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Grilling Without Borders—International BBQ
Grilling season is upon us and we are firing up the coals with a focus on flavor. Piedmont Grocery has everything you need to up your barbecue game.
Our well-loved Butcher Department is stocked with all the meats and seafood you need for barbecuing. Come by and chat with our butchers about what cut is best for you. We also have ready-made steak and chicken kebabs that just need to be tossed on the grill. And, of course, our produce section is brimming with the freshest summer selection. Plus, we have an excellent selection of vegan grilling options in our refrigerator case.
Check out our top picks for sauces, marinades, and rubs.…
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Starting close to home
Oakland Dust Rubs are hand-crafted and locally inspired. Wonderful, uniquely flavored blends cover all the bases: Curry, Chili Lime, Pork Spice Rub, Poultry Spice Rub, Seafood Spice Rub, and Steak Spice Rub.
If it is not already a favorite, you need to try Everett & Jones Barbecue Sauce. A delicious mixture of fruity-sweetness and pepper from an Oakland-based, all-around great company.
Kinders BBQ sauce comes in three degrees of spicy: mild, hot, and extra hot—as well as mustard and roasted garlic—plus Original Marinade and Garlic Marinade.
We recommend Morton & Bassett Espresso Rub for more dimensional flavor. They provide the best quality spices in the world.
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A nod to the East
Wok Mei Hoisin Sauce is a rich, clean, authentic Chinese BBQ flavor perfect for dipping or grilling.
Patak's Tandoori Marinade Spice Paste is an authentic blend of ginger, aromatic spices & tamarind to recreate a beautifully balanced Tandoori dish—the traditional marinade in Northern India for grilled, barbecued, and roasted meats
Jade Sesame Soy Marinade is styled after a Korean classic. More richly flavored than teriyaki, add complex flavor to grilled meats, poultry, and tofu. It also makes excellent as a dipping sauce.
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Out of Africa
Nando's Peri Peri Sauce is particularly hot and fiery, packing a whole lot of flavor! This Peri-Peri recipe comes from South Africa.
To the South
Zócalo Foods Aji Amarillo Paste is one of the most important ingredients in Peruvian cooking. Its flavor is fruity and aromatic without a lot of heat—and it makes a great marinade.
Chimichurri Sauce is a herbaceous and vinegary sauce derived from Argentina that has been widely adopted all around South America. We recommend the Chimichurri with Olive Oil by Badia Spices for a yummy marinade, dipping sauce, and to top burgers.
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Memorial Day Holiday Hours
Piedmont Grocery will be closed for Memorial Day 2023 Holiday Hours on May 29th, so that our employees can spend the day with families and friends. Please make certain to get everything you need for your celebration by 7 PM Sunday, May 28th.
We will resume our regular hours Tuesday morning at 9 AM.
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El Hermano
From our blog, The Cocktail Post
The sweetness of raspberry syrup in this El Hermano contrasts wonderfully with the spice of jalapeños in this mezcal-based cocktail. Try it the next time you are enjoying Mexican food. The flavors are perfect together!
Get the recipe…
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Classic Gin Gimlet
From our blog, The Cocktail Post
Simple and refreshing, the Classic Gin Gimlet is fantastic to have in your repertoire of cocktail recipes. Made of gin, fresh lime juice, and sugar, the gimlet is technically a gin sour. This puts it in good company with other drinks like the Daiquiri (which is technically a rum sour).
For a variation, check out our Green Chile Gimlet recipe.
Get the recipe…
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Barbecue Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades--Bastes, Butters & Glazes, Too
A Cookbook Recommendation
by Steven Raichlen
Every griller's secret weapon!
Transform meats and seafood, vegetables, and desserts into world-class barbecue with the flavor foundations (both wet and dry) that give grilled food its character, personality, depth, and soul.
Chile-fired rubs, citrusy marinades, buttery bastes, pack-a-wallop sauces, plus mops. slaters, sambals, and chutneys—this cornucopia of more than 200 recipes draws on irresistible Thai, Mexican, Indian, Cajun, Jamaican, Italian, and French cuisines, plus those big flavor building blocks from America's barbecue belt.
Barbecue Hall of Famer Steven Raichlen shows how to add the expert touch to every dish in your repertoire, from transforming a simple steak to electrifying an exotic kebab. Includes a step-by-step guide to building a signature barbecue sauce and recipes for more than 30 outrageous main dishes.
