, Don't Hold the Saltīlood pressure beware.Rogue Chocolatier is so good we had to write about it now. Thinking about chocolate during August? Believe it. The Artisanal Rogue in the Chocolate Section.The many uses of the hard-to-find-but complex and flavorful-aji amarillo, from ceviche to goat cheese to vegetables The Soul of Peruvian Cuisine: A Yellow Pepper.The co-founder of Zingerman's explains why hand-gathered, nutty, earthy, really wild wild rice is the stuff you want. Most "wild rice" is actually farm-raised. The Other, Better Darjeeling: A Gift for Tea DrinkersĮven if you're a tea enthusiast, there's a good chance you haven't heard of Jungpana's complex, edgy first flush leaves.With a climate similar to that of Italy's Piedmont-the hazelnut capital of the world-Oregon grows nuts worth trying Oregon Hazelnuts: Nearly as Good as Their Italian Cousins.Specialty foods rarely unite compelling flavor with a compelling creation myth. Dos Cafeteras Coffee Candies: Great Product, Great Story.A Salad for When Farmers' Markets Disappearįigs-fresh when in season, or dried-star in this mix of fruit, cheese, nuts, oil, and vinegar so good it should win a Grammy.This peppery, grassy elixir made the cut.

Not All Olive Oils Are Worth the Money (But This One Is)Įvery month, at least 10 olive oils "apply" for a spot on the shelves of Zingerman's.Our expert on artisanal foods offers Roman farro soup, farro salad with mozzarella and roasted peppers, and more Fresh Recipes With an Ancient Grain: 4 Ways to Prepare Farro.A Chocolate Artisan's Unusual (and Good) New ProductĪskinosie Chocolate is the first high-end chocolatier to buy cacao from Tanzania-and the results are unique and complex.On the Greek island of Crete, George Dimitriadis is using stone mills and new technology to make one-of-a-kind oil A Sweet, Buttery, Artisanal Olive Oil of the Future.Hand-picked olives from 200-year-old trees produce this complex oil, which blends sweet, spicy, almond, and olive flavors The Stuff of Life: Naturvie Spanish Olive Oil.It's hard to do much better than La Quercia's rich, buttery bacon from the hard-to-find Tamworth breed of hog The Year's Best New Bacon, Straight From the 'Bacon Pig'.Zingerman's is a community of businesses that employs over 500 peopleĪnd includes a bakery, creamery, sit-down restaurant, training company,Ĭoffee roaster, and mail order service. Specialty foods, and a relatively short sandwich menu. $20,000 bank loan, a staff of two, a small selection of great-tasting

Partner Paul Saginaw, Ari started Zingerman's Delicatessen in 1982 with a History, Ari Weinzweig went to work washing dishes in a local restaurantĪnd soon discovered that he loved the food business. After graduating from University of Michigan with a degree in Russian
