Specialties
Agave Pantry offers handcrafted baked goods, pottery, infused salts, and spice blends along with ceremonial items influenced by daily life in the Southwest.
Quality ingredients blended, baked, and fired with care, these creations evoke the desire to slow down, take a moment and enjoy simple pleasures.
Gluten free cookies & cakes are available as Custom Orders throughout the year in Tucson Arizona; cookies ship within the entire state of Arizona. All non perishable items ship nationwide with a few exceptions. We are a custom bakery not a brick and mortar. Get in touch!
History
Established in 2018.
After finishing a culinary arts and baking program I was conflicted between baking and cooking. I did both in my personal kitchen and enjoyed creating delicious meals from start to finish. Starting a family simultaneously, my dreams of working in a kitchen and rising up the ranks from station to station ended as a pantry cook and was replaced by the heart song of being a full time mother. During this time I continued experimenting; friends with dietary preferences and needs wondered if I could make gluten free variations. Further experimentation. Inspiration. And most importantly time; the time to brainstorm, find my voice, hone my skills, develop a menu, get feedback, merge pottery with a custom bakery. Time to talk to small business owners in the Tucson community, seeking advice and gaining knowledge about what is required formally to even start a small business without committing to a brick and mortar. These were the seeds taking root into what is now Agave Pantry.
Meet the Business Owner: Shazieh G.
Born and raised in the coastal city of Karachi, Pakistan to parents of Iranian origins, my heritage is a tapestry woven of the former sub-continent and Persia. I have spent my older years between East and West both baking and cooking, this my cooking style, use of ingredients, reverence for the handmade and handcrafted is influenced by my upbringing and travels. This history of cross cultural experiences provides boundless inspiration to create desserts not limited to the typical.
In this spirit, I strive to bring you unique flavors that indulge your senses, desserts that have an element of surprise and evoke curiosity; intentionally choosing herbs and spices, such as cumin and cardamom, rose, orange blossom, saffron, rosemary and lavender, in combinations where the flavors creep up on you slowly, leaving you wondering at the mysteries traveling on your palate.
Handcrafted culinary and dessert salts, cookies and cakes perfect as a tea time treats incorporating local ingredients.