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06/20/2026
Your cookout condiments can do better.
Two jars we’re reaching for right now:
🌭 Hawkshead Bloody Mary Ketchup: Ketchup with a little drama. Tomato-rich, sweet, spicy, and tingly in the way a good Bloody Mary should be. Try it with hot dogs, burgers, fries, eggs, roasted potatoes, or anything that wants ketchup but could use more personality.
https://chefshop.com/products/hawkshead-bloody-mary-ketchup
🍔 Fallot Dijon Mustard: Classic French mustard with real Dijon bite. Sharp, savory, and useful far beyond a sandwich. Stir it into vinaigrette, whisk it into marinades, spread it on grilled cheese, or serve it with sausages and roast chicken.
https://chefshop.com/search?q=fallot+dijon
This is the kind of pantry upgrade that makes a very normal meal feel much less normal.
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🛍️ Shop Fallot Dijon Mustard and Hawkshead Bloody Mary Ketchup at ChefShop.com.
06/19/2026
📢 Reminder: This Saturday’s tasting is for the heat-seekers, the flavor chasers, and the dads with strong condiment opinions.
We’re pouring (OK, eye-droppering) a full lineup of hot sauces from this Saturday at ChefShop, including:
🔥 Pineapple Miso
🔥 Smoky Hibiscus
🔥 Ghost Pepper Maqaw
🔥 Passion Fruit Mustard
🔥 Irwin Mango
And because we like a good plot twist, we’ll also be tasting spicy chocolate bars, including selections from .chocolate (Scotch Bonnet 🌶️), (Hawaiian Chili 🌶️), and (Aji Chombo🌶️).
If you’ve never tried spicy chocolate, this is a very good excuse. 🍫
Come by, taste across styles, compare favorites, and find something gift-worthy—or just something delicious.
Hot Sauce Tasting Event
Saturday, June 20
12:00–4:00 PM
ChefShop Seattle
1425 Elliott Ave West
Free open house, easy to drop into!
https://chefshop.com/blogs/news/fathers-day-hot-sauce-tasting-seattle
🫶 Share this with someone who loves hot sauce, spicy chocolate, or arguing about which one is better.
06/18/2026
Sherry vinegar is one of the fastest ways to make summer food taste more vibrant and complete.
Sanchez Romate Reserva Sherry Vinegar is made in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, from sherry wine made with Palomino grapes. It is aged in oak for at least three years, giving it more depth than a simple sharp vinegar.
The flavor lands in that beautiful space between acid and sweetness, with almond notes and a layered, almost savory character.
Where we love it:
✨️ Tomato salad
✨️ Gazpacho
✨️ Roasted peppers
✨️ Braised chicken
✨️ Lentils and beans
✨️ Marinades
✨️ Soups and stews
✨️ Simple vinaigrettes
✨️ Farro salad with great olive oil (p.s. we know where to get some)
A little sherry vinegar can make a dish taste like someone thought about it longer than they did.
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🔎 Find Sanchez Romate Reserva Sherry Vinegar at ChefShop.com.
https://chefshop.com/products/sherry-vinegar-sanchez-romate-reserva
06/17/2026
The “dirty” in a dirty martini is all about the brine. 🍸️🍸️
A classic martini is clear and elegant. Add olive brine, and suddenly it becomes cloudy, salty, savory, and so much more. Add more brine and it gets “extra dirty.” Push it further and some people call it “filthy.”
🫒 The olive matters, too.
Anchovy-stuffed Manzanilla olives bring serious umami depth and are our top pick for a dirty martini with backbone.
Blue cheese-stuffed olives lean steakhouse: rich, salty, bold, and absolutely not shy.
Lemon-stuffed olives are bright and polished, especially good with gin or anywhere you might normally want a lemon twist.
Habanero-stuffed olives are for the adventurous. We’d put them in a spicy Bloody Mary before anything else, but we respect the person who brings them to martini hour.
🛟 Save this for your next cocktail night.