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THIS MONTH'S STAFF PICKS
St. Pierre Brioche Burger Buns
Your burger deserves the best. St. Pierre Brioche Burger Buns are pre-sliced and deliciously soft, ready to be filled with your favorite burger and toppings. A perfectly fluffy golden and plump texture holds the fillings together for a satisfying bite. Brioche is lightly sweet, with a shiny glaze
on top of each bun.
Brioche is a French sweet bread. It's made with an enriched dough, giving it that golden color, rich taste, and light sweetness. Read more…
Atalanta Halloumi Cheese
Halloumi cheese is versatile, unique, and delicious on the grill. It features the texture of mozzarella and a flavor that resembles feta. Because it does not melt when cooked, Halloumi can be grilled, fried, and sautéed—not unlike tofu.
Halloumi is a white, layered cheese, similar to mozzarella. It is a semi-hard, unripened, and brined cheese with a slightly spongy texture and squeaky mouth feel. Its flavor is tangy and salty. Once crisped in a pan or on the grill, it becomes beautifully crispy and savory on the outside and melted on the inside. Read more…
World Foods Red Curry Paste
This rich, spicy-hot red curry paste is ramped up with Thai red chilies and flavored with authentic aromatic spices. Perfect for preparing a quick and authentic Thai Red Curry with meat, seafood, and vegetables.
World Foods’ Red Curry Paste will help you to add that extra pizzazz to your meal that you will remember. You can spice up your favorite dish just by adding or substituting a few ingredients. Read more…
The Big Kahuna Pineapple Teriyaki Rub
This rub is bursting with bold and bright island flavors for consistently vibrant dishes. Elevate your next meal with this easy sweet and tangy grill seasoning. This perfect blend of brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame, pineapple, and ginger creates an explosion of tropical flavors.
It is great for salmon, pork rub, chicken wings, & kabobs. Feeling adventurous? Go and sprinkle on French fries, a bowl of poke, stir fry vegetables, or steamed rice. Read more…
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Brazillian Garlic Marinade
There’s something about this Brazillian Garlic Marinade that just screams warm weather grilling. (Assuming we ever get warm weather.) This recipe swaps the lemon for lime, adds some vinegar for zing, and brings the heat with some Malagueta pepper hot sauce. The hot sauce can be a challenge to find so feel free to swap it out for Piri-Piri, Tobasco, or whatever your favorite hot sauce might be.
Read the post and get the recipe…
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Grilled Chicken Satay
Some of the best things I have tasted came from a vendor selling their fare on the side of the road. There is a world of flavor waiting to tempt your taste buds.
The hawker centers of Singapore are world-renowned and have been on my travel bucket list for some time. Remember that food scene in the movie Crazy Rich Asians? That’s my idea of heaven. And, since my calendar seems to be opening up, hopefully, we’ll get there soon.
I’ve heard you can find almost anything you could desire in Singapore, though my first stop would be the grilled chicken satay as a warmup for later rounds. You can never go wrong with grilled meat on a stick.
Read the post and get the recipe…
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Grilled Artichokes and Lemons
Sure, you could cook artichokes the old-fashioned way by steaming them. But, there is something about throwing them on the grill that raises the game and adds a bit more worldly sophistication.
If you have never tried a grilled lemon, today should be the day. Grilling lemons heats them up and helps to release the juice but it also mellows out the acidity and gives the flavor a little smoke. I could go all science-y about it but trust me on this, lemons are good on the grill.
Read the post and get the recipe…
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Tandoori Prawns
The fact is there is no way to visit India without tasting some of the best things you will ever taste. I mean Indian spices have been revered for centuries for a reason, right?
The one dish I have been able to recreate from that visit to Trishna is the Tandoori Prawns. They are fairly quick and easy to throw together and make a nice change of pace for a mid-week dinner when the temperatures go up.
Read the post and get the recipe…
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Saucy Recipes from Our Archives
From our blog, The Kitchen Table
We love grilling and know that sauce you use makes all the difference. Here is a list of some of our favorite recipes that highlight the importance of the marinade, rub, sauce, and salsa.
Sauces
Classic Vinaigrette
Grilled Baby Bok Choy Stalks with Miso Butter
Grilled Corn Salad
Grilled Zucchini Ribbon Kebobs
Smokey Blackberry Barbecue Sauce
Oriental Barbecued Ribs
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Bachan's Japanese Barbecue Sauce
Vendor of the Month
Take your BBQ to the next level!
Bachan's crafts some versatile barbecue sauces. The flavors are well-balanced and they make your dishes delicious. Use them for marinating, basting, finishing, dipping, and on fried rice, noodles, or drizzle them directly on your tongue.
You can't go wrong with Bachan's Japanese Barbecue Sauce.
Read more and find out what we carry…
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