SKORDO Kitchen

Exploring the Unique Flavors of Dobra Tea

Ellen Kanner, of Dobra Tea, has worked with our team at SKORDO to help us choose the perfect teas to offer our community in our shop! Learn about her journey with Dobra and what we now have in the shop.

SKORDO on Antoni's Easy-Bake Battle

Well this is exciting! This October, SKORDO ingredients will be used on Antoni's Easy Bake Battle, a home cooking competition show on Netflix!

Vena's Fizz House x SKORDO

Team SKORDO first learned about Vena's Fizz House in 2016. We were busy opening our Old Port store and couldn't help but notice the vibrant cocktail and mocktail shop down the street. The combination of vintage glassware, impeccably built ingredients and delicious drinks had us making up any excuse to visit Vena's.

Today, the Vena's Fizz House team is focused on their line of sippers, bitters, infused sugar cubes, and a Maine inspired syrup. You can find their products in specialty food shops or purchase directly on their website.

Steve, one of Vena's founders, was kind enough to answer our questions and passed along a couple home bar tips and tricks. Enjoy!

Edible Gift Guide

'Tis the season for gift giving! While it's joyous and generous and the most wonderful time of the year, it can also be stressful and expensive. Keeping things on hand for last minute gifts is a good prevention method. For these situations, I turn to edible or homemade items. BONUS- you are not only giving them something tasty, you could also be introducing them to new flavors which is the best gift you can give!

Winter Pantry

We saw the first flakes of snow outside the shop windows this week. We're not ready for winter, (where are our winter boots?!). But, our pantries are warming up to the idea of slow & low cooking, holiday baking and cozy snow day drinks. Here are a few of our must-have items for winter warm ups.

Let's hear it for the (Weck) Jar!

What are the hardest working tools in your kitchen? Peak beyond the obvious (knives and cutting boards) and consider the container. Food storage, dressing shaker, vase, carafe, gift wrapping, incense holder, wine glass, and marinade-r. In these days of celebrating ‘doing it all’ and multi-hyphenate hoopla, it’s time to honor the true gadget G.O.A.T., the Weck Jar.

Introducing: Maine Paella, Our New Recipe Kit

We've been cooking something up and we're thrilled to finally share our newest recipe kit - Maine Paella! Our goal with this kit was to truly empower you to create this showstopper at home, and for it to be out-of-this-world delicious. Let's dig in.

Middle Eastern Mezze

Hellooo new SKORDO set - this Middle Eastern compilation may be just the thing to expand your palette!

A brush of Syrian Za’atar on the flatbread, a Baharat marinade on the vegetables, a Dukkah crust on the Halloumi, and an Advieh seasoned broth for the rice. These flavors, combined with the various textures, creates a meal that is begging to be shared with your loved ones. Thankful to have my SKORDO blends to help me travel to different cultures, while still staying pandemic safe in my home kitchen!

Topics: Peppercorns

In the shops, we’re often asked to describe the different qualities and flavors of peppercorns. It’s a fair question. Pink peppercorns love delicate proteins like chicken or fish. Szechuan are great with green beans and Tellicherry are our go to for everyday seasoning. But what makes a peppercorn a peppercorn and how are they all related?

The Lost Kitchen x SKORDO

Erin French's award-winning cookbook The Lost Kitchen: Recipes and A Good Life Found in Freedom, Maine features mostly fresh, local ingredients, but there are several unique ingredients used throughout the book that are sometimes hard to find. The new The Lost Kitchen SKORDO Set gives you access to those unique ingredients so you can feel empowered to create the recipes exactly as Erin and her team does!

Tips + Tricks: SKORDO Sets

SKORDO Sets are packed with potential. Their fresh ingredients are bursting with flavors inspired by world cuisine or styles of cooking. Often gifted, these collections of four or nine ingredients are our go to for shaking up home cooking. Any time we’re in a kitchen rut, we turn to a SKORDO Set for a fun filled culinary adventure.

Perfect Pairings

The celebrity of chefs was near peak pre-pandemic and now when we’re all cooking at home and lusting after restaurant quality meals, the celebration of foodies is at an all-time high. How often do we catch ourselves listening to/watching/reaching about our favorite chefs? With front of house closed, professional kitchens are more open to us than ever before and I for one couldn’t be more excited.