Welcome to Cook's Compass Beta*

Heirloom Tomatoes

Cook's Compass is about the good food in your community, and how to find it. We’re committed to the idea that there’s more to food than the supermarket, and there’s more to cooking than the recipes you grew up with.

Our website is a collaborative resource that allows for the aggregation and sharing of information about interesting ingredients, the stores near you that carry them, and the recipes and cuisines that use them. We want to help you get off the beaten track and into a wider world of rare or local foods, and the people who provide them.

Based on reviews from people like you, Cook's Compass can guide you:

  • From a ingredient, to local stores that stock it and recipes that use it.
  • From a recipe to information about ingredients and places to find it.
  • With user reviews and store-owner input about gourmet, regional or niche food markets in your local area.

* This is the Cook's Compass Beta version (that means we’re still testing the site). You’ll notice that some of our information is currently incomplete. We hope you’ll add your own contributions, to help us turn Cook's Compass into the exciting resource we know it will be.
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Stores
Find Stores
Find stores in your area. Read and add reviews, discover the best ingredients on sold there or make your own recommendations.
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recipes
Try Recipes
Search our recipe database for exciting recipes. We'll even tell you the best places to shop for ingredients!
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ingredients
Look Up Ingredients
Search our collaborative encyclopedia for interesting ingredients.  Find images, descriptions, recipes, and stores in your neighborhood that sell them.
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New Find
Lavender
has been newly recommended at
Christina's Spice & Spec Foods.

Thanks to Andrew for the tip

Top Review
HI Lo Foods

Review by: Andrew

Hi-Lo foods has an outstanding selection of Latino foods - especially in the areas of hard-to-find spices, peppers and sauces. They even have a large display dedicated to purifying herbs which are currently very popular in South American cultures. Great .... View

Top Recipe
Hot and Sour Soup

User: Andrew

This is one version of the classic Chinese soup. Always delicious, this soup is easier to create Click here to view

Store Owners

List your store on our site—It's fast, easy and FREE! You can write about your store, tell people what you sell, and announce specials.
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