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I love to reveal the contents of our boxes and this one is super special. The MARY’s secret ingredients 2015 fall box is filled with true ingredients and targeted more for the home chef, just like my friend Margaret, who thought it was the BEST BOX EVER!

To present it on video, my good friend Alison Korman, stopped by to help me introduce all of the products. Alison’s an actress and a sweetie and was in town from LA. Check out the video here:

To all of our box buyers, I know these products will spice up and make your cooking healthier, tastier and just more fun! And each box purchase helps us with our partnership with Feed The Children. No one should go hungry.

Read about all of the great products here:

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Coastal Goods 

Coastal Goods is a small, family-run company dedicated to bringing many of the world’s finest flavors into your kitchen through their carefully curated and crafted seasoning blends. Nigel Dyche and Sarah Chase are the husband-wife team, founders, and creative impetus behind Coastal Goods. The couple travel to ports hither and yonder with both a keen appetite and culinary eye in a quest to turn gastronomic idiosyncrasies that define their destinations into an exclusive and accessible array of seasonings.

Sarah’s Sea Salt – Tuscan Salt: Tuscan salt is a medium grain Mediterranean Sea Salt blended with a classic mix of dried Italian herbs, tomato flecks, lemon peel, and rosemary oil. Stir before using and sprinkle on pizza, pasta or grilled vegetables to amplify the flavors of the dish.

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Jenkins Jellies

Jenkins Jellies produces an exquisite line of pepper jellies with a REAL KICK! Actress Hillary Danner started making jellies with the overflow of fruits and vegetables from her bountiful organic garden in the middle of Los Angeles. Encouraged by friends and family, Danner teamed up with longtime friend Maria Newman to launch their artisanal line of gourmet goodies. Their original and bestselling HELL FIRE PEPPER JELLY is a delectable concoction made from an intricate blend of seven fresh hot and sweet peppers. As the company continues to grow, Jenkins Jellies remains committed to producing their products in small batches, with the freshest available ingredients, preservative-free and no artificial ingredients. This two jar set comes with a sweet tasting spoon so you can stir before using.

Hell Fire Pepper Jelly:  Their Hell Fire Pepper Jelly delivers a real kick! Its delectable balance provides a splendid sweet-n-savory condiment. Currently used in home kitchens, market delis and restaurants across the country, it livens up everything from cocktails, to charcuterie to entrees.

Guava Brava Pepper Jelly: Guava Brava Pepper Jelly continues to explore the versatility of pepper jelly with the taste of the tropics. They blended the smooth, sweet flavor of guava with their beautifully balanced Hell Fire base. The result is a party for your taste buds! Pairs great with a variety of cheeses, smother atop pancakes or jazz up your salad dressing.

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POURfect 

POURfect products were invented and designed when owner Randy Kaas lost his sight in 2001. He has been in the kitchen utensil business since 1978, and was inspired by the TV show, The French Chef starring Julia Child. The need for a mixing bowl that wouldn’t spill when you couldn’t see what you were doing was recognized. POURfect Products solve common cooking problems making your life easier, less messy and more enjoyable. 

Ultimate Measuring Spoons with Leveler Tool: Having grown tired of inaccurate measuring spoons that were hard to use and impossible to take off or reattach to their ring, Randy decided to design the ULTIMATE set of measuring spoons. Accuracy was the primary goal, not having to solve a math problem to half or double a measurement, and easy to use, one at a time encompassed all of the goals.  POURfect measuring spoons are the only, Made in USA, 100% accurate spoons that snap off one at a time, have markings in English, Metric and Braille and are comfortable to hold.  There isn’t another set of 12 measuring spoons that include hard to find sizes plus these: a drop, smidgen, pinch and dash.

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Ultragrain 

Ultragrain is the unique whole wheat flour that offers whole grain nutrition with the taste, texture and appearance of white flour. It’s made with specially selected white wheat that’s grown on family farms in Colorado and surrounding states. Naturally milder, sweeter and lighter in color than red wheat, it’s milled using a unique method that retains all of the whole grain nutrition while achieving the consistency of white flour.

Ultragrain All-Purpose Flour: Ultragrain All Purpose Flour blend is 30% Ultragrain whole wheat flour and 70% traditional white flour – the cup-for-cup replacement for all-purpose white flour that delivers whole grain nutrition without having to adjust your recipes or sacrifice taste. Ultragrain All Purpose Flour contains 9 grams of whole grain per serving and twice the fiber of other all-purpose flours. **Ultragrain All Purpose Flour is unenriched, unbleached and has no bromate. Wheat is non-GMO grain.

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Mary’s Pastel: Mary created this original pastel drawing in her upstate art studio in Ancram, NY. There she also has a little garden of tomatoes, peppers and herbs and this is her summer bounty. Spread the word about MARY’s secret ingredients and use as a postcard or frame it for your kitchen! Two of her paintings are in a show in Hudson, NY this week!

 

 

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Happy cooking and eating!! And remember to always add LOVE to your cooking!