Zingerman's Spring Sale Catalog 2018

ALMOST SPRING 2018

Zingerman’s Legendary Reuben Sandwich Kits The pErfect sandwich by mail

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Zingerman's Reuben has been our top-selling sandwich since our doors opened on the corner of Detroit Street and Kingsley in 1982. It's a soul-filling combination of corned beef, swiss, homemade Russian dressing and sauerkraut that, when properly prepared at home, is a show-stopping meal. If you know someone who loves real deli fare, sending this gift will cement your status as the most clever, generous friend anyone could have. Some assembly is required, but considering it has been known to make adults weep in appreciation, we think it’s worth it.

THREE STYLES Corned Beef Reuben G-SHE-2 serves 3-4 was $150, NOW $100 Pastrami Brooklyn Reuben G-BIN-2 serves 3-4 was $150, NOW $100 Turkey Georgia Reuben G-GEO-2 serves 3-4 was $150, NOW $100

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INCLUDED Jewish Rye Bread (Pumpernickel in the Brooklyn Reuben kit) Meat Fixins Sauerkraut Emmentaler Swiss Zingerman’s Potato Chips Coleslaw Russian Dressing Garlicky Pickles Brownie Bites Professional Deli Instructions

“The Reuben is killer.”

Barack Obama “Zingerman’s sandwiches are an 11 on a scale of 1 to 5.”

Oprah

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french Farmhouse LOAF

the steak lover's steak

Imagine sitting around a French farmhouse table waiting for dinner.

This would be the bread the family would serve. Like French pain au levain, it's a white-wheat mix made with a sour starter. Its crust is crisp, its flavor subtle and never tiring. The three pound round is my favorite. Cut into quarters and freeze what you don’t eat.

B-FRM-LOF 1½ lb was $9.50, NOW $6

4 or more, $4.75 each

Giant, beautiful ribeye steaks with the bone. From grass-fed and finished cows that spend their whole lives out on pasture, but with incredible marbling. Dry aged for two weeks, creating huge flavor. Outstanding.

M-RIB-2 2 x 1½ lb steaks

was $175, NOW $125 M-RIB-4 4 x 1½ lb steaks

was $320, NOW $220

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Dry-Aged Cowboy Cut Ribeyes

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Clementines in Chocolate

A rarely seen specialty from Calabria. The Favella Ranch is near Sibari in Southern Italy, which, if you’re up on ancient Greek history, you might recognize as the place where the Sybarites lived and ate famously well. These clementines in chocolate fit right into the Sybarites’ hedonistic tradition: spectacular Calabrian oranges, soaked in a constantly refreshed bath of simple syrup for three weeks, cut in quarters, smothered in dark chocolate. Each piece is the size of a large chocolate truffle. If you slide it in your mouth all at once, the luscious orange syrup won’t drip down your chin.

Better yet, be a Sybarite. Let it drip.

P-CIC 12 piece box was $35, NOW $25

4 or more, $17.50 each

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Parmigiano Reggiano

Our most popular cheese by a wide margin. Made by Valserena dairy, where they make all of their cheese using the milk of the Bruna Sola breed cows they raise themselves. Bruna Sola milk is extra high in butterfat—and in flavor. The wheels age for at least two years, developing huge, bright, mouthwatering flavor.

C-PAR one pound was $35, NOW $25

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Cheddars

Cheddar, as Monty Python reminded us, is the single most popular cheese in the world. Once it was a single type of cheese, made in one place: a bandaged cheese wrapped in cheese cloth, with curd cut in a way that became known as “cheddaring,” produced on farms in Somerset, England. One such cheese still exists: Montgomery’s—coincidentally, we call it as Monty’s—made at Jamie Montgomery's farm in Somerset. Americans have found themselves with a fantastic mirror of the original, though, from Cabot and Jasper Hill in Vermont. This is as good chance as any to take advantage of the sale and try a bit of each to see which you prefer.

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Montgomery’s English Clothbound Cheddar

Cabot Clothbound Cheddar

Made from a single herd of Holstein-Fresians who graze on hills thought to be the site of Camelot near Somerset in western England. Clothbound wheels whose flavor is punchy, grassy, vegetal and brothy. A total revelation.

C-EFC 1 lb was $39, NOW $25

Cloth-wrapped from Vermont with a beefy, brothy flavor balanced with bright, tangy notes. The texture is flakier and less rubbery than waxed cheddar.

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Goudas

Gouda is irresistible. The style of the “make,” as cheese people refer to the process of creating solid cheese from liquid milk, creates butterscotch caramel flavors that nearly everyone adores. If you are doing a good job aging gouda you retain its sweetness and never let it drift into acrid bitterness—something that afflicts many goudas I taste in the states, especially those aged for too long.

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L'amuse Dutch Gouda

Marieke American Gouda

Brabander Goat Gouda

Aged over two years on pine shelves in Holland. A lush creaminess speckled with big, crunchy flavor crystals.

Selected by Betty Koster of L'amuse, Amsterdam's top cheese shop.

C-LAM 1 lb was $35, NOW $17.50

Dutch expat Marieke Penterman's Wisconsin cow's milk gouda is an irresistible balance of rich, dense, sweet and savory creaminess with those little crunchy flavor crystals we love so much.

C-MKE 1 lb was $29, NOW $14.50

Fresh tasting, rich like a milk shake, with notes of caramel and cream and just a wee hint of the chalkiness you can sometimes detect in goat cheese.

C-GGO 1 lb was $35, NOW $17.50

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Comté from Fort St. Antoine

Pleasant Ridge Reserve

Essex Manchego

Fudgy texture, well balanced, never bitey flavor, our specially selected Comté from Essex St. Cheese has a buttery, hazelnut taste and finishes with a wave of cream that expands to fill your entire mouth.

C-COM by the lb was $35, NOW $17.50

Maybe the best American cheese being made today. Like a European mountain cheese, it's fruity in an appley sort of way—rich, deep and sweet. From wheels selected just for us.

C-PRR 1 lb was $39, NOW $25

Unwaxed Essex Manchego has a lovely, dry crumble and never tastes bitey. It goes down smooth, with the unmistakable fruity sweetness of sheep’s milk and a long savory finish.

C-EMA 1 lb was $40, NOW $20

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Manchester

Challerhocker

Gorgonzola

From Zingerman’s Creamery, the Manchester is luscious, a bit creamy, similar to France’s mold-ripened Brie.

Spread some on a baguette. It’s excellent spread on ham sandwiches topped with caramelized onions.

C-MNC ½ lb was $20, NOW $10

A raw cow’s milk cheese washed in wine and aged for about a year. Amazingly creamy for a cheese of its age with fantastic depth and long, lingering flavors.

C-HOL 1 lb was $40, NOW $20

Traditional blue cheese from just south of Milan, Italy. Intense, nearly spicy flavor with big blue notes and a rich, creamy texture. Bold flavor for burgers, steaks, salads, or snacking.

C-GOR 1 lb was $20, NOW $10

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Pimento Cheese

Antique Gruyère

Bayley Hazen Blue

A salty, tangy spread of Vermont cheddar, Hellmann’s® mayo, pimento peppers and spices. One of our best-selling foods.

C-PMC 6 oz tub was $10, NOW $7

4 or more, $5 each

Classic Swiss mountain cheese, aged extra long for more flavor. Smooth, with the spiciness of a great Rhine wine. It’s got an incredible aroma and a dry, yet creamy texture on the tongue.

C-GRU 1 lb was $30, NOW $18

A stellar blue cheese that reminds me a bit of English Stilton. Or, as the maker says, it's like "a cross between butter and chocolate." Yeah, that sounds good.

A must for blue cheese lovers.

C-BYZ 1 lb was $36, NOW $20

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Bacon endures so many short cuts. I’m talking commercial bacon, grocery store bacon: bellies injected with water to add weight; curers, if you can call them that, who speed up the process with too many chemicals; excess sugar and salt to overcome a lack of flavor; liquid smoke! Not one of these crimes is committed against the members of our bacon roster, the cream of America’s bacon crop. I highly recommend investing in three or four of them. Bacon freezes fabulously and there are few foods you can stock in your kitchen that reduce stress more effectively than a couple pounds of just-in-case bacon.

Nueske’s Applewood Bacon There’s a reason this is our top seller. It is perfectly balanced between softly, pleasantly sweet and salty/smoky.

If I were to choose one bacon to eat every day, which pretty much sounds like heaven, this would be it. Sliced thickly.

M-BAC 1 lb was $17, NOW $12 SAVE

4 or more, $10 each

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Juniper & Thyme Bacon

From Spain’s famous acorn-fed Iberico hogs, giving the bacon’s luscious fat a melt-in-your-mouth texture. Incredibly rich with huge flavor.

M-IBB 8 oz was $18, NOW $12

4 or more, $9 each

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Made with pasture-raised heritage breed pork. Cured with juniper, brown sugar, and thyme for fantastic, herbaceous flavor.

M-JNP 12 oz was $25, NOW $17.50

4 or more, $12.50 each

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Jowl Bacon

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Bacon from the jowl, not the belly, with fat that is creamier, more delicate. Smoky, smooth, rich, and just a smidge sweet.

M-JOW 12 oz was $15, NOW $7.50

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Red Wattle Porterhouse Chops

Heritage Pork Spare Ribs

Our heritage Red Wattle breed porterhouse pork chops are over an inch thick and look like a T-bone steak. The flavor is famously sweet, in part due to a luscious band of melting fat.

M-WAT-4 4 x 13 oz chops was $80, NOW $60 M-WAT-8 8 x 13 oz chops was $140, NOW $100

Spare ribs come from next to the sternum, right by the bacon. The meat has deep flavor and an awesome layer of luscious fat. From heritage breed pigs that spend their whole lives out on pasture.

M-SRB-2 2 racks, about 3 lbs was $75, NOW $50 M-SRB-2 4 racks, about 6 lbs was $130, NOW $90

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Borsellino Salami

Made by La Quercia in Iowa with pork raised to impeccable standards. Mild but substantial with a great chewy texture, a trusty companion for cheese plates.

M-DSG 6 oz classic

was $12, NOW $8 M-DSG-6 case of 6 classic

was $72, NOW $36 M-SDS 6 oz piccante (spicy)

was $12, NOW $8 M-SDS-6 case of 6 piccante

was $72, NOW $36

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Spiked with plenty of Calabrian chiles to make an inch-thick salami with serious— but never overwhelming—heat tempered with a deep, smoky sweetness.

M-CAL 10 oz was $17, NOW $10

Nduja is dry cured like salami but the result is silky and spreadable, like spicy pork butter. Punchy yet smooth with hot Calabrian chiles.

M-NAN 6 oz was $18, NOW $9

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Spicy Calabrian Salami

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Heritage Breed Classic Ham

Prosciutto Americano

Pork Rillettes

La Quercia's Prosciutto Americano will remind you of Italian prosciutto but the flavors are more forward with more of a mineral tang to the finish. Made from pork raised humanely.

M-AME 3 oz, sliced was $12, NOW $6

Rillettes are French-style shredded pork, seasoned with verjus, maple syrup, mustard, and spices. The flavor is rich but bright, and supremely porky.

M-RIL 6 oz jar was $14, NOW $8 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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The hams, from a mix of heritage breed hogs like Berkshire and Duroc, are cured with clove, juniper, bay leaves, and garlic, then smoked over hardwood for eight hours. Juicy, smoky, thoroughly delicious, full of flavor, and easy to enjoy. Unsliced.

M-CIT 4-5 lbs, boneless, serves 8-10

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acorn meats In the oak forests of southern Spain, heritage Ibérico pigs spend their lives rooting around on pasture. In the fall when the ground is littered with acorns (bellotas in Spanish), they gobble them up. The acorn diet has a magical effect on the meat’s texture, so the fat melts on your tongue like chocolate. Eating it is an exceptional experience, one of the pinnacles of meat eating.

Il Secreto & Pork Shoulder

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Two fresh, frozen cuts of acorn-fed pork. The shoulder tastes like a cross between beef and pork. The secreto is a Spanish cut that’s rich, like the pork version of a ribeye.

M-SEC secreto, about ¾ lbs was $50, NOW $30 M-ISH shoulder, about 1¼ lbs was $60, NOW $35

Chorizo

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Jamón, sliced

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Spain’s mildly spicy, paprika-spiked salami, with luscious texture. Just slice and snack.

M-ICZ 10 oz was $30, NOW $18

The classic. The cured ham of acornfed Ibérico pigs, sliced paper thin.

Open and serve.

M-SIB 2 oz, sliced was $36, NOW $24

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Paesano Bread

Pecan Raisin Bread

Our most popular bread. Thin, snowy-white crust surrounds a soft, savory crumb with lots of holes.

B-PAE 1½ lb loaf was $9.50, NOW $6

4 or more, $4.75 each

A half pound of juicy raisins and pecans in each loaf. Dense is an understatement. Great before, during, and after dinner.

