Archive for Condiments

Brooklyn Brine in Valet’s Food Lover’s Fall Pantry

November 5, 2010 · Filed under Condiments, Green Aisle Exclusives, Snacks · Tagged

 

Our dude Shamus Jones of Brooklyn Brine landed #1 in Valet e-zine’s Food Lovers’s Fall Pantry feature, authored by Francine Maroukian—we love her insider’s guide to cooking like the pros, Chef’s Secrets—who lives right here in Philly.

 

“Brooklyn Brine makes brilliantly seasoned pickled vegetables like Fennel Beets, Moroccan Green Beans and Whiskey Sour pickles kept crisp with naturally occurring tannins from oak leaves rather than chemical additives. Bonus: As you empty each jar—which will be all too soon—you can convert the mellow apple cider vinegar brine into a savory marinade.”

 

We’ve got all those pickles in stock, plus snappy Chipotle Carrots, Thai Garlic Scapes, Lavender Asparagus and classic NYC Deli and Damn Spicy cukes. They’re available here and at Green Aisle at Bodhi for $9 a jar.

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Recapping Last Night’s Better Butter Tasting

August 5, 2010 · Filed under Breakfast, Condiments, Local, Vegan · Tagged

In case you missed it, our girl Marina at Better Butter wrote up a nice little recap of our last night’s tasting session.

…yet these shoppers make it a priority to buy the best and local. Walking into Green Aisle and starting a conversation with “Did the bacon come?” followed with “Just moved into the new apartment I told you about” is par for the course. To those living in South Philly, you are lucky!

And we’re luck to have Better Butter in our line-up of local goodies. Pick up a jar today!

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NEW: Better Butter

August 3, 2010 · Filed under Breakfast, Condiments, Local, Sweets, Vegan

mighty butter!

Today we welcome Better Butter to our shelves. These sexy, spreadable nut butters are made right here in two-one-five, are totally vegan and come in two flavors: a Nutella-ish nutty chocolate chip and honey banana made with honey from our friends at Two Gander Farm. Stop by tomorrow from 5 to 8; butter babe Marina will be here spooning samples of this dope new addition. / $6.50 a jar

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Pickle Man

July 25, 2010 · Filed under Condiments, Green Aisle Exclusives, Local · Tagged

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Attention, shoppers! Please meet Shamus Jones, ginger-haired pickle maven and head of Brooklyn Brine. If you like pickles, you will like Shamus. We brought the Brooklyn Brine line to Philly this spring, stocking several varieties of vinegar-soaked, unusually spiced, Lancaster-sourced heirloom veg, including the spicy cukes given the seal of approval by Esquire scribe (and Philly girl) Francine Maroukian and a nod in Details recent feature, “Artisanal America” (also included: Green Aisle purveyor Mast Bros. chocolate). “Sorry I’m a little spaced,” Shamus explained when we picked up 150 jars of pickles last Thursday, “I’ve just been drinking Guinness and making lavender asparagus all day.” After the jump, peep a (very-amateur) video we took of Shamus making pickles off-hours in Greenpoint’s Lamb & Jaffy, followed by our current Brooklyn Brine selection. Read the rest of this entry »

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Allergies’ Worst Enemy: Raw Local Honey

April 30, 2010 · Filed under Condiments, Health, Local, Sweets

it's hot, sticky, sweet

It’s that time of year. Itchy eyes. Scratchy throat. Allergy season. That Nasonex bee is onto something, but allergy relief isn’t in the nose-squirt he’s hawking. The pollen clinging to his fuzzy yell0w-and-black back, that’s where sufferers’ tonic is.

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Honey, Hon’

March 24, 2010 · Filed under Condiments, Sweets

Honey season is upon us, and we’re getting into the spirit with a new selection of honeys from Two Gander Farm in Oley, PA.

Spring Wildflower / a light, delicate, early-harvest honey / pair with: young chevres, lemonade and tea

Summer Amber / robust and floral, thick and sticky as Philly in July / pair with: stinky blues, salad dressings and pancakes

Buckwheat / dark, moody and molassesy / pair with: baking and marinades

all honeys $8 / nifty honey wands $5

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In Stock: Nutella!

November 30, 2009 · Filed under Breakfast, Condiments, Sweets

 

Nutella is not local. It is not organic, or biodynamic, or made from hazelnuts grown on trees nourished by the manure of pastured chickens. But hey, even then most strident of locavores should make concessions for their favorite foods. This thick chocolate spread is one of ours. We rock it spread on crostini, blended into milkshakes, smeared on pretzels and fruit, turned into ganache, drizzled over vanilla ice cream or just eaten straight out of the jar with a spoon if we’re feeling civilized, with our fingers if we’re not. Read the rest of this entry »

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In Stock: Jim Burke’s Mostarde

November 22, 2009 · Filed under Condiments, Green Aisle Exclusives

This ain’t your average mustard. Mostarda (pural: mostarde, if high school Italian serves us right) is to Italy what jam is to America. Our boy Jim Burke of James, a Food & Wine Best New Chef 2008, has jarred up his apple “honey” (an evocative amber syrup of reduced local apples) and intense mostarde for Green Aisle. They’re wonderful spread on breakfasty breads and stinky cheeses, but in flavors like fennel, apricot and quince, we wouldn’t blame you for spooning directly from the jar. Details after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

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