Wednesday, January 28, 2009

did you know "penzeys" translates to "approximately twenty"?


not in another language, but in dollars.

i went to penzeys spices in omaha a while back. it's definitely a place to visit if you're even curious about cooking, or if you like shopping for ingredients. you can get a good idea of what they offer here at their website.

every item they have for sale is available in a wide range of sizes (read: prices). also, every item for sale has a sample out in an openable jar, so you can assess the freshness and quality a little more readily.

i don't usually like "boutique" food stores, but their presentation-- at least at their omaha location-- transcends the seeming, screaming distance from actual consumption that you often find in specialty food shoplets.

anyway, i bought everything in the two pictures for twenty bucks. approximately. i've been happy with my experiments and results, some of which should appear here soon.

2 comments:

Chris said...

Cool shop, thanks for the tip.

Beerorkid said...

cool. If you can let us know how well those jars work. We still cannot figure out a decent spice container that will not turn our google powder into a brick.