B-PEC 1¼ lb loaf was $16, NOW $12

4 or more, $8 each

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Craquelin Buttery brioche rolled up with fresh orange zest and sugar cubes soaked in Grand Marnier®. Our crew calls it "coffee cake bread."

B-QUE 1½ lb loaf was $26, NOW $18

4 or more, $13 each

Our sourdough bread stuffed with chunks of dark Belgian chocolate. Warm it in the oven so the chocolate melts into sensuous, oozy pockets.

B-XSB 1 lb loaf was $10, NOW $7

4 or more, $5 each

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Hummingbird Layer Cake

Hunka Burnin’ Love Layer Cake

A southern twist. With toasted coconut, fresh bananas, toasted pecans, and pineapple. Covered in Madagascar vanilla buttercream frosting.

A-HUM serves 6-8 was $100, NOW $60

Chocolate from top to bottom, all around and in between. Dense buttermilk chocolate cake, covered in luscious chocolate buttercream frosting.

A-HBL serves 6-8 was $100, NOW $60

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HALF OFF Papua New Guinea Coffee Single-origin Papua New Guinea is a rare coffee that’ll appeal to anyone who likes dark, deep, rich flavors. Its mouthfeel is thick, its flavor is chocolaty.

P-COF-PNG 12 oz was $22, NOW $15

4 or more $11 each

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Two takes on Peanut Brittle

This is stove-top brittle, not factory gristle, with butterscotch brown flavor, sharp, crackly texture and a savory finish of roasted peanut.

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P-BRT-S 4.4 oz was $8, NOW $4 P-BRT 12 oz was $20, NOW $10

Zzang!® Candy Bar

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Handmade, old fashioned, peanut-filled candy bars, made by our own Charlie Frank at his chocolate factory. They're like Snickers® times 100.

P-ZZG 2½ oz bar was $6, NOW $4 P-ZZG-16 case of 16 was $96, NOW $48

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Hot Cocoa from Barcelona

Robin Béquet's Caramels

Sicilian Red Pepper Truffles

So thick, so chocolate-y, so intensely rich, it’s almost impossible to describe.

Simply mix with hot water or steamed milk for the smoothest cup of hot cocoa around. A bag serves 6.

P-CDC 7 oz was $8, NOW $6

4 or more, $4 each

Confectionary genius Robin Béquet has developed an incredible line of caramels, widely recognized as some of the best in the country. The silver gift box is filled with three of our favorite types: sea salt, butterscotch, and salted mocha.

P-PEQ 11 oz box was $40, NOW $25

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Bonajuto continues to make old-style unconched chocolate in their century old shop in Sicily. The bite-sized crunchy truffles are spiced with just a hint of red pepper, making them sweet and spicy.

P-BON-TRU box of 20

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Chocolate Dipped Figs

Chocolate Covered Candied Orange Peels

Tender, sweeter than usual, parito figs stuffed with soft chocolate truffle cream and a hint of liqueur, then dipped in dark chocolate and individually packaged.

P-RAB-9 9 figs was $18, NOW $12 4 or more, $9 each SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Southern Italian oranges are so good you totally want to eat the peel. Especially when it’s candied in a sugar bath, slowly caramelized in an oven, then dipped into a pool of 40% cacao chocolate.

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GIFTS

Bacon of the Month Club Six to date. That’s how many vegetarians I know who’ve fallen off the bandwagon thanks to bacon. I’m not using that as a proposal for torturing anyone. I’m just saying any food that’s so good it can break a strong will has to be worth trying. Our bacon club has been lauded by chefs, sous chefs, home chefs, pork-o-philes and bacon freaks all over America. It’s our most popular food club by far and it’s not just the novelty of bacon-by-mail that makes it so loved. The bacons are downright amazing. It’s hard to find any of these bacons in most shops, let alone all of them. They represent the pinnacle of American bacon making and, let’s be honest, this is one food that no one in the world does better than us. Sorry Europe, it’s true.

Your Parmigiano Reggiano and your Champagnes are great, but you can’t touch our bacon.

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12 MONTH BACON CLUB ALL YEAR RASHER RATIONS

G-BAC-12 was $400, NOW $300

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Month 1 Applewood Smoked

Month 4 Juniper & Thyme

Month 7 Spencer’s Irish Style

Month 10 Newsom’s Dry Cured

Month 2 Kentucky Dry Cured

Month 5 Tennessee Dry Cured

Month 8 Hickory Duroc

Month 11 Jowl and Steak

Month 3 Arkansas Peppered

Month 6 Balinese Long Pepper

Month 9 Hungarian Double Smoked

Month 12 Cherrywood Smoked

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Caveman Combo

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When Fred Flintstone got that cut of dinosaur that toppled his car it was a comic nod to real cuts of meat like these. Huge versions of the chops and steaks we’re used to, cut thicker, with more bone, more fat, more meat, more everything. We’ll send two thick-cut Red Wattle porterhouse pork chops, a gigantic cowboy cut ribeye from Carman Ranch—a ribeye with a bone handle. Plus a pound of grass-fed ground beef. Shipped frozen for a night of grilling you’ll never forget.

G-HMT caveman combo was $165, NOW $115

Charcuterie and Cheese Box

We stuff our wooden crate with a culinary collection: La Quercia’s Borsellino Salami, French Cornichon Pickles, Dutch Gouda and Zingerman’s Nor’easter Cabot Cheddar, Spanish Olives, a loaf of Zingerman’s Artisan Bread, La Quercia’s Nduja Pork Spread, Zingerman’s Virginia Peanuts and Rustic Bakery Olive Oil and Sea Salt Flatbreads.

G-CAC gift box was $150, NOW $100 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAYS

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The Totally Custom Cheese Gift Box

Curate your selection from the shelves of our cheese cave: goat’s milk, sheep’s milk, cow’s milk, mountain, domestic, clothbound and blue. Select your three half-pound wedges, and we’ll pack them in our fun, cartooned gift box with a loaf of our crusty, tangy Farm Bread or a box of artisan crackers. Full list of cheeses online.

G-3CH three cheeses plus bread G-N-3CH three cheeses plus crackers

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Parmigiano Reggiano

Antique Gruyère

Essex St. Manchego

Bayley Hazen Blue

The classic. Raw cow’s milk cheese from Italy, aged at least two years for huge flavor.

Raw cow’s milk cheese from Switzerland. Smooth, fruity, slightly swissy flavors.

Raw sheep’s milk cheese from Spain. Sweet and savory, bright, complex.

Raw cow’s milk blue cheese from Vermont. Fudgy texture, big buttery flavor.

Comté from Fort St. Antoine

Cabot Clothbound Cheddar

Pleasant Ridge Reserve

Brabander Goat Gouda

Raw cow’s milk cheese from France. Rich, brothy flavors balanced with bright fruit.

Pasteurized cow’s milk from Vermont. Complex, tangy, fruity and brothy.

Raw cow’s milk cheese from Wisconsin. Fruity, rich, deep, sweet.

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the new cure

New American Cheese and Charcuterie Box

Cheeses of the World Gift Boxes

A collection of some of America’s best new(ish) meats and cheeses, including Andy Hatch’s Pleasant Ridge Reserve cheese, Spring Brook Farm’s Reading Raclette cheese, La Querica’s Proscuitto Americano, Antonio Fiasche’s Nduja, and Red Table Meat’s Vecchio Salami.

G-ACM gift box serves 12 was $100, NOW $60 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Five cheeses weigh in over two and a half pounds, serving 18-20. Gift boxed with sourdough bread. The beginner focuses on five great, well aged versions of familiar cheeses. The experienced gathers five rare and more adventurous cheese finds.

G-COW-A beginner was $100, NOW $60 G-COW-B experienced was $140, NOW $85

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Pasteurized goat’s milk gouda from Holland. Sweet and creamy, like a milkshake.

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Roasted Garlic Achaar

Pickled Ramps Ramps are in the onion family. They shoot up wild in the woods across the eastern US early each spring. Before they became the darling of hip restaurants in big cities, they were important to folks foraging for foods. To preserve the brief bounty they’d pickle any extras. I know, pickled onions might sound like a stretch.

But while the aroma is sharp, the flavor is rich and sweet like roasted garlic. Toss them into sauces, with roast meats, over pasta. Or serve them straight up alongside cured meats and cheeses for a killer appetizer spread.

P-PKR 7.75 oz jar $20

The folks at Brooklyn Delhi have a knack for creating versatile condiments you’ll want to use in every dish at every meal (check out their Tomato Achaar online).

Made from oven roasted garlic, lemon oil, a blend of Indian spices along with a bit of sugar and chili powder, this is a chunky spread that’s traditionally served with rice, curry, dal and yogurt to create dips and dishes, but don’t stop there.

Eggs, pasta sauce, sandwiches, pizza, salsa, morning toast, garlic bread, you’ll want to use it everywhere. Flavor-wise, it’s "spicy-lemon-sweet-rich-bright."

It’s everything at the same time, all those sensations all at once.

Wicked stuff.

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farm fresh oil Green Peanut Oil

Berbere is an Ethiopian spice blend of three different chili peppers plus ginger, cardamom, fenugreek, allspice, adjwain (an Indian spice similar to thyme), cassia buds, and black pepper. When you grind it up it’s bright red in color, a little hot, a little sweet. The cheesemakers at Zingerman’s Creamery have taken their delicate, hand-ladled fresh goat’s milk cheese called the City Goat and coated it in a layer of Berbere. It’s bright and tangy, balanced with a rich spiciness and a gentle heat that builds over time.

C-BCG 4 oz round was $16, NOW $8

Green peanuts aren’t a kind of peanut.

Instead, “green” refers to the fact that the nuts are raw, just harvested, not yet dried—a step practically all peanuts go through to prevent spoilage. Unlike bulk peanut oils for cooking, this oil is cold pressed in small batches by Clay Oliver on his farm about 150 miles south of Atlanta. It has a vibrant freshness, almost like green beans, with a subtle nutty richness. Drizzle it over fish, over roast squash, on sauteed greens or mushrooms.

O-GPN 8 oz bottle $12

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Berbere City Goat Cheese

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Artisan collections are hand packed in our signature cartoon gift box.

great lakes, Great fOod Great Lakes Artisan Gift Box Seven delectables that I think represent some of the ingenuity and resources of artisan food makers from our region, all stuffed in a cartoon gift box: Peanut Butter from Koeze in Grand Rapids, Michigan, American Spoon Preserves from Petoskey, Michigan, Freshly Roasted Zingerman's Coffee, Mo’s Bacon Chocolate bar from Vosges in Chicago, Marieke Gouda from Thorp, Wisconsin, Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon from Wittenberg, Wisconsin, and our Pecan Raisin Bread.

G-GLA gift box $100 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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Tapas Gift Box

Italian Artisan Gift Box

Driving through rural Italy, every little village has their own specialty: a food that’s been made for generations, yet is unknown on the other side of the hill. This collection is a culinary journey to those hard-to-reach spots and flavors. We pack our colorful cartoon gift box with luscious fig preserves, a half pound of Piave Cheese, Bonajuto Chocolate Truffles with Cacao Nibs, Roasted Hazelnuts from the Piedmont, Wild Artichokes in Olive Oil, Taralli Olive Oil Crackers and Maria Colonna's Leccino olives.

G-ITL gift box $100 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Zingerman's Artisan Gift Box People travel hundreds of miles to our little deli to taste foods like these. If you can’t visit our store this might be the best way to taste the food long distance. Our cartoon box includes a mini Sour Cream Coffee Cake and hearth baked bread from Zingerman’s Bakehouse, a bag of whole bean coffee from Zingerman’s Coffee Company, Pimento Cheese Spread, a box of Peanut Brittle, Spiced Pecans, a Bacon Cheddar Scone, a Walnut-studded Magic Brownie, a bottle of our Cold Brew Coffee and a Sky’s the Lemon Cookie.

G-ART artisan gift box $100 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

In Spanish, tapas sort of means snacks, but that’s an inexact translation. In English you wouldn’t eat a meal of snacks. In Spain there’s no problem doing just that. There, tapas can start a meal or substitute for it entirely. The ingredients in this collection of open-and-serve delectables are not all Spanish, but the idea is. Eat them as the Spanish do, as evening makes its way indoors, with a glass of crisp wine.

Packed by hand in our classic cartoon Zingerman's box, including: Zingerman's Farm Bread, La Quercia’s Borsellino Salami, Spanish Olive Oil and Anise Crispy Tortas, Marcona Almonds, Tuna-Stuffed Piquillo Peppers from Basque Country and Portuguese Sardines. Serves 6-8 quite handily.

