The following are suggestions for where to find the more difficult-to-track-down ingredients in this book. I use many of these sources myself; in the other cases, they have been specifically recommended by the chefs. Take some time to click around the various Web sites to see what else piques your interest; it’s always more fun to receive a package of assorted ingredients in the mail than just the one you need.
Anson Mills
Based out of Columbia, South Carolina, Anson Mills is celebrated for its grits and rice, supplying chefs such as Thomas Keller, Charlie Trotter, and Tom Colicchio. The great news is that you can have the same access as these chefs do to Anson Mills’ wonderful products.
1922-C Gervais Street
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 467-4122
BDBazar.com
A South Asian shopping site, this is your best bet for finding Reshampatti chili powder online. (There’s also an excellent selection of Bollywood movies, if you’re so inclined.)
90-34 Vanderveer Street #B
Queens Village, NY 11428
(646) 233-4198
Buon Italia
This is where Nancy Silverton buys her alici di menaica for her mozzarella salad, but it’s also a great resource for dried pastas, olive oil, and cured meats.
75 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
(212) 633-9090
Chefshop.com
The first “education-focused, content-driven e-commerce site focused on real food,” chefshop.com was recommended to me by Brandon Pettit for tracking down the Colline di Santa Cruz olive oil he uses to finish his pizza. It’s also a great resource for many other high-end ingredients listed in this book: truffle salt, gray salt, aged balsamic vinegar, bigoli, canned escargot, pumpkin seed oil, and good olive oil.
1425 Elliott Avenue West
Seattle, WA 98119
(800) 596-0885
D’Artagnan
For various meat products in this book—pancetta, chorizo, tasso, even demi-glace (if you don’t want to make your own)—D’Artagnan is an excellent resource. Their products are available in many high-end stores and big markets, but if you can’t find what you’re looking for, they ship.
280 Wilson Avenue
Newark, NJ 07105
(800) 327-8246
Dean & Deluca
This legendary gourmet store, which originated in New York’s SoHo neighborhood (you can still visit it there), is particularly great for more common spices, such as whole nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, and Mexican oregano.
For mail orders:
Dean & Deluca
Attn: Customer Care
4115 E. Harry
Wichita, KS 67218
(316) 821-3200
Toll Free: (800) 221-7714
Go here to find double-zero flour and Caputo Tipo 00 flour, which, if you can’t find freshly ground flour, is ideal for making pizza dough or pasta dough.
(925) 402-4800
Food Service Direct
Though this Web site sells items in bulk for restaurants, you’ll find good deals on some of the very specific ingredients listed in this book’s recipes; for example, you can get twelve jars of La Valle Passata di Pomodoro (listed as Tomato Puree). They also have Calrose rice.
905 G. Street
Hampton, VA 23661
(757) 245-7675
Gusmer Enterprises
This is where Dave Arnold goes to order Pectinex Ultra SP-L, which will make French fries extra crispy.
81 M Street
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 485-2692
iGourmet.com
If you can’t find Plugra European-style butter at your local grocery store, you can get it here.
508 Delaware Avenue
West Pittston, PA 18643
(877) 446-8763
Kalustyan’s
If you visit Manhattan, you must make a pilgrimage to Kalustyan’s on Lexington Avenue. You’ll find shelves full of finishing salts, hot sauces, esoteric spices, and other ingredients, specifically urfa-biber and maras-biber, Berber seasoning, garam masala, preserved lemons, curry leaves, Yucateco hot sauce, maple sugar, sumac, Hawaiian pink salt, and shredded coconut. Even if you’re not in New York, though, much of Kalustayn’s inventory is available for order online.
Marhaba International, Inc.
123 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 685-3451
Toll Free: (800) 352-3451
Koa Mart
A good resource for Korean specialty ingredients, like the Korean crushed red pepper and chili paste in Roy Choi’s Sweet Chili Sauce.
905 E. Eighth Street, #12
Los Angeles, CA 90021
La Tienda
Despite being based out of Williamsburg, Virginia, La Tienda focuses on food from Spain (though they’re an excellent resource for many of the non-Spanish dishes in this book). Look here for pickled white anchovies (listed online as boquerones) and Ibérico ham.
1325 Jamestown Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(800) 710-4304
Nueske’s
You know the smoked bacon at Nueske’s has to be good if two chefs in this book specifically order from there for their restaurants. Nueske’s isn’t limited to bacon, though; they also have smoked hams, turkey, poultry, and other gourmet specialties.
To contact by mail:
Attn: Customer Service
203 N. Genesee Street
Wittenberg, WI 54499
(800) 392-2266
This is where Peter Dale gets his polenta for The National in Athens, Georgia; the product gets its name from Luke, the small red mule that powers the corn mill. The mill’s polenta, cornmeal, and grits must be refrigerated upon arrival because they’re made from fresh corn. Red Mule also sells English porridge.
Mills Farm
150 Harve Mathis Road
Athens, GA 30601
(706) 543-8113
The Shepherd’s Grain
This is where Brandon Pettit gets the flour for his pizza.
info@shepherdsgrain.com
South Mountain Creamery
Excellent milk is yours to be had (this is where Tim Artz, gets his), but you have to live in Maryland, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, or Pennsylvania to have it delivered.
8305 Bolivar Road
Middletown, MD 21769
(301) 371-8565
The Spice House
What you can’t find at Kalustyan’s, you will most likely find here, including maple sugar, vanilla paste, habanero powder, and toasted sesame seeds (geh).
Retail locations in Chicago, Evanston, and Geneva, Illinois; and in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(847) 328-3711
Uwajimaya
For those who don’t have a Chinatown convenient to where they live, here’s where you’ll find various Asian ingredients that show up in many recipes in this book: sriracha hot sauce, Lee Kum Kee oyster sauce, Kikkoman organic soy sauce, togarashi, dried shiitakes, and coconut milk.
Retail locations in Seattle, Renton, and Bellevue, Washington, and Beaverton, Oregon.
WokShop.com
Grace Young recommends this San Francisco–based store for buying a wok (if you can’t make it to K. K. Discount in New York’s Chinatown).
718 Grant Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94108-2114
(415) 989-3797