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News from Murdock & White.
1/26/2010
Important 2010 Events at the Pacific Market Center
Seattle Market Week
Winter Seattle Gift & Home Accessories Show
January 20-26, 2010
Spring Home Decor & Gift Show
May 1-4, 2010
Seattle Market Week
Summer Seattle Gift & Home Accessories Show
August 18-24, 2010
Fall Buying Event
October 4-5, 2010
A Reminder that market days are every Monday & Tuesday.
10/18/2009
New Lines
Bissinger's Chocolate
A European-style chocolatier offering you some of the world's finest handmade, gourmet chocolate. Their selection includes boxed chocolates, chocolate bars, sugar free chocolate and classic gourmet candies.
DAS Foods
Exciting, handmade fleur de sel caramels and all-natural lollipops infused with bold flavors with an adult twist. Their natural, unprocessed salts are procurred directly from farmer co-operatives.
FlavorStorm
FlavorStorm specializes in all natural flavor-enhancing technologies to create Essential Cane flavored sugars. Fourteen perfectly infused flavors from raspberry to green chili offers a fresh new twist to cooking with sugars.
Gracious Gourmet
Using the best ingredients to create chutneys, glazes, spreads, tapenades and pestos which transform ordinary foods to exceptional ones.
Kitchen Fusion
Fusion now called Kitchen Fusions offers the following products: Fusion Flavors unique blended seasonings for dips & marinade seasonings, Jodie's Kitchen dips and Autumn Harvest Bread mixes.
Made Casse
Artisanal foods both grown and manufactured in Madagascar. Their products include 4 premium chocolate bars, vanilla products and black peppercorns.
Olivier Napa Valley
Produces French-inspired, flavor-infused olive oils, mustards, savories/sauces, vinegars and California extra virgin olive oils.
Saltworks
Artisan sea salts in a wide variety of flavors, colors and textures. A wonderful collection of salts from around the world. Their line of Fusion sea salts are created from their own proprietary processes to flavor sea salts into unique flavor profiles tasting true and natural.
Smith Tea
Exquisite full leaf teas in sachets, handcrafted in very small batches by Steve Smith, the teamaker that created Tazo.
2009 NASFT, SOFI Gold Award Winners
Dufflet Small Indulgences
Outstanding Confection - Caramel Crackle(TM)--Almond & Pistachio
Elena's
Outstanding Soup, Stew Bean or Chili - Mediterranean Stew
John Kelly Chocolate
Outstanding Chocolate - Truffle Fudge Bites--Dark Chocolate with French Grey Sea Salt
2009 NASFT, SOFI Silver Award Winners
B. R. Cohn Olive Oil Co
Outstanding Vinegar - California Golden Unfiltered Balsamic Vinegar
Dulcet Cuisine
Outstanding Cooking Sauce or Flavor Enhancer - Madras Curry Cooking Spice and Rub
La Tourangelle
Outstanding Oil - La Tourangelle Roasted Peanut Oil
Nielsen-Massey
Outstanding Classic - Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract
Nutorious
Outstanding Shelf-Stable Foodservice Product - Top it Off Cherry Vanilla Va-Voom
Outstanding Snack Food - Blueberry Lemon Merengue Nut Confection
Rick's Picks
Outstanding Appetizer, Antipasto, Salsa or Dip - Smokra
Outstanding Condiment - Handy Corn
Sisters Gourmet
Outstanding Cookie - Hopscotch Cookie Mix
TCHO
Outstanding Innovation in Packaging Design - TCHO 12 Bar Gift Collection
4/17/2009
Event Reminder
Pacific Market 2009 Spring Gift Show
May 16-19, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Come get inspired with fresh ideas. Free seminars on Monday and Tuesday.
For more information visit www.pacificmarketcenter.com or call 206-767-6800.
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Culinary Collective
Culinary Collective offers an extensive line of Spanish and Latin American foods. They work with small family and community companies that take pride in producing all natural foods using methods and recipes passed down through the generations. Our tasting of these products brought raves from all our staff.
TCHO
Tcho manufacturers its own chocolate in the USA. They acquire cacao beans directly from the growers and co-ops in producing countries and Tcho is committed to forming direct relationships with the cacao farmers. Their bars are flavor-driven coaxing from the beans inherent flavors such as, Citrus, Fruity, Chocolatey and Nutty. Tcho's beautiful, innovative packaging is fresh and exciting.
Butter Baked Goods
Butter Baked Goods is a small Canadian bakery that creates puffy, perfect marshmallows in a variety of flavors and, heaven forbid, S'Mores! Once you open a package of either one of these you will see why their motto is "The home of all things sweet and delicious."
Fire Up the Grill...
Finally, spring has arrived here in the Northwest and after our long winter it is indeed welcome. With its arrival barbecue season is just around the corner and if the large crowds at the 21st National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show in Albuquerque are any indication, grilling with barbecue sauces is a trend that remains strong even in a down economy.
