Founded in 1991 as Take Stock®, our founder started her day at 4:00AM getting up shop, simmer and pack her French stocks in her trusty black Volvo.

Now we have grown to a small group of really smart and fun and energetic and funny (in all sorts of ways) entrepreneurs dedicated to creating and producing (for you, our happy and grateful customer) top-shelf, first-class, professional quality (well, actually even better than some chefs we know), luscious, clean, healthy, pristine, delicious, tasty classic French stocks and sauces (and, pretty soon, soups) that would make even ole Escoffier himself so, so pleased. He would like to know us.

In addition to liking to cook good (OK, great) stuff, we also want our efforts to reflect our purity of thought and deed with regard to Mother Earth and our fellow man (Don't you snicker at that).

Why not jump right on the sustainability bandwagon and help spread the word about what these good farmers and ranchers are up to? These dudes and dudettes deserve the credit for helping us clean up our insides and live better on the outsides. You can see more about our philosphy over in the "Better Stuff to Know" department.

Our chief cook and bottle-washer is Cheryl Weatherly Binnie, who fancies herself hot at the burners. Most folks tend to agree. Daughter of a Chicago Bears Linebacker (Translation Tall enough to sling a mean stockpot), Cheryl grew up in Houston, Texas just lovin' the kitchen and everything about it. Runs in the family. Primarily self-taught, she went off to cooking school one year and has never been the same since. Following a long stint with Williams-Sonoma in Dallas, where she worked really hard and taught lots of locals how to cook, Cheryl went off and founded a little company to make the fine French stocks that everybody wants but not many have the time to do (properly, that is...key word is properly).

She was plum' tired of all the bad stuff and cheaters out there and wanted to make a big difference in quality and purity of ingredients and truth in food labels (she's no big fan of the big food boys) and taste. And she has.

Just wait til you taste the difference she's made. You'll wonder where she's been all your life. When she says "No funny stuff, no foolin'" on those boxes, she means it. You can see more about the goodies she cooks up over in the "Our Goods" and "How You can Get Some" Departments.

 Or better yet, call her up, she loves to hear from customers!