WILDSPICE

Where spices run wild...

     During the late 1990s, our company, “Borderline Designs,” centered on

selling jewelry, clothing, pottery and home decor items that we hand-

selected from our travels throughout Mexico and Guatemala.

We marketed our wares at Christmas and garden shows held in cites

anywhere from Los Angeles to the Canadian border. To diversify, we

jumped on a product line of dip mixes that were a totally new concept in

cooking. The sales of this product was so phenomenal, the supplier could

not keep up with the inventory we needed for the shows.

     Seeing the potential of this product, we decided to develop our own line of

dip and bagel spreads. My wife Jill teamed up with her cousin (both

gourmet chefs) to create recipes and marketing strategies for a new

product line featuring 21 dips and 9 bagel spreads and the company

“Cousins Gourmet” was born.

     At first, the dips and bagel spreads were packaged in a plastic bag with a

printed label glued on top that sold successfully for many years. In 2008,

we decided to upgrade our image by designing all new packaging. Jill

worked with an artist from Bainbridge Island who specialized in animal

dolls. Together they created the vivid and colorful creatures you see on our

packaging that represent each dip and bagel spreads.

     During the long car rides between shows, we amused ourselves by coming

up with the clever names to describe the artistic animals and distinctive

products. The new look demanded a new name and “Wildspice” seemed to capture it all! In 2012, we expanded the line by adding 6 rubs and 6 pasta sauces and we created their own unique and artful characters and names.

You will still find us selling Wildspice products at specialty shows and retail

shops, but our website offers the easiest access to all of our exceptional

products as well as adventuresome Wildspice recipes.