G-TAP tapas gift box $80

A who's WHO of american FOod

American Artisan Gift Box

A collection to highlight the best of what’s going on in American food right now. Our cartoon box holds Robert Lambert’s Rangpur Lime Syrup from California, Broadbent Sausage from Kentucky, Pleasant Ridge Reserve Cheese from Wisconsin, Virginia Diner Peanuts, La Quercia’s Cured Ham from Iowa, Landrace Fettuccine from California, Vosges Black Sea Salt and Caramel Chocolate Bar from Chicago.

G-AMT gift box $100 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Fill your own cartoon gift box or wooden crate with an assortment of Zingerman’s pastries. Choose your mix, pick your packaging, then give us a ring or hop on our site at zingermans.com where you can customize your box online. Your personal selection is hand packed to order.

cartOon box

$36

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15 piece, box G-15P

8 piece, crate G-8CR

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20 piece, box G-20P

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woOden Crate

15 piece, crate G-15C

$120 20 piece, crate G-20C

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$175 30 piece, crate G-30C

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magic brownie, realLy? The original. Soft, chocolatey, chewy interior dotted with toasted walnuts and covered with a thin chocolate crust. Worth noting that Magic Brownies are more cakey than fudgy.

Magic Brownie Classic with toasted walnuts.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

Black Magic Brownie

Dense and chewy with rolled oats and red flame raisins.

Classic without nuts.

Buenos Aires Brownie

Ginger Jump-Up Cookie

With a layer of caramel in the middle.

With Muscovado brown sugar and crystallized ginger.

Pecan Blondie

Chocolate Chunk Cookie

Butterscotch (no-chocolate) brownie with salty pecan praline.

Chocolate hunks and toasted walnuts.

Townie Brownie

Made with three kinds of chocolate, studded with chocolate chunks.

Gluten Free with amaranth and quinoa, not wheat. * Not made in a gluten free facility.

Triple Chocolate Cookie

Sky’s the Lemon Cookie With fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and candied lemon.

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A dozen THings that make for beTter tasting baked goOds 1. Butter Tastes Better You can’t tell just from looking at a cookie or a piece of cake whether it’s been baked with butter or shortening. The bottom line on baked goods’ flavor is that butter tastes better. It’s also about ten times more costly, so more and more commercial bakeries are shifting towards less expensive shortenings or margarine. You can taste and smell the difference—the sweet, rich scent of butter is right up front in a Bostock, followed by almond and orange. Shortening, on the other hand, has no aroma to speak of. Good pastry should smell good.

2. Better Butter The Bakehouse doesn’t just use any butter. Many of our baked goods start with sweet butter from Grassland. Tastes better, with less water, and more flavor. There’s no way around it—the better the butter the better the baked goods.

3. Belgian Chocolate There’s chocolate. And then there’s Belgian chocolate. Our chocolate chunk cookies are loaded with big bites of Callebaut Belgian chocolate. Higher in cocoa content, Callebaut is chocolatier, richer, more delicious than the inexpensive, mass-produced chocolates you’ll find in most baked goods.

4. Toasted...

Currant Scone

Buttery, creamy dough loaded with tangy dried currants.

Lemon Scone

With plenty of candied lemon zest.

Ginger Scone

Lots of spicy, crystallized ginger.

Country Scone

Rolled oats, pecans, red flame raisins and cinnamon.

Bostock Buttery brioche with orange syrup and almond frangipane.

A thick slice of buttery brioche bread brushed with orange syrup, spread with almond frangipane cream, sprinkled with almonds and baked. Rich and buttery, not overly sweet with a featherly light texture, like citrusy-almondy French toast you can eat out of hand.

Raspberry Patti Pocket Buttery pie dough filled with raspberry preserves.

Cheddar Herb Scone

AND what's this?

Savory with Vermont cheddar and fresh rosemary.

Hand pies just got turned up to 11 with the Patti Pocket: our bakers take our flakiest all-butter pie dough, fill it with seedless raspberry preserves, bake it a golden brown and garnish with a drizzle of raspberry glaze.

Bacon Cheddar Scone

Savory with applewood smoked bacon and Vermont cheddar.

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StRatospheric SPREAd Koeze’s Cream Nut Peanut Butter

Koeze’s Cream Nut Peanut Butter isn’t whipped full of hydrogenated oils and sweeteners. It has been made with the same two ingredients since 1925: outstanding Virginia peanuts, and a pinch of sea salt. The process hasn’t changed much since then, either. The peanuts are still roasted in small batches in vintage coffee roasters. That traditional product is not an air-whipped, sugarfilled concoction but a natural, intense, rich, mouthwatering sensation. Spreading some in a sandwich with jelly—or honey, or marshmallow cream, whatever you prefer—sends it through the stratosphere.

P-BUT 17 oz jar, smooth $9.50 P-CRU 16.5 oz jar, crunchy $9.50

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jam, elEvated Early Glow Strawberry Preserves Unlike most jams, sugar isn’t the first ingredient in American Spoon’s Early Glow Preserves. Instead, about 60% of each jar is tiny, supremely flavorful Early Glow strawberries. They’re a bit fickle to grow, but they have the ultimate in strawberry flavor.

The aroma is amazing. And that intense strawberry flavor lingers a long, long time. Familiar because it’s a flavor we grew up with, but also exciting because it’s so much bolder than nearly any other jam out there. Slathering some into a PB&J is a nostalgia bomb for the sandwiches you wish you grew up with.

P-STR 9.5 oz jar $13 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

carbohydrate cuddle

winter's warm wheat

Sweet Loaf o' Mine Gift Box

Food Coma Gift Box

We all could use a little culinary care this time of year. For my money, the easist and most satisfying comfort food is toast. Warm, chewy, a little crusty and spread with butter.

Three of our most pleasing sweet loaves: Cinnamon Raisin, Chocolate Sourdough and Craquelin. All packed into our fun, illustrated gift box. Slice, slather and be sated.

G-SLM sweet loaf $55

Some folks have a sweet tooth, but I prefer things savory. So when I need a little carb-inspired comfort, I reach for loaves like these. Three of our most satisfying savory loaves—Roadhouse, Peppered Bacon Farm and Chile Cheddar—packed into our fun, illustrated gift box. Each loaf eats like a meal. Eat all three and you’ll be in a food coma.

G-BBC 3 loaves, gift boxed $45

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the pasta that wilL change your Tuesday night Rustichella Pastas

Rustichella pasta, from Italy’s Abruzzo region, is just as easy to cook as any other pasta but has about 100 times more flavor. Hard durum semolina is extruded through bronze dies so it has a scruffy, rough surface, perfect for holding sauce. It’s dried at low temperatures for three to four days, depending on the shape, which gives it a dense, chewy texture. Rustichella takes a quick weeknight pasta dinner from ordinary to extraordinary.

P-RUS-SPA 500 g spaghetti $9 P-RUS-BUC 500 g bucatini $9 P-RUS-FET 500 g fettuccine $9 P-RUS-PEN 500 g penne $9

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what if italians made pasta sauce with bacon? imprOved grating Sugo con Pancetta Pasta Sauce

Made from tomatoes, onion, and pancetta (Italy’s version of unsmoked bacon) this is a meal in a jar, with all the familiarity of big family pasta nights, all of the ease of opening a jar, and all of the flavor of pancetta’s savory richness balanced with sweet vegetables.

Toss with just-cooked pasta and serve. You can spend a weekend making your own sugo con pancetta or save yourself some time and buy a few jars of this.

P-SPP 200 g jar $13 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Valserena Parmigiano Reggiano What dish of pasta would be complete without a sprinkle of Parmigiano Reggiano on top? But all parmesans aren’t created equal. Where most Parmesans are made from milk pooled from many sources, at Valserena dairy they also raise the cows. All of the milk comes from their own herd of brown Bruna Sola cows, an old breed that produces milk with more butterfat—and more flavor.

The result is outstanding: the cheese has a bright, mouthwatering quality. Outstanding grated over a dish or for snacking on by itself.

C-PAR by the pound $35 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Chocolate on chocolate on chocolate on…you get it Hunka Burnin’ Love Chocolate Buttercream Cake Yeah, maybe it’s a bit cliché to reach for chocolate cake when we need a little food related comfort, but it’s a cliché for a reason.

When the mood is right, nothing satisfies like chocolate cake.

And if you’re going to go with cake, go big. This cake is chocolate from top to bottom, all around and in between. There’s not a spot of light on it, it’s black brown everywhere: dense buttermilk chocolate cake, layered inside, covered in luscious chocolate buttercream frosting. Dig in.

A-HBL serves 6-8 $100 FREE SHIPPING

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OUR BEST SELLERS

Coffee cakes have been our best selling gift since we started mailing food in the early 1990s. Having tried a truckload of coffee cakes in the past two decades I can say quite honestly that I haven’t tasted one I like better. I think the same goes for a lot of our customers—many folks return year after year to send this gift and this gift only. It’s substantial, it’s honest, it’s straightforward and it’s really good. I guarantee you really can taste the difference.

3 SIMPLE STEPS TO SELECTING & SENDING THE ULTIMATE GIFT ChoOse your flAvor

With real full-flavored butter, Michigan farmhouse sour cream, toasted nuts, freshly cracked eggs and and and...These are flavors that stand up to be noticed. Full list on facing page.

SMALL

The “Nosher” size cakes about 6 inches in diameter and 4 inches tall. They serve 5-7 easily.

LARGE

The “Fresser” size cakes are about 9 inches in diameter and 3 inches tall.

They serve 10-12 handily.

ChoOse your gift box CARTOON BOX

Sturdy, re-usable, way fun.

Illustrated by our oneand-only Ian Nagy.

Made with recycled cardboard.

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WOODEN CRATE

Crafted in Wisconsin by Dufeck, the country’s last cheese crate maker. Zingerman’s logo silk screened on the lid.

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CLASSICS SOUR CREAM

Familiar flavors, turned up to 11. The sour cream coffee cake is the all-time best selling gift in our entire catalog.

HOT COCOA

The legend. Toasted walnuts, thick streams of Indonesian cinnamon, creamy texture, huge flavor.

A-SCC-L large in box $55 G-SCC-L large in crate $65 A-SCC-S small in box $40 G-SCC-S small in crate $45

With dark cocoa, a touch of espresso and chunks of dark chocolate that go molten if you heat it.

A-COA-L large in box $55 G-COA-L large in crate $65 A-COA-S small in box $40 G-COA-S small in crate $45

GINGERBREAD

LEMON POPPY SEED

Crystallized ginger, dark molasses, coffee, fresh orange juice and loads of winter spices.

A-GGC-L large in box $55 G-GGC-L large in crate $65 A-GGC-S small in box $40 G-GGC-S small in crate $45

Real lemon oil and a veritable passel of Dutch poppy seeds, plus loads of real butter and Madagascar vanilla.

A-LMC-L large in box $55 G-LMC-L large in crate $65 A-LMC-S small in box $40 G-LMC-S small in crate $45

NEW DELI Our new classic. Butter crumble topping with pistachio, clove, cardamom, coconut and more.

A-NDC-L large in box $55 G-NDC-L large in crate $65 A-NDC-S small in box $40 G-NDC-S small in crate $45

BLUEBERRY BUCKLE

Stuffed with wild blueberries and cinnamon, topped with a buttercrumble crust.

A-BUC-L large in box $55 G-BUC-L large in crate $65 A-BUC-S small in box $40 G-BUC-S small in crate $45

CUSTOM TRIPLE CAKE GIFT BOX Choose any three of our small, nosher-sized classic cakes above (not deluxers below). We’ll nestle them in a large wooden cheese crate and ship them out for free.

G-3CK 3 nosher cakes, wood crate $100 FREE SHIPPING

DELUXERS ALMOND

A bright, nutty flavor from a rich, all-natural almond paste, surrounded by a thin, buttery crust. European flavor, but moist, dense, all-American texture.

A-ALM-S small in box $45 G-ALM-S small in crate $50

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Innovative coffee cakes, made with a slightly more adventurous set of ingredients.

OLIVE OIL

Made with toasted almonds, freshly grated lemon zest—nearly a whole lemon’s worth per cake—and lots of excellent extra virgin olive oil.

Super moist and luscious.

A-OOC-S small in box $45 G-OOC-S small in crate $50

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APPLE BACON

Chunks of apples, pieces of Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon, and a swirl of Indonesian cinnamon mixed into our Sour Cream Coffee Cake batter.

A-BCF-S small in box $45 G-BCF-S small in crate $50

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Whenever someone loses a loved one, their house is usually besieged by grand floral arrangements. I usually send food, though, and often find it’s really appreciated—especially when they can enjoy the foods right out of the box. We offer two options. Need it there tomorrow? Call us. Not sending in sympathy? No problem, we can remove the identifying sticker.

Bereavement

Sitting Shiva

Illustrated above. A not too perishable assortment of a nosher-sized Zingerman’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake, a dozen assorted Brownie Bites, John Macy’s Cheesesticks, Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar, Spanish Chocolate Figs, Zingerman’s Virginia Peanuts, La Quercia's Borsellino Salami, and a bag of Zingerman’s Coffee, ground. It’s packed with class in our oval wooden crate with Zingerman’s printed on the lid.

