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“Sauce is the boss, at least when it comes from the folks at City Saucery. The Brooklyn-based condiment company specializes in upcycling overripe and oddly-shaped tomatoes that would otherwise go to waste. Instead, they’re the primary ingredients in highlights like its Fancy Ketchup and award-winning Tomato ‘Nduja which replaces pork fat with the red fruit...”
City Saucery Takes Pride In Its Ugly Tomato Sauces
“Brooklyn, N.Y.-based City Saucery announces proudly on its website that its tomato sauces stem from “ugly tomatoes.” This isn’t a nasty Yelp review, but the company’s showcasing that its homemade sauces are derived from “local upcycled tomatoes that would ordinarily go to waste.””
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“City Saucery offers is its Seaweed Marinara made with green kelp sourced from sustainable ocean farms off the coast of Maine. This umami-packed sauce contains ribbons of fresh kelp and wild enoki mushrooms, along with organic miso, giving it the perfect combination of deep richness, as well as bright, fresh, ocean flavor.”
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“Brooklyn-based City Saucery makes delicious and inspired tomato sauces — from seaweed marinara to spicy tomato ‘nduja… artisanal, small-batch tomato sauces and condiments that can transform the most simple dinner into something special.”
Jarred Tomatoes Capture the Fleeting Flavors of Summer
Photo: An Rong Xu for The New York Times
“As the local tomato season winds down, the frivolous grasshoppers among us who did not diligently can batches of them for winter dinners have a new resource. Amid the overflowing stands of shiny red orbs still in the markets in early fall are bright jars of preserved local, organic tomatoes sold by City Saucery.”
Seven Trends at Summer Fancy Food Show 2017
“City Saucery has unveiled Tomato ‘Nduja, a meatless version of a traditional spicy pork spread from Italy. Made with tomatoes and chili peppers, the thick paste adds heat, flavor and umami to a dish, according to the company.”
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“Tomato ‘Nduja. This is a meatless take on the Italian spread made with spicy pork. Here, the fiery flavor comes from chili peppers, which are paired with tomatoes. Spread it on grilled chicken, a burger or mix with pasta.”
Tomato 'Nduja by City Saucery wins the 2017 SOFI Award for Best New Condiment
Tomato ‘Nduja by City Saucery. Photo by Specialty Food Association.
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Calabrian Sauce Tales: Nonna Carolina's Unique Sauces Conquer the SFFS
“... the cuisine of Italian grandmothers is the most authentic, flavorful and healthy of all. No matter what your grandma sets on the table you know it’s going to be good. So it’s no surprise that City Saucery’s Nonna Carolina sauce line won NYCEDC’s Third Fancy Food Competition.”
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"At City Saucery, tomato sauce is made the old-fashioned way."
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NYCEDC. May 21, 2015
Nonna's Smoky Sauce is a delicious 'next-level' condiment
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Pix11 News. February 17, 2015
"(City Saucery's) three business partners have used their mutual alchemy to create a modern family business around traditional Italian food. You can’t get more fun and tasty than that!"
City Saucery: Tomato Sauces From Nonna’s Calabrian Kitchen
Markets of New York City. June 6, 2014
"It’s all small-batch and sustainable, and almost entirely local"
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Edible Manhattan. July/Aug 2012
Edible Manhattan. July/Aug 2012. Photo by Sari Goodfriend.
New York's Best of 2012: Nonna's Spicy Sauce.
"I could eat it with a spoon."
Food Artisans: NEW YORK'S BEST OF 2012
Serious Eats New York. December 26, 2012
"The team kept costs low by relying entirely on social media for marketing and doing all of the designs for labels, packaging and photography themselves."
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The Brooklyn Ink. December 14, 2012
"The trio behind Spicy n’ Sweet based in Long Island City, New York stayed true to that (old world) heritage..."
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Small Food Business. November 16, 2012
"One of the crowd favorites"
Ten Years of Queens Taste
The Forum. May 03, 2012
"Nonna’s sauce is fresh — you don’t just taste the vegetables, you see them, too."
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Eat Boutique. April 11, 2012
"We want to see people using (Nonna's sauces) in different ways. Pasta is the obvious answer, but it is in fact a condiment. You can use it with vegetables, mashed potatoes, or in a bloody mary."
FOOD ARTISANS: SPICY 'N SWEET
Serious Eats New York. April 10, 2012
Cavatelli with Tomato ‘Nduja & Pecorino. Photo by The Mantry.
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"The flavors are robust, bold, spicy and its strong concentrated tomato based flavor makes it perfect for mixing it into dishes without it losing its punch."
"I love their sauces because they are fresh, local and taste great... my latest obsession."
"Spicy 'n Sweet is a fantastic local company..."
"Store-bought tomato sauce really can’t get any better than this"
"I use Nonna’s Sweet Sauce, because it is fantastic in every way."
Food Blogs
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“Tomato ‘Nduja by City Saucery… The old way is heavy on the pork, but this one is deliciously vegan — all the savory pepper and tomatoes, none of the pig parts”