Pantry Items

Here is a compiled list of suggested pantry items to help you cook with our CSA boxes. These are items suggested to us by CSA members and our farm’s advisory board. If you have other suggestions, please leave them in the comment box below.

Book Recommendations: Reference these books for detailed explanation of pantry items

Pantry Shops:

  • Online purchasing of artisan Taiwanese pantry items at Yun Hai Taiwanese Pantry. Leslie’s favorite mala chili sauce is here! Members who onboard with us at the beginning of the 2022 season will receive a one-time 15% off coupon to stock up in one order.

  • The Wok Shop in San Francisco China Town

  • Asia Mart in Santa Rosa

  • Ranch 99 and H Mart throughout the Bay Area

BEGINNING HOME COOKS

  • Chili oil

  • Dark vinegar

  • Five spice

  • Garlic butter

  • Kewpie mayo

  • Large stock pot

  • Long pair of chopsticks

  • Mirin

  • Miso

  • Rice cooker w/ paddle

  • Rice wine vinegar

  • Roasted sesame seeds

  • Salad spinner

  • Sesame oil

  • Shallot oil

  • Shaoshing wine

  • Short grain rice

  • Soy sauce - light & dark

  • Star Anise

  • Steamer basket

  • Sticky rice

  • Strainer

  • Tongs

  • White pepper

  • Wide spatchua

  • Wok with lid

EXPERIENCED HOME COOKS

  • Banana leaves

  • Bonito flakes

  • Canning/pickling mason jars

  • Dashi

  • Doenjang

  • Doubanjiang

  • Dried scallops

  • Dried shrimp

  • Dried shiitake mushrooms

  • Dried squid

  • Dried umami

  • Furikkake

  • Furu fermented tofu

  • Gochujang

  • Koji

  • Kombu

  • Mandolin

  • Mooncake molds

  • Mortar & pestle

  • Oyster sauce

  • Rempah

  • Rock sugar

  • Szechuan peppercorns

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