G-BER bereavement gift box $125 G-BER-NL without "bereavement" label $125

A good choice for Shiva, the week-long mourning period in Judaism for close family members. Our wooden crate comes filled with a box of Rugelach, a box of Chocolate Covered Orange Peels, Kosher vanilla butter caramels, Zingerman’s peanut brittle, and a Chocolate and Raisin Babka. Not Kosher.

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Rustic Retreat Dinner Gift Box

The Munchies Collection

A “thank you” that’s not a cliché. This gift boxed set includes Italian Pasta and Il Mongetto Tomato Sauce, our Paesano Bread, hand cut Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese, Travel Olive Oil from Tuscany and two mini original Zzang!® Candy Bars.

G-DIN rustic retreat gift box $80

Shipped free to any home or campus, including those located in Ohio. Ann Arbor Tortilla Chips, Fundidora Salsa, Zingerman's Virginia Peanuts, John Macy's Cheesesticks, a Zzang!® handmade candy bar, and a Zingerman’s Magic Brownie.

G-MUN munchies gift box $65

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Zingerman’s Midnight Feeding New Baby Box Get Well Gift Box Gift boxed nosher-sized Sour Cream Coffee Cake, John Macy’s Cheesesticks, Earl Grey Tea, Zingerman's Peanut Brittle, Ginger Chimes candies, a thick, walnut-studded Magic Brownie and a no-nut Black Magic Brownie.

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What scares the living daylights out of some people just happened to friends of yours. They had a baby. They don’t sleep. How on earth do they eat? Very well, if they’re lucky enough to have friends who send this. The Midnight Feeding Gift Box is filled with a mini Sour Cream Coffee Cake, a mini Hot Cocoa Cake, two Black Magic Brownies, Zingerman’s Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar, La Quercia's Borsellino Salami, Coop's Salted Caramel Sauce, Marcona Almonds, John Macy’s Cheesesticks and a darn cute Zingerman's bib.

G-BBY midnight feeding new baby gift box $125 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

BUSINESS GIFTS When’s the last time you sent a business gift for the holiday and the recipient called you back to say how great it tasted? How they wanted more? How you must be the smartest, best-informed, most well-dressed gift giver they know?

I promise at least one of those comments will come your way. Our food has that kind of effect.

Magic Brownie Bites Gift Boxes Feed the sweet teeth of the whole office with Zingerman’s legendary Magic Brownies—with and without toasted walnuts—carved down to a quarter of their original size.

G-MBB 20 bites in box $40 G-M50 50 bites in wooden crate $100 G-M100 100 bites in wooden crate $180 G-M200 200 bites in wooden crate $325 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Desk Hoarder Gift Box

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The rest of the office will never know. Our fun, colorful gift box comes stuffed with six magic and six no-nut brownie bites, a six piece box of miniature scones, mini versions of our hot cocoa coffee cake and our sour cream coffee cake, two bags of Zingerman’s sea salt potato chips, two bags of Zingerman’s Tellicherry pepper potato chips, sea salt caramels, Chimes ginger chews, three assorted mini Zingerman’s cookies, all-natural fruit gummis, and a bag of spicy cashews with lime leaves.

G-DHR gift box $100 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Spanish line-caught tuna Ortiz Tunas from Spain Tuna is one of the most popular foods we sell. It may seem surprising because here in the U.S., tinned tuna is a low-end commodity usually sold in supermarkets. In Spain it’s at the complete opposite of the culinary spectrum. Tuna in tins, especially these from the fourthgeneration family firm Ortiz, is one of the jewels in Spain's culinary crown. Ortiz's fish are all line caught—not netted—hand filleted at sea and quickly tinned in good olive oil. The olive oil is key. It adds flavor and makes the texture silky over time, unlike water, which tends to leach flavors from the fish. We went to Spain and selected a single great batch of Bonito loin, our best seller, for fullness of flavor, silky texture, and lingering sweetness.

Bonito Loin P-ORT 112 g tin $9 4 or more $7 each SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Bonito Ventresca (Belly) P-TUN

110 g tin $22 2 or more $20 each

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Yellowfin Loin P-YLL

220 g jar $20 2 or more $18 each

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Yellowfin Ventresca (Belly) P-YVT

110 g tin $16 2 or more $14 each

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gone fishIN’ Fishy Box of Fishes

National treasure Portuguese Sardines Tuna is our top-selling tinned seafood, but sardines aren't too far behind. It's surprising to me since sardines are not a big part of the popular food scene in America.

This is perhaps the classic case of tinned food seen as poor, low-quality food. Before college students ate 75 cent ramen, they ate 10 cent sardines. Forget that stereotype.

Here, four or five tender, perfect sardines, come nested in a tin of olive oil, and their flavor is extraordinary—the prize of Portugal, revered there as a kind of national seafood treasure. We offer pure olive oil (classic style, illustrated) or extra virgin olive oil, which has the effect of making the flavor more buttery, less metallic; in a way it's less fishy.

P-SAR 125 g classic (illustrated) $7

4 or more $5.50 each P-SEV 110 g extra virgin $9

4 or more $7.50 each

A fun, colorful, under the sea themed box filled with supremely flavorful fishes: Ortiz’s Bonito Tuna from Spain, Portuguese Sardines, Portuguese Stuffed Squid, Portuguese Mackerel, and Oil Packed Anchovies from Italy.

G-H2O 5 tins of fish, boxed $45 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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pâté of the sea Scallop Rillettes

Similar to pâté, but instead of using pork or duck to make a rich spread, scallops are employed to make a rillette that is light and smooth, with just a touch of sweetness and an undeniable flavor of the sea. Spread some on open faced sandwiches for lunch or a dinner side dish, perhaps with a few capers, lemon zest and a twist of black pepper. Outstanding fast food. Keep a couple jars in the cabinet for late night snacking or to satisfy impromptu guests.

P-SRL 100 g jar $15 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

seafOod Sausage Portuguese Squid

Three or four squids, cooked just till tender, the bodies stuffed with tentacles so they almost look like seafood sausages. Which is pretty much what they are. A little smoky, a little sweet, you can open the tin, pop ‘em in your mouth as is, chop them into pieces for an appetizer, or add them to a little warm chickpea salad with cilantro. A great gift for a seafood fanatic or someone who gets giddy every time you say “tapas”.

P-SCA 110 g tin $10 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

bachelor's Anchovy

Personal Pack Anchovies

I’ve always passed on anchovies more than I should because opening a whole tin means a month of user’s guilt. I have to stare down a dozen fillets every time I open the fridge, deciding how to use them. Now I can have all the great flavor without the commitment. A bachelor’s anchovy dream. Cleaned and deboned, here are four to six fillets of anchovies, fished from the Galician Sea and cured in northern Spain. Perfect for a Caesar salad, or on top of a midnight egg-salad sandwich.

P-ACH 30 g, 4-6 fillets $7.50 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

tinned fish debutante Grilled Branzino The newest star to our cast of tinned fish. Traditionally, fisherman would grill fresh branzino (what they call Mediterranean sea bass) and enjoy it doused with olive oil. Simple. The oil brings out the soft, sweet, delicate flavor of the fish while giving the flesh of the fish a delicate, flakey texture. Toss the whole tin (fish and oil) with pasta, a squeeze of lemon and some chunks of parm for an easy, delicious dinner. Or serve as an appetizer with some good crusty bread.

P-BNZ 145 g tin $16 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Olive Oil

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Alziari Olive Oil

Peranzana Olive Oil

It's now been over two decades since I first fell in love with Alziari, the old shop in the historic center of Nice, on France’s Côte d’Azur. Their extra virgin olive oil is exceptional and typically Niçoise—light, flowery and elegant but still full of character and charisma. I could use the same phrase to describe the tin it comes in. It's such a beautiful package that it makes one of the best gifts from our catalog; it needs no wrapping.

O-ALZ 1 liter tin $50

We looked long and hard for an oil to call our own. We finally chose this one. Zingerman’s Olive Oil is made by Marina Colonna on her ancient estate in the Molise, a little over 100 miles due east of Rome. Made from hand picked Peranzana olives pressed the same day they’re taken from the tree, this extra virgin olive oil is hugely flavorful.

O-ZIN 500 ml $29 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE These are four of our most popular olive oils, an introduction to the three dozen you should check out online at zingermans.com

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extra bold

Petraia Olive Oil

FRANK'S Managing Partner at Zingerman's Bakehouse

In the late summer of 2007 I was fortunate enough to be part of a tour of food producers in Puglia. We were staying near Andria and on our first day we visited the farm of the Pellegrino family.

We toured the fields, watched the olives pressed and tasted a variety of oils that they produced. When we got to the organic olive oil Petraia, I fell in love with the intensity of its taste and aroma. While I had known that we had this oil in Ann Arbor, I had never tasted it before. I’m happy to say that I have been using it exclusively since returning from that trip. Each time I dip a piece of Paesano bread into it I return to that afternoon in the olive groves and the lunch we had with Elia Pellegrino and his family.

O-PET 500 ml $28

angels shArE

Agrumato Lemon Oil

I keep imagining that if I went to heaven, I’d discover this to be the oil the angels put on their salads. Smooth and olive-y with a lemoniness that tickles your nose like the bubbles of a fine champagne. This is not lemon flavored oil but the traditional pressing of olives and lemons together—oil of the fruit married to oil of the olive in an ethereal combination. You can do most anything with Agrumato lemon you’d do with other oils and then some. It’s fantastic brushed on top of almost any just-broiled fish.

O-AGR 200 ml bottle $36 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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Vinegar DANIEL'S Managing Partner at Service Star at Zingerman's Bakehouse Zingerman's Mail Order

Fire Cider Vinegar Open the cap, and the first whiff of this ochre-colored vinegar will ignite your senses from the soles of your feet to your medulla oblongata (whatever it is, it will be ignited.)

After collecting your blown-off socks from the other side of the room, examine the bottle.

While you won’t find a triple X on the label, Fire Cider Vinegar comes from a long, northeastern tradition of mixing vinegars with various fruits, vegetables, peppers, and honey to create a down-home cure-all that would be taken to freeze fevers and burn off colds. Pour a small swig into a glass and knock it back, just as they would have 200 years ago. A bassline of ginger here and a guitar lick of horseradish there, fronted by the apple cider vinegar and driven on the habanero pepper drumming its way to the dramatic conclusion: an inevitable, inescapable exclamation from your mouth and a single tear shed by your great-great-greatgreat-grandfather as he suddenly realizes how hearty his progeny will be. At home at a Texas barbeque or a Pennsylvanian picnic, pour it on some french fries or season your steak with it.

Or, keep it on your shelf just in case you need to win a game of truth or dare.

V-FCV 8 oz bottle $24

balAnced balsamic

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Working just off the historic square in the center of the old town of Castelvetro, southwest of Modena, Italy, Roberta Pelloni and her husband Marino Tintori make a range of great vinegars. Although Americans tend to gravitate toward sweet caramel-flavored balsamics, Marino is quick to emphasize “the key to great Balsamico is balance.” Exaggerating sweetness is an easy way to enhance appeal and reduce the need for proper blending and aging. You might not notice it at first, but after many uses overly sweet balsamics get kind of dull. Not so with those from the Tintoris. We’ve been selling them for over a decade, and they have a legion of followers who return to them again and again. Their 10 year aged balsamic is the most intensely flavored balsamic of its age I’ve ever tried. (You won’t see the age of the vinegar on the bottle because of some funny Italian laws, just the vinegar’s density.) Its complexity, with rich flavors of oak, blackberry and dark fruit, is partly due to aging in very small batches. That allows more evaporation and contact with the barrel—both of which contribute to more intense flavors. Highly recommended.

V-10Y 250 ml bottle $35

While balsamic has garnered the publicity, specially aged sherry vinegar sits aging in oak barrels in southern Spain waiting to be discovered.

Sanchez Romate draws upon 300 years of experience making sherry and sherry vinegar to blend different ages of vinegar (from three to fifty years old) to create a sweet, soft, mouth-tingling flavor. It became a staple in my home long ago, but for centuries before that it became the choice of the royal family of Spain—and the Vatican. Add a few drops to creamy tomato soup or a cold summer gazpacho. Drop a dash on a salad of ripe, sweet, summer tomatoes. Mix it into a classic cocktail sauce and stand back for the fireworks. I’ve found it makes good food extraordinary.

V-25Y 750 ml bottle $25

10 Year Aged Balsamic

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our most popular gift box

The Weekender Gift Boxes

Great all-purpose gifts, built from foods the recipient can snack on right out of the box. Whatever the occasion, folks will dig right in.

