Our Gift Sets

3 Seasons of Curio Spice Co.

In the ascendant spice category shaken up by a small handful of brands in the last ten years, Curio Spice Co. is singular in what they do. They start with direct sourcing work—which means fewer middle folks and brokers with product languishing in warehouses, tied up in complex supply chains. Direct sourcing also translates to better pay rates for farmers.

But Curio does more than deliver spices that are on average 4 years fresher than what you’ll find at the grocery store. Each Curio blend tells a story whether it’s re-telling a classic 5-Spice or Claire Cheney’s (Curio’s founder) experience of traveling through verdant Ethiopia and re-orchestrating memories of sights and sounds into evocative blends.

Our 3 Seasons of Curio Spice Co shares both Claire’s sourcing connections (stunning lavender from a farm in Applegate, Oregon) and her blending gifts via an all-new V Smiley Preserves flavor Nectarine Lemon Marmalade made with Curio’s Yuzu Rose Green Tea with coriander and timut pepper.

Inside the gift box you’ll find a 2 oz jar of:

• Nectarine Lemon Yuzu Rose

• Lavender Blackberry Rhubarb

• Cherry Rosehip Hibiscus

Bestsellers Trio

To celebrate 10 years of honey jam from V Smiley Preserves, I re-released the 6 oz sizing of our bestselling flavors with new artwork from Seattle artist Michael Doyle. Each flavor honors great teachers, writers and business people in fruit preservation, people key to me finding a home in food work.

• Raspberry Redcurrant Geranium Jam - Pam Corbin

• Cherry Rosehip Hibiscus Jam - Christine Ferber

• Lavender Blackberry Rhubarb Jam - Jane Grigson

3 Seasons of Summer

I am excited to present preserves from 3 corners of summer, the strawberry beginning, the apple interlude and the plum ending. Preservation and cooking is all rhythm. Summer holds its own patterns built mostly with berries and stone fruit but in the middle, the Dolgo Crabapple screams for attention in late August. While I wait for the European plum varieties to ripen, we mill crabapples with rosehips and make my favorite preserve for cheese and savory cooking, Dolgo Crabapple Rosehip.