From Austintown, Joe Schmo's Kitchen makes packaged seasonings and specialty pantry foods, including its signature Donofrio's Hot Peppers in Oil. The company pairs low-sodium seasoning blends and gourmet salts with sausage mixes, pepper jellies and recipes for home cooks, while its hot-pepper tradition traces back to Pietrabondante in Italy and was preserved by the family’s grandfather after he came to America in the early 1930s.
Grassia’s Italian Market Spice CoFamily-owned Grassia’s Italian Market Spice Co. has been carrying its spice-making tradition forward since 1932, across two family lines. The company is known for preparing most of its blends in-house, including no-salt recipes, and continues serving customers online and at farmers markets after closing its South Philadelphia storefront.PHILADELPHIA, PA
Pittsburgh Spice and Seasoning CompanySince 1967, Pittsburgh Spice and Seasoning Company has supplied fresh spice blends, seasonings and butcher-shop essentials to meat processors, hunters, caterers and home cooks. The family-owned Pittsburgh business develops proprietary blends—drawing on more than 800 recipes—and pairs them with sausage casings and equipment for customers making their own products. Its storefront also brings those handcrafted seasonings to local shoppers and the Murrysville Farmers Market.PITTSBURGH, PA
Mom’s GourmetFrom Newbury, Ohio, Mom’s Gourmet makes small-batch, grind-to-order artisan seasoning blends inspired by Patsy “Mom” Flattery’s home cooking and her daughter Sally’s creativity. The family-owned and operated company is known for animal-themed jars and no- or low-sodium blends made without MSG, preservatives, fillers, or gluten. Its products have been sold in food markets and groceries across the country for more than a decade.NEWBURY, OH
Borsari Food CoBorsari Food Co. makes small-batch seasoned salt blends rooted in a Northern Italian family recipe. The recipe arrived in America with Adolfo and Adellcisa Borsari in 1914, passed to their grandson Adolph in 1970, and became a company in 2001 when Adolph and Betsy began sharing it beyond the family kitchen. Today, woman-led Borsari is guided by owner Lindsay Neilson and continues to use fresh ingredients with a slow dehydration process across eight signature blends.JAMESTOWN, NY