Bulk, Premium, Fresh Spices...

For over five years now I've avoided the spice section at my local supermarket like it has the plague. The reasons for my avoidance are many although the average consumer would probably shrug, grab and tick the item off their shopping list. Unfortunately, what most consumers don't know is that the spices sitting in all those tiny little plastic and glass jars, neatly lined up like all the waxed apples sitting in contrived produce pyramids, is that they're old, expensive and have only a glimmer of their true, fresh flavor left.

Because I'm a chef, my passion and self expression is acknowledged through culinary outlets. A painter would deign the thought of using old, dried, cheap, paint to express his masterpiece on canvas every bit as much as I abhor the thought of using substandard ingredients in my cooking. In lieu of the spice section, I offer you this life preserver PENZEY'S SPICES for all of your holiday spice hunting and cooking enjoyment. I cringe to think that anybody I cared for would be looking for their nutmeg and ginger in their near by BOX STORE. Diatribe over. I won't even attempt to bore you with a list of what you can find here - I'll just say that their massive selection, quality, freshness, and, yes, price will have me making a wide berth around the spice isle at my local "SUPER" in to perpetuity.