When you want more than just a meal, click away.
Mark Petix
For the dedicated cook and the intrepid gourmand, the Internet has opened a world of culinary possibilities.
Farm-raised abalone from Monterey Bay; the famed Iberico ham from Spain; Boudin sausage and live crawfish from Louisiana; and some of the finest olive oils from Italy - you can have it all shipped to your door.
It's a food revolution, said Martina Rossi-Kenworthy, co-operator of Gustiamo, an Italian specialty food importer in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"If you want to cook something good, you really need the best ingredients," she said.
She says some of the best food is simple food. But simple doesn't mean easy.
Every ingredient counts. That's...