The Weekender, hand assembled in our cartooned gift box (illustrated) has a loaf of Zingerman’s Artisan Bread, a couple of Brownies (Walnut-studded Magic Brownie and a Caramel Dulce de Leche Buenos Aires Brownie), La Quercia's Borsellino Salami, Zingerman's Peanut Brittle, a half pound of our Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar and a nosher-sized version of our extremely popular, extremely good Sour Cream Coffee Cake.

G-WEE weekender gift box $75 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

The Long Weekender, packed in a handsome wooden crate, includes all the items in the Weekender plus Zingerman’s freshly roasted High Flyer Coffee, Zingerman’s Banana Bread, Spanish Chocolate Covered Figs and Virginia Diner Peanuts.

G-LWE long weekender $160 Zingerman's SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY Home Baking School. bakewithzing.com

baking zingerman's at home Zingerman’s Bakehouse Cookbook

The must-have baking book for home bakers of all skill levels. Since 1992, Zingerman’s Bakehouse has fed fans in Ann Arbor and across the country with traditional breads, brownies, cookies, coffee cakes, and other baked goods, the likes of which have been disappearing from our shops and our home baking repertoires. In honor of our Bakehouse's 25th anniversary we have 65 of our most popular recipes in a handsome cookbook with a ton of pictures and, being Zingerman's, illustrations. Featuring behind-the-scenes stories of the Bakehouse that share our growing pains, lessons learned and professional techniques that enable and encourage every home baker to bake deliciously.

P-ZBH 240 page hardcover $30 $3.99 BOOK RATE SHIPPING

two SOUTHERN pies THAT NORTHERNERS FREAK FOR Chocolate Chess Pie

Toasted Pecan Pie

A traditional chocolate custard pie. Think of really great chocolate pudding all wrapped up in a crispy butter crust, and you’re almost there. Made with a special dark chocolate from Mindo in Dexter, Michigan. Velvety smooth, extremely rich dessert that’s got long-lasting flavor.

G-CHS gift boxed in

wooden crate $60 A-CHS gift boxed in

cartoon box $50

The baker's favorite. Our pie bakers stuff in so many toasted pecans in this pie that there’s barely enough room to fit them in, let alone any of the caramelly brown-sugar custard. Warm, balanced flavor that’s never too sweet.

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Bread by mAiL? meEt The zEro RIsk loaf.

I know, it sounds crazy. It sounded nuts in 1992 when we started baking. Still does today. But we ship more bread than any other food we sell, always have. We bake them with minimal ingredients, often just flour, water, salt, and natural sour starter. We take our time making them—up to 18 hours for tangy loaves like French Mountain and Sourdough. And we bake them in a stone hearth oven, which gives the bread a crisper, more flavorful crust. There’s not a bad loaf among them and the real gems—traditional peasant loaves like Paesano, Farm, and Jewish Rye—will rearrange your tastebuds, redefining what you think bread can be. If you’re not totally convinced but curious to see what the fuss is about, rest assured you can try it without risk. I guarantee you’ll love it. If you don’t, I’ll refund or re-ship, no questions asked.

Deli Deluxe Bread Box Our classic deli loaves. These are the breads we built our reputation on. Honor a bread fanatic by sending our cartooned gift box of Jewish Rye, Farm Bread, Better Than San Francisco Sourdough and Pecan Raisin.

G-SAM-A deli deluxe $60 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Bread-fest Gift Box

Rustic Peasant Loaf Gift Box This box is for all those classic bread lovers out there, the ones who turn up their noses at Cinnamon Raisin, the ones who fight for crust. We offer three of our most hallowed peasant loaves, the ones our bakers consider their crowning achievements. The gift box includes a loaf each of Paesano, Farm Bread and Roadhouse.

G-PEA peasant gift box $45 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Two of our most popular breakfast breads (good any time of day, of course, toasted or not). This colorful, printed gift box selection includes a loaf each of Cinnamon Raisin and 8-Grain 3-Seed Bread, a couple of Lemon Scones to sweeten the deal and a small jar each of Honey and Preserves.

G-FES bread-fest box $50

Sweet & Spicy Bread Box For a different kind of bread fanatic. A cartooned gift box stuffed to bursting with a loaf of Chocolate Sourdough, Cinnamon Raisin, Chile Cheddar and Peppered Bacon Farm Bread.

G-SAM-B sweet & spicy $65 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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hardware Michigan Maple Cutting Board This cutting board, shaped like Michigan’s lower peninsula, makes a great gift for a Michigander or those who wish they were (I'm looking at you, Indiana). The company that makes it has been in business since 1881. They are from Michigan.

The maple wood is from Michigan. It’s especially handy for serving Michigan cheese and cherries.

Apologies to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, we don’t have a cutting board for you yet.

P-MIT 17 x 13 inches $90 FREE SHIPPING

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Handmade Bread Knife We worked with master knife craftsman Rory Conner in County Cork, Ireland to develop our bread knives.

He makes each one with a highly polished laminate handle, coated in resin, colored a beautiful fall-leaf blend of brown and red.

The blade is held in place with stainless steel bolting. The slope nosed blade measures eleven inches and comes packed in its own box.

P-BRK 11 inch blade $250 FREE SHIPPING

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bigGer is better Country Miche Bread

“Miche” is French for loaf and typically refers to the large size and round shape in the style of traditional French country bread. Bigger loaves have bigger flavor, a moister crumb and longer staying power. Ours is made from a multi-grain mix of Michigan stoneground wheat, rye flour, whole buckwheat, and spelt flour, all naturally leavened by its own unique starter. Deep and complex flavor.

B-MCH 4 lb handmade loaf $25 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAYS

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french mountain bread Farm Bread Hands down, this is my favorite bread and probably my favorite food period. It is my desert island food for sure. I love it for just eating, salami sandwiches, grilled cheese and breakfast toast with tons of butter and preserves. This bread is so good with a fried egg on it. The big loaf holds well on the counter all week till you can get another one. How could you not like a loaf designed to sit around and get better? I’m amazed that we sell it for less when it’s “day old” at the Deli—we should charge more for it after a day! It has been the only bread in my stuffing for the last decade during Thanksgiving where it blends well to the sausage, celery and sage.

B-MON-A ¾ kilo handmade loaf $12.50 B-MON-B 2 kilo handmade “Z” loaf $26

Imagine sitting around a French farmhouse table waiting for dinner. This would be the bread the family would serve. Like French pain au levain, it's a white-wheat mix made with a sour starter. Its crust is crisp, its flavor subtle and never tiring.

The three pound round is my favorite. Cut into quarters and freeze what you don’t eat.

B-FRM-RND 3 lb round $16 B-FRM-LOF 1½ lb loaf $9.50 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

If I had only one word to describe Paesano Bread, it’d be “utilitarian.” Yes, that’s not a very sexy depiction, but Paesano’s strongest quality is that it’s a multi-functional, pragmatic workhorse of a bread. The interior is thoroughly permeated with air-pockets.

It’s those pockets that make Paesano so versatile. They allow the bread to become infused with the flavors of whatever you serve it with. It’s perfect for sopping up leftover spaghetti sauce, for dunking in soup, or as a companion to cheeses or salami.

Plus, Paesano is wonderful to eat just by itself—all the better to appreciate its soft, chewy texture.

B-PAE 1½ lb handmade loaf $9.50 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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CinNamon RaisIn

A cinnamon raisin bread with substance.

A chewy, solid loaf where the flavor of the dough supports the freelancing of the Red Flame raisins and the racy scent of Indonesian cinnamon. Sweetened and moistened with a hint of clover honey.

Makes sensational Sunday morning toast.

B-CIN 1½ lb handmade loaf $10 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Pecan Raisin

This bread has been like a chain reaction—someone serves it for brunch, and the next week their guests are calling us and buying it for themselves. Calling it dense is an understatement: a half pound of big, juicy Red Flame raisins and toasted pecans are baked into every loaf. The New York Times says our Pecan Raisin Bread "redefines the category."

B-PEC 1¼ lb handmade loaf $16 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Craquelin

The national bread of Belgium. It’s a buttery brioche rolled up with fresh orange zest and sugar cubes soaked in Grand Marnier®. The additions form a sweet swirl inside each slice like a cinnamon roll and their dark orange flavors seep into the surrounding dough. Some of our crew call it “coffeecake bread,” which gets to the spirit of the loaf, though its texture is much lighter.

B-QUE 1½ lb handmade loaf $26 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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chOColate sourdough Banana Breads

Three flavorful takes on banana bread. Classic has no nuts. Chocolate chunk has—you guessed it—huge chunks of chocolate. Pecan praline is topped with a layer of caramel-coated toasted pecans sprinkled with a pinch of sea salt. Wrapped in tissue, each loaf comes packed in its own colorfully illustrated box. Serves 5-7.

G-BNA classic banana bread, gift boxed $20 G-BNC chocolate chunk, gift boxed $20 G-BNP pecan praline, gift boxed $20 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

I have always been a fan of our Better than San Francisco Sourdough Bread, but for a while I was hesitant to try our Chocolate Sourdough.

I had a Goldilocks dilemma—would it be too sweet, would it be too sour, or would it be juuuust right? When I finally tried it, I immediately regretted all of the time I spent worrying about the flavor. Everything I love about our Sourdough Bread—the chewy crust, the present but not overpowering sour tang—marries beautifully with the rich, smooth Belgian chocolate chunks that are present in almost every bite. Some may recommend that you use it to make supremely decadent french toast. Others may suggest that you serve it with our hand-ladled Fresh Cream Cheese. These ideas are excellent, but sometimes the simplest methods are best. If you’re patient enough to wait fifteen minutes to warm it up in the oven, you’ll be rewarded with the sweet aroma of warm chocolate spreading through your kitchen. If you’re unable to wait, then I can tell you that it will be perfect right out of the bag!

B-XSB 1 lb handmade loaf $10 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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jewish rye

Traditional Jewish rye bread is still an endangered American species. Though it’s been more than 20 years since we started baking them, you’ll still be hard pressed to find a loaf like them anywhere in the country. Believe it or not, most “rye bread” sold in America contains very little rye flour. These are different. These are breads like my grandparents ate in Eastern Europe: plenty of rye flour, a natural sour rye starter (not the usual canned shortcut) and lots of time to let the dough develop. It’s the bread I reach for to make a sandwich or to eat with cool butter and fresh oysters. A perfect pairing with corned beef.

B-RYE 1½ lb loaf $9.50

roadhouse bread

The house bread at our restaurant, Zingerman’s Roadhouse, and a local favorite. It’s based on an early New England recipe, made by combining rye flour and cornmeal with wheat. Anyone from an 18th century New Englander to Laura Ingalls Wilder would recognize it (it’s referred to in Little House on the Prairie as Rye ‘n’ Injun bread). It’s got great crust and a soft, chewy center that has a slight sweetness from dark molasses, making it a hit with kids. Excellent with cream cheese, smoked salmon and just about any cheese plate you can dream up.

B-ROA 1½ lb handmade loaf $9.50 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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pepPered bacon farm bread

We used to bake this on special occasions and we’d get so many orders we'd run out of bacon. It’s Farm Bread dough with Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon and Tellicherry black pepper. Every bite has a bit of sourdough tang and a lot of the sweet, smoky meatiness of bacon, plus a little spice. I’m sure it makes great sandwiches, but I’ve never had a loaf around long enough to try.

B-BAC ¾ lb handmade loaf $16 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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parmesan pepPer bread

new mexico greEn chile & cheddar

My Italian friends would probably think this bread is heresy, but that’s their loss.

It’s a natural for me because I love bread, parmesan and good black pepper. There’s a heaping helping of parmesan in every loaf, along with a load of cracked black peppercorns. Leaves your mouth pleasantly aroused from the heat of the pepper and salivating from the savory sweetness of the parmesan. It’s fantastic when toasted.

B-PEP 1 lb handmade loaf $17 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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I love this bread: savory, lusty, delicious and dangerously close to addictive.

Softly spicy, fire-roasted New Mexico green chiles and Nor'easter Cabot cheddar blended into the Bakehouse’s tangy Farm Bread. Great on its own or as an accompaniment to dinner. It’s especially good if you give it about twenty minutes in a 325 degree oven before you break it open so it’s nice and steamy when you crack the crust.

B-CHI 1¼ lb handmade loaf $16 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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MONTHLY FOOD CLUBS BREAD CLUB Three Months 2 loaves per month 1 loaf per month G-1-3 $70

G-2-3 $100

Roadhouse Bread

Roadhouse & Sourdough

Paesano

Chile Cheddar & Paesano

Chocolate Sourdough

Chocolate Sourdough & Farm Bread

Six Months

monthly loafing

Bread of the Month Club

Our bread is magical. When you walk into Zingerman’s Delicatessen it’s the first thing you see. It’s what you smell. You can’t resist when you’re invited to taste. If you’re worried that someone will think you’re a little crazy for sending bread through the mail, it may reassure you to know that you’re not alone. We send thousands of loaves to bread lovers nationwide. It’s considered by many to be some of the finest bread made anywhere. A real treat.

