October 29, 2009 by Nathalie Herling.

If you are looking for Pan de Muertos in New York City go to Don Paco Lopez Panderia http://www.donpacolopez.com/ at 2128 3rd Ave and 116th St.

Wonderful painted windows will help you quickly find this traditional Mexican Bakery.

They have a good offering of three types.

2 were with the classic crossbones one with sesame seeds and powdersugar options, and the flatter child like figure with red sugar. All of these are very tradional shapes and have the egg bread flavor. The child figure is particularly used on altars for Oct 31st when the children are believed to return for sweet treats.

At the bakery they also have a wide variety of Mexican melted sugar skulls in various sizes available.

If you are in Williamsburg, Brooklyn go by Fuego http://jsauli1.web.officelive.com/default.aspx at 249 Grand St.  There you can find a wide selection of El Dia de los Muertos folkart including minatures, Flasks with Calaveras, cool Posada bags, tin hearts, huge skull pillows…. and  just set up a small sugar skull altar with molded sugar skulls in two sizes.

Check out the little photos hidden inside of many. Soon I will be posting how to make Diorama sugar skulls and examples from my Dia de los Muertos cooking workshop.

For Sugar Skull molds, La Sirena www.lasirenanyc.com on 27 E 3rd St in Manhattan has molds for sale and folkart as well. Nice paper cutouts for your altar too.

For the manufacture and full selection of sugar skull molds visit The Mexican Sugar Skull Company http://www.mexicansugarskull.com

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February 18, 2008 by Nathalie Herling.

Stores that sell Asian clay pots - also know as sand pots.  A world wide traditional cooking pot used for making Asian soups, curries and noodle dishes.  Most of these style pots can be taken directly from the stove to the table for a lovely presentation. Please check back I hope to be added to this page what selections of “sand pots” I find and will add recipes… or please suggest your favorite.

Gourmet Sleuth - multiple sizes available.

http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/cItems.asp?c=69

For a French Rendition and refine style for this classic Asian Clay Pot manufactured by Emile Henry . Available in Black or Red. Emile Henry Cookware is available from many quality cookware sites on the web.

http://www.emilehenry.com/pages/produit.php?numgamme=22&id_produit=101

Ms Lin’s Kitchen has a large selection of Donabe Pots from traditional, flowery and contemporary designs. Priced from $12.95 to $40.95. Many sizes and designs.

http://www.mrslinskitchen.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=1264

Please send me examples of pots you have found around the web.

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July 28, 2007 by Nathalie Herling.

If you are in NYC and looking for La Chamba Cookware, I recommend a stop into echo by Artesanias de Columbian in the Soho NYC, NY. They are located at 355 West Broadway between Broome and Greene. http://www.colombianstoreny.com/ 

The store is well displayed full of quality crafts form Columbia, including many lovely baskets, Columbian Molas (vs Panamanian), jewely, apparel, home decor and a large collection of La Chamba cookware at fair prices.

A full table display featuring full tablesettings and serving pieces were a beautiful focal point in the store. Special pieces were some very large black serving platters $40 to $60… too large for my little NYC stove and oven but very impressive for large party serving. Another favorite were coconut rings with handles soup bowl pedestals, a perfect fit for the round bottom blackware bowls. Bright straw basket liners made to fit the La Chamba pieces also add a festive touch and table protection for tablesettings.

In the back of the store were shelves of the blackware dishware so you can instantly collect a whole tables worth of plates, bowls, big bean pots… One stop La Chamba shopping.

The staff… maybe the owner was very friendly and extremely helpful, even opened the store early for me on a Sunday morning as I was peering excitedly in the window.

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July 7, 2007 by Nathalie Herling.

These are location I have found La Chamba Cookware for sale.

The stores are listed into a few categories: web stores, stores by state and wholesalers. I will be adding to this posting so please send in your suggestions.

Sometimes my choices will be bias but cooking is a personal thing and some places just do it better than others. In the future look for reviews, experiences of some of these companies and stores too.

ONLINE RETAILERS

Chacaradecor

http://www.chacaradecor.com/lachamba_price_list.htm

ph 973-335-3770 ● fax 973-335-3775 info@chacaradecor.com NJ

No shopping cart.

echo by Artesanias de Colombia

http://www.colombianstoreny.com

355 West Broadway New York , NY 10013

Hispaniae

http://hispaniae.com/lachamba.html Albuquerque, NM

Looks like a beautiful store

Toque Blanche California (650) 726-2898

Has a very comprehensive collection of La Chamba with examples that are hard to find anywhere else. Wholesale and retail.

http://www.mytoque.com

http://www.mytoque.com/brands/chamba_cookware.html

OriginCrafts

(914) 329-8446
http://www.origincrafts.com/kitchen-tabletop-black-chamba-dinnerware.html

Nice online offering - a web only store. You will see the soup bowl used in the Avocado Potato soup recipe on this blog

Trumps

http://www.trumps.co.nz/category.pasp?categoryid=108

New Zealand!!

Peachtree

http://www.peach-tree.com/giftshop/lachamba.shtml

210 S. Adams Fredericksburg, TX 78624 Toll Free: (800) 977-9527

info@peach-tree.com

No shopping cart.

The Rainforest Site

https://shop.therainforestsite.com/store/item.do?itemId=29428&siteId=221

part of the GreaterGood store One Union Square 600 University St., Suite 1000
Seattle, WA 98101

limited selection online

WHOLESALERS

La Vida Verde - http://www.lavidaverde.com/Chamba/chamba.htm

I LOVE THESE PEOPLE. They have worked very closely with the artisians of La Chamba to help them have better pottery yields. They have an excellent selection. The pack shipments well and never over charge with shipping… an important cost consideration when ordering.

Very good ethics. I can not recommend La Vida Verde more highly.

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