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Welcome to my favorite products page. Here, you will find the products I love, from the sumac I use in my Turkish Shepherd salad, the olive oil I love to top my homemade Lebanese hummus and dairy-free Greek tzatziki. I use rose syrup to make rose lemonade. The rose and orange waters are popular ingredients in vegan baklava.

I have included my favorite cookbooks I use for inspiration, including Ottolingis Flavor (Amazing!) and Mastering Bread.

Finally, I am highlighting two of my favorite small businesses. Palm and Pine Kitchen makes the most unbelievable vanilla paste. Use it in your bakes, you can thank me later (wink!). Fort Hamilton makes spirits and aged maple syrup in bourbon casks. It is the best maple syrup!

Recommended Spice Kits

Six Middle Eastern Spices.

Arabic Spice Set

Six Italian spices.

Italian Spice Set

Six Indian Spices.

Indian Spice Set

Favorite Oils and Vinegar

A bottle of olive oil.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

A bottle of thick balsamic vinegar.

Thick Balsamic Vinegar

A bottle of dark chocolate vinegar.

Dark chocolate vinegar

Small Business Spot Light


Pine and Palm Kitchen Vanilla Paste

A robust paste with exquisite flavors of premium fair trade and organic Madagascar Bourbon-Aged whole vanilla beans. Handcrafted in small batches with local Made in Montana “Glacier Dew” Vodka, this vanilla paste is perfect for enhancing your baking, adding to your morning coffee or cold brew, drizzling into your favorite dessert sauce, or even adding a touch of vanilla in your favorite cocktail.  

A jar of vanilla paste from Pine and Palm Kitchen.

Fort Hamilton Barrel-Aged Maple Syrup

Our pure Organic Maple Syrup is aged to perfection in Brooklyn Bourbon Barrels, adding decadent notes of Salted Caramel, Cocoa, & Vanilla with a Kiss of Smoke!

Seriously, it’s the best maple syrup you will ever have! Check out their Bourbon, Gins, and Vodka too!

A bottle of Fort Hamilton Barrell-Aged Maple Syrup.

Favorite Middle Eastern Waters and Molasses

A bottle of Monin Rose Syrup.

Rose Syrup

A picture of two waters, one rose and the other orange.

Rose and Orange Water

A bottle of pomegrante molasses.

Pomegranate Molasses

Favorite Cookbooks

The cover of Mastering Bread.

MASTERING BREAD

The cover of Tahini and Tumeric.

Indian Spice Set