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Category "Nuts & Spices"
 
New York has three outposts of this national chain that has a cult following. Two in Manhattan and the other in Brooklyn.
Merchant Type: Market & Grocery
Small Chelsea Market retail outpost of online and wholesale nut merchants.
Merchant Type: Specialty
Neighborhoods: Chelsea, Online
Hummus - 02/04/2010
A simple but flavorful purée of chick peas and tahini compliments raw vegetables or chunks of tender bread.
A cross between a bar cookie and an upside down cake, both sweet and tangy.
Mixing and grinding your own curry transforms puréed butternut squash into a complex and satisfying soup.
Think fresh herbs always trump dried? That's not the case with oregano.
Full-service market with good selections in produce, cheese, bread and bakery, meats and grocery items.
Merchant Type: Market & Grocery
New York's leading on-line grocer.
Neighborhood: Online
Peppercorns: FAQs - 04/30/2009
The fire and complexity of a quotidian spice: pepper.
Twelve food merchants together in one Midtown Manhattan landmark.
A Curry Adventure - 02/05/2009
Discovering the way and the means to make a fragrant and flavorful curry.
A small, family-run, resourceful and welcoming spice shop on Lexington Avenue.
Merchant Type: Specialty
Neighborhood: Gramercy Park
The world is a spice market and trying a few new seasonings can be inspiring.
A speciality market known for its nuts and dried fruit but it also has a full-service market with meat, fish, cheese, produce and grocery items.
Merchant Types: Market & Grocery, Specialty
Neighborhood: TriBeCa
A splendid natural foods supermarket in Manhattan's Columbus Circle neighborhood.
Neighborhood: Midtown
Ways to add flavor with the smallest member of the onion family.
Pan-Asian grocery in Chinatown.
Merchant Type: Specialty
Neighborhood: Chinatown
Cooking with heat, whether from chili peppers or hot sauces, is a dangerous and delicious sport.
Middle-Eastern food grocery on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights.
Merchant Types: Market & Grocery, Specialty
Neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights
A Middle-Eastern market on Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue.
Merchant Types: Market & Grocery, Specialty
Neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights
The granddaddy of New York City supermarkets. Huge selection, great prices, and oh, those crowds....
Neighborhoods: Harlem, Red Hook, Upper West Side
A large natural and organic foods store in Brooklyn Heights.
Merchant Types: Market & Grocery, Organic
Neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights
A natural foods and organic supermarket in Park Slope.
Neighborhood: Park Slope
A long-loved Brooklyn Heights shop that sells coffees, teas, and chocolates.
Merchant Types: Coffee & Tea, Chocolate & Candy
A charming and tempting family-owned candy and chocolate store celebrating its 25th year on the Lower East Side. Their well-chosen selection ranges from artisanal chocolates to kids favorites to organic dried fruits.
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
Fairway has finally received its promised delivery of a full-flavored harissa. It comes in hot and hotter but this one also has flavor.
They describe themselves as a natural and organic supermarket. Prices can be steep but the quality is generally very good, certainly in the produce and meat areas. But who knew so many junk and processed foods were made with organic ingredients?
The New York store of the respected national seasoning retailer headquarted in Wisconsin. Located in the Grand Central Market, this small shop has a big selection of herbs, spices and spice mixes and rubs.
Merchant Type: Specialty
Neighborhood: Midtown
A small market that sells hard to find ingredients used in the cuisines of West Africa. Located in the Ninth Avenue food neighborhood at West 40th Street, the market is unadorned but rich in spices, dried fish and hot sauces.
Merchant Type: Specialty
Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen
Full-service market with good selections in produce, grocery items, meat and fish, cheese, bread and bakery. Can be pricey but the quality is very good.
Merchant Type: Market & Grocery
Neighborhood: Upper East Side
New York's fanciest food market.
Neighborhoods: SoHo, Upper East Side
Long-time Village institution that sells spices, herbs and essential oils, with knowledgeable staff and deep and wide selection.
Merchant Type: Specialty
Neighborhood: West Village
Cooks and chefs from all over the country shop here for an unmatched selection of spices, flavorings and exotic ingredients. It's our own local spice market.
Merchant Types: Coffee & Tea, Specialty
Neighborhood: Gramercy Park
A Middle-Eastern market selling a large and diverse selection of cheeses, dried fruits and nuts, bread, spices, legumes, sweets and delicacies and grocery items.
Merchant Types: Market & Grocery, Specialty
Neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights
 
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