• Guacamole

  • Guacamole; learn about the history, ingredients and recipes for this favorite dip.

12
Featured Authors & Articles
Chia Seeds
What is Chia? Learn about Chia seed including culinary and medical uses, recipes and preparation.
20 Ways With Whipped Cream
Piled atop a cake or pie, dolloped on a mocha, whipped cream is a decadent treat. Learn 20 ways to spice up your whipped cream along with a little history, science, and whipped cream dispensing tools.
Beef Buying Guide
Learn about beef types, grades and nutritional benefits.
From the dic·tion·ar·y
amaranth Amaranth
Amaranth is a high-protein grain used as a cereal or ground into flour. The leaves are also eaten as fresh as in salads or cooked like spinach.
Chia Chia
Chia is sold in seed form from the herb S. hispanicum.  The seed is very high in Omega 3's as well as protein and fiber.  Chia became most famous in the U.S. in the 1980's when Chia Pets were sold.  C

Gourmet Foods

Browse our selection of hard-to-find gourmet food and cooking ingredients.
Organic Masa Flour
Organic Masa flour

The GourmetSleuth Shop

We specialize in ethnic cooking tools as well as hard to find product.  If you're looking for something that is hard to find, try our GourmetSleuth store.

Clay Bean Pot

GourmetSleuth.com - Your gourmet food and cooking resource.

Seekers and purveyors of unique culinary stuff..