To keep up with this trend and inspire customers to fire up their grills we have some new and favorite products to offer:
Dulcet Ketchups
Dulcet Cuisine Exotic Ketchups comes in three flavors: Peppery Moroccan, Mild Indian Curry and Sweet Orange Chili.
Cinnabar Specialty Foods
Cinnabar Specialty Foods offers a more adventuresome flavor profile to grilling with their sauces; Asian Tamarind, Thai Sauce & Marinade and Kashmiri Marinade.
Rufus Teague
Rufus Teague adds to its selection of award winning BBQ sauces two meat sauces and two rubs.
Wine Country Kitchen
Wine Country Kitchen's BBQ & grilling sauces all have a new look! Their unique product, Barrel-Aged Worcestershire sauce is truly great.
Tom Douglas
Tom Douglas offers his new Rub with Love Smoky BBQ. This line is all about barbecue and grilling.
Earth & Vine
Earth & Vine's Mango Tequila Jalapeno Grill Sauce adds a tropical flair to the barbecue season. This sauce is great for fish. Cross merchandise in the Seafood Department or add this to your Mother's Day display suggesting a "Tropical Menu for Mom!" Easy suggestion: Brush on prawns and pineapple kabobs and grill. Mom will be impressed!
2/25/2009
Important Event
Spring Home & Decor Gift Show at the Pacific Market Center, May 16-19, 2009
For more information visit www.pacificmarketcenter.com or call 206-767-6800.
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Alili
Olive oil, olives, tapenades and honey procured from Morocco's finest artisan growers and producers.
Boat Street Pickles
Once enjoyed only at the Boat Street Cafe in Seattle, Renee Erickson now produces her famous pickled fruits and vegetables for your table.
Bramblewood Cottage
Original, family recipes of Scottish cream scones, shortbread cookies and hand-rolled caramels.
Butter Baked Goods
Handmade marshmallows in a variety of flavors from the kitchens of Butter Baked Goods, a family owned bakery in Vancouver BC.
Cinnabar Specialty Foods
Produces fascinating tastes and authentic flavors from different cultures, including Jamaican jerk seasoning, Indian curries, pastes, spices, rices and chutneys—all culinary gems!
French Look
Importers of fine lines such as Le Palais des Thes (high quality teas), Chapon (fine chocolates from France), Tade (home accessories handcrafted in the Middle East).
La Tourangelle
Using time honored traditional methods and the finest, hand-selected ingredients to produce elegant nut, seed, truffle and olive oils.
Q Tonic
Q Tonic is dedicated to making the world's best tonic water—a clean, crisp, completely ungeneric beverage that enhances the finest spirits or stands proudly on its own.
9/3/2008
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Amano Chocolate
Amano is passionate about creating artisanal chocolate bars in small batches, using traditional machinery and the world's finest cocoa beans. These bars are made in the USA.
Caley & Cobb
Their risotto mixes, mustards, bisque soups and herb rubs make it easy for the busy cook to create easy, tasty meals using quality ingredients.
Di Camillo Bakery
Di Camillo Bakery, founded in 1920, produces the finest Italian bakery products. From their traditional biscotti and cookies to their Italian cakes all is exquisitely packaged. Their beautifully designed tins and canisters are perfect for holiday giving.
Highland Sugarworks
Pure New England maple syrups, flavored maple syrups, delicious pancake mixes and maple candies along with seasonal packaging.
Koeze Company
Cream-Nut Peanut Butter and Cream-Nut Peanut Butter Clusters made the old-fashioned way using slow roasted Virginia peanuts.
Sparrow Lane
Varietal wine vinegars and olive oils all grown and produced in the Napa Valley region.
TSP Spices
A variety of spices uniquely packaged as individual servings. Each tin contains 12 one-teaspoon packets.
Urban Oven
Handmade crackers from Urban Ovens in five tasty flavors.
2008 Specialty Foods Awards
The National Association of Specialty Foods 2008 SOFI Awards were awarded to the following lines we represent. Congratulations!
Gold Award ---
Knipschildt Chocolatier
Outstanding Innovation in Packaging Design:
Petit Egg Sampler
Silver Awards ---
A Perfect Pear
Outstanding Salad Dressing:
Champagne Pear Vinaigrette
Dufflet Small Indulgences
Outstanding Chocolate:
Milk Chocolate Crackle Toasted Hazelnut
Dulcet Cuisine
Outstanding Salad Dressing:
Balsamic Dressing & Dipping Sauce
Elena’s
Outstanding Cooking Sauce or Flavor Enhancer:
The Perfect Grilling Glaze Island Pineapple
Outstanding Salad Dressing:
Insalata Della Casa The House Dressing
Outstanding Soup, Stew, Bean or Chili:
Mediterranean Stew Seafood Steaming Broth
Nutorious
Outstanding Foodservice Product:
Top It Off Nutorious Nut Toppings
Cranberry Orange
Sable & Rosenfeld
Outstanding Food Gift:
The Perfect Party
Schokinag Chocolate
Outstanding Hot Beverage:
Moroccan Spice European Drinking Chocolate
5/3/2008
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A Perfect Pear
A Perfect Pear from Napa Valley produces a variety of pear products including jelly, vinaigrettes, savory sauces, mustards and dessert sauces.