1 loaf per month

2 loaves per month

G-1-6 $139

G-2-6 $200

Roadhouse Bread Paesano Chocolate Sourdough Farm Bread Better Than San Francisco Sourdough Jewish Rye

Roadhouse & Sourdough Chile Cheddar & Paesano Chocolate Sourdough & Farm Bread Parmesan Pepper & Jewish Rye 8-Grain 3-Seed & Cinnamon Raisin Pecan Raisin & French Mountain Bread

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"Some women are thrilled to get a box from Tiffany...but for me one of the most thrilling things I can imagine is a box of breads from Zingerman's." Carol Field, The Italian Baker

Let them eat cakes

Coffee Cake of the Month Club

Our coffee cakes aren’t built on any secrets.

They’re also not built from too much sugar, shortening or other shortcuts that mar the flavor of many “gourmet” pastries. These are a product of great ingredients and a lot of tender care. Their honest flavor is easy to enjoy and kind of addictive. They’re our most popular gift. This club is a great way to give someone a chance to enjoy all of our coffee cakes, one per month. Just as they start to miss what they finished, a fresh one arrives. Your succulent sentiments will be hard to forget. A gift subscription makes a great business gift. Each cake serves 5-7.

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COFFEE CAKE CLUB Three Months G-C-3 $120 Sour Cream Gingerbread Hot Cocoa

Six Months

G-C-6 $230 Includes first 3 cakes, plus: Tea Cake Lemon Poppyseed New Deli

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zingerman's premier clubs Culinary Adventure Society and Food Explorers Club

One of these would make just the right gift for that friend or client who thinks they're the Indiana Jones of the culinary world. No rolling boulders here, but we’ll send a box of food surprises based on our most upto-date food research and travel. Perhaps they’ll taste olio nuovo, a coveted bottle of great olive oil, just pressed. Maybe a cheese from one of America’s small dairies so regional it rarely leaves its neighborhood. All foods are exclusively selected for the members.

We’ll include writing on each food's history and culture plus recipes for their use. It’s guaranteed to impress and put its recipient on the cutting edge of taste bud territory.

CULINARY ADVENTURE SOCIETY

FOOD EXPLORERS CLUB

Ships in March, June, September and December.

See dates online. 8-10 discoveries per shipment.

Ships monthly.

1-2 food discoveries per shipment.

1 Time G-1-Z $175

2 Times G-2-Z $325

4 Times (year) G-4-Z $600

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3 monthly installments G-EXP-3 $125

6 monthly installments G-EXP-6 $240

12 monthly installments G-EXP-12 $475

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"Best Overall" food club – Wall Street Journal ESTATE OLIVE OIL CLUB

olive grove tour de force Zingerman’s Estate Olive Oil Club In Ann Arbor, folks line up to attend our olive oil tasting evenings. Here’s a chance to get someone in on the action. Each shipment contains a full-sized bottle of estate-bottled extra virgin olive oil and plenty of research on how the oil was made and suggestions for using it in the kitchen. Bonus: first shipment includes a handmade ceramic terraced dipping dish and keepsake Z Clubs folder to hold the copious notes.

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Two Months G-OCC-2 $125

Four Months G-OCC-4 $200

Six Months G-OCC-6 $290

Terraced Ceramic Dipping Dish, plus:

Includes first 2 oils, plus:

Includes first 4 oils, plus:

Marina Colonna’s oil from the Molise

La Spineta from the Pellegrino family in Puglia

Roi from the Boeri family in Liguria

OLV oil from the Flores family in Spain

Agrumato lemon oil from the Ricci family in Italy

Onsa’s Oil from the Mahjoub family in Tunisia

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the big kAHuna The Ultimate Basket Unequaled food glory. Includes an assortment of four different Zingerman’s Brownies, Molasses Ginger Jump-Up Cookie, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, Zingerman’s Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar, La Quercia's Borsellino Salami, Zingerman’s Coffee, Zingerman’s Peanut Brittle, Garden of Eatin' Blue Corn Chips, Salsa, Caramel Popcorn, Ginger Chimes Candies, Spanish Olives, Spanish Marcona Almonds, Chocolate Covered Figs, Zingerman’s Spiced Pecans and a Zzang!® Handmade Candy Bar. G-ULT ultimate basket $200 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

the magic of THE mediteRraNean A Tuscan’s Treat Includes Zingerman’s Paesano Bread, Zingerman’s Travel Oil, Vecchia Dispensa’s Aged Balsamic Vinegar, Antonio Mattei’s Original Tuscan Biscotti, Italian Slow Dried Pasta, Italian Tomato Sauce from Il Mongetto, Hazelnuts from the Piedmont, Taralli Olive Oil Crackers, Bonajuto Sicilian Truffles and a hand cut, hand wrapped wedge of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

G-TUS italian gift basket $175 FREE SHIPPING

aAlmost BAKER’s basket as Good as Grandma’s Gift Basket This is one of our most popular baskets, a selection of some of the baked goods made by Zingerman’s Bakehouse presented in a wooden box emblazoned with the Zingerman’s name.

DELUXE (illustrated) Cinnamon Raisin Bread, Zingerman’s Magic Brownie and no-nut Black Magic Brownie, Dried Currant Scone and Lemon Scone, Sea Salt Pecan Blondie, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, Chocolate Chunk Cookie, Ginger Jump-Up Cookie, Honey and Preserves.

G-GRA-1 deluxe $75

ULTIMATE Double of all the pastries plus a loaf each of Cinnamon Raisin and Chocolate Sourdough breads.

G-GRA-2 ultimate $135 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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homegrOwn iN the MItTEN Made in Michigan Gift Basket Guaranteed to cure homesickness for the misplaced Michigander in your life. This gift basket is stuffed with a jar of sour cherry preserves from American Spoon in Petoskey, a jar of Koeze’s Cream-Nut Peanut Butter from Grand Rapids, a bag of Al Dente pasta from Whitmore Lake, a bag of Bell Stone’s Dark Chocolate Toffee from Livonia, and from here in Ann Arbor a bottle of Clancy’s Fancy hot sauce, a bag of Zingerman’s sea salt potato chips, a box of Zingerman’s peanut brittle, a bag of whole bean High Flyer coffee, and a loaf of Zingerman’s crusty Farm Bread.

G-MIM gift basket $100 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

Sugar AND salt Sweet & Savory Bakery Basket

Who says all pastries have to be sweet? We stuff the gift basket with a loaf of Roadhouse Bread and a Pecan Praline Banana Bread, a sweet Lemon Scone and Ginger Scone plus a savory Cheddar Herb Scone and Bacon Cheddar Scone, a raspberry-filled Patti Pocket hand pie, a walnut-studded Magic Brownie and a Sea Salt topped Pecan Blondie, an almond and orange scented brioche Bostock, a Ginger Jump Up Molasses Cookie and an Oatmeal Raisin Cookie.

G-SSV gift basket, serves 6-8 $90 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

greAt Snacks right Out of the basket The Snackboard Gift Baskets

These have always been our most popular gift baskets. No heating, no cooking, just eating required.

SMALL

LARGE

Zingerman’s Farm Bread, Nor'easter Cabot Cheddar, English Fruit Preserves, John Macy’s Cheesesticks, Garden of Eatin’ Tortilla Chips, Premium Salsa, and a Ca$hew Cow Candy Bar. G-SNA-S small $90

All the foods from the small and medium plus Zingerman's Peanut Brittle, Spanish Chocolate Covered Figs and a Ginger Jump-Up Molasses Cookie.

G-SNA-L large $150 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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MEDIUM

DELUXE (illustrated) Everything

All the food from the small plus La Quercia's Borsellino Salami, Zingerman's Virginia Peanuts and a Magic Brownie.

G-SNA-M medium $130

in the other three sizes plus Caramel Popcorn, Spanish Olives and Zingerman's Spiced Pecans.

G-SNA-D deluxe $180 SHIPS 2 BUSINESS DAY

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pastry collections built to impreSs Pastry Dreambox If you want to knock someone’s socks off, this is the gift to do it. It’s a foot-and-a-half long pine crate (illustrated) stuffed to bursting with our incredible nosher-sized Sour Cream Coffee Cake, two Currant Scones, a Magic Brownie, a Dulce de Leche Buenos Aires Brownie and a Pecan Blondie, a Ginger Jump-Up Cookie, a Big Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, a Raspberry Patti Pocket, Banana Bread, Star Thistle Honey and six handmade crispy Palmiers.

G-DRE pastry dreambox, serves 14-16 $150 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

for a larger group Baked Goods Bonanza Big, beautiful cartooned gift box with Dulce de Leche Buenos Aires and Magic Brownies, a Pecan Blondie, Oatmeal Raisin and Ginger Molasses Jump-Up Cookies, a Ginger Scone, a Cheddar Herb Scone and a Currant Scone, a six pack of all butter Palmiers and our nosher-sized Hot Cocoa Coffee Cake.

G-BNZ bakehouse bonanza, serves 10-12 $100

for a few foOdies

Pastry Sampler

Our cartooned gift box includes a mini Sour Cream Coffee Cake, Walnut-Studded Magic Brownie, Ginger Molasses Jump-Up Cookie, Currant Scone, Sea Salt Pecan Blondie, plus a pouch of six handmade, crispy, all butter Palmiers.

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beyond the MaLl

Cinn-ful Cinnamon Roll Gift Box Almost anyone can make a cinnamon roll smell good while it’s baking, even among the cell phone kiosks at the mall. Unfortunately, most have little more than aroma to offer. You won’t taste much beyond sugar and cinnamon. The real challenge is to fashion a cinnamon roll that tastes as good as it smells. These fit the bill.

Warm them up, break one open and put your nose up close. You’ll smell sweet butter, Indonesian cinnamon, real vanilla. But the real treat is next. Take one bite. That’s all you’ll need to forget the litany of cinnamon roll disappointments life has dealt you.

With serving instructions.

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What was old is new again Chocolate Raisin Babka

Babka is a sweet loaf, both fluffy and rich, kind of like a light textured coffee cake with a dense filling swirled throughout. In the late 19th Century, babka was made with leftover challah bread dough wrapped around nuts or jam. These days, the nuts have been replaced with fillings like chocolate. Now the master bakers at Zingerman’s Bakehouse have given babka a flavor update worthy of the new millennium. Rich with butter, swirling with chocolate and cinnamon, and studded with golden sultana raisins, our modern babka bursts with chocolatey sweetness. If you have memories of dry, lifeless babka from your childhood, forget ‘em. Wrapped in tissue and gift boxed.

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passover treats passoveR's PIE

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Chocolate & Orange Torte

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Made with matzo meal instead of flour (so it’s acceptable for Passover), our chocolate orange tortes are loaded with ground almonds, fresh eggs, a touch of orange oil and rich, dark chocolate. It all comes nicely boxed in our handsome round, printed wooden crate.

Available until Passover ends.

Serves 6-8.

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matzo made modern

a macarOon Mission

Chocolate Covered Matzo Toffee

Coconut Macaroons

Traditionally they’re for Passover, but I’m on a mission to have us all eating macaroons all year long. Why hold back when they’re this good? Our coconut macaroons are slightly crunchy on the outside, rich and creamy on the inside. Baked with Madagascar Vanilla or Belgian Chocolate. Simply put, they're the best-tasting coconut macaroons I’ve ever had anywhere, with a buttery, coconut aroma that stays with you like a strong memory.

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A confection that’s greater than the sum of its parts.

And it’s got a lot of parts. Smooth Belgium chocolate, crunchy peanuts, crisp toasted rice, crackling bits of toffee and matzo—delicious. Separately, the players in this chocolate covered cluster are darn good. Mixed together? Forget it, they're amazing. From the Matzo Project in Brooklyn, the only folks I know who are daring to make matzo cool in a way it never, ever was.

P-CMZ 3.5 oz box $14 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

rugelach Rugelach are the royalty of Jewish baked goods: crispy, flaky, cream cheese pastry wrapped around a sweet filling, topped with a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar. You take a couple bites, the buttery pastry melts on your tongue, a shower of sugar and cinnamon covers your fingers and you’re done...until you reach for another. We offer three different gift boxes.

Classic & Apricot

Chocolate & Raspberry

Rugelach & Hamentaschen

Half classic toasted walnut with currants, and half filled with luscious apricot. Sixteen pieces, boxed.

P-RUG 8 classic & 8 apricot $30

Half filled with rich chocolate, half with sweet and tangy raspberry. Sixteen pieces, boxed.

P-RCR 8 choc & 8 raspberry $30

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Raspberry and classic walnut & currant rugelach, plus hamentaschen: half vanilla cream cheese, half apricot, boxed.

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drinking chocolate

By Val Neff-Rasmussen

In Spain, drinking chocolate is as common as drinking coffee. Just like we have coffeeshops, Spain has chocolaterías serving drinking chocolate and churros to dunk in it. Some of them are open 24 hours a day, just in case of 4 AM chocolate emergencies.

