“Purchased as a present for my daughter, who loves to cook. It was one of her favorite gifts I have given her. The recipes are easy to follow and the spices are great quality.”
“I am so impressed with this wonderful business. The spices are so fresh and have some wonderful blends available, and have great recipes too. They have been quick to provide personalized service and have answered my questions quickly and professionally. I would highly recommend them to anyone.”
“I am only on my second subscription, but I love it so far. I am an amateur at-home chef and love to experiment. Especially when it comes to different ethnic foods. I am looking forward to the coming months and new experiences!”
“these are my very favorite spice blends. OMG I love the Chorico blend, and the Peri Peri. I use them on everything: potatoes, chicken, fish. When I make Thai the Kaffir lime is my go to - it is delicious! I use some sort of spice packet almost every night for dinner (yes, I cook dinner every night - my passion).
I love the Gingerbread spice for baking, and the Nordic Spice blend for turkey and chicken meatballs. All spices are so fun and imaginative and make ethnic cooking and baking so eaasy.”
“Very quick service, as always. Spices were nice and fresh. And customer service helped us find a spice we wanted that wasn’t showing up on your website because of an error. Very pleased with Piquant Post.”
“As a former...formally trained chef, good spices ..no great spices make the world of difference in foods prepared for my family and friends. My only wish is tha you would create a custom spice rack...by region...with bigger containers. Until you do...Ill continue to order, and open up the taste buds for all those I choose to spread how I express a form of passion in quality foods prepared with love.”
“The recipes are fine in that I probably wouldn't just happen upon them in my online searches and they're pretty east. However, in my first couple month's shipments, multiple seasoning packets sent didn't have enough for the amounts indicated in the recipes included. The others had *just* enough, which is fine. In my experience with other seasoning type services or companies, they will send a little more than is needed so you can try it maybe in your own recipes or add more than a recipe calls for, making it more likely you'll want to get more. I'd be happy with enough to cover 1 try at the recipe included. Canceling as this doesn't seem like a valuable service for the cost. Disappointed as I was really looking forward to this shipment each month.
Important to note: I was offered replacements for the spices I was shorted - great! For us specifically, we already try a lot of variety & know several unique spice places so we plan to stick to those for now. This is a good option to try out if you're newer to cooking or just starting to branch out and want more recipes.”
“Very prompt service!
We really enjoyed a couple of Piquant Post’s recipes and needed to restock. Reordering was easy and delivery was prompt. Really like the concept and niche for prepared spices.”
“We LOVE Piquant Post! It’s fun to get the recipes each month with new ideas for meals. We love the option of ordering the spices we love as well. This has been one of our best decisions. Thanks!”
“I just got my first order and I LOVE it! I've tried 3 of the 4 spice blends and they are all delicious and perfectly balanced. I tried 2 in the recipes that came with the order and they were really great! It's a great way to get out of a dinner rut without having to buy dozens of full-sized spice bottles.”
“Looks smelled and tasted like something I bought in San Francisco in 1972. Was supposed to be marijuana but was just herbs. That's what your stuff you sent me reminded me of. Better get a day job”
“I love Piquant Post! I've tried so many new flavors, and the recipes taste like they came from a restaurant. It's a fun and easy way to get out of the rut of making the same things for dinner week after week.”
“Just the thing to cure my kitchen boredom. Every blend of spices from Piquant Post is a little packet of inspiration to get me excited about cooking again.”
“I bought a six month subscription as a gift for a friend who moved away and had lost interest in cooking. They love it! Every month I get an excited text with a picture showing that month's selection which is followed up with pics of the meals they make. It gives a great, fun reason to talk several times a month and reassures me he is eating good food”
“We love the convenience and fun of this. We want to cook more but not to think it through and search for recipes. This subscription allows us to easily explore places and foods we usually don't turn to. Thank you.”
“I sent this as a gift to my son for Father's Day. I was never notified or was able to track his package and not even sure he received the email notifying him of a gift. I spoke with him today and learned that he did already receive his first package but never got an email notifying him of the gift. I originally received this as a gift from him and thoroughly enjoyed it so I thought he would too. If I didn't have a positive experience with my own gift subscription, there would be less stars.”
Hi Annette, thanks for your feedback. Our IT staff are looking into whether your son was sent a gift email. Apologies in advance that he didn't see a gift message email from us. It's an automated system and if we find a bug we will fix it.
To clarify what's posted on our website in our shipping policy, we mail the monthly subscriptions via USPS first class mail (snail mail to your mailbox) and there is no tracking on these for US recipients. Recipients typically receive their orders 1-2 weeks after we mail them depending on the distance from CA. thanks for the feedback!
“Selection and recipes are great. Lowered rating because spices are only offered in 1 oz packs. Larger sizes should be offered rather than a single serving package.”
“We have enjoyed receiving our new spices each month. We do use the alternate recipes frequently as we don't eat red meat. I think each month includes one vegetarian meal as standard, which we appreciate. I don't think we've had a 'loser' recipe yet. The recipes are for four servings, so we have to decide whether we're going to halve a recipe or have leftovers. Twice we have frozen the leftovers when the recipe gave us the equivalent of 6 servings. That worked well for us, too.”
Hi Greta, thanks for your great review. The printed recipe cards are designed for a general omnivore audience and we do try to mix up the protein selection. However, we have a vegan chef posting plant based recipes on our website in digital form for every spice blend we send each month. There are even more recipes options to browse on our website. Enjoy!
