Father’s Flavor
June is only a few short weeks away, and with it comes the start of summer. We’re staying consistently warm now, but it hasn’t hit those hot days where being outside can sometimes be smothering. The sun gives us an embrace, running her warm fingers over our faces in the morning light to wake our senses in the gentlest of ways. A notable day in June is Father’s Day, the third Sunday of the month. When it comes to Father’s Day, I think the first thought for most people is barbecue. It’s delicious, everyone loves it, and dads like to grill. It seems to be a universal experience among fathers to hold the post at the grill and be the master for the day.
New Kitchen Store has many unique grilling items, all of them sure to be used and loved for whoever you’d want to gift them to in June. From smoker wood chips in hickory, cherry wood or apple that are 100% natural with no additives, the selection is vast. We also carry a large variety of spices, including a select few of Steven Raichlen’s spices. The rest of the spices we carry are all from Terra Spice out of South Bend, Indiana, where the pursuit of excellence is a priority.
All of the NKS spices we carry are fresh. Most spices you buy in a traditional grocery store are much past their true fresh date, and this really does alter the flavor profile they carry. Here at New Kitchen Store, each spice you buy is no older than 6 months, and it really shines through with how flavorful they are. If you’re a grill master, or know a grill master in need of a refresh, we have a few blends that are unique and sure to bring a new light to the flavor you already love. From coffee barbecue, roasted garlic and wild mushroom, to a smoked apple barbecue seasoning, there are so many flavors to choose from.
Father’s Day has taken on a new meaning for me. With age, I’ve only come to love my dad more and more and appreciate all the ways he still acts as my hero as an adult. That’s the funny thing about parenting and growing up — you’re never truly done. I’m at a point in life where I now have my own family, but my parents are empty nesters in words alone. My sisters and I still badger them all the time, and it seems their home is never truly empty, but now filled with the little ones their daughters have brought back to the nest to be loved by them in turn.
My dad will still answer the phone sometimes on the first ring and always be the first to volunteer to help me when he sees I need it. He gave his life to his family, and he still does every day. I saw it in the way he was with me growing up, and I still see it now with how he plays with and cares for my daughter any chance he gets.
The blessing of watching a father has only doubled now, because getting to see my husband become a father to our daughter is truly the best thing to behold. Our little girl loves waking her dad up early by climbing up the bed to jump on him and poking him in the eye because she now knows how to say the word. Seeing the little moments that’ll add up to the big ones means more than I could ever say.
So this Father’s Day is showing up in a new light to me, because it’s something so special that not every child gets, and to see the people in your life who step into that massive role and do it well, now that’s something worth celebrating. So whether it’s your dad, stepdad, godfather, family friend — whoever it is in your life who is your childhood hero — let’s fire up the grill this year and celebrate with so much love and joy that they have no other option but to realize how monumental their role in our lives is. Coming from a daughter, wife and mother in one, I don’t know where I would be without the men in my life, and I want to make sure they know it.
So stop by New Kitchen Store to see all the unique gifting options. 1100 Roosevelt Rd., Walkerton, IN 46574; (574) 586-2745,
