Rumi News & Updates
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NYC’s 2018 Michelin Star Restaurant Winners and Rumi Spice
Recently, New York City’s 2018 Michelin Star restaurants were revealed and Rumi Spice is honored to be featured on the menus of five winning restaurants including: Le Bernardin (Three Michelin Sta... -
Rumi Team Visits Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan We arrived at daybreak, the plane breaking the clouds just as the sun was rising over the Hindu Kush mountains. Seeing the sprawling city unfurl between the mountains is as exhil... -
Rumi Selected for the Chobani Food Incubator
Rumi is thrilled to share that we are part of this year’s Chobani Food Incubator! Seven of the most innovative, disruptive, and purpose-driven companies will be learning and working together for th... -
Rumi Invited to Meet the Afghanistan President and Afghanistan Ambassador
(September 25, 2017, New York) President Ashraf Ghani, during his visit to the UN General Assembly, invited a group of 22 military veterans and families of fallen service members to a reception in ... -
Mad About Saffron | A History of the World's Most Expensive Spice
Our friends at Food Republic produced this fascinating film about saffron, the world's most expensive spice. This video will show you: Why saffron is "worth it's weight in gold" The intriguing ... -
Health Benefits of the World's Most Expensive Spice
Big thanks to the BBC who featured Rumi Spice this week in their business section. With all the health benefits of saffron, why is it still a seldom used spice? BBC reporter Lucy Hooker examines t... -
The Wound is the Place where the Light enters you.
Today marks the 16th anniversary of the attacks of September 11th. A day that changed the lives of millions. Today we somberly remember the lives lost that day and the families forever changed. We... -
Celebrating Saffron with Rumi Spice at Chicago's The Blanchard
We had the honor of attending an amazing celebration of saffron last week hosted by our great friend and fellow veteran Caroline Taft, of the Brazen Gourmand at the Blanchard with Chef Ryan Burns. This post and photography is brought to you by Caroline and the Brazen Gourmand. -
Listen to Kimberly Jung on Milk Street Radio
This week our own Kimberly Jung is featured on Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio. Listen to hear about our story, all things saffron, and how Beyonce transcends borders and cultures. Li... -
Happy Afghan Independence Day
We at Rumi would like to congratulate Afghanistan on the 98th anniversary of their Independence today on August 19th. Today commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting A... -
Rumi Spice Appears on ABC's Shark Tank
From the Battlefields of Afghanistan into the Shark Tank Watch Team Rumi take on the Sharks on ABC Friday August 25th, 8pm | 7pm CST We're excited to announce that team Rumi will be appearing... -
Rumi Spice and Frontier partner with Purdue University to support Afghan farmers
BANGALORE, INDIA (AUGUST 9, 2017) – This week, Rumi Spice and Purdue University traveled to Bangalore India to train 6 young graduates of Herat University in quality assurance and quality control... -
There is a path to even the highest mountain
Before I met the team at Rumi Spice, about the only thing I knew about saffron was that it was a very expensive spice used predominately in some Middle Eastern and Mediterranean recipes. I was woef... -
Rumi welcomes the French Laundry
Rumi proudly and gratefully welcomes The French Laundry onto the Rumi team. Saffron from farmers in Afghanistan graces the tables of the one of the foundational institutions of the culinary world... -
Nowruz Celebration with Chef Josh Lewin
"Tonight we're going to party like its 1394!" Happy Nowruz to all our supporters and friends! 1393 (of the Afghan calendar) has been an eventful year for us. We'll remember this year as the y...
