After noticing a gap in the American Pasta arena - Renato took the leap and started creating a superior dried past using All-American flour. We sat down with Renato to learn more about how and why he started Baia Pasta and to give him a platform to share his journey.
Read MoreChef Dakota Weiss not only curated a box with The FareTrade, she's also the maker behind one of the featured products! Dakota's Pop Parlor.
Read MoreFounded with a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013, Angelo started with his Omnivore Salt Blend that has since been endorsed by both Alice Waters and Michael Pollan as "indispensable". He has since expanded the line to include two salt blends and three condiments, all following his passion for fresh ingredients all made from scratch, influenced by his grandmother and Sicilian roots.
Read MoreMeet Carlo Di Ruocco, Mr. Espresso himself. Carlo has grown Mr. Espresso into a Bay Area institution - as a quality roaster and an established provider of espresso equipment, service and training to a sizable share of coffeehouses and restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Mr. Espresso continues to be family-owned and operated with two generations of Di Ruocco's working together in the Oakland showroom and roasting facility to ensure what began over thirty years ago will endure.
Read MoreIn November of 2015, I was in a rut and drinking a beer on a cliff overlooking the ocean
in Big Sur. This huge wave rose 30 feet or so above the water and drenched me. Changed my whole day. Brought some water back in the beer bottle, left it outside and the water evaporated. Mixed it with some stuff I was going to compost, and the rest is in the rearview.
Since 1978, Honey Pacifica has worked in the raw honey business providing customers the highest quality raw honey available. In order to preserve the delicate flavors of the raw honey we make each batch by hand. Their bees are driven to various apiaries located throughout sunny Southern California where the bee fly for miles finding the blooms and bringing the nectar back to the hive. Each batch's flavor of honey depends on the nectars blooming at that particular time.
Read MoreMade with only the best tasting ingredients, Matt's Pacific Beach Peanut Butter creates organic peanut butters and flavored peanut butter spreads in the yummiest flavors. The entire product line is gluten-free. Full of protein and minerals with fewer calories than most other peanut and almond butters. Not smooth, not crunchy - the brand coined the term "smunchy" - you actually taste the fine-textured particles of real peanuts.
Read MoreLarry Kandarian is connecting people to the land through real food produced on their small, but mighty farm on the Central Coast of California.
Read MoreSourced directly from individual growers in Mexico and hand-roasted in Boulder, Colorado, Sienna's Fortuna Chocolate uses single estate cacao which is fermented and dried by each grower ensuring sophisticated flavor profiles and building upon thousands of years of traditional techniques.
Read MoreAt Bee Squared, Beth produces honey from bees that have not been chemically treated. Locally produced honey is better for you and for your environment. Sourced from three Northern Colorado counties - Boulder, Larimer and Weld - a variety of sizes and types ensures that there is a honey for every occasion. Dedicated to sustainable beekeeping, the company helps give back to their community by inviting food lovers to join them and learn safe practices on harvest tours and honey-making workshops.
Read MoreAs a pioneer in the wild mushroom business, Connie Green founded Wine Forest Wild Foods in 1981 and continues to provide the very best wild and tamed foods available throughout the United States. They forage for some of the most applauded restaurants including the prestigious The French Laundry and proudly provide for many of the country's finest chefs and artisanal markets.
Read MoreProducing small-batch achaar, also known as Indian Pickles - a relish made from vegetables and fruits with chilies, spices and oil - this is India's equivalent to Sriracha, harissa, or kimchi. Made in Crown Heights, Brooklyn Delhi is led by a food-loving couple - she a cookbook author and he a sculptor and designer - who together have created a delightful and flavorful product, packaged in a modern and approachable brand.
Read MoreOne Culture Foods is dedicated to celebrating the universal language of flavor. Delivering nuanced, restaurant-quality flavors into the kitchens of food lovers as conveniently as possible, the company aims to give cooks the tools to create exciting flavors from home. Created as a way to share a passion for bold, spicy in-your-face flavors and broaden the exposure of global ingredients, One Culture Foods are versatile and easy to use.
Read MoreWith a mission to create the best kimchi possible while preserving his Korean heritage, Kheedim has not only accomplished his goal, but created an entirely new product along the way. Get to know Kheedim below and what makes him ferment.
Read MoreGrowing up in Provence, Richard was immersed in food culture from a young age. With a firm belief that "you are what you eat", he ensures that all the products from Entube are natural, paleo, kosher, non-GMO and lack perservatives, additivives or colorants while remaining creating a flavor bomb in each tube.
Read MoreOriginally crafted by Kairi Brown, father and son's John + Nico Rusconi became hooked after first trying Bubba Qs and decided to partner with Kairi to elevate his creation. With a focus on utilizing only the freshest ingredients, Bubba Qs is a flavor packed mix of sweet, smoky and bold flavors.
Read MoreSince 2001, Bradley Bennett has been making his spicy blend of pickles for friends and family from his kitchen in Santa Barbara, California. All-natural and hand-crafted using produce grown in California, the "West Coast" style of spicy pickles has been known to convert many non-pickle eaters into pickle lovers after their first try!
Read MoreRaised on an organic farm in the Pacific Northwest where the long growing season, the gardens and beautiful setting act as her inspiration, Pai has been producing her selection of amazing provisions since 2010. A classically trained chef who has worked under many of San Francisco's finest chefs including Traci Des Jardin and Douglas Keane, McCormick challenged herself to leave the restaurant world behind and create something personal, where the secret to living well is to sprinkle love into everything.
Read MoreA&B American Style make condiments based on chili peppers. All-natural, with no sugar or preservatives, the company utilizes fresno chilies grown on the roof of their Brooklyn warehouse and enhances the sauces with additional flavors like habanero, garlic, onions and other aromatics. A&B American Style are dedicated to effecting real change in the world through their company, creating jobs that people way, innovative solutions that don't yet exist and improving the way Americans eat.
Read MoreThe mission of Wondergrain is to educate the public on the health benefits and versatility of sorghum - an ancient grain healthy and versatile with no GMO's and gluten-free. The company's hope is to bring variety as well as innovation to the homes and restaurants across America through packaging the grain as a consumer friendly product, made with a premium, softer bite and fast cooking time. Despite being used by civilizations for generations, it is only now gaining popularity thanks to it's versatile nature and healthy association.
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