Where to buy pine nuts?

[Anonymous]

Time to make pesto and I'm not thrilled with what I've found at Wholefoods and Trader Joes. Both only carry nuts from China and they have left a nasty metallic aftertaste in the past. Any good sources in N. Virginia?

[Anonymous]

Costco sells pine nuts. But I am not sure which area/country they come from.

[Anonymous]

I agree with you that Trader Joes pine nuts have that metallic aftertaste. I've found Costco ones to be really good.

[Anonymous]

Balducci's?

[Anonymous]

The Italian Store in Arlington. Right at 66 and Spout Run. Love that place. Their Italian subs are out of this world

[Anonymous]

Whole Foods sometimes has the kind from Europe (Spain?), but I haven't checked recently. The China ones are nasty.

[Anonymous]

Wegman's sells pine nuts. They are in the international section with the Italian products.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whole Foods sometimes has the kind from Europe (Spain?), but I haven't checked recently. The China ones are nasty.

The WF in Clarendon has Turkish pine nuts right now. No metallic taste so far, but I haven't tried toasting them yet for my recipe. Just a few raw nibbles here and there - yum yum!