The Gourmet Web
I'll admit it. I am a foodie. I can’t get enough of my cooking shows, cookbooks, and cool kitchen gadgets. I am a big fan of the PBS cooking shows on Saturday mornings, and I always want to try a lot of the recipes that I come across.
As a San Francisco Bay Area resident, it is not hard to find wines that will go well with the meals that I like to create. However, sometimes it is hard to find ingredients that I need to do some of the recipes that will pair perfectly with that awesome bottle of Merlot. Sure, there are gourmet food stores, but with today’s soaring gas prices, I really do not feel like driving all over God’s creation looking for one, and there is no guarantee that it will have what I am looking for.
The world wide web to the rescue!
Recently, I have been in the market for some Fleur de Sel (flower of salt)--considered the caviar of salts. It originates in France, and can be only harvested during certain times of the year and when the weather is just perfect. If you haven’t ever tasted it, I would highly recommend that you do so. In my online search, I ran across a really cool site that not only has Fleur de Sel but just about every other gourmet luxury there is: Beluga caviar, French truffle mushrooms, foie gras, and balsamic vinegar (the real stuff, not the stuff you get in the grocery stores). I was like a kid in a candy store. Caviar & More has it all, although it has not cornered the market on gourmet products. At Gourmet Foodstore, you can pre-order fresh truffle mushrooms. Does anyone out there have $725.00 I can borrow?