Caroline's Desserts
Caroline's Desserts is devoted to making life a little sweeter through the creation of gourmet artisan treats. Only the best. Naturally. Their flagship line of desserts, Krispettes™ raise the humble rice crispy to edible art. Certified organic. The newest addition to their line is Artisan shortbread, a delicious twist on tradition. Certified Kosher.
Dulcet Cuisine
Dulcet Cuisine brings international flavors to home cooking with flavorful sauces, dressings, marinades, mustards & rubs, using fresh, natural ingredients manufactured in Oregon.
Frog Hollow Farm
Frog Hollow farm located in Brentwood, California is best known for its organic fruit orchards. The conserves and chutneys they produce are sweet, tart and dense with their luscious fruits. Peach Conserve is their most popular product, but Meyer Lemon or Organic Naval Orange Marmalade is pretty special too!
Sisters Gourmet
Made in America these gourmet cookies, brownie and cake mixes make baking easy and kitchens smell good. No artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Some of the cookie mixes are hand layered into unique European canning jars.
2/9/2008
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John Kelly Chocolates
Creates creamy Truffle Fudge in several flavors made from quality ingredients with no preservatives.
Lillie Belle Farms
Produces one-of-a-kind chocolate creations by combining fine chocolate with organic berries grown on their own farm in Oregon.
Savannah Bee Company
Products from the hive include rare artisanal honeys delivered in their purest form and natural body care products produced and packaged in an environmentally-friendly way. All products are made in Savannah, Georgia.
9/5/2007
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Belgravia Importers
Importers of the finest European products.
Dufflet Small Indulgences
Chocolate confections made in Toronto from the finest ingredients.
Nutorious Nut Confections
A sweet blend of walnuts, almonds and pecans in 5 flavors.
7/7/2007
Join Us for a Week of Buying
The Pacific Market Center August Gift Show starts Wednesday, August 15, 2007 and runs until August 21st. Murdock and White will attend the New York Fancy Food show in July where many of our manufacturers will debut their latest products.
Come join us during the August show to learn about and taste these new products, and to take advantage of manufacturer show specials. We look forward to seeing you!
To register for the show or for more information visit The Pacific Market Center web site at:
www.pacificmarketcenter.com
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American Spoon Foods
From the state of Michigan, American Spoon, produces some of the finest jams, fruit butters, and preserves in the US. Low in sugar or sweetened with fruit concentrate these preserves taste like summer in a jar. American Spoon made Dried Tart Cherries famous across the country and since then they have added many products like salsas, relishes and grilling sauces to their line.
Hammond’s Candies
The American Candy Company is a NEW brand offered by Hammond’s. Made in America, these old-fashioned hard candies are a sweet addition to the Hammond’s family of products.
Olivado Natural Nutrition
Premium, extra virgin, cold pressed avocado oils are made from quality ripe New Zealand avocados. They also offer four flavor infused avocado oils and specialty oils like Omega Plus Oil.
Phoenicia Patisserie
Creates Mediterranean pastries of delectable delights.
Rick's Picks
As Bon Appetite magazine has declared “thanks to Rick’s Picks, the pickle has stepped into the 21st century with Old World Inspiration, clever names, and sophisticated flavor.” The GT 1000s curried green tomato pickles are really, really good on burgers!
Savory Creations
Savory offers 4 broth concentrates: Chicken, Beef, Turkey and Vegetable in easy to use packages.
Tulocay/Made In Napa Valley
Made In Napa Valley gourmet pantry products are made in small batches with the best, all natural ingredients to help the home cook make delicious healthy meals with little effort. This line offers creative packaging, good POS materials and cookbook, "Gourmet Every Day Cookbook".
Zebra Mix
An exciting new line of baking mixes for kids. Each kit makes delicious organic homemade treats with fun, creative Safari baking map, which has interactive instructions and activities. Kid and parent approved kits are Chocolate Chip Cookie, Zebra Cupcake & Frosting and Brownie Bite Kit.
2007 NASFT Product Awards Finalists
Winners of the annual 2007 NASFT Product Awards will be chosen in July at the New York Fancy Food Show. Our manufacturers nominated for this award are:
Outstanding Appetizer:
Rick’s Picks – Phat Beets
Outstanding Chocolate:
Fran’s Chocolate – Hazelnut Diamonds
Outstanding Confection:
Hammond’s Candies – Peppermint Jewels
Outstanding Food Service Beverage:
Schokinag Chocolate – Dulce De Leche Drinking Chocolate
Outstanding Hot Beverage:
Fran’s Chocolate – Fran’s Premium Hot Chocolate
Outstanding Innovation in Packaging Design:
Knipschildt Chocolatier – Chocolate Quail Eggs
Outstanding Oil:
Brookfarm – Lemon Myrtle Infused Macadamia Oil
Outstanding Pasta Sauce:
Patsy’s – Fra Diavolo Pasta Sauce