World Spice Merchants
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| Owner | Amanda Bevill |
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| Website | worldspice |
World Spice Merchants is a shop near Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.
World Spice Merchants (WSM) is a shop on Western Avenue[1] near Pike Place Market in Seattle's Central Waterfront district. The store stocks cookbooks, curries, herbs, salts, "exotic" seasonings,[2] spices and rubs,[3] as well as teas from around the world.[4][5] WSM has carried Aleppo pepper,[6] cinnamon,[7] Mayan cocoa, Seattle Salmon Rub,[8] Tellicherry berries,[9] and vanilla beans.[10] Karl Samson's Frommer's Seattle 2011 says, "The shop boasts of having 100 spices from 50 countries."[11] In addition to stocking spices, WSM makes original blends.[12]
History
Former owner Tony Hill sold the business to longtime employee Amanda Bevill.[13] She is the owner as of 2008.[14]
Bevill and chef Julie Kramis Hearne published World Spice at Home: New Flavors for 75 Favorite Dishes in 2014.[15][16][17] Both writers attended an open house at the shop celebrating the book's release.[18]
