Resources

 I’m often asked about where I shop and what kind of cooking products I use, so I thought it was time to make a list for MHK readers.

These are just some of my favorite resources- a list of items and places to shop in every category listed below.

Index: Bakeware | Baking Products | Baking Tools & Equipment| Chocolates | Chocolate Classes | Cleaning Supplies | Cooking Classes | Cookware | Culinary Schools | 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
• Vacuums from Overstock.com

Cooking Classes

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

Cookware

• Calphalon
• Dehillerin Cookware 
• Le Creuset
• Mauviel copper pots- sold at Sur la Table and Williams Sonoma

Culinary Schools

• The French Pastry School
• Loretta Paganini School of Cooking

Food Safety Information

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

Gardening Supplies & Information

• Seed Saver’s Exchange
• Willhite Seed Company 

Grocers

• Trader Joe’s
• Whole Foods

Halal Certification

• IFANCA (Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America)

Herbs & Spices

• 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)
• Kitchen Appliances from Overstock
• Professional Series Kitchen Aid Mixer

Kitchen Tool and Cookware Stores

• Le Creuset Outlet Store
• Macy’s
• Overstock’s Vessel Sinks and Faucets for the Kitchen
• Sur la Table
• Viking
• Williams Sonoma

Live Poultry

• McMurray Hatchery

Market Bags & Baskets

• French Market Basket Bag (double handle)
• European Market Bike Basket 
• Food Gift Baskets from Overstock

Meats (Halal-certified)

• Crescent Halal (chicken)
•  Insane Jerky (beef)
•  Midamar (duck)
•  Tayyib (deli meats)

Restaurant Supply & Commercial Cooking

• Schweppe’s Restaurant Supply

Specialty Stores

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

Vintage Kitchen Items

• Check your local thrift shop, antique shop or estate sales