A Dozen Cousins makes ready-to-eat seasoned beans, bone broth rice, quick marinades and rice seasoning sauces inspired by Creole, Caribbean and Latin American home cooking. The brand was founded by Ibraheem Basir and named for his daughter, her eleven cousins and the family dinners they shared, with the idea that the food people grew up on should be easy to put on the table on a weeknight without giving up the ingredients.
Products are made without GMOs or artificial flavors. You will find them nationwide in retail grocery, and a store locator on the site shows what is stocked near you; the brand also sells direct with subscriptions and variety packs. There is no storefront and no published headquarters address, so this is a direct-to-consumer business reachable by email, with separate inboxes for retailers, media and general questions.
Basir died in 2026 and the brand continues to operate; his legacy is carried on through Project Potluck, the nonprofit he helped build to support founders of color in consumer packaged goods. Try a variety pack and see which one ends up in regular rotation.
A Dozen Cousins