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
Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking by Fuchsia Dunlop (amazon affiliate link) pg. 336-345
Maangchi’s Real Korean Cooking: Authentic Dishes for the Home Cook by Maangchi (amazon affiliate link) pg. 11-31
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