Tips for Dining, Eating, and Food Shopping in the Greater Los Angeles Area (including Orange & Ventura Counties and SW San Bernardino County)
Start New ThreadDoes anyone know of a local source? Since it's already so expensive, I'm rather balking at paying for shipping if I order online.
I called an Italian market in my area and the owner said... I have fennel seed. Now that doesn't help me... I have fennel seeds. I want fennel POLLEN.
By Salty_Loves_Sweet
on Jul 22, 2009 03:26 PM
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i'm nearly positive surfas carries it.
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Surfas Restaurant & Supply
8777 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
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Have you tried calling Penzey's? (Not on their website, but they might have it anyway.)
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Penzeys Spices
21301 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance, CA 90503
Penzeys Spice Co
1347 4th St, Santa Monica, CA
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Thank you both so much. Yes, Surfas does have it, but I was surprised that it was more expensive than would I could find online (plus the drive to Culver City) and Penzeys wished me good luck at finding it locally. A couple of people suggested Bristol Farms, but no go. I tried Wm Sonoma and Sur la Table, no luck.
I was surprised the Italian grocery didn't know what I was looking for because I thought it was common knowledge that in the Spring, retired Italian Carmelite nuns roam the wild fennel fields on the Tuscan hillsides and shake the fennel flowers into the scooped skirts of their habits. Rare? How can this stuff be rare and hard to find??
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