"Confiture de Cerises noires - Black Cherry Preserves are Back-in-Stock, they sold out instantly last fall! and more at chefshop.com/enews EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER 5% OFF CODE cherry  Recipes | Chef's Pantries | Shop for Food & Ingredients | Food Blog Confiture de Cerises noires! Back-in-Stock! Note: These beauties sold out instantly last fall. Open the jar and smell the sweet cherry and, whilst you inhale the inner sweetness, your inner nose tingles with a tickly lovely feel. These Black Cherry Preserves are just plain (4 ingredients) perfect. Look inside the jar and you see dark, dark red hues. You can see the small cherry's shape in their own liquid. It is all enticing as you dive in with a cautious spoon to have your first taste. And what a wonderful experience! Not so tart that you wish you never tried it (like many over-processed cherries in a jar) and not even close to being pucker crazy with too much sugar. These Cherries got flavor! These little “incroyable” rare “cerises noires” (black cherries) are harvested near the village of Itxassou in the French Basque Country. So rare today that just 3 tons are harvested each year. (In contrast, Washington State produced 237,000 tons of cherries in 2015) A softness that is not mushy, the skin disappears altogether as you “macher”. Ideas pop into your head on how you can bring this cherry into your life. Traditionally used for Gateau Basque, simply Basque Cake, “the cake of the house”, these special cherries are “parfait” in a cream puff, in a croissant, topping vanilla ice cream, or on every piece of cheesecake. And it’s not just for sweets, think of a soft cheese or the core to a lovely duck sauce! With just a twist of the wrist to remove the lid you will expose your inner taste buds to a unique slice of food heaven! Shop Now for Black Cherry Preserves!! Bonito Flakes These thin shavings of bonito, a fish similar to tuna, are an essential ingredient in Japanese cuisine. These dried bonito flakes are often combined with kombu seaweed to make dashi, the base stock for many Japanese soups and broths. There are many levels of flakes! These are of very good quality. Great for many dishes and creations. Higher levels and quality mean a more select fish and better preservation. Freshly shaving your own is a wonderful way to get to the highest level. Unfortunately this is a very difficult item to find. Bonito Flakes - shop now! Expats Favorite! Since ancient times, chai has been a daily tradition shared with friends and family all over India multiple times a day. Chai is traditionally a freshly brewed black tea with added milk, spices and sugar. With Jaipur Chai you can make the perfect chai elixir by just adding hot water. Each packet has just the right amount of tea, real milk powder, sugar and spices to create an authentic chai beverage instantly. It's the perfect, soothing combination, which not only gives us a little pick up, but settles your spirit and calms your nerves. Original Marsala Chai is a classic -- and this one is perfectly balanced between the warming cinnamon and cardamom spices, and the sweet milky flavors. Perfect on a wet, Seattle spring afternoon. Click here and Give Chai A Try! Sacred Sea Albacore Tuna Sacred Sea brand Oregon coastal troll-caught Albacore is hook-and-line caught by surface troll method, the "cleanest," most sustainable fishing method. Catching one fish at a time instead of using nets or long lines that are used in conventional fishing operations enables them to treat each fish humanely and individually for the maximum quality and nutrition. Each fish is humanely dispatched the moment it is put aboard the boat. This eliminates the bruising and meat damage seen in conventionally handled albacore. The fish are immediately "vertically" bled which results in 30% more bleed-out. As soon as the fish are bled they are flash frozen by brine immersion, which is the fastest most efficient method of freezing. Shop Now for Sacred Sea Low Merc Tuna! Fleur de Sel Guerande This was the very first fleur de sel we carried, back in 1999 - and we're delighted to have it back! It's a beautiful salt, made from the least salty, purest part of the evaporating sea water in the salt pond. This salt from M. Gilles Hervy is the genuine article. It's unrefined, unprocessed and