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Penzeys Pungent Spices
A primo new spice emporium in Menlo Park.
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Extra-Special Vanilla
Where to buy huge, plump, moist, fragrant Tahitian beans.
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Bulk spices
For bulk spices The Spice House — one on Central St. in Evanston; one on Wells St. in the city. — is wonderful. for tea I kind of like the Argo outlets. There’s one on Armitage.
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Trip to Torrance, in which our hero reflects upon spice, encounters Mr. Jaggery in the Bartha House and triumphs over appetite and desire once again
was breathtaking. Full of chunks of potato, long simmered peppers and unrecognizable scrotal tenderness, generously spiced, acrunch with minute dals, the vegetable curry excited the palate and brought forth sighs of bliss....
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Pickling spices
's and The Spice House also sell on line.
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Moroccan Spices
I’ve found ras el hanout and other blends at House of Spice in Kensington.
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spicefully simple
spices in bulk, which means you can buy as little or much as you need. You might check out places like The Spice House (thespicehouse.com), Penzy’s, and Whole Foods (among many other places). THe former two are on-line and...
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Penzeys spices???
I, too, have used Penzey’s for several years, but less so recently. I found the spices from The Spice House (Owned by Bill Benzy’s sister and her husband) are just as fresh and a bit less expensive. I also like The...
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Toasting spices...
Jeez, I don’t know what to say. Maybe buy your spices elsewhere (online, I suggest SpiceHouse.com), and, BTW, it’s not about toasting to restore the spices or chilies to their former glory, it’s about enhancing...
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Buying Spices
My go to stores for higher quality spices are: House of Spice in Kensington Market The Spice Trader on Queen Street West edit Spice trader has an online webpage if you want to checkout the selection.
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Indian Spices
Just curious if anyone knows any good stores to pick up indian spices in the Santa Monica / West LA area. Cheers
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Spices! in SF?
Anyone tried Spices!, 294 Eighth Ave (@ Clement), SF 415-752-8884. Szechuan/Chinese, L/D, $, MC/V. From the SF Bay Guardian Aug 6-12, 2003 Vo.37.No.45, "Spices! has an exclamation point for a reason: its Chinese food, mainly...
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spice stores?
Try Jon’s, a local supermarket chain specializing in eastern european goodies. They have a nice selection of house packaged spices at excellent bulk-rate prices.
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Portugese Spices?
Portuguese cooking uses the same spices as other mediterranean or European cuisines. Are you looking for a spice mix à la Club House? I guess the only specifically Portuguese "spice" I can think of is molho de piri piri...
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Himalayan Spice
and the vegetable soup with a piece of papadam arrived on the table. Ofcourse, "On the house." I never had such good soup. I am not a food critic who could explain it in detail but it was just wonderful. There is no explanation....
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