How it all began – our idea for the perfect spice blends

We are often asked how we ended up in the spice business and what our first blending was, and those are questions we love to answer.

Our first blending was our family and that turned out pretty good if you ask us.  While we were blending our family and learning new things about each others culture we started cooking together and found that each of us had some unique spice blends for various dishes.  Over a short period of time friends and family commented on the aromas and taste of the food we would prepare when we had company.  Then one evening while sipping a glass of wine and relaxing we came up with the idea of selling our blends online just to see where things would go.

So ZonaRico was born and became our third child, which leads to the next most often question of how did you come up with that name?  While looking at names we finally settled on a name that represents where each of us were born and one we thought rolled nicely off the tongue.  Zona represents Arizona and Rico represents Puerto Rico but the blending of our spices are from around the world.  Some are old family recipes that we grew up with, while others are ones we came up with based on travels and spices brought home from around the globe.

We have continued our blending with unique names for each of our Gourmet Spice Blends.

ZonaRico is dedicated to providing unique spice blends and seasonings that will delight your palate and stimulate your appetite for more.  We invite you to try our products and hope you enjoy them as much as we do.