Zingerman's - January 18, 2026

Brad's (and Val's and Alex's) favorite food finds for the new year!

These foods were new in 2025 but they're still awesome.

These foods were new in 2025 but they're still awesome.
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Reuben Kits| New Foods| Valentine's Day

Hi Food Lover,

There are three of us, really, that select all the foods you see in our catalog and on our website: Alex, Val, and me.

Val "designs" the catalogs. She picks the products that will go in the catalogs, decides what the features and themes will be, then works with the illustrators and graphic designers to make it all a reality.

Alex heads up digital marketing and goes through all the emails, notes, chats and general feedback on how to make the shopping experience as pain-free as possible.

And then you know me. I send emails and jump around in front of cameras.

But we are food finders at our core. We each have our lists of favorite finds and we "fight" to get them in the catalog or website. (There's a lot of overlap on our lists, so it's easy work.)

At the end of our negotiations, we get to share all the new foods we love with you! Everyone wins.

Valserena Butter
$16
ships 2 business days

Alex is a certified butter obsessive (says so in the copy) so she brought this Italian farmstead butter up for debate. I didn't tell her that I secretly loved all butters—especially Italian farmstead butter—so I said something generic like: "you think we could sell a high quality butter?"

Alex went on to describe how Valserena is a fifth-generation operation and the oldest dairy in Parma, Italy. She explained how they use milk exclusively from their own herd of rare Sola Bruna cows to make Parmigiano Reggiano and this farmstead butter.

"The cream is lightly cultured like yogurt or cheese, which gives the butter more complex flavors." She said, "and just wait till you eat it: ethereal and silky smooth, almost like it’s whipped, and not at all greasy."

Alex—of course—was correct. It's amazing stuff.

We can sell such a butter.






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Pinot Rose Ubriaco Cheese from Italy
$21.50 - $42
ships for flat rate
J Patrice Tarbouche Chocolate Coated Marshmallow Candies
$60
ships for flat rate
Chico Blonde Sushi-Grade Rice
$14
ships for flat rate
Llagar de Oles Cider Vinegar
$15
ships for flat rate
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