The Pantry

Nana’s Chili Crisp

6 oz jar

Small-batch and hand-labeled — avocado oil, dried red pepper, toasted sesame, smoked paprika, dried onion and garlic, a little turbinado and soy. Good on fish, chicken and pork, any Asian dish, or a scoop of cottage cheese and avocado toast. Contains soy, wheat and sesame.

Every jar is labeled by hand — Nana’s own, at her kitchen table.

Nana’s Dark Gumbo Roux

16 oz glass jar

Stirred flat-out for the better part of an hour until it goes the color of an old penny. Shelf stable, ready to build a gumbo on a Tuesday.

Nana’s Sunday Gravy

24 oz glass jar

A long-simmered tomato sauce that starts at noon and is not asked about again until four. Sweet from the onion, not from sugar.