I was recently contacted by The Spice House, a company I absolutely love buying spices from, to say that they are really enjoying my blog. (Sweet!) And to say thanks for what I’m doing (What am I doing again exactly?) they were sending me a gift certificate to their spice shop. (Sweet!) This happens from time to time. When your blog gains some popularity, companies will send you a small gift of their product and ask that you say something nice about it on your blog…it’s cool, I get that. It’s a great marketing idea really. But The Spice House didn’t ask me to do that at all…they simply said they like what I’m doing and then they gave me a generous gift to their online store. And so…I love them. I love them a lot.

Here’s what I got with my gift certificate:

A Spice Grater

Oh, and look what they send you when you buy a spice grater…a little gift of fresh spices to grate!

Fresh Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Turmeric, and Ginger.

I got these…

And these…

And these…

And this Porcini Mushroom Powder, which I can’t wait to try…

And check this out…the Crown Jewel of my freebies. Something I’ve always wanted, but just couldn’t bring myself to purchase…

Score.

In an effort to share some of the love. I want to hold a contest until some time tomorrow.

I’m giving away a $50 gift certificate to The Spice House.

All you have to do to enter this contest is:

go to The Spice House website and find something that you really want to buy.

List your subject of drooling in the comments section of this blog and I’ll draw a random winner on Tuesday afternoon. One entry per human please.

Consider re-tweeting this post to your friends if you’re not afraid of some healthy competition.