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Joining the black food trend is this new Korean import: Black Garlic. So intriguing and delicious, this "new" food is likely to become a pantry staple.

If your favorite food lover already has all the equipment they need, what will you buy them for their next birthday? Gourmet ingredients offer the solution.

Looking for the perfect Christmas or birthday gift for a loved one? Try assembling your own gift basket of gourmet ingredients and kitchen tools.

Gourmet oils, vinegars and other luxury food items can be costly, but which ones are actually worth paying extra for?

"A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk's leap toward immortality." - Clifton Fadiman

Enjoy excellent cuisine while spending less, by using these excellent ingredients to create your own quality dishes.

How do you go about categorizing cheese? It's a subject that's just too diverse.

Children have very pure palates and they can enjoy gourmet foods as much as adults. This article outlines some of the foods children actually really enjoy.

Puy Green Lentils, which enjoy their own appellation, are prized by top chefs for their delicious rich flavor.

Great milk makes great cheese, and great grazing makes great milk. Taste comes from quality raw ingredients, handled with respect and grown naturally.

Guinness Stout and Cashel Blue Cheese Transform traditional French Onion Soup

"Good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts." So said James Beard. Who are we to argue? Even the ancients knew the power of good butter sauce. Now, so can you.

This new weekly feature will include recipes and ingredients divided into what you might have on hand, what you might need to pick up. Includes tips and more.

With all the blackberries around at the moment it would be a good idea to make the most of them by making this truly comforting, sweet and vanilla-scented fruit crumble.

Learn how to mix up a great tasting pitcher of Margaritas and serve them up like a pro. This prize winning recipe uses just three ingredients, tequila, beer, and limeade.

Just a few slices of dried cep mushrooms add a wonderful rich flavor to many savory recipes.

Houmous is a delicious vegetarian spread based on chickpeas. It can be expensive to buy ready made, but is easy and cheap to make yourself with this easy recipe.

Swiss Chard (Beta vulgaris var flavescens) is delicious on its own as an accompanying vegetable, or as an ingredient in healthy pasta recipes.

With temperatures dropping, it's the perfect time for another Shabu Shabu meal. My husband ordered Mishima beef, or did he?

This History of Salt brings to life the influence of salt throughout history, from bloody salt wars through crippling salt taxes to the rise and fall of cultures.

Marsh Samphire is a popular wild food ingredient often found on fish stalls. Delicious in salads while young, or steamed with butter to accompany fish.

Succulent shrimp, a rich roux, and fresh peppers combine to make this classic dish that warms the soul.

Create a custom seasoning blend which incorporates a variety of spices. The spice blend is then used to make a creamy, sweet and spicy BBQ shrimp dish.

There are many different cooking oils available, and aside from cost and quality there are other important things to consider when deciding which oil to use when cooking.

Absolutely fresh salad leaves on your doorstep that cost nothing more than a little study and knowhow.

Looking forward the Amercian Culinary Federation's top chefs count S/O/L/E food in the top ten trends for 2009. Our top food finds in 2008 show prescience, or luck.

Nothing matches the taste of salmon cooked on wood. It's primal, capturing the essence of the both the fish and the wood.

Christmas gifts don't have to break the bank. Here are some useful but budget-friendly Christmas gifts for the relative or friend who loves to cook.

Engaging the services of professional carpet cleaners needs some research. For best results make sure your carpet cleaning professional holds an I.I.R.C. certification.

Three recipes for making classic seasoning blends and flavorings using fresh or dried herbal ingredients.

A food dehydrator, or drier, will preserve many types of vegetables and fruit, retaining nutrients and reducing the storage volume.

Eggs provide the perfect background for the piquant flavour of curry powders. Different combinations of the spices add variety to everyday meals.

Is test anxiety getting you down and making your hungry? You need a snack. Take a break and try these tasty exam week snack suggestions.

Perfect for the day after Thanksgiving or Christmas Dinner, this leftover turkey soup recipe is rich, hearty and filled with organic herbs and spices.

The all new, expanded edition of a classic south Indian recipe book contains 40 new recipes and more than 100 vegetarian treats.

Whether you're shopping for the casual cook or bona fide spice addict, the gift of spice is a festive and time-honored tradition once reserved for royalty.

Fennel is known for its aniseed flavour and its celery-like texture, but its versatility and its nutritional value are what make it such an ideal vegetable.

A tempting antipasto platter, filled with a variety of tasty tidbits, can be served to guests as they are waiting for the main meal to be served.

This easy recipe elevates everyday au gratin potatoes to a dish you'll be proud to serve to company or take to the next potluck. A bain-marie (water bath) does the trick.

A French bistro classic: mussels benefit from a hot herb-perfumed bath of white wine. Give steamer clams the same treatment. Or a mixture of the two.

Culture the new magazine - the word on cheese - is on the newstands now. Check a cheese monger near you, too for this quarterly review of all things cheese.

Read about Spanish Gazpacho, Kobe Beef, Dark Dining in Montreal, Okonomiyaki in Vancouver and Sonoran Desert Oregano.

Coconut oil has been touted as being a miracle cure for a variety of ills and as a dangerous dietary source of saturated fat. But is coconut oil truly healthy or unsafe?

Perfect for the day after Thanksgiving or Christmas Dinner, this leftover turkey noodle soup recipe combines fresh produce with organic herbs and spices.

Just about any combination of tasty fresh vegetables and herbs can be used in this simple recipe, depending upon what's abundant at the moment.

Here are three easy recipes, for when the bottled stuff isn't doing it for you anymore or you just want to try something different.

Make your roast chicken go further by simmering the leftover carcass and scraps with some basic aromatics for a delicious homemade broth.

Seriously authentic Provençal flavors in a seriously simple preparation. Who thought French cuisine could be so fast, easy and seriously scrumpptious?

Butchery is experiencing a renaissance these days. With the recession digging in its heels, the trend could not have come at a better time. Reach back for a recipe.

Pumpkin Spice Latte's are back with the holiday season! While some coffee shops and restaurants charge upwards of $3.50 for one, you can re-create the same thing at home!