When I’m in New York, I love to shop at Teitel Brothers on Arthur Avenue, but last year I didn’t get up there. Because I was about to run out of dried porchini mushrooms, which I buy there by the pound ($39.00), I decided to see if they did online sales. They do! As I was looking through the offerings, I noticed they were selling bulk salted capers, which several of my newer cookbooks call for. They are $4.49 a pound at Teitel, whereas the small jars I’ve managed to find at Corti Brothers and Taylor’s Market in Sacramento are around $4 for a 2.2 ounce jar. So I bought two pounds, shown in the quart-jar on the left, plus a one-cup jar. (The small jar is in front.) The capers are kind of large, but I can always chop them if I want them smaller.I also bought a pound of sun-dried tomatoes ($3.99, also sold loose), two cans of Italian tuna, and some risotto rice. The shipping charges were a bit steep ($16.73), but considering how much I would otherwise pay for salted capers or dried porchini mushrooms, the online shopping made sense. If you can get to Arthur Avenue, however, you should make the trip!
