 
We are selling salt 'cause we think you can never have too many varieties or too much, and it keeps pretty much forever…the Himalayan is, like, 250 millions of years old, plus or minus a few million years. So, pretty much you can't go wrong on stocking your pantry with this one.
cool beans
Where the phrase, "cool beans" comes from no one seems to know. Many believe that it comes from Boston and the cooling of baked beans... (Boston Baked Beans) Pretty silly, I think. And the idea that the saying comes from the Bush Beans TV commercial in the 90's has no merit, since people were saying "cool beans" long before the 90's. Not that it really matters…"cool beans" is merely a blip in time compared to the history of "canned" beans.
In 1795, a 12,000 Franc prize was offered by Napoleon for anyone who found a method of food preservation to help fuel his army while out in the battlefields. The winner was Nicolas Appert, who, in 1809, invented a solution using champagne bottles. This is considered the start of the canning industry.
The basic concept is to heat the food to boiling, and then seal it in an airtight container and, voila, the food is preserved. As we now know, the heat kills all the microorganisms, which as Louis Pasteur demonstrated, are what causes food spoilage. Canning continued to grow as the process got better and we perfected the ability of preserving the food at its peak of freshness and nutrition.
At ChefShop.com, providing lunch has always been a part of our culture. Over the years we've gone through lots of pizza, cheap and expensive sandwiches, teriyaki chicken and Taco del Mar, our local taqueria chain.
But now, we prefer to eat in. Lunch made in the warehouse from our own shelves tells us what holes we have, and what samples will make it to the pages of our website.
Recently, we have been eating lots of lentils with canned beans as a topping, and a pinch of sea salt. Simple, easy, fast and healthy. We can feed everyone for the whopping cost of about $0.98 per serving!
Back in Stock!
 Almond Cake - L' Amandier Du Ventoux
 Fruitcake From Trappist Abbey (1 Lb)
 Dijon Mustard
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