Category Archives: Edibles
RockStar Sponsor: Trans-Canada Etsy Team
Let me introduce you to The Trans Canada Etsy Team…your number one source for Canadian Fabulous-ness on Etsy! I have never seen a bunch of folks who work so tirelessly promoting a group of Etsiers than this one.
Let me start by telling you a bit about their Team Canada Etsy store:
A beautiful shop featuring products from some of the awesome members of the team. It’s here you can also find these awesome goodie bags:
These are excellent selections of goodies donated by members and sold at an awesome price!
If the store weren’t enough, The Trans Canada Etsy Team also keeps it’s own team blog, which I just love:
It features information & profiles on team members, special promotions & sales, and their new Monthly Challenge: Each month, a challenge is issued and team members will submit a handmade entry that relates to the theme in some way. When the challenge closes, everyone will have an opportunity to vote for the entry that they think best represents the theme.
The theme this month is Autumn, and voting will begin on September 25, so come by then and vote for your favorite handmade, Canadian autumn creation!
Besides their shop and their store, you can follow the Trans-Canada Etsy Team on Twitter, to keep up to date with all their fabulous goings on!
www.twitter.com/transcanadaetsy
So go check ‘em out!
A great big thank you to the Trans-Canada Etsy Team for being our Rockstar Sponsor for the month of September. You support is so very appreciated!
Custom Coolness from Purpose Design
Lovin’ these custom spice kits from Purpose Design!
Try something new and create your own collection of spices!
This handsome kraft tube with flush fitting end caps holds 15 magnetic glass top containers each measuring 2 inches (53 mm) in diameter.
Each container weighs between 1 to 1.5 ounces (30-45 g).
You can store these on any magnetic surface.The tube measures 16 inches (41 cm) long and 2.5 inches (6.5 cm) in diameter. The containers are labeled on the side and are individually sealed for safe shipping.
You just have to check out the Purpose Design site to see all the fabulous spices you have to choose from! What a spectacular gift for housewarmings and weddings!
Cake or Death: Custom sculpted cakes to die for!
Anyone who has seen any of the poor decrepit birthday cakes I’ve created for my long suffering jam-eaters will understand why Kristin of Cake or Death has caught my attention…Kristin is a cake artist, and she carefully plans, designs, bakes and sculpts each of her custom creations to perfection. Inspired by music, pop culture and great cake designers the world over, Kristin is able to create cakes her cakes to reflect the personalities of each of her clients. You have to stop by the Cake or Death website to really see for yourself the awesome range of personality and interests Kristin is able to portray. Truly astounding!
By the way…that is a “Fail Whale” cake up there! Awesome!
Peppermaster’s Sexy Salsa Financing Project
Many of you will remember our post about Peppermaster: A Culinary Adventure…spicey, yummy sauces and mashes made from locally produced and fair trade sourced hot peppers. Well, it would seem that they could use a bit of a hand…here’s Tina Brooks, VP Marketing, Peppermaster(TM) Hot Sauces to let you know what’s going on, and how you can help:
Our company Brooks Pepperfire Foods a small independently owned hot sauce company and small batch co-packer has been rapidly expanding.
We have been working with a Government funded company CIDEM-Techno (http://www.cidem.ca) to upgrade our business operations and open our new kitchen using the available government small businesses assistance. The spinoff of this project was 12 new jobs which are sorely needed. An abrupt closure of CIDEM-Techno, who was providing our financial and technical business advisors, has forced us to come up with an interim solution that will buy us the time to replace these much needed resources. We have a new local first fair trade salsa line scheduled for launch at the end of June, so in order to pay for the advisors and continue the project, we are pre-selling cases of the Salsa.If you would like to help go to: http://www.peppermaster.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=50&products_id=188
For all the intricate details of the situation, go to: http://www.peppermaster.com/wordpress
We hope you can help.
Tina Brooks
VP Marketing, Peppermaster(TM) Hot Sauces
http://www.peppermaster.com
Brooks Pepperfire Foods Inc.
http://www.pepperfire.caPhone: (514) 393-3430
26 St. Jean Baptiste, East
Rigaud, Quebec, Canada
J0P 1P0Tweet me @Pepperfire or visit my profiles on both LinkedIn and Ecademy.
So really…if anyone needed an excuse to stock up on these firey fair trade goodies, here’s your chance to grab it and run!
Edibles: Peppermaster: A Culinary Adventure
I haven’t done an “edibles” post since the first week IndieNorth hit the web, so I’m really, really exited to introduce you to Peppermaster’s fresh, hot pepper sauces! Peppermaster hand crafts their sauces in small batches, and they do all of their own fire roasting, smoking, drying, cooking and processing in house. They purchase all their hot peppers from local farmers markets when in season, through internation fair trade sources throughout the rest of the year. Be sure to check out their Fair Trade Certified Products and their fantastic gift packs…there is a hot pepper sauce to satisfy every palate.
Time to fire up the grill!
