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www.epicurious.com "A glorious site—one of the few where you can be confident that the 11,000 (searchable) recipes have actually been tested, and tested well. That’s because two premier food magazines, Gourmet and Bon Appetit, are at its core" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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www.ethnicgrocer.com "The most difficult part of cooking the cuisine of a faraway place can be getting your hands on the proper ingredients. Enter EthnicGrocer, with products from 15 countries" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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www.foodtv.com "If you’re a fan of the Food Network, with its celebrity chefs and frenetic feeling, you’ll love this site. As you’d expect, there are plenty of videoclips, so you can watch—and emulate—as the pros do everything from shelling a lobster to creating flowers out of buttercream. There are kitchenware, gadgets and tools to buy, chats to participate in and contests to enter" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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www.greatcoffee.com "A caffeine freak’s fever dream. It offers home-roasting equipment, grinders, cups, biscotti—and lots and lots of java. Incredibly well-organized, it lets you browse by region, roast, blend and many other categories" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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www.igourmet.com "Although the emphasis here is on cheese, it’s obvious that the site is intent on becoming the Amazon.com of the food world" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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www.indianharvest.com "Focused on rice, grains, beans and legumes. If you’re in search of hard-to-find items like kamut and quinoa, black barley and red rice, Israeli couscous and split baby garbanzo beans, this is the spot for you" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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www.zingermans.com "Zingerman’s deli, based in the university town of Ann Arbor, Mich., has long done a brisk mail-order business among food lovers who live far from good grub. The store’s site is cheerful and functional, with the sort of cute illustrations and intentionally wacky tone you’d expect from a college-town institution" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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www.balducci.com
"if you don't live in Manhattan, it's not very likely you have a grocer with such delicacies as osterich steaks, or "Mama Balducci's mesmerizing Manicotti," so stay put and browse a while" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
Forbes 9-11-00 |
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www.bengalbay.com
"While the top of your browser proclaims that BengalBay.com offers over 250 teas, we could only find ten--all from the same company." (Forbes--click here for full review) |
Forbes 9-11-00 |
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www.chefshop.com
"The site, busy but well organized, is searchable by manufacturer, product or recipe...Foods of China, India and South Africa offer choice selections that can't be found on other sites" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
Forbes 9-11-00 |
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www.chocolatepicure.com
"Chocolate hounds will truly think they've died and gone to heaven when they first dive into ChocolatEpicure. Just scanning the various ways you can search is enough to make the salivary glands start working...The wall-to-wall chocolate experience is breathtaking, and the descriptions of the chocolates are detailed and authoritative" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
Forbes 9-11-00 |
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www.chowhound.com
"This site is a breath of fresh air, taking you back to the early, anarchic days of the Web. The focus is restaurant eating... And be forewarned: there are no victuals for sale here, not even the tiniest shiitake mushroom" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
Forbes 9-11-00 |
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Dean & Deluca www.deandeluca.com "With its elegant design and cool gray background, this is the urban sophisticate of food websites -- as befits the eponymous Manhattan shop that is the ne plus ultra of gourmet groceries. The merchandise ranges from wine to kitchenware to coffee to herbs" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
Forbes
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"A-" & "Best of Breed" : Entertainment Weekly Fall 1999 |
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DiBruno Bros www.dibruno.com "Although the site offers the typical products of most gourmet sites- coffees, smoked fish, gourmet meats- its the selection of cheeses that are the real draw" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
Forbes 9-11-00 |
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www.flyingnoodle.com
"We had no idea that pastas and sauces come in so many varieties- short, long, flavored, unflavored, gluten-free, etc. .... Within each category, dozens of different gourmet pastas and sauces can be purchased." (Forbes--click here for full review) |
Forbes 9-11-00 |
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www.gourmet-world.com
"This UK site recently brought its wares to the Web, by gathering tasty gourmet food from around the area....A nice flash designed Web site" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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www.gourmetmarket.com
"large selection of gourmet foods- smoked salmon, imported cheese, coffee, and caviar. However, the real benefit of the site is the gift baskets The wine clubs and wine selection found here are equally well done. ...Chocolate lovers can pick and choose among dozens of truffles, individual pieces or fudge" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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1-800-flowers www.greatfood.com "A consolidation with 1-800-Flowers.com has moved the Seattle-based operation to New York and onto the 1-800-Flower Web site. The gourmet page still features the Gourmet Gift Finder and the Gourmet Helper, which has seasonal recipes and a visiting chef...The search engine is still just as powerful" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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Harry And David www.harryanddavid.com "the Old Faithful of the citrus world has gone online, and the truth is, there's a lot more here than the staid offerings of yore. Choose from cherimoyas, feijoas, and sapotes, if that's your fancy. Not to mention plants, fancy foods (from truffles to smoked salmon), and prepared delicacies (beef Wellington to crabcakes)" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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Ideal Cheese Shop www.idealcheese.com "if you're in the market for a good hit of cow, goat, or sheep's milk, you'll be thunderstruck by the choices. You can browse by country (Australia, Cyprus, Norway), or search for a particular cheese" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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www.kingarthurflour.com
"The site isn't fancy, but its offerings are clearly delineated, with a section for professionals and another for home bakers, plus a recipe archive, a good selection of kitchenware, and a tips and FAQ area." (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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www.levillage.com
"absolutely no corporate feel to this site--good for the aesthete who just wants to window shop, bad for the worker-bee who needs to get in and out in under 30 minutes" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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www.peck.it
"Started in the nineteenth century as a Milan-based butcher shop, now delicacies sold inside the "Temple of Italian Gastronomy"--fresh pastas to cheeses to cakes--are available online. But the vintage wine may be the site's biggest draw" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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Penzey Spices www.penzeys.com "One of the frustrations of the serious home cook who doesn't happen to live in an area with good gourmet food shopping is the effort required to get ahold of exotic spices. Penzeys catalogue has long been the answer to finding everything from annato seed to zatar, and now the company's website makes it even easier" (Forbes--click here for full review) |
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www.walnutacres.com
"Currently, Walnut Acres has suspended its sales due to the redesigning of their site. Check back for updates at a future date." (Forbes--click here for full review) |
Forbes 9-11-00 |
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