The team behind the highly acclaimed Emmer & Rye is excited to announce that beginning Tuesday, December 15, Emmer & Rye pasta will be sold by the package exclusively at Whole Foods Market in Austin, San Antonio, and select Dallas locations. This is the first time the beloved pasta will be available for purchase in a national grocery store. (Emmer & Rye, 2020)

Since its inception in 2015, Emmer & Rye has focused on highlighting the depth and complexity of flavor in freshly milled heritage grains. Each specialty pasta features heirloom grains which are grown and milled by Hayden Flour Mills in Arizona and Barton Spring Mill in Dripping Springs. The pasta will be sold in 12oz. packages (about 2 – 3 servings) and the options are Blue Beard Durum Spaghetti, Egyptian Emmer Rigatoni, and Rouge de Bordeaux Strozzapreti. Each individual package will be $7.99. The pasta will be available in all Austin and San Antonio Whole Foods Market locations and will be available in select Whole Foods Market Dallas locations, including Highland Park, Lakewood, and Plano.

Emmer & Rye has been recognized as one of the most prominent restaurants in Austin. In 2016, Executive Chef Fink was named Food & Wine’s “Best New Chef.” He was also named a 2018 James Beard semifinalist and 2019 finalist for “Best Chef Southwest.” Emmer & Rye was named one of America’s best new restaurants in Bon Appétit.

Directed by owner and Executive Chef Kevin Fink and partner Tavel Bristol-Joseph, Emmer & Rye brings cuisine that is rustic and seasonally inspired to Rainey Street. Emmer & Rye is a restaurant designed around the farmer’s haul, featuring a menu that changes daily with a focus on seasonal and local cuisine. Heirloom grains are milled fresh for house-made pasta, bread, and desserts, and an extensive in-house fermentation program captures flavors at their peak and preserves them for the offseason.

“Pasta is a staple in our house. It is such a simple product—flour and water. When you use heirloom grains for your flour it adds a richness to the pasta that you can’t help but fall in love with. These flavors are something we have played with at Emmer & Rye for five years now. I am really excited to get to bring something that we treasure in the restaurant to your home kitchen.” – Kevin Fink, Executive Chef