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https://chefshop.com/search?q=Manzanilla+Stuffed+Olives
Stop by ChefShop Seattle this Saturday, June 20, for a Father’s Day tasting built for anyone who likes their food with a little edge.
We’ll be tasting a lineup of hot sauces from , including Pineapple Miso, Smoky Hibiscus, Ghost Pepper Maqaw, Passion Fruit Mustard, and Irwin Mango—a range that goes well beyond “how spicy is it?” and into bright, smoky, savory, tangy, and slow-building heat.
Come compare notes, find a favorite, and maybe pick up a Father’s Day gift for the dad who always has something to say about sauce.
Saturday, June 20
12:00–4:00 PM
ChefShop Seattle
1425 Elliott Ave West
Open-house style and free—just stop by!
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06/16/2026
Not just martini olives.
A good stuffed olive is one of those tiny pantry luxuries that does more than you expect. Yes, it belongs in a dirty martini. But it also belongs next to cheese, folded into eggs, tossed with roasted potatoes, chopped into vinaigrette, scattered over pizza, or eaten standing at the counter while deciding what dinner is going to be.
This week we’re deep into Spanish Manzanilla stuffed olives: anchovy, lemon, blue cheese, piquillo pepper, and habanero.
A few ways to think about them:
🐟️ Anchovy-stuffed: savory, briny, and made for dirty martinis, puttanesca, Caesar-ish dressings, tapenade, and pizza.
🍋 Lemon-stuffed: bright and clean with gin, grilled fish, roasted chicken, grain salads, and salsa verde.
🧀 Blue cheese-stuffed: steakhouse energy. Try with wedge salad, crostini, walnuts, pears, or a very serious martini.
🌶️ Piquillo pepper-stuffed: Spanish bar snack material. Add anchovy and guindilla pepper and you are basically in Gilda territory.
🔥 Habanero-stuffed: for Bloody Marys, tacos, nachos, spicy relish, and people who think olives should flirt with danger.
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Shop stuffed Manzanilla olives at ChefShop.com.
https://chefshop.com/search?q=Manzanilla+Stuffed+Olives
New at ChefShop! The weeknight dinner solution with serious umami goodness.
And it takes almost no work on your part to get rich, saucy, flavorful, tender chicken.
Pop the chicken marinade in the fridge before work, or even the night before, and let it do the heavy lifting for you.
We love to pair the Shio Koji Sauce from Umami Insider with mayo, something we learned from , and get an incredible pan sauce out of the marinade. Double the fun, no trouble!
Next time we're considering adding peanut butter too...what do you think? Let us know in the comments! 🤔
Find the new sauce at ChefShop.com. If you're a garlic lover, check out its sister Garlic Miso sauce too!
06/07/2026
It's like they knew we were coming. Did they write this menu just for us?
Yuzukosho. Shichimi. Furikake. These are a few of our favorite things! 🩷
Simply prepared and simply delicious. We couldn't have asked for more to finish out our trip. Can't wait to come back!
Izakaya Gama
150 Main St, Point Arena, California
See you next time, California!
06/06/2026
A stop at the Harbor House Inn while on the coast is such a treasure! We planned well ahead to get our reservation in the books and had an incredible meal full of so much flavor!
The setting, with the restaurant's huge windows looking onto the Pacific coast, feels like perfection. And then, the food comes, with each dish so composed, fresh, and inviting. It's hard to pick a favorite...luckily, we don't have to!
From the freshest fish, to smoked lamb, to a gorgeous salad with yuzu (!) sesame (!) dressing, all rounded out with a creamy-tart dessert and a cup of herbal (truly!) tea, this is a meal we won't soon forget.
Thank you, Harbor House and Chef Matthew Kammerer for a night to remember!
If you decide to go, plan ahead:
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5600 South Highway 1,
Elk, CA
(707) 877-3203
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Tomorrow's post...one more night of beautiful California food. Stay tuned!
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