Category: Grocery

New Dairy Round-Up

March 24, 2013 | Food, Grocery, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Poke around our tiny store, and you might notice a bunch of new products on the shelves. In the dairy case, Ray’s Seitan is a hearty wheat-meat, chewy in texture, yet crisps up nicely when pan fried in oil or butter. Even if you’re an omnivore, this Seitan is a wonderful way to cut back on your meat intake while bulking up the protein in a meal. We’ve cooked it with a little bacon and once the flavors meld, we can hardly tell the difference between the bites.

You might also notice Sfoglini Fresh Pasta! We’re the sole retailer for their fresh version, which cooks up in under 5 minutes, ready to hoist your favorite sauce, cheese or butter. Speaking of butter, we’ve got Evans Farmhouse Creamery Butter, lightly salted, in bulk, so you can be sure it’s the absolute freshest. Naturally bright yellow, a sign that these cows are munching on fresh, organic grass, which lends a slightly herbal note to the clean, silky sweet flavor.

Grab all 3 new items, and toss in your favorite fresh veggies, for the perfect springtime dinner!

A pasta brand grows in Brooklyn

March 17, 2013 | Grocery | Comments Off

When we heard that Sfoglini Pasta Shop had set up just down the road in Bed-Stuy, we knew we had to have a taste. We’d heard that the chef at Sfoglini has some 14+ years of pasta making experience at some of the most revered restaurants around Brooklyn, Philly and Italy, but ultimately, taste and texture mattered most. Our staff shared a variety of shapes, and we were smitten.

Using traditional bronze dies, and simply organic semolina and water, Sfoglini extrudes small batches of fresh pasta. We loved the short shapes, and started with Zucca, or “open pumpkin” which is a nice big cup to hold onto your thick meat sauces, or peas and fresh ricotta, or bacon lardons, or… well, you get the picture. We’ll rotate through strands and shapes, so we promise you won’t get bored. In our dairy case now!

Hecho en Queens

March 2, 2013 | Food, Grocery | Comments Off

We’ve got a lot of wonderful products from Kings County, but from Queens, not so much. What better way to welcome in our neighbors than with fresh corn tortillas from Tortilleria Nixtamal?

Made in Corona, Queens, these tortillas are served at many wonderful restaurants and institutions around the city, including Yankee Stadium! Now they can be enjoyed at home in any way you can imagine. Their non-GMO and non-transgenic corn comes from Illinois, as Nixtamal believes in preserving the healthiness of all-natural foods. Their tortillas are designed to enhance the flavor of the rest of the ingredients, resulting in a delicate corn flavor, with a slight sweet and nutty finish.

If you can’t get ‘em while they’re still warm at delivery time, we’ll save a few in the freezer, so that you can enjoy them at your leisure. We recommend you check out the meat counter for something to cook low and slow, grate a little cotija or Beehive Smoked Cheddar, and top it off with fresh Pico de Gallo from our produce fridges, but we’re sure you’ll come up with hundreds of unique ways to use these Tortillas.

Tasty, Right?

February 28, 2013 | Food, Grocery | Comments Off

So two dudes walk into a bar and start a salad dressing company.

Not the climax you anticipated? Veterans of the restaurant scene (think Westville, Diner, Taco Chulo, Enid’s, Smorgasborg), Josh and Duncan have been able to make a tidy name for themselves with their Right Tasty vinaigrettes. The secret? Aquaponic veggies from upstate New York – like those tomatoes we were blogging about.

They’ll be at Provisions from 4-6pm this Sunday. Don’t worry about bringing your own lettuce.

Mama O’s Premium Kimchi Kit!

December 28, 2012 | Food, Grocery, Recipes, Vegetables | Comments Off

Are you looking for a way to spend some of that sweet Christmas dough from your Aunt?  You know you should pay your bills with it, but that’s not what Christmas money is for.  We suggest picking up one of Mama O’s Premium Kimchi Kits, now you can make yourself a big ol’ jar of kimchi for putting on just about anything.  The kit includes everything you need, minus the vegetables, to start fermenting your own Mama O’s.  Our good friend and founder of Mama O’s Kheedim has made a handy dandy instructional video to walk you through the steps for using your new kimchi kit!

Click here for the video! 

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