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Why Spices?

So glad you asked!

Our journey into creating our line of artisan spices started when my current wife entered my life.  She has an intolerance to garlic and I had to learn how to cook without it.  Most of the commercially available Creole spice blends have garlic in them, so that wasn't an option for me any longer.  I sought to find a way to get the same flavor without having the garlic in it.  

My research for recipes for Creole spice blends opened up a whole new world to me that wasn't apparent before.  I created a way to develop my own blends based on what I learned from others and made them completely my own version.  My experience cooking and experimenting with different spices gave me the foundation necessary for what is now the secret to my success.

Additional health issues throughout my own family fueled my desire to provide healthy options without compromising flavor.  I have high blood pressure and am borderline diabetic, my wife on the other hand has low blood pressure and is hypoglycemic (not diagnosed, but her blood sugar drops like a rock), my mother-in-law gets migraines if she has MSG, and a friend of hers can't have gluten.

My wife's family is 100% Italian/Sicilian and most of them have some level of intolerance to garlic.  I've said since I met her that they must all be vampires!  There's no other way to explain why they can't have garlic.  I have an affinity for garlic and have commenced roasting it every Saturday morning to sell at the Gretna Farmers Market along with our artisan spices.

P2's Spice Company was founded for the purpose of creating an artisan spice line to satisfy the above desire to cook healthy great-tasting food without the sugar, salt, MSG, preservatives, and gluten.  We use no anti-caking agents as they are not necessary when water-soluble ingredients like sugar and salt are excluded.  The company is for the sole benefit of our son PJ aka P2 (since he's the II).

PJ and the Pumpkin

You can find use nearly every Saturday morning 8:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Gretna Farmers Market on Huey P. Long Avenue in Gretna headed toward the Court House.