About the origins of the New Orleans Spice Box
The owners of Spice Box decided to head to New Orleans to experience its culture, meet its amazing people and enjoy its stunning scenery by cruising on the Mississippi River on a steamboat. They had great views of the city whilst listening to the music played from the ship’s calliope while sets of whistles blown by the steam! Next, they ended up on Frenchmen Street that night with jazz music playing all around them. As they sat outside a blues bar, watching the world go by, and enjoying a beef Po-Boy (the best sandwich ever) and drinking cold beer! They noted that everyone was so friendly in this city stopped to chat. After a couple of hours and more beers, they met a new friend, Charles Jnr. Next thing they’re invited to dinner at his home the following day. Unbelievable! Well, his wife Eunice really is a great cook. She showed them how to make Holy Trinity, the Louisiana mix of onions, celery & green peppers. It’s the foundation of most local dishes including the steaming plate of delicious Shrimp Creole that she served them. Her banana dessert was incredible too, as was the coffee! Eunice gave them her recipes, so here they are for you to enjoy. Straight from New Orleans to your kitchen.
Points to note
- The Spice Box is comes in a small box hence the postman can drop it off via your postbox
- Spices are measured for 4 people
- The fresh produce is not included in the kit just spice mix/blends
- There is a shopping list stated on the back of the recipe card which should make purchasing the ingredients easy
- A list of what is in the pot (ie ingredients/contents) is clearly stated on the card
How does it work?
You can either buy the box as a gift for yourself or purchase this for a friend. It is subscription box based, so the minimum you can purchase it for is 3 months which costs £27, 6 months’ subscription costs £52.50 or a year’s subscription costs £99. You can order your box here.
About The Spice Pioneers
The Spice Pioneer is powered by Seasoned Pioneers, who are famous for dry roasting world-class spices, sourced from only trusted suppliers around the world. They source the best herbs and spices from reliable and trusted suppliers. Based in the North West of England, (United Kingdom) Seasoned Pioneers brings you exotic ingredients from around the world. In creating a spice subscription club for like-minded people seeking fresh culinary experiences from the four corners of the earth, Seasoned Pioneers offers a guiding hand to nudge you in the right direction. By sharing The Spice Pioneer’s experience, Seasoned Pioneers is giving you the opportunity to expand your culinary repertoire. Discover the smells and tastes of worldwide cuisine and ‘go that extra mile’ enhancing the mood and atmosphere with postcards and music from far-flung places. They only use the finest ingredients and have built long-term relationships with their suppliers across the globe. Seasoned Pioneers is famously known for dry-roasting & blending an entire range of spice mixes in-house using only traditional production methods and strictly original recipes (in no way ‘westernised’ or ‘anglicised’). Their methods include dry-roasting the whole spices in small batches (critical for genuine full-flavoured spice mixes) and fully developing and infusing together the flavour of each and every spice – enabling you to capture the very essence of world cuisine in your home.
Review by : Lex Ward
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37 comments
These recipes look amazing, yum!
Glad you think so Jenny, its perfect for the amateur or seasoned cook
That box sounds amazing! I love all the flavors of Louisiana and New Orleans, in particular. I would love to give this box a try.
Hope you do Stacie
What a great idea! I loved my New Orleans trip and the best part about it was the food! I loved the Creole fried fish, red beans, seafood with all the spiciness!
Oh how yum!! Sounds like you had an amazing time! I am sure you would enjoy this subscription box to remind you of the amazing flavours
I have to send this over to a friend . She would love this!
Glad to hear that Jenne, yes please do
I’ll have to gift this to my mom and to myself lol We both love southern cooking, especially from New Orleans as that’s where our family is from!
Oh how amazing to hear that! So we are certain this box will bring back a lot of memories from the Deep South for you and your family
Now this sounds like my kind of subscription box! What a fabulous (and flavoursome!) idea! Will be checking this out for sure.
Hope you do Alexandra, we are sure you would love it
Wow! It looks amazing to try. This is so delicious for sure! Love this box.
Thanks Gladys yes the spices were very nice as we enjoy eating foods from all over the world
Ok, I kind of like it, can I send it to over to someone in Italy?
These spices look amazing. We would love to try to cook with them.
So happy to hear that, always great to try new ingredients
This box looks so good and the recipe sounds delicious!! I would definitely describe to this x
Glad to hear that Natalie
What a great idea! Love the culinary inspiration it brings!
Thank you, we certainly enjoyed the excitement of creating these recipes and sharing them on the blog
Wow, I like meal boxes too! They make your life so much easier. That food looks yummy
Yes they certainly do. Makes life much more interesting and exciting as well
I wouldn’t have thought of ordering that kind of a box. But I can see how amazing it would be for all kinds of cooking. I really do love Cajun spices and this would be perfect.
Glad to hear that David, sometimes trying new things opens up our eyes and mind
This looks amazing! I LOVE spicy foods, especially spicy cajun foods.
How lovely to hear that! Glad you loved our review
I love boxes like this as I always get stuck in a meal rut and cook the same things every week
I know, this is totally exciting and got us in the mood to cook something totally different and delicious as well
The themed spices concept sounds cool. I’m reading about it first time.. Good one.
Thank you Indus, hope you give these spices a go by subscribing to the box
this is a really interesting box! id like to try it out
Hope you do, we have a 50% discount code if you are keen to use it
This would be totally new for me and would push me to try something out of my comfort zone! Sounds great!
Yes it does, doesn’t it? Get you to try something you normally would not
We loved our subscription boxes from Spice Pioneer. We found that the pots of spice spread much further than just one meal therefore making it better value than first thought.
How wonderful to hear that you have tried it and enjoyed it as well