The Best Food of the Month Clubs

This is Zingerman's premier food club. Four times a year, Zingerman's will send you a box of 8 to 10 foods based on their recent culinary travels. Past treasures have included the first taste of Robert Lambert's Rangpur Lime Syrup, a rare cache of frost tea from high in the Himalayas, Mo's Bacon Chocolate Bar—before the rest of the country got to taste the phenomenon, line-caught tuna from the Pacific Northwest, and wild thimbleberry jam, with fruit picked on the spring shores of Lake Superior.

All foods in the Culinary Adventure Society will be exclusively selected for its members. Included with each shipment is a collection of writing on the foods’ history and culture plus recipes for their use. Members also receive a copy of Zingerman’s Guide to Good Eating with their first shipment. Expect to pay between $175 and $600 depending on how many installments you purchase.

The Lee Bros. are famous for their Southern cooking. They also have an incredible online shop of Southern rarities and offer "The Ultimate Southern Pantry," 12 months of Southern goodies delivered to your door. Expect to pay around $350.

Items include: fig preserves
Benne wafers
Artichoke relish
Stoneground grits and cornmeal
Pickled okra
Peach preserves
Creecy greens
Lady Cream peas and red field peas
Onion relish
Boiled peanut kit
Carolina Gold rice
pickled green beans
Cheerwine soda
Moon Pies

Clark Fish in Florida has an incredible selection of the highest quality fish you will find. They inspect and cut each fish to order so your products are as fresh as possible. They have a very spectacular monthly fish club that will have the most amazing fresh seafood delivered to your door every month. The club works like this - every month you are offered 3 categories and you choose a product from each category for delivery that month.

Category 1 includes the really high end stuff like sushi grade tuna, lobster tail, Wahoo, Mahi mahi, swordfish, etc.

Category 2 includes more delicious seafood selections like Chilean mussels, shrimp, scallops, lobster cakes, etc.

Category 3 features good everyday treats like cooked clams, lobster bisque, and seafood melody.

A good deal at $69 per month, customers also get 40% off any additional items they add to their monthly order.

One of my favorite salami makers Olympic Provisions makes 12 different salamis crafted from all-natural northwest pork using Old World techniques. Each month you will receive a different variety (or up to 3 depending on your particular subscription). You can also add a knife and cutting board to the package. Prices are $135 for 1 salami per month, $260 for 2 salamis per month, or $385 for 3 salamis delivered per month.

Michael Symon, Mario Batali, Bobby Flay have all praised the Zingerman bacon club. Each shipment contains 12 to 16 ounces of artisan bacon, bacon stories, histories and recipes. The cost is $99 for 3 months or $189 for 6 months.

Three Installments
Month 1: Applewood Smoked
Month 2: Kentucky Dry Cured
Month 3: Arkansas Peppered

Six Installments
Previous Bacons plus
Month 4: Virginia Dry Cured
Month 5: Tennessee Dry Cured
Month 6: Long Pepper

Do you love artisan roasted, craft coffee? Here is your chance to discover amazing coffee from small batch roasters all over the country. Craft Coffee offers 1 month to 12 month subscriptions - with 4 ounces of coffee from 3 companies delivered each month. Tasting notes and brew tips are included for each coffee. Expect to pay around $30 for 1 month up to $240 for a 12-month subscription. You can even choose whole bean or 1 of 3 grinds.

Past featured roasters have included:

Dallis Bros. Coffee
Four Barrel Coffee
Olympia Coffee Roasting Co.
PT's Coffee Roasting Co.
Augie's Coffee Roasters
Dogwood Coffee Co.
JJ Bean Coffee Roasters
Noble Coffee Roasters
Novo Coffee
Water Avenue Coffee

Nobody knows cheese better than Murray's in New York City. Luckily for us, they offer a fantastic cheese of the month club that delivers some of their hand picked favorites right to your door. These unique cheeses are chosen to coincide with the seasons and holidays. The hand-picked selections ensure exceptional quality. Club members receive three limited production cheeses each month (in a variety of milk types and textures), totaling 1.5 lbs., accompanied by Murray's Master Monger description. $275 for 4 months.

The Grand Traverse Pie Company in Michigan has some of the most incredibly delicious pies anywhere! Not only do they do mail order but they offer a pie of the month club to keep you in scrumptious pie all year long. They offer all sorts of fruit pies as well as pumpkin and pecan. Prices are $75 for 3 months, $150 for 6 months, and $275 for 12 months.

Lake Champlain Chocolates in Vermont is one of my favorite chocolate makers. Hand-crafted in small batches using only natural ingredients, I have never had anything here that I didn't absolutely love. They offer a variety of chocolate-of-the-month clubs that will keep any chocolate fanatic satisfied! Prices range from $90 up to $420. Looking inside their biggest club, you will find:

Signature Chocolate Gift Basket (Month 1)
30 piece Assorted Chocolate Truffles (Month 2)
30 piece Chocolates Selection (Month 3)
1 lb Almond Butter Crunch (Month 4)
15 piece Organic Chocolate Truffles (Month 5)
Five Star Bar Assortment of 5 bars (Month 6)
24 piece Chocolates of Vermont (Month 7)
8.25 oz Pecan Caramel Clusters (Month 8)
Vermont Country Chocolate Gift Basket (Month 9)

The club takes 3 months off for summer's hottest months.

Eli's Cheesecake of Chicago has some of the most delectable cheesecake creations anywhere. A different flavor of scrumptiously rich cheesecake can be delivered to your door every month by subscribing to Eli's cheesecake club. Some of the amazing flavors they make include: chocolate chip, totally turtle, salted caramel, red velvet, hot chocolate, peanut butter chocolate, snickers bar, Belgian chocolate hazelnut, cinnamon roll streusel, pumpkin praline, and apple Bavarian.

Prices - $90 for 3-months, $175 for 6-months, $345 for 12-months.