Transform Soups & Stews with Handcrafted Seasonings
Transform everyday soups and stews into culinary masterpieces with our small-batch, freshly milled spice blends. From the aromatic Bouquet Garni—featuring peppercorns, French herbs, and orange peel—to the bold flavors of Harissa and Berbere, our blends are crafted to enhance your dishes. Whether you’re simmering a hearty lentil stew or a delicate vegetable soup, these seasonings add depth and complexity to every bite.
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Aleppo-Style Chile
$9.25Commonly used in Middle Eastern Mezze (small plates served before the main meal) & Mediterranean cuisine. Can be used as a substitute for crushed red pepper (though milder) or Paprika. Similar to the Ancho Chile.
Axiote
$9.00 – $25.00The Annatto tree is often referred to as the Lipstick Tree as it is used to color many cosmetics including lipstick. Native to the rain forests of the Yucatan and Belize, the spice is known throughout Central America by its Nahuatl name, Axiote. Blended with other spices and herbs, and ground into a paste, axiote is a mainstay of Yucatecan cuisine, and is used to season primarily chicken, but is also used on fish, lobster, and pork (achiote paste is marketed throughout Central America as “recado rojo”). In India, Hindu women use it to make the mark on their foreheads.
With a distinctive mildly bitter, earthy flavor, the annatto seed is most commonly used in Western culture as a food coloring for cheese, margarine, butter, rice, and smoked fish. We use it as a primary ingredient for our Belizean-inspired Axiote rub for chicken and fish.
Berbere
$10.50This fiery spice blend is used in many Ethiopian dishes. Builds a powerful curry sauce and doubles as a rub on meats and vegetables. Great addition to a Bloody Mary, sweet potato and cob corn.
Hand blended in small batches with: Chiles, fenugreek, ginger, long pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, nigella, coriander, allspice, and clove.
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Bouquet Garni ~ Three Pack
$9.50This classic blend, of peppercorns, French herbs and orange peel, is cleverly packaged in three over-sized tea bags, so they can be added directly to savory soups and stews. Just toss one or two bags in your pot! Enjoy the scent and savor the taste! Each bag approximately 1-1/2 T. Hand blended in small batches with: peppercorns, thyme, marjoram, parsley, tarragon, orange peel and bay leaf.
California Chile Pepper ~ Sweet Anaheim
$8.50 – $18.00Very sweet, with no heat, this Chile is the dried version of fully-ripened Anaheim Chile. Substitute for Paprika or Ancho Chile. Provides additional depth in Chili powders while modulating heat.
Cardamom Pod, Green
$24.00Though India produces more Cardamom than Guatemala, it consumes most that it produces, making Guatemala the world’s largest supplier. The Cardamom Pod is typically transported in small batches from the mountainous regions in which it grows.
While cardamom seeds hold the flavor, once the pod is opened, that flavor begins to dissipate. For full cardamom flavor, use the whole pod (or a slightly crushed pod), in dishes like soups or stews.
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Chef AJ Black Bean Soup Spice (UWL Recipe)
$10.00Black Bean Soup
Chef AJ’s UWL Recipe
An SOS-free blend developed for Chef AJ’s Black Bean Soup recipe (replace all spices in recipe with 2T plus 2t seasoning). A flavorful general seasoning for soups, veggies, legumes and starches.
Hand blended in small batches: cumin, oregano, smoked paprika, and chiles.
Chipotle Sea Salt
$27.00Fiery salt blend of Morita Chipotle and unrefined Himalayan Pink Sea Salt. Morita (meaning “little raisin”) is the sweeter of the Chipotle peppers. Use as a table blend or to season while cooking. Rub on beef, pork or chicken before grilling. Sprinkle on any dish for smoky/salty heat.
Cumin
$9.00Native to the Mediterranean and South Asia, Cumin is also a signature flavor for Central American and European cuisines. As a symbol of love and fidelity during the Middle Ages, wedding guests carried Cumin in their pockets, and wives of soldiers added it to baked bread for their husbands. Our Cumin is hand harvested, and has a high percentage of essential oils, delivering more powerful aromatics, and a slightly astringent, citrusy quality.
Depth
$11.25Umami flavors: meaty, earthy, savory, delicious ~ just what the name implies. Use as dry rub; add to stir fries, casseroles, risotto, soup & stew; heat w/ equal amount of oil to make rue for veggie/meat wine sauce.
Hand blended in small batches with: onion, long pepper, kombu, milled porcini mushroom, and sun dried tomato.
Dill Seed
$8.00 – $10.00In Old Norse, the word dill means “to lull” – it was mixed with water to help babies sleep. Egyptians believed burying dill with their dead would protect them in the afterlife against hunger.
Although Dill has a unique and powerful flavor, it pairs well with a wide variety of foods including poultry, fish, salads, sauces, dips, starches, and vegetables.
Fines Herbes
$9.25 – $25.00This classic French herb blend highlighting Tarragon & Chives makes even the simplest recipes delightful. Light, sweet and meant to be seen, so add toward the end of cooking. Use Fines Herbes with baked or sautéed fish, broiled meats, soups, and roasted herbed chicken. Use in herb sauces and compound butters, add to quiche, scrambled eggs and omelets.
Hand blended in small batches: tarragon, parsley, marjoram, and chives.
