"Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> Gloria P >
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>>
>> Dear Daughter and I stopped in to the new Penzey's store that recently
>> opened in Littleton, south of Denver. It's a little closer to us than
>> the other (NW) Denver area shop in Arvada, but still not close enough.
>>
>> To celebrate their opening they had a $5 coupon in the local paper
>> which was a nice incentive.
>>
>> I bought cinnamon to replenish all that I've used the past few weeks
>> making zucchini bread. Also bought basil, arrowroot, more chicken and
>> beef bases, whole nutmegs, red pepper flakes (DH uses it on pizza) and
>> a couple of other things I can't remember offhand.
>>
>> Spent about $50 as did Daughter. She'd never been to a Penzey's and
>> was quite impressed.
>
> Nice If I could get out of the Penzey's in Maplewood for $50 I'd be
> a happy camper.
>
>

I was one of their very first customers, No.56, I noticed an article of
their opening in the NYT and posted it here and the rest is history. But
I've never been to a Penzeys store... there were no stores in their early
years, no web site, and their catalog consisted of a few stapled typewritten
pages (typed on an old manual, with lots of typos), usually on pastel paper;
yellow, blue, and pink. Shortly after I moved Penzeys opened a store in the
NYC area... they have yet to open here in the NY capitol region. I've
always placed my order by telephone, I order once sometimes twice a year,
totaling like $100. I think their web site can use a face lift, and have it
include a searchable How-To section, and they need a FAQ.