About Desert Dust
CALIFORNIA
DESERT BORN.
We started with a simple question: what's growing in our own backyard & why aren’t we using it more?
The Coachella Valley grows world-class dates. Sonora grows chiltepins that turn red as they dry in the sun. Through travel and curiosity, we found good regional food, but little made with real intention.
So we started innovating with local ingredients. Dates pitted, dehydrated, ground and blended with spices. Chiltepins hand-picked and sun-dried. Food from one particular corner of the desert, made to be enjoyed everywhere.
About Desert Dust
CALIFORNIA
DESERT BORN.
We started with a simple question: what's growing in our own backyard & why aren’t we using it more?
The Coachella Valley grows world-class dates. Sonora grows chiltepins that turn red as they dry in the sun. Through travel and curiosity, we found good regional food, but little made with real intention.
So we started innovating with local ingredients. Dates pitted, dehydrated, ground and blended with spices. Chiltepins hand-picked and sun-dried. Food from one particular corner of the desert, made to be enjoyed everywhere.
Rick Marino
SHAPED BY LIFE
ON THE ROAD.
Desert Dust was founded by Rick Marino, whose life has long been split between the road and the California desert.
Years as a rock ’n’ roll tour manager taught him to seek out great local food and appreciate the little things that give a place its character, right down to the ingredients grown there.
At Desert Dust, we live for a desert road trip. Roadside nostalgia, slowing down, cooking a meal, sitting down to enjoy it with a table full of characters. The California we were raised on. Offbeat, out of time and a little weird.
This spirit can be found in Desert Dust and in the idea behind why we made the bottle:
Something with a character of its own, and a little taste of the California desert to be shared with everyoneThis spirit can be found in Desert Dust and in the idea behind why we made the bottle:
Something with a character of its own, and a little taste of the California desert to be shared with everyone.
Right here in the desert
NO SUGAR.
JUST DATES.
There’s so much more to dates than what you see in your produce aisle: over 2,000 varieties with unique flavor profiles and pedigrees.
The fruit of the date palm, one of nature’s superfoods, is high in fiber, low in fat, full of minerals, vitamins & protein and has nourished millions of humans worldwide for centuries.
Right here in the desert
NO SUGAR.
JUST DATES.
There’s so much more to dates than what you see in your produce aisle: over 2,000 varieties with unique flavor profiles and pedigrees.
The fruit of the date palm, one of nature’s superfoods, is high in fiber, low in fat, full of minerals, vitamins & protein and has nourished millions of humans worldwide for centuries.
SUN-GROWN.IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
The dates used to make our seasonings come from California’s Coachella Valley. The desert sun does its work long before we start blending.
Those dates bring a little natural sweetness and depth to our seasonings. Our corner of California, ready for whatever’s cooking.
DUST DAILY ON
- EVERYTHING
- VEGGIES
- POPCORN
- ANY MEAT
- FISH
- DRINK RIMS
MADE FOR MEALS
YOU ACTUALLY COOK.
Chicken on the grill. A tray of vegetables. Whatever’s in the fridge on a Tuesday.
We make seasonings for the meals you cook on repeat, and the ones you make up as you go. A little Dust, a taste, another shake.
Keep it next to the salt.
MADE FOR MEALS
YOU ACTUALLY COOK.
Chicken on the grill. A tray of vegetables. Whatever’s in the fridge on a Tuesday.
We make seasonings for the meals you cook on repeat, and the ones you make up as you go. A little Dust, a taste, another shake.
Keep it next to the salt.