Really good drinking chocolate is a far cry from the Swiss Miss many of us grew up on. It’s thick—in Spain, sometimes it’s so thick that instead of sipping it’s easier to eat it with a spoon, like pudding. It’s also not overly sweet—you should still be able to taste the bitter, roasted notes of chocolate.

A THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE IT CAUGHT ON IN SPAIN, DRINKING CHOCOLATE WAS ALL THE RAGE IN MEXICO. Cacao was first cultivated in the Yucatan peninsula by the Mayans around 500 AD. The beans were roasted, coarsely ground, and mixed with water, ground chiles, and toasted cornmeal (a thickener) to make a drink. One ingredient they did not include was any sort of sweetener. Instead of the hot chocolate we drink now, imagine a bitter, spicy, somewhat chunky drink, served at room temperature. Sounds good, huh? (Actually, it kind of does.) And it was popular. The Aztec royal court drank an estimated 2,000 pitchers of the stuff every day. And according to The Chocolate Connoisseur by Chloe Doutre-Roussel, when Aztec sacrifice victims were too glum to join in the dancing rituals before their death, the solution to cheer them up was to give them a gourd of chocolate.

When Europeans first arrived in Central America, most of them weren’t too impressed with chocolate. Columbus brought the first cacao beans back to Spain, but mostly as a novelty. No one really knew what to do with them. It wasn’t until the middle of the 16th century that some total genius thought of adding cane sugar and serving the drink hot.

Then chocolate really took off. But even then, both sugar and cacao were incredibly expensive so it was only a drink for the uber rich. Spanish nobles built their version of man caves in their villas: chocolate rooms where men of leisure spent hours conversing and drinking chocolate.

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For a few decades, chocolate was a purely Spanish phenomenon. Then, in 1615, Anne of Austria, the daughter of the King of Spain, married King Louis XIII of France.

She brought chocolate to Paris. It was a hit. In their very French way, the aristocracy didn’t build separate rooms just for their chocolate—they preferred to drink it in bed.

That lasciviousness made chocolate controversial. One French cleric called chocolate the “damnable agent of necromancers and sorcerers.” (I guess that’s one way to call someone a good lover!) But it didn’t take too long for the church to come around. In 1662, a cardinal in Rome decreed drinking chocolate would not violate the fast for Lent. Amen.

CHOCOLATE WAS ONLY FOR DRINKING—NOT EATING—UNTIL THE 1800s.

That’s when the first machines were invented for grinding cacao beans. Before the industrial revolution, all ground chocolate was made with a mortar and pestle—and a lot of elbow grease. The new machines helped to make chocolate a luxury of the masses, not just the aristocracy.

Those new machines had another result, too: for the first time people were able to make solid chocolate. In 1847, the very first “eating” chocolate was made in England. Within a couple of years solid chocolates like bonbons and chocolate bars were taking off across Europe. But in Spain the chocolatería culture was already established and, thankfully, drinking chocolate was there to stay.

Val Neff-Rasmussen is a food seeker and writer at Zingerman's.

You can reach her at vneff-rasmussen@zingermans.com.

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oaxAca's wONder

Traditional Mexican Chocolate This Oaxacan chocolate is to Mexico what Valrhona is to France — carefully produced, distinct, a standard against which you can judge all others in its class. The texture is coarse, with little sugar crystals exploding in your mouth and a dark, subtle, cinnamon and smoke flavor. Although it comes as solid chunk and you can eat it that way, I think it’s best enjoyed made into Mexican hot chocolate. In a small sauce pan, bring either water or milk to a near boil. Add one piece of chocolate per eight ounces of liquid. Stir the mixture till the chocolate is completely dissolved and serve. Makes 10 servings.

P-OAX ½ lb box $13 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Barcelona’s beverage

Enric Rovira's Drinking Chocolate A great gift for chocolate lovers who think they've had everything. In Spain they’ll drink this morning, noon and night. Stateside, it's hard to get our hands on it. When the chance presents itself we jump at it — if you see it in stock, my advice is to buy it. You can make it as thick as you want by mixing the chocolate pellets with milk. For a truly indulgent chocolate experience, go heavy on the chocolate. Slow, low heat, constant stirring and a little patience will produce one of the most luscious and rich elixirs you've ever sipped.

This is one hot chocolate we adults can keep all to ourselves.

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new York's hOt sexy wonder Chocolat Moderne Drinking Chocolates WE ALSO OFFER SPANISH HOT COCOA ON SALE, PAGE 9

Joan Cuokos started Chocolat Moderne in New York City to make confections—and these exceptional drinking chocolates. The Madame Xtasy has a bit of espresso, caramel and sea salt mixed in. Kama Sutra includes coconut, cardamom and clove. Both chocolates are not overly sweet, with complex, lingering flavors.

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Paris's drink

Angelina Hot Chocolate On the Rue de Rivoli in the heart of Paris, just across the street from the gardens outside of the Louvre, sits the jewelbox tea salon Angelina. You could go there for a pastry or a coffee, but if you do that you’re missing the point. Angelina serves the best hot chocolate in Paris—and, I’m ready to throw down and say it, maybe the world. Served in a small ceramic pitcher with a mound of freshly whipped cream as big as your fist so you can make your own beverage as decadent as you can bear, the hot chocolate at Angelina is incredibly rich, with deep, intense chocolate flavor. Sipping a mug of it is an event to remember. But if a quick jaunt to Paris for a cup of hot chocolate isn’t an option, the next best option is to make it at home for yourself. And better yet, if you do, you can follow in the old French tradition and drink it in bed.

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FINDING ANOTHER WAY

The connections behind Zingerman's 5-Star Black Pepper Blend

by Ari Weinzweig In my book The Guide to Good Leading, I write about our definition of local food. It is less about geography and mostly about having a positive relationship with those from whom we buy, and to those we sell. Since black peppercorns don’t grow in Michigan, that means we buy it from someone with whom we can have a long-lasting connection and conversation.

The de Vienne family at Montreal’s Épices de Cru have given us this opportunity in spades over the last three years.

Spices generally arrive at most business’s doors from distributors. There is no connection to the farmers who grow them or the people who go out into the wild to gather them.

Now we have access to real people and real communities with whom we can communicate on almost every spice front. By switching over our pepper purchase, not only are we raising the quality of what we’re buying and improving the flavor of nearly all our food, but we now have begun a direct connection with the folks in India whose diligent work has made all this possible!

That connection is named Sudheer. Sudheer has made it his life’s mission to master the pepper trade. His story started with his grandmother, who was a supervisor for a cardamom plantation. As a kid, he would visit his grandmother and wander between the rows of cardamom and pepper.

Today he’s a spice sourcer in Kerala, down at the bottom of the Indian subcontinent along the west coast. It’s long been known as the “spice garden of India.” It’s also a beautiful region, one that draws many tourists each year. Unlike many agricultural products in the modern world, pepper in Kerala is grown still on a very small scale. “The small farmers here, they have one or two hectares,” Sudheer told me. Of equal importance, Sudheer has a direct relationship with each farmer. “We never buy through traders,” he told me. “Only directly from the farmer.”

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There was the old the way the old time spice traders did it centuries ago. Back then spice trading was mostly about extracting as much from the producing regions in Asia and making as much money as possible in the process. That old model was, as many historians have described, mostly a violent and horrible way to work in which farmers and growers suffered and Europeans traders became wealthy.

Sudheer’s approach is the opposite. To raise people up and share the wealth, rather than taking it all half-way around the world. It’s all about working with the farmers to help get them to grow higher quality, paying them more for it, and in the process, making the lives of everyone involved better. Since most people in the world know only “black pepper” as if it were a singular entity, Sudheer is determined to teach people the differences between one black pepper and the next. He explains, “My place is a wildlife sanctuary. “If you drive 30 or 40 kilometers from a farm,” Sudheer said, “the pepper will taste totally different.”

Sudheer and Épices de Cru spent months testing different combinations before settling on three finalists which they brought us to taste. Then we spent three more weeks grinding, cracking, smelling and tasting here before settling on this fantastic blend of five black peppers.

Ari Weinzweig is a co-founder of Zingerman's. You can reach him at ari@zingermans.com.

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our excluSivE hOuse pePpEr Zingerman's Five Star Black Pepper Blend

This custom blend of five black peppercorns—Tellicherry Reserve, Mlamala, Rajakumari, Tellicherry EB, and Shimoga—is carefully sourced by the spice trekking de Vienne family from small growers in southwest India. The aroma is piney, floral, minty, with a hint of juniper. The flavor is complex with a gentle heat that grows as it sits on your tongue. Keep it on your dining table and your kitchen counter; use it everywhere to up your cooking game by at least 178%.

P-5SP 50 g tin $20 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

heretic's loaf

Parmesan Pepper Bread

My Italian friends would probably think this bread is heresy, but that’s their loss. It’s a natural for me because I love bread, parmesan and good black pepper. There’s a generous helping of really good Parmigiano Reggiano in every loaf, along with a load of cracked black peppercorns from Épices de Cru. Leaves your mouth pleasantly aroused from the heat of the pepper and salivating from the savory sweetness of the parmesan. It’s fantastic toasted, when the cheese just barely starts to melt.

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can't eAT just 100

Zingerman’s Tellicherry Pepper Potato Chips

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Épices de Cru Grand Spice Set & Book First you’ll be struck by how they look. Over two dozen matte metal tins, translucent tops, each filled with a shock of spice. When you unwrap it, the aroma follows: floral, toasty, bright, rich, herbal, earthy, all swimming together. What really steals the show, though, is the taste.

Ethné and Philippe de Vienne’s Montreal spice business, Épices de Cru, has what I think are hands-down the best spices around. Their house blends are unparalleled. This kit has 26 of them, enough to keep a curious cook busy for months. It comes with a 143-page book featuring 60 of their well-tested recipes. Makes a stunning gift. Note the spices are whole, which makes them last much longer.

They only need a quick grind with a mortar and pestle or food processor.

P-EDC 26 spices, plus book $90

After 35 years of making sandwiches at Zingerman’s Delicatessen, we’ve taken lunch to the next level with new Zingerman’s potato chips. Spiced with Tellicherry pepper from Épices de Cru, each personal sized bag of these chips is potently peppery and just spicy enough to whet your palate and keep you coming back for more.

P-ZPP 39 g bag $2

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Hey, look, I get it.

You probably came to Zingerman’s for a classic coffee cake, like the ones on page 18. The weird foods, the ones you have never heard of, let alone tasted, you'll leave them on the proverbial shelf.

It’s cool, I get it. Go ahead and skip these pages. There's nothing to see here.

Why would you ever?

Wild Pine Syrup

Since it takes more than six months for Eleanora Cuancia to convert pine cones and buds of the rare mugo pine into a syrup that’s hazel brown and smells deeply of resinous pine, it’s fair to ask: why? Who figured out that would work and that such a precious syrup would be so intensely flavored and turn a normal dish into something that will blow adventurous feasters off their feet? Seriously, why?

P-WMP 100 ml bottle $35

bright, BalAnced, superfluous

Quince Vinegar

I bet you already have plenty of vinegars tucked away in the pantry: red wine, white wine, a balsamic, maybe a cider. There’s no need at all to add a bottle of vinegar made from quinces grown at the Pojer E Sandri vineyard in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of northeastern Italy. Sure, it’s bright and balanced with sweet fruity notes. But surely one of those other vinegars will be just as fantastic with light fish, bold pork, or in effervescent vinaigrettes.

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spicy, crunchy, chocolatey, unnecessary

HALF OFF

Chocolate Covered Corn Nuts I wish I could get inside the mind of some of these creative types to see just what the hell they were thinking. Our ‘friends’ at Fruition Chocolate started out well enough: taking crunchy corn nuts and covering them in totally amazing 65% dark chocolate. Great. I would have stopped there. But then they added ground, dried jalapeños to the mix creating a confection that’s a little salty, a little sweet, a little spicy, 100% delicious, and totally unnecessary. Steer clear unless you like complexity in a full-flavored snack.

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deviled topper Hungarian Paprika Need another tin of paprika to sit on your spice rack until you make that one recipe again, or are you serious about improving the flavor and quality of your ingredients?

Because this paprika from the Hodi family in Szeged, one of the two regions in southern Hungary that’s particularly noted for paprika production, is overkill if you just want any ol’ paprika. The Hodis grow the peppers, harvest them when they’re at their peak of redness and ripeness, then dry them and grind them to powder using an old stone mill. The result is phenomenal but completely pointless if you only care that it’s red. Loads of cheaper, less flavorful options are available. Only get this one if you’re serious about paprika.

P-HPK 70 g box $8 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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punishment or practical?

fiery litTLe FIsh

citrus CavIAR

Finger Lime Marmalade

Petite Pickled Brussels Sprouts

Let’s call it what it is: this is a coarse mix of tiny silver fish and spicy red chiles.

