Favorite ingredients restocked

Just in time for next week’s Superbowl game and parties, we’ve restocked our standby customer favorites.    If you are making a paella, we have Santo Tomas Bomba rice back in stock, in three sizes:  1/2 kilo (6 servings), 1 kilo (12-14 servings) and 5-kilo...

Open Monday, Clay Frying Pan Sale

We are open regular hours from 10 AM – 6 PM on Monday, January 21 (Martin Luther King Jr. day).   Come down and enjoy the peace and quiet on Western Avenue without the 80 decibel* roar of Viaduct traffic.  (*WSDOT estimate).  We’ll be here to help pick out...

Cucina Pobre, French Wine Values

When the holiday season empties the wallet and expands the waistline, the new year can be an appropriate time to explore Cucina Pobre, simple meals shaped by frugality.  Throughout history, Spain and France have had pockets of rural poverty and lower class urbanites...

Celebrate Epiphany, Great Wine Values

This Sunday, January 6 is the Christian celebration of Epiphany or Three Kings Day.  Called Reyes Magos in Spain, it commemorates the 12th day after Christmas when three kings or wise men followed a star to bring gifts to the baby Jesus.   Celebrated in Europe, Latin...