Chef Molly McCook is sharing two of her signature seasonings with online shoppers. Fort Worth-based Chef Shelf was founded in 2013. The online retailer brings restaurant-quality items like sauces, spices and cookbooks directly to home cooks. That is why they will be introducing two of McCook's favorite spice mixtures straight from her kitchen onto the website (thechefshelf.com).
Hawaiian Red Sea Salt ($13) is provided to diners at Ellerbe as a flavorful finishing salt. The lovely red crystals are unique to the Hawaiian Islands and are derived from volcanic baked clay called "Alae," which adds slightly toasted notes to the specialty salt. The other is her signature Za"atar spice blend ($11). Za"atar, the centuries-old seasoning mixture that finds many uses in Middle Eastern cuisine, has become very popular on menus nationwide.
Ellerbe made a big splash when it debuted its farm-to-fork menu on June 9, 2009. Chef McCook will celebrate the restaurant's fifth anniversary cooking for guests of the James Beard Foundation in New York. "An invitation to prepare a five-course meal at the James Beard House is such an honor," said Chef McCook. "I couldn't be happier to share this news with our friends, family and farmers who make my job possible." -Courtney Dabney
