Useful Food Purchasing Websites

[T37Chef]

Maybe some of you will find this useful, maybe not. I intend to create a list of websites in which you can order high quality products from directly. Many are purveyors of fine foods typically sold to restaurants, but they have on-line ordering in which they sell retail. Often its the shipping that drives up the cost.

Just a few to start, I will add more as I have time. Please send me a Private Message with suggestions for the list.

Canned & Survival

Camping Survival MRE (meals ready to eat), water purification, WaterBOB
High quality canned meats, and canned butter and canned cheese
Sub by member: CarolynShearlock

Major Syrplus & Survival Survival & Disaster MRE's, Water, etc. Submitted by member: carl762

Long Life Foods longlifefoods.com MRE's, freeze dried, etc. Submitted by member: carl762

Specialty & Grocery:

Swiss Chalet Fine Foods Swiss Chalet Fine Foods | Savory & Sweet, specialty fine food ingredients
I have tasted some of their soup mixes and found them to be very good. I have used them more for specialty ingredients but wouldn't hesitate to purchase any of their prepared foods.

Albert Uster Imports Albert Uster Imports - Swiss Chefs Catalogue - Chocolate and pastry products suitable for the professional chef
Fine Gourmet Foods. Located in Maryland, fine foods & confectionery

The Chefs Warehouse The Chefs' Warehouse
Coffee, Dry Goods, Condiments and more. A lot of items are bulk, but you can find some in smaller, more boater friendly containers

Jeppi Nuts & Candy Jeppi Nut & Candy Company -- Welcome
Wide range of nuts & candies. Located in Baltimore

TSP Spices TSP Spices - Spice Sets, Organic Spices, Herbs & Spices, Buy Spices - Spice Enlightenment
Unique packaging of spices which keeps them fresh and handy

Penzeys Spices Penzeys Spices Home Page
Quality spices and spice blends. Submitted by member: sailingmum

Sid Wainer & Son Sid Wainer & Son Specialty Foods, Artisanal Cheese, Gourmet Gift Baskets, and Specialty Produce
Specialty Foods, Some produce, great cheese selections, gift baskets

King Authur Flour King Arthur Flour home page
Quality baking & pastry flours, mixes, and gluten free products and more
Excellent company, quality products

Rancho Gordo Rancho Gordo, Napa CALIF: New World Specialty Food
Heirloom Beans, Chiles, Dried Corns, Spices & Herbs

Meats & Game

D'Artagnan Gourmet Meat, Foie Gras, Organic Poultry, Pate, Truffles, Gourmet Food Gifts and Meat Recipes?
Meat & Poultry (Foie Gras, Terrine's, etc) Some of the worlds finest organic & natural meats.

Snake River Farms Welcome to Snake River Farms
Top quality Wagyu Beef & Kurobuta Pork. Wagyu is the breed used to produce the delectable Kobe Beef

Venison America Venison America Wild Game Meats
Meat & Game

Salumi Cured Meats Salumi Artisan Cured Meats
Anthony Bourdain put this place on his top places to eat before you die list...enough said. Next to the European charcuterie shop this is the best you can as far as I am concerned.

Pure Bread Lamb Butcher Shop – Pure Bred Lamb
Producers of Holistic Lamb® Chef Thomas Keller uses this purveyor, need I say more

Jamison Farm Jamison Farm | Taste the Lamb the World's Greatest Chefs Call "America's Best"
Known by the best chefs in America for their superior lamb.

Broken Arrow Ranch Broken Arrow Ranch: Free-Range Venison, Antelope, and Wild Boar Meat - Buy Online
Free Range Venison, Antelope & Wild Boar

Seafood

Farm 2 Market Farm2Market- Fresh Seafood, Live Lobster, Oysters, Sea Scallops, Dungeness Crab, Kobe Beef
Shrimp Head On, Scallops Live, Kobe Beef. I've purchased head on shrimp from them for years, although now you can find the head on shrimp fresh at many local Asian markets such as the H Mart around Washington DC.

Browne Trading Company Browne Trading Company
Outstanding quality and selection, some of the most notable chefs in the US purchase from them. You'll pay though, mostly for shipping.

Produce

Sweets & Confectionery

Cosmic Chocolate Shop Cosmic Chocolate Shop
Chocolate Truffles and more, met these guys at the NY Fancy Food Show, my wife can confirm they are indeed outstanding

Wine & Spirits

Equipment

JB Prince JB Prince

Some of the best chefs tools and gadgets your can find, specifically you should check out their knives.

[rockDAWG]

Hahah...... I guess I am from the old cooking school. I never heard of the gourmet food and Culinary school until the internet age.

Before I buy something to put into my stomach, I like to touch, poke, and smell first. .

[T37Chef]

If someone would like me to add something to the list send me a PM, hopefully doing so will keep the list more clear and concise.

[SVAuspicious]

Thanks for the post. I'm ordering lamb today.

[T37Chef]

Jamison Farms I hope...their product is the best

[sailingdog]

Nice post Chef Boyardee.. Do you have any recommendations for dried food supplies.

[T37Chef]

Swiss Chalet above carries a few things dried such as bases and soups, no MRE's though

[eryka]

Darn! Chef, where was this thread when we were provisioning up for the Bahamas?

[SVAuspicious]

Originally Posted by T37Chef

Jamison Farms I hope...their product is the best

Indeed. I'm trying their kabobs to start.

You might try Harbor Sweets - I carry their Marblehead Mints ( Marblehead Mints® ) for special occasions.

Since the subject of dried foods was raised, I have related question. Have you tried Barilla dried tortellini? I've been using Contadina fresh tortellini for many years but it needs to be refrigerated. The Barilla frees up some reefer and freezer space for other things.

[T37Chef]

Funny you mention the the dried Barilla tortellini, I just tried it last time we were out sailing, pretty good and of course not needing refrigeration is a big plus