Chelsea Market Baskets imports biscuits or, as we call them, cookies from England, Scotland and France. We take great pride in finding cookies that come from smaller bakeries,  made by people passionate about what they do. We include many in our gifts and in addition, sell some online and all in our store. Below is a review of the brands that we import:
 Shortbread House of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland) – makes shortbread the old-fashioned way: by hand using a much coveted recipe, handed down from the original owner. Having tasted many brands, this recipe offers more nuance in the flavor and texture that we believe makes it a better shortbread or best amongst what is available from Scotland. Handsomely packaged with the Scottish Thistle logo, we offer rectangular tins of fingers and the traditional, round petticoat tail tin, that make great gifts on their own. (
www.shortbreadhouse.com)
Island Bakery Organics (Isle of Mull, Scotland) – produce their celebrated organic cookies  off the west coast of Scotland in the romantic village of Tobamary on the Isle of Mull. Joe and Dawn Reade settled on the island after attending school and opened a bakery where Joe’s parents had created a dairy and the Isle of Mull Cheddar. Figuring a bread bakery went well with cheese, they had not yet realized there was not a year-round customer base to support the bread bakery, hence the EEC Organic Cookie range was created.  Butter cookies flavored with lemon and dipped in white chocolate called “Lemon Melts” are our best sellers. Other flavors include a Chocolate Ginger, an Oatmeal Crumble and an Apple Crumble. (
www.islandbakery.co.uk)
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by Elizabeth
on April 5, 2012
The Shipping News is our way of letting you know what has recently arrived at Chelsea Market Baskets. Â Our store mission clearly guides us to be looking globally for new product for the store and gift baskets, we are constantly receiving shipments- often of products made available stateside for the first time- and now you’ll be the first to learn of their arrival. Â The Shipping News format is simply a list, so if you want more information about a product (and we hope you’re curious), please leave a comment!
Arrived April 4, 2012- consolidated in Manchester, England:
- Gourmet Candy Co. Â “Chelsea Football Club” chocolate line and Mr. Stanley’s
- Fresh Island Bakery
- Kitchen Garden Preserves, Chutneys and Marmalade for spring
- Prestat Chocolate including the Queen’s Jubilee Box
- Shortbread House of Edinburgh
- Summerdown Mints
- Teoni’s  (which we reordered after a very positive response at the holidays and added new biscotti)
- Tregroes Toffee Waffles in Original, Plain or Dark and Milk from Wales
- William Santos – including the Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls 400g Tin
- Â Comptoir Du Cacao – Our Second Order Fresh For Mother’s Day
- The Grown up Chocolate Co- we are the first (& currently only) Â importer for the United States (and think GUCC is lovely to work with!)
- De Reze Biscuits (classic European cookie types) in decorative tins and Speculoos Spread (yes, it is like peanut butter, but made from spice cookies and totally nut free).
This container had one of the fastest crossings from Manchester to New York (or technically New Jersey), and has mostly been unpacked at the store. Â It’s always fun to get new products, not least because we get to try them all and the store shelves get spruced up!
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by Tina
on March 30, 2012
Why not 8 days of Easter? It seems Easter gets bigger and bigger each year….
1st Day of Easter- Decorate!
Ready to bring color to your home after a dreary winter? Spring is here and its time decorate! We have some unique finds to turn your  home into a colorful kaleidoscope. Including natural fiber cute bunnies and chicks ($5.95-24.95). Artichoke Shaped candles ($5.00-$8.95)  that can make a fun center piece and egg candles in pastel(3pk-$5.95).
Need to bring some green to your home? Eggling an extra large egg, once cracked and watered a small garden will sprout ($10.95).
2nd Day of Easter- Think Chocolate Eggs!
We have created a collection of Easter eggs so delicious and beautiful that they are worth the years wait. Exclusive to CMB we have
La Colociaria Bergamasca Eggs from Italy. The yellow, pink and white quail eggs are filled with praline chocolate. The pigeon eggs are filled with praline mixed with crisps. We also carry their tiramisu eggs, and white chocolate coconut covered almonds.
German Chocolate Easter Eggs, real egg shells that have been safely emptied of their contents, sterilized, filled with a fair-trade chocolate hazelnut center, then painted in a range of colors, from festive jewel tones to Easter-worthy pastels. They taste as good as they look! ($4.50 each or 6 for $25.99)
3rd Day of Easter-Menu
Each family has their own traditional Easter dinner, try adding some new flavors to your traditional recipes.
Deviled Eggs: Smoked Paprika from Spain will blow your deviled eggs out of this world($4.95)!
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