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What are your best-selling flavor enhancers?

Sam Mogannam, Bi-Rite Market, San Francisco

Customers look for items that have clean flavors and are versatile, especially those that they can use with meat, fish, vegetables or tofu. My picks include:

• Bi-Rite Apricot Ginger Teriyaki Glaze
• Tonton Ginger Dressing & Marinade
• Maya Kaimal Indian Vindaloo Sauce
• The Occasional Gourmet Moroccan Tajine Blend

Vaughn Skaggs, Market Salamander, Middleburg, VA
We create a fresh high-end experience for customers. We sell a lot of spice blends, rubs and salts that they can add to meat or fish. Customers also enjoy finishing dishes with high-quality Italian olive oils. My picks include:
• Market Salamander Tuscan Olive Oil
• Market Salamander Double Barrel Wing Salt
• Market Salamander Smoking Gun BBQ Rub
• Market Salamander Salt for Fish or Crab by Chef Todd Gray

JosÃ© Mas, The Spanish Table, Seattle
A lot of customers are looking for authentic Spanish ingredients. Quince paste has become popular as well as sherry vinegar to finish dishes. My picks include:
• Matiz Bomba Rice
• Matiz Quince Paste
• Las Llaves Sherry Vinegar
• El Rey Smoked Paprika

Nicole Shillings, The Healthy Gourmet, Athens, GA
Ingredients like vinegars and marinades sell the best because they are versatile. Customers like to buy products that they can use on everything from meat to seafood. My picks include:
• Signolia's Balsamic Vinaigrette
• da Rosario White Truffle Oil Â
• Urban Accents Sonoma Pepper
• Cuisine Perel Tequila Lime Vinegar

John Kodeski, Relish Culinary Boutique, Lansing, MI
Tropical fruit and chili pepper flavored olive oils are great finishers to enhance and bring out flavors. Customers like to add chutney to a pork roast or use honey horseradish mustard to make chicken come to life. My picks include:
• O&CO.; Mandarin, Chili Pepper, Lemon & Basil Flavored Olive Oils
• A Perfect Pear from Napa Valley Tomato Pear Chutney
• Frontier Soups Chipotle Spice Mix
• Weber's Honey Horseradish Mustard