Source for Southwesten Food Gifts by Mail?

[ewatkins]

I want to send my sister in NYC a selection of Southwester foods--hot salsas, chili peppers etc. I don't want to have to pack and ship it myself. Any mail order ideas?

[chefjon]

Ewatkins,

Here's a couple of ideas and websites:

http://www.elgalindo.com/ In Austin, Texas

http://www.hotchili.com

http://www.saguarofood.com

http://www.nmpinioncoffee.com

I am familiar with El Galindo--good mexican food products, like salsas, chips, etc.

I have also ordered pinion coffee(very good stuff) from New Mexico Pinion Coffee Company and they do have other food items as well.

You could also do a google search for "Southwestern Food" and see what you come up with. Good luck!

[wallycat]

I absolutely LOVE this magazine:

http://www.chilepepper.com/

If you buy it, you'll find more ads for hot foods than anyplace I could imagine.
If you look at their site, you will see a small smattering of ads for fiery foods.

Have fun shopping!! :)

[sneezles]

If you go to Design it yourself Giftbaskets! (http://www.designityourselfgiftbaskets.com/gourmet-gift-baskets-texas-theme.htm) there's one called A Taste of Texas. You not only get to choose what goes inside you get to choose the container as well. They have other themes to choose from also.

[SueK]

The Santa Fe School of Cooking has some nice food items:
http://www.santafeschoolofcooking.com/

Also, as Jon mentioned, the New Mexico Pinion Coffee Company is a good source. We've ordered coffee from them before and they have a great selection.

[Robyn1007]

Hi,

I left New Mexico over a year ago and a few months ago I was really missing green chile among other things. My mom found a company called The Chile Addict and had a bunch of things sent to me and I absolutely love it. Their website is www.chileaddictstore.com One word of advice, apparently they got a bit confused with the billing address being different from the shipping address so be careful.

Robyn