Resources for Halal Cooking

 Because I’m often asked about what I use in my own kitchen, I decided to make a list here. These are just some of my favorite resources categorized. Please visit the my Amazon store to purchase many of the products listed.

Index: Bakeware | Baking Products | Baking Tools & Equipment| Chocolates | Chocolate Classes | Cleaning Supplies | Cooking Classes | Cookware | Culinary Schools | Dairy | Food Safety Information | Gardening Supplies & Information | Grocers | Halal Certification | Herbs & Spices | Kitchen Appliances (Large & Small) | Kitchen Tool and Cookware Stores | Live Poultry | Market Bags & Baskets | Meats (Halal-certified) | Restaurant Supply & Commercial Cooking | Specialty Stores | Vintage Kitchen Items

Bakeware

• Pyrex  (glass)
• Silpat (reusable, non-stick oven tray liners)

Baking Products

• King Arthur Flour 
• Hogdson Mill

Baking Tools & Equipment

• Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer
• Kitchen Twine
• Parchment Paper

Chocolates

• Chocohalal (halal)
• Lang’s (halal-certified)

Chocolate Classes

• Le Flour Bakery (Chicago)
• The French Pastry School

Cleaning Supplies

• JP Welch Handmade Broom
• Mosaic Soaps

Cooking Classes

• The Chopping Block
• My Halal Kitchen
• Sur la Table
• Viking Cooking School
• Williams-Sonoma

Cookware

• Calphalon
• Dehillerin Cookware 
• Le Creuset 
• Mauviel copper pots

Culinary Schools

• The French Pastry School
• Loretta Paganini School of Cooking

Dairy

Cabot cheeses (halal-certified)

Kerrygold butter

Tillamook cheese

Food Safety Information

• FDA website and hotline (1-888-safefood)

Gardening Supplies & Information

• Seed Saver’s Exchange 
• Tuscan Imports- Terra cotta pots and lightweight terra cotta; wood burning ovens
• White Flower Farm
• Willhite Seed Company 

Grocers

• Mediterranean Oasis Mart
• Sara Meat Market
• Trader Joe’s
• Whole Foods

Halal Certification Agencies

• IFANCA (Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America)

• Penzey’s
• Urban Herbs

Kitchen Appliances (Large & Small)

• Cometto custom made stoves- available in U.K., France and now being sold to Gulf countries
• Donvier Yogurt Maker
• Ice Cream Maker (attachment to Kitchen Aid Mixer or stand-alone)
• Professional Series Kitchen Aid Mixer

Kitchen Storage & Containers

• Crate & Barrell
• Sur la Table
• Williams-Sonoma

Kitchen Tool & Cookware Stores

• Le Creuset Outlet Store (Aurora, IL)
• Macy’s
• Sur la Table
• Viking
• Williams Sonoma

Live Poultry

• McMurray Hatchery

Market Bags & Baskets

• French Market Basket Bag (double handle)
• European Market Bike Basket

Meats (Halal-Certified)

• Crescent (chicken)
• Green Zabiha (grass fed meats)
• Insane Jerky (beef jerky)
• Midamar (duck & more)
• Tayyib (deli meats)
• Whole Earth Meats (grass fed, free-range, organic)

Pasta

• Ohio City Pasta

Restaurant Supply and Commercial Cookware Stores

• Schweppe’s Restaurant Supply

Vintage Kitchenware

• Etsy
• Check your local thrift stores, flea markets, antique shops or estate sales