Don't let a tool or ingredient your local supermarket doesn't carry prevent you from trying one of these recipes. Online ordering makes just about anything available within a few days. Now you have no more excuses not to start cooking like grandma.
1. American Almond Products
American Almond has an online store and sells at select retail stores. You'll find all the nut pastes like pistachio, almond, hazelnut and praline, and fruit pastes like prune lekvar so important to Eastern European desserts and pastries.2. Solo Filling Products
Solo is another company specializing in fruit and nut pastes that sells online and at grocery stores, although not all stores carry the complete line.3. Melissa's World Variety Produce
Melissa's carries every obscure vegetable and fruit on the planet. There's an online store locator or they'll ship directly to your door. So the next time your grocer looks at you like you're from Mars when you ask for kohlrabi or horseradish root, visit Melissa's.4. Nielsen-Massey Vanillas
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Nielsen-Massey makes pure vanilla extract with beans from Madagascar, Tahiti, Mexico and more. They also make pure coffee and chocolate extracts.
