Spring is right around the corner (and March Break is just about over!), which means there's still a few months of school lunches to be made, carried to school, shoved in a locker and eventually consumed. While we do have lots of good things to go IN to lunch bags, people often come to us looking for a more environmentally friendly alternative to the traditional lunch bag. We finally have just the thing.

Meet FUNCH.

These beautiful and durable bags are made of insulated Tyvek printed with a gorgeous selection of designs and come in two sizes - each with a Velcro closure. So not only will these bags keep your lunch fresh and secure until lunchtime, because they're made from Tyvek, they're strong, recyclable, washable and tear and water resistant. Look for them on the rack right inside the door to your right. 

Man, that was grim yesterday. 
Thought I was going to wipe out just going to the corner store. And if I didn't wipe out I certainly came home chilled and damp. And that made me think of Spain...

...to be precise, an open air market in Valencia and the heady aromas emanating from a huge paella pan right there on the sidewalk. Seafood, chorizo, tomato, saffron and that very particular rice. Bomba rice. It's not impossible to find bomba rice around but it's not everywhere so many people substitute arborio and it's just NOT the same thing.

A new line we're carrying called Plaza del Sol delivers the full paella experience along with some beautiful stuffed olives and tasty crostini just in time to beat the winter blahs and turn your kitchen into a street market near the Spanish coast.

Provision here at the Mercantile and then it's off to Spain. 
Traditional recipe here.