It comes to us by way of Calabria, the red pepper capital of Italy, where they’d spread it on toast rubbed with garlic, a few leaves of arugula, a splash of olive oil and a squeeze of lemon for a snack. If you’re someone who likes full-flavored fish and spicy heat it’s a knock-out, but to be honest, this is one of those foods I’m not sure anyone is ever going to care about except me.

P-NIP 190 g jar $13

Not only is this a product you probably wouldn’t buy—if you were going to make marmalade this is one you’d never make.

The finger lime, native to Australia, is about the length and shape of a pinky finger. The thin, green-black peel holds tiny pink pearls of fruit that spill out like caviar and taste more floral and less sour than any other lime you’re tried in your life. Master preserve maker Robert Lambert meticulously combines tiny finger limes with cane sugar and lime juice to create a redolent marmalade with depth and complexity. A smear of it on toast is gobsmacking, but if you don’t want to be gobsmacked, that regular orange marmalade in the back of the fridge will do just fine.

P-FLM 8 oz jar $36

The folks behind Ann’s Raspberry Farm in Frederickstown, Ohio love Brussels sprouts (and raspberries, obviously).

Apparently no one told them how unpopular the little green monsters are. They harvest the little cabbages when they’re still young and tender, then quickly blanche and cure them with vinegar, honey, garlic and a few spices.

Most folks will skip past these jars (as well they should). Unhinged folks will find the pickled sprouts crisp, bright, and satisfying. Go figure.

P-PBS 9 oz jar $19

Nonnata di Pesce Fish Spread

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Tamworth Smoked Pancetta If you wanted to buy some bacon, you’d probably go for Nueske’s Applewood Smoked (p. 6), our bestselling bacon by a longshot. You’d probably skip right past this pancetta—Italy’s version of bacon—from the meat masters at La Quercia in Iowa. They start with heritage Tamworth pigs—a breed known for their thick bellies and excellent fat—that are raised without hormones or subtherapeutic antibiotics out in the woods of Osage County, Missouri. They dry cure the bellies with sea salt, pepper, and spices then smoke 'em over applewood for a touch of sweetness. The result is concentrated, meaty, nutty flavor with luscious fat. Though I know you probably won’t serve this up for brunch, if you did, I guarantee you’d win a lot of ardent fans.

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Andrew Tarlow’s Food Picks I’ve been eating at Andrew Tarlow’s restaurants since his first joint, Diner, opened up in Brooklyn, New York, under the Williamsburg Bridge nearly twenty years ago. They are places of great taste and I invited Andrew’s tastebuds to our catalog to choose some of his favorite foods. Some we've sold for years, some are brand new. Find more online under our new Guest Favorites Pop-Up section.

tuscan pAsta STAndarD Martelli Penne

The Martelli family makes these pastas in the tiny Tuscan hilltop town of Lari. The Martellis do everything right that most commercial pasta makers do wrong. They use only the hardest durum wheat flour, extrude their pasta through traditional bronze dies which makes the pasta grip the sauce, and take their time drying the pasta. Commercial producers dry their pasta in a hot blast furnace in a matter of minutes. With Martelli, it happens in a warm room over two days. Time is the key, since the slow dry makes the texture more chewy and the flavor more intense, the taste more like bread than raw wheat. With Martelli, a pasta dinner is an event to celebrate. More shapes online.

P-MAR-PEN 500 ml bag penne $12

2 or more, $10 each

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hilL of beans

Rancho Gordo Beans

Rancho Gordo in California is synonymous with the best heirloom beans on the market today. Founder Steve Sando works with a network of farmers to grow beans that have been prized for generations but, in recent decades, have been on the decline. These are beans with a world of flavor beyond what you find in most grocery stores. Giant, white Royal Corona beans are nearly as large as the first digit of my thumb, and cook up incredibly creamy with nutty undertones. They’re great in salads, soups, dips, cassoulet. Marcella beans—called "sorana" in their native Tuscany—are luscious, creamy cannellini beans with a thin skin. Drizzle with peppery olive oil and a pinch of sea salt, and eat with good crusty bread.

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hot spread staple

swamp honey White Tupelo Honey

Harissa Pepper Spread If you make sure you have a few hot sauces always at hand here is your new favorite.

Harissa is a spread of dried chiles, garlic, tomatoes, caraway and coriander and extra-virgin olive oil. Get busy in the kitchen mixing harissa with eggs, with potatoes, with couscous or whipped into a fresh vinaigrette for salads. Goes great on grilled meats too. You can spread it on sandwiches (harissa and Ortiz tuna—p. 22—go great together).

P-MMH 185 g jar $16 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

You may have seen this honey in the film Ulee’s Gold starring Peter Fonda. Or heard about it listening to Van Morrison. Now you can taste it, too. It’s made exclusively in north Florida, along the Apalachicola River basin, where bees feed on the pale green flowers of the ogeechee tupelo, a shrubby tree that grows in the swamps. The hives are mounted on fourteen-foot platforms, and the honey is harvested in spring by beekeepers on barges. Sounds like a pretty interesting job. The honey is clear, its color deep gold. The texture is completely smooth, and it’s pourable. The aroma is of flowers and caramel. The flavor is deceptively light at first—a hint of green apple—but grows to a crescendo of warmth at the back of the throat.

P-ULE 9 oz jar $23 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

kentucky bacon derby subtle SicIlian winner Pianogrillo Olive Oil Broadbent’s Bacon

Dry cured and smoked over hickory for three or four days. Frying it up smells like a sweet, smoky campfire in your kitchen.

M-HSB 14 oz sliced $14 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

the little ones

Ramon Peña Sardines

The Portuguese call petite sardines "sardinhas." While the fish’s dimensions have been reduced the flavor has not.

They’re every bit as rich and even more silky textured.

Ramon Peña hand packs their tins with flair, the fish so artfully laid out you’ll feel totally comfortable bringing a just-opened tin to the table to snack from directly.

P-RMP 130 g tin $13 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

sicIly'S salt

In the southeast of Sicily lies the Monti Iblei region. It’s an important area for olive groves.

One olive in particular— Tonda Iblea—is a protected fruit, growing only in this small area of Sicily. It’s the only olive used by farmer and artist Lorenzo Piccione to make this extra virgin olive oil. His groves are ancient—some of the trees are more than 1,000 years old. Older trees typically produce fewer olives, but the olives are often more deeply flavorful. The flavor of the oil is smooth and delicate, with a gentle bitterness and a tickle of peppery spice in the finish.

O-PIA 500 ml bottle $45 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Sea Salt from Trapani The salt is dried naturally in pools under the sun near the Sicilian town of Trapani, which has been a center of salt production since the time of the Phoenecians. Star bright white, clean and clear flavor. There’s faint tangy minerality, the taste of the sea that’s been prized for the past twenty centuries. This salt has none of the bitterness that dominates the flavor of standard table salt.

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takes on eggs for easter

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No foOling!

Chocolate and Hazelnut Stuffed Eggs A magic trick moonlighting as an Easter sweet.

It started its life as a perfectly proper egg.

Then the insides were removed, deployed for dinner, the shell rinsed.

Next it was filled with two ounces of Venchi’s supremely luxurious hazelnut and chocolate gianduja, the most popular sweet of Italy’s Piedmont. The shell was decorated and remains perfectly intact. It cracks and peels just like a hard boiled egg, albeit an egg laid from a chocolate chicken. Dispense them into Easter baskets if you must, but make sure to hoard a couple for the Easter Bunny.

P-EGG 4 eggs in carton $25

Fruition Easter Eggs Fruition Chocolate is a bean-to-bar chocolate maker, meaning they source their own cacao beans directly from farmers and then use them to craft all manner of chocolate bars and confections, including these bright pink and blue eggs for Easter. Each box of four eggs contains two flavors: Strawberry Basil, which starts savory like fresh basil from the garden but finishes with bright strawberry sweetness, and Peanut Butter & Toffee, which almost tastes like the truffle version of a PB&J sandwich from the bright, fruity notes of the chocolate. The bold, fresh flavors will wow even the most adventurous Easter eater you know.

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THE NEW CLASSIC HAM Pecan Smoked Hams The meat masters at Smoking Goose in Indianapolis start this ham with heritage Duroc-breed pork from Gunthorp Farm in northern Indiana.

The pigs are raised out on pasture with plenty of room to root and roam, and they’re never given antibiotics or hormones. The hams are cured with pepper, coriander, mustard seed, honey, bay leaf and Shelby Blue Ribbon Cider, a strawberry-rhubarb cider from New Day Meadery in Indianapolis. The flavor is a knockout. Sweet and complex, with a smooth smokiness that lingers long after you put down your fork. The hams are fully cooked and ready to eat right away. Most people simply heat them up and they're ready to be the centerpiece for a big meal. A Zingerman’s exclusive, available only for the Easter season.

M-SGH 4-5 lbs, boneless, unsliced, serves 8-10 $90 M-SGH-L 8-10 lbs, boneless, unsliced, serves 15-20 $175

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Chocolate Moderne Eggs

Golden Chocolate Egg

Bacon Chocolate Eggs

If the Easter Bunny had these eggs in his basket, he wouldn’t hide a single one for the kids. And who’d blame him for hoarding the lot? Chocolate eggs rarely taste this good, nor look this beautiful. Our friends at Chocolat Moderne in New York City have nested three huge eggs into a handsome little box just for us for Easter.

Three flavors: Pomegranate Rose, Almond & Walnut Baklava, and Hazelnut Praline.

You won’t find these three flavors together anywhere else. Even the Easter Bunny wouldn’t know where to look.

P-CME 3 chocolate eggs $40

Roald Dahl's Veruca Salt was a spoiled brat who wanted lots of things, in particular golden eggs. She could have saved everyone a lot of trouble if her dad had known about these. Then again, that would mean none for us. From the aptly named Veruca Chocolates in Chicago comes this spectacular chocolate egg filled with salted caramel, chocolate-peanut ganache and a crunchy salted pretzel center. The egg is hand dipped in edible gold luster dust making it desirable to any Veruca Salts you might have lurking in your family.

P-GLD 5 oz egg, golden chocolate $16

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My six year old daughter asked me where bacon chocolate eggs came from. I confessed I didn’t know, but I bet it’s the most delicious animal that ever lived.

In truth, these chocolate-y, bacon-y eggs come from Vosges Haut-Chocolat in Chicago. Pieces of hickory smoked bacon are folded into soft, buttery caramel then covered in dark chocolate and formed into half an egg. The salty-sweet combination is for more mature tastes (at least that’s what I told my daughter) so I'll give you full leave to snatch them all and hoard them for yourself.

P-BEG three half eggs in box $20 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

now EASTER HAS its CAKE Easter Fondant Cake Fondant frosting makes a gorgeous cake. It shapes like potter’s clay and holds color like a fresco. All those tilting, day-glo cakes you see that are so alluring—all fondant. Unfortunately, most of the cake’s engineering stops at decoration. The meat of the cake, so to speak, is bland and pointless. Our popular carrot cake— loads of carrots, toasted walnuts and more—has a handmade vanilla fondant frosting that really tastes good. It's decked out with a clumsy bunny. Quantities limited, reserve yours early. Ships frozen. Available until Easter.

A-EAS 2¼ lbs, 6" diameter, serves 6-10 $125 FREE SHIPPING

hearth-baked breads make fantastic easter dinner fare.

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Purim is a quick little late-winter Jewish holiday that celebrates the defeat of Haman, a Persian leader who wanted all the Jews dead because their leader, Mordechai, wouldn’t bow to him. But Esther, who married the Persian King, convinced the king to kill Haman and make Mordechai the second in command of the kingdom. Haman wore a three cornered hat, and the traditional pastry for Purim, hamentaschen, is made to look like it. Kids like the holiday because they get to play with noisemakers (groggers). They make a racket whenever Haman’s name is mentioned, which is best done while eating a delicious pastry like cream cheese filled Hamentaschen.

Purim Hamentaschen Gift Box While we make and sell hamentaschen year-round, it’s traditional to eat them during Purim. Celebrate with three flavors: four each of vanilla bean fresh cream cheese, poppy seed, and Northern Italian apricot. Shipped with or without noisemaking groggers.

P-HAM 12 mixed hamentaschen $30 P-HAM-G hamentaschen plus 2 groggers $35 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

Rugelach and Hamentaschen Box Our most popular Jewish baked goods gift box contains our two favorite Jewish baked goods, each in two different flavors. Classic cinnamon walnut currant and raspberry rugelach, plus vanilla cream cheese and apricot hamentaschen. Shipped with or without noisemaking groggers.

P-RHN 8 pcs rugelach, 6 pcs hamentaschen $30 P-RHN-G rugelach, hamentaschen, 2 groggers $35 SHIPS FOR FLAT RATE

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