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Mozzarella Co.
2944 Elm St., Dallas, TX 75226; 800-798-2954. For terrific fresh mozzarella as well as a dazzling list of cow, goat, and sheep’s milk cheeses, call Paula Lambert.
Vella Cheese Co.
315 Second St., East, Sonoma, CA 95476; 800-848-0505; www.vellacheese.com. Here’s a dry grating jack that’s nutty sweet, medium-cured, and Parmesan-like. Terrific grated onto all those vegetables you’ll eat.
Maytag Dairy Farms
P.O. Box 806, Newton, IA 50208; 800-247-2458. The source for one of America’s great blue cheeses. Great crumbled over a plain grilled steak. No, it wasn’t made in a washing machine but, yes, it’s the same family.
Dean & Deluca
560 Broadway at Prince, New York, NY 10012; 212-226-6800; www.deananddeluca.com. The premier gourmet grocer of New York not only has an embarrassment of riches in its cheese cases—we adore Spanish manchego, aged Goudas, and others—they also have every single oil or vinegar you could ever imagine.
NATURAL MEATS, SAUSAGES, AND OTHER PURE PROTEINS
Good-quality meat really makes a difference. Here are some of our favorite purveyors. It is worth the trouble to order by phone, mail, or over the Internet if you don’t have a good source.
Bruce Aidell’s Sausages
Contact Williams-Sonoma, P.O. Box 7456, San Francisco, CA 94120-7456; 800-541-2233. Or visit a nearby Costco for some of the best low-fat sausages you ever ate. We keep a stock of these sweet, smoky, aromatic sausages in the freezer at all times. Instant joy.
S. Wallace Edwards & Sons
P.O. Box 25, Surry, VA 23883; 800-222-4267; www.virginiatraditions.com. Rosy, sweet and salty, dry-cured Virginia hams you can get sliced paper-thin, these brick-red, lean-as-a-Vogue model hams will make you smile.
Sea Bear
P.O. Box 591, Anacortes, WA 98221; 800-645-3474; www.seabear.com. A Northwest hot-smoking technique creates aromatic, sweet, moist, and smoky salmon, oysters, or mussels that come vacuum-sealed in a foil pouch. Throw this in your suitcase if you are going to be stranded for a weekend in some dreadful, fast-food hell.
Dick and Casey’s
P.O. Box 2392, Harbor, OR 97415; 800-662-9494; www.gourmetseafood.com. If you’re going to eat tuna until you’re practically growing gills, treat yourself to the best custom-canned tuna and salmon. This second generation custom packer offers the fish at three salt levels and with four spices. You will want to eat it straight out of the can, it’s that good.
Jamison Farm
171 Jamison Lane, Latrobe, PA 15650; 800-237-5262; fax 724-837-2287; www.jamison-farm.com.
John and Sukey Jamison hightailed it out of New York to raise their children among lambs in western Pennsylvania. Long known to four-star restaurant chefs as the most reliable source for top-quality lamb, Jamison has everything from chops to butterflied legs. This lamb is the best. We adore it.
ETHNIC INGREDIENTS, HERBS, SPICES, VINEGARS, AND OILS
These distinctive seasonings and flavorings are true labor-savers and most will keep in the pantry or refrigerator for months.
Cinnabar Specialty Foods
1134 W. Haining St., Prescott, AZ 86301; 800-824-4563; www.cinnabarfoods.com. Here’s your source for terrific jerk dry rubs and pastes, Thai marinades, tandoori Indian grilling pastes, and more. These products will punch up the flavors of most grilled meats and tofu, too. Known to provide products low in salt, sugars, and fats, this firm’s products sizzle with flavor and will expand your horizons.
Wicker’s Barbecue Sauce
P.O. Box 126, Hornersville, MO 63855; 800-847-0032. Here’s the barbecue sauce Weight Watcher’s classifies as “free.” Vinegar-based, it looks like Mississippi River water, but it will flavor a chicken like nothing you ever tried before. Besides the original flavor, you can order mesquite-flavored sauce and a low-sodium version as well as their new Black Label Steak Sauce.
Prairie Herb Farm
P.O. Box 3375, Gillette, WY 82717; 800-447-2867.
Pure, unfiltered herb vinegars that are fat-free, sugar-free, salt-free, and preservative-free—just pure herbs packed into wine vinegars. The flavors are intense. Choose from oregano