Authentic Homemade·Small Batch·Chicago Style·Refrigerate After Opening

Good on
everything.

Mama D's Giardiniera is the relish that started on our beef and dogs — chopped by hand, packed in oil, and jarred because people kept asking to take it home. Peppers, celery, carrot, onion, garlic. Nothing that doesn't belong.

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Hand-cut · Small batch · Jarred to keep

A jar of Mama D's Giardiniera alongside a glass bowl of the hot pepper relish
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Good on
everything.

Not a slogan — a running list. Eight so far, and the jar empties faster than we can photograph it. Beef, dogs, subs, eggs, pasta, toast: if it's on a plate, it's a candidate.

Italian beef sandwich loaded with Mama D's giardiniera
01Italian beef, properly
Chicago-style hot dog topped with giardiniera and sport peppers
02The Chicago dog
Sub sandwich piled with giardiniera, lettuce and peppers
03Any sub you own
Melted cheese and beef subs covered in giardiniera
04Melted over everything
Avocado toast topped with Mama D's giardiniera
05Avocado toast
Cold pasta salad with mozzarella and giardiniera
06Cold pasta salad
Rigatoni with sausage topped with giardiniera
07Sausage & rigatoni
A full pan of giardiniera with a serving spoon
08Or straight from the pan

Nine
Whatever you put it on next. Send us a photo and we'll add it.

Celery for crunch. Serrano for heat. Garlic because garlic.

That's the whole trick. Chopped small enough to coat a sandwich, big enough that you can still tell what you're eating. Packed in oil so it keeps — and so it soaks into whatever's underneath.

Big Mama — the Mama D's Kitchen food truck, with a beef sandwich and a Chicago dog in hand

Our story

A girl, her mom,
and a truck
called Big Mama.

Mama D is her mom — the reason she cooks at all. Every recipe started as something learned standing next to her: how much garlic is enough (more), when the peppers are right (by feel, not by timer), and why you don't rush a batch to get it out the door faster.

That cooking went on the road in a truck called Big Mama: beef, dogs, and a jar of giardiniera at the end of the counter that people kept asking to take home. Big Mama's sold now. The recipes didn't go anywhere.

“We sold the truck. The jar stayed.” Mama D's Giardiniera
The kitchen

Mama D's recipes, learned by hand.

Big Mama

The truck where it all went on the road.

The jar

The part that didn't retire.

Two jars of Mama D's Giardiniera hot pepper relish

The jar

One jar.
Everything.

  • What it is
    Hot pepper relish — Chicago-style giardiniera
  • In the jar
    Peppers, celery, carrot, onion, garlic, oil and spice
  • Heat
    Warm, not punishing — serrano does the work
  • How to keep it
    Refrigerate after opening. It'll be gone before that matters.
  • Size
    [ 16 oz / 32 oz — confirm ]
  • Availability
    Small batch — join the list for drop dates
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Three ways to start

The fastest routes
from jar to plate.

A gloved hand holding an Italian beef piled with giardiniera

Italian beef, properly

Hot beef, wet bun, a heavy spoon of giardiniera on top — and a little of the oil soaked into the bread. That last part isn't optional.

Recipe → Pasta salad with mozzarella pearls and giardiniera

Cold pasta salad, ten minutes

Cooked pasta, mozzarella pearls, a jar of giardiniera with the oil. Toss, chill, and don't add dressing — the jar already brought it.

Recipe → Avocado toast topped with giardiniera

Eggs that stop being boring

Scrambled, fried, or on toast with avocado — a spoonful on top is the difference between breakfast and something you'd order.

Recipe →

How to get jars

Three ways in.

01 · Farmers markets

We set up through the Oregon season — most weekends.

[ market names + days — to confirm ]

02 · Local pickup

Oregon pickup by arrangement. Message us and we'll find a time.

03 · Shipped

We ship jars — packed to survive the trip. Order by DM or email.

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in line.

Jars are made in small batches, so they go fast. Get on the list for drop dates, new entries on the Everything List, and the occasional recipe worth making twice.

Wholesale & stockists

Want jars behind your counter?

We work with delis, pizza shops, sandwich counters and markets in small, sane volumes. Tell us your store and we'll send a sheet.

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