unadulterated. Its small flaky crystals taste of the sea and her minerals. If there is a "sweet" salt, this would be the one! Shop now for Fleur de Sel Guerande! Moroccan Desert Miracle Olive Oil Wonderful lightness, filling the mouth with the feel of the Arbequina olive. Desert Miracle olive oil is a sweet oil, with a light almost hidden burn in the back of the throat. Its character of Spain is present with a bit of fruitiness. And now - a certified organic olive oil. Click here for Desert Miracle Moroccan olive Oil! Flurry of Curry This Mustard Rocks! This one has a twist and that twist is curry. And it's really good! To the nose, it smells of curry; no nose puckering volatiles are obvious. To the “taste”, there is a sweetness, there is the mustard, and there is the idea evoking process that just seems to happen. What can I do with this?! Now I'm not trying to convince you that Curry mustard is for you but, if you like mustard and you like curry, this may be an absolute essential for you. With a great finish with a hint of honey, this is a heat treat with a sweet finish all in a flurry of curry. Shop now for Curry Mustard Sauce! * The pasta calls to the Sauce! Cooked just right - this pasta has just the right bite! What a wonderful mouth feel, it grabs the flavor, be it a complex sea faring dish or rich robust tomato sauce, it's a wonderful shape of pasta! This pasta is awesome! It looks good even before it hits the water. Its spiny texture and ripple spiral is quite enticing. Once cooked el dente, tossed with the garlic & olive oil this pasta is stupendous! Shop now for Pasta! * Sis-boom-ba hot diggity dog! An amazing French Walnut Oil is one of the most amazing ingredients in the world. Subtle and full of flavor! It’s an oil that will knock your socks off, in a very quiet way. Inhale, and you get the wonderful walnut oil smell unlike any other oil. The multi-smells you get are the outer wafer thin “seed coat”, and then the inner kernel “flavor” which then returns to the seed coat. Wow! The whiff alone is spectacular! Almost smoky to the nose, it is not. This "smoky toasted" is one of the great “feels” that a lightly roasted walnut oil has! This oil, to the tongue, is only “oily” for a moment and then it disappears into a light vapor. The same is true when you take a swig, for a brief moment there is an “oil effect” but the effect is eye-popping walnut-filled flavored joy! French Walnut Oil - Shop Now! Sun is shining and setting after 7PM! Rice Bran Oil - Time to Restock! Foodie Canada! "Anytime I fry something I use this oil. Very light. Great value too!" - Monica Shop now for High smoke point oil! Nopalito - A Mexican Kitchen Cooking Class Come celebrate Mexican cuisine the Nopalito way! The cooking class is based on the award-winning Mexican cookbook, "Nopalito - A Mexican Kitchen", by Gonzalo Guzman. Nopalito - the cookbook and the restaurants - features home-style, authentic Mexican food, with a focus on fresh and seasonal ingredients, but then Guzman gives them some unexpected taste twists that are in line with the ever-changing food world. Sort of a mix of modern and traditional Mexican cuisine. (Cookbook, "Nopalito" is available to purchase in our store.) ChefShop Cooking Classes - See what's coming up! Store Hours - come visit and have some nuts! Monday thru Saturday 10AM to 5PM. ChefShop.com 1425 Elliott Ave W Seattle, Wa 98119 206-286-9988 Our parking lot is to the north of the shop and to south of Champions Party Supply. Easy open parking lot. Click here to see the map. This Week's Recipes Banana Cream Pie Recipe Banana Cream Pie is an easy and wonderful cool and creamy breakfast pie. Or if you must for dessert! Asparagus Risotto Recipe The first of the Asparagus has arrived in the market! And this recipe may be just the right one. Warm Rissoto (for the still cold days and nights) and the first of spring vegetable, the Asparagus. Mac n' Cheese Recipe The ultimate comfort food. This is the real deal - rich, creamy deliciousness. Some people put bread crumbs on top before baking, and some even put potato chip crumbs on top. I guess you can do whatever you like - after all, it's your mac n' cheese. Sometimes you just want whatever your mom used to do... I guess that is the definition of comfort food. 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