gourmet file: a cook's guide to the web

Leeners specializes in food and beverage homecraft supplies for making your own beer, wine liquors, sake, cheese, cured meats, mustard, vinegar, hot sauce, root beer, candy, bubble gum, ice cream and more. Here you can purchase complete do-it-yourself kits (a make-your-own corned beef & pastrami kit, for instance) as well as books, equipment and ingredients you'd have trouble finding anywhere else. Founded in 1996 by Eileen and Jim Leverentz, this Ohio-based retailer sells via their website and ships worldwide.

Online Food Magazines

Fork & Bottle is an online food magazine created by a couple based in Santa Rosa, CA who write about wine, food, organic gardening and cooking with kids. Their site also provides culinary travel tips for visiting the Napa Valley/Sonoma County wine country.

The Nibble is an online food magazine dedicated to specialty food and ingredients. The site features product reviews, recipes and articles

Filipino Recipes

Burnt Lumpia is an amusing recipe blog by a Filipino-American who is rediscovering his roots through cooking the food of his culture.

Shopping for Thai Ingredients

Import Food is an online resource for hard-to-find Thai ingredients.

tasty tidbits: recent culinary news

Making Jam - Trendy Once Again?

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, making homemade jam & home canning is making a comeback.

Tips for Saving Money at the Market

With food prices on the rise, the L.A. Times recently featured an article, Gourmet Eating for Less, about ways you can save money and still eat well.

Better Homemade Ice Cream

The online food site Serious Eats recently published these 10 Tips for Making Homemade Ice Cream.

Perfectly Cooked Meat

Finally, if you plan on cooking meat on the grill this summer, the cooking site Simply Recipes explains how to check the doneness of meat the way chefs do, using the "finger test."

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