Real Food Finds
When you travel, sometimes you run into fabulous food finds you really love! While you can't get everything in your local grocery, more and more you can find wonderful items from around the world online. Whenever possible, we include sources for our food faves so you can try them too.
NOTE: All products are independently reviewed and none have paid for recognition. If you produce or sell a food item you believe could be a Favorite Food Find, please email us.
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Brazi Bites: Chewy, Cheesy, Addictive
Brazi Bites are heat-and-serve Brazilian cheese bread bites that are chewy, cheesy, and quite frankly, a bit addictive.
Jer’s Squares: Peanut butter and chocolate, what’s not to love?
If you love the classic combination of peanut butter and chocolate, you’ll love this socially-conscious company’s offerings.
The James Gang BBQ Company Seasoning Rubs: Distinctively Delicious
The James Gang BBQ Company’s seasoning rubs add distinctive and delicious flavors to meats.
Three Olives Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Fruity and Mellow
Artisanal olive oils from California’s bounty.
Marché de 3 Fumoirs, Quebec: Smokin’ Good
The smells are intoxicating – sweet, smoky, briny like the ocean. We’re at Marché de 3 Fumoirs (Market of the Three Smokehouses) in Quebec. For 40 years, Jacqueline “Jacky” Ouellet’s family have been carrying on the tradition of smoking local fish, shellfish, and meats and selling them at this modest storefront.
Natural Vines: Naturally Delicious
I’ve always been a red licorice fan, so when American Licorice Company, one of Americas oldest family-owned confectioners, told me they’d come up with an all-natural licorice candy, I was intrigued and agreed to take a taste. I was in for a surprise.
Weasel Coffee
Weasel gut coffee. Yum. Yes, really from a weasel. Eaten, digested and, well, you know….. And yes, really, really yum. It is thick, rich, and has a hint of chocolate flavor.
Dutch Waffle Cookies, Billings, Montana
What are Dutch cookies doing out west in Montana? We’re not sure, but you can find these strange-looking cookie-candies all over the state.
Idaho Spud
You either love them or you hate them, but this ubiquitous coconut/marshmallow/chocolate confection is all the rage in Idaho.
Sugpiaq Seafood: Wild, Delicious, Sustainable
Most of us care about our oceans and our health and recognize that the two are inter-connected. No one recognizes that more than the Native Alaskan people who have fished the oceans for thousands of years.
Gram’s Caramel’s: Buttery, Velvety Goodness
Terry Welter had been making caramels with his grandmother for more than 50 years when he decided in 2010 to launch Gram’s Caramels, a boutique candy company in Oregon City, Oregon.
The Smoked Olive Oils: Smokey Goodness
The folks at The Smoked Olive Company have come up with an interesting concept – take organic extra virgin olive oil and subject it to natural wood smoke.
