504007 Sat Mar 29 11:12:27 -0700 2008 15 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 3540612 Anyone know where i can get this niiice chile powder? Sat Mar 29 11:12:27 -0700 2008 27416 frontzNskrontz 1 3540639 Couldn't find in the the Wholespice (http://www.wholespice.com/) on line catalog but perhaps they can get some for you.Otherwise. http://www.globalpalate.citymax.com/catalog/item/1945126/1362616.htm Sat Mar 29 11:22:38 -0700 2008 3540612 105235 wolfe 1 3540645 Good question. There are a number of Turkish ingredients I haven't been able to find around here. I found Aleppo pepper at Lhasa Karnak, you might call and ask. Sat Mar 29 11:23:59 -0700 2008 3540612 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 3540651 I buy it online from Zingermans. Sat Mar 29 11:25:24 -0700 2008 3540612 10133 wally 2 3543509 there is a new herb/spice store in the presidio, cannot recall the name but run by a very nice woman. Sun Mar 30 14:17:13 -0700 2008 3540651 23054 pateman 2 3543521 found it! its caled juliet mae, she is located in the presidio. Sun Mar 30 14:20:49 -0700 2008 3540651 23054 pateman 3 3547471 From the website it seems like the Presido address is just for mail-order purposes. Is there a retail shop? Mon Mar 31 17:21:35 -0700 2008 3543521 10264 rworange 4 3557351 no retail, just web or phone orders, sorry. Thu Apr 03 10:09:50 -0700 2008 3547471 23054 pateman 1 4632892 I just found this for sale at Whole Spice in Napa at the Oxbow Public Market. Mon Apr 27 11:42:38 -0700 2009 3540612 82741 kresge86 1 4633728 Here is a quote from a blog on Urfa. "Urfa biber is one of the most unique spices I have ever experienced. The chili, a striking burgundy pepper that grows in the Urfa region of Turkey, is sundried during the day and then wrapped up tight to "sweat" through the night. The result is often described as a "spicy raisin" and while at first blush that might not sound appealing, it points at some of the magic of the urfa's flavor. There is definitely a sense of dried fruit, a highly concentrated sweetness that has a richness and depth to its flavor that fresh fruit lacks, and that's what hits the tongue first, but it is soon met by a full-bodied warmth that is highly persistent and holds flavor instead of just heat." Mon Apr 27 15:34:51 -0700 2009 3540612 105235 wolfe 1 4634347 I don't know that you can get it there (I've never looked for it as I only heard about it for the first time today) but you should try looking in Samiramis. They have a ton of middle eastern stuff. Mon Apr 27 19:13:33 -0700 2009 3540612 12456 Euonymous 1 4634708 I buy all my Turkish spices from Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge, MA (I mail order them) -- they have Aleppo, Maras, and Urfa peppers always available. http://www.formaggiokitchen.com Mon Apr 27 22:05:37 -0700 2009 3540612 249086 rj2008 1 5160116 Last week I called European Turkish market in Burlingame to see if it might have urfa biber in stock. The male voice on the phone said that he had some. But when I arrived, none was to be found and i was told it was coming in next week. To salvage the special trip I'd made, I bought the maras (aka marash) biber instead. This is a brick red semi-moist pepper in coarse flakes. It's $19.99 for 1 kg package or $9.99/lb. The smallest amount I could buy was 0.70 lbs. Maras has a slight smoky quality and medium heat that reminds me of Mexican guajillo pepper. So far I've used it to make ezo gelin (Turkish-style red lentil soup) and to season cavalo nero, roasted butternut squash & pancetta pasta. I put some on the table as a finishing condiment and the dinner guests enjoyed tasting it and adding more to their pasta. If the urfa biber had been in stock, I wouldn't have tried this lovely pepper in its stead. So maybe this turned out to be a lucky break. Thu Nov 05 22:52:11 -0800 2009 3540612 10039 Melanie Wong 2 5160144 I just bought urfa at the Pasta Shop on 4th, source Whole Spice 2oz about $6. Thu Nov 05 23:49:18 -0800 2009 5160116 105235 wolfe 2 5164098 I have been using Marash a lot over the past couple of years. Currently buying from Whole Spice via Pasta Shop. Sat Nov 07 17:35:25 -0800 2009 5160116 10133 wally 1 5160149 As of this writing, World Spice has it in stock: http://www.worldspice.com/spices/0025urfabiber.shtml Thu Nov 05 23:53:08 -0800 2009 3540612 112096 Caroline1