We've merged to bring you the best of the hard-to-find ingredients AND the best wild mushrooms!
and mushroom powders and Italian black truffles!
Your ultimate source for impossible to find ingredients and culinary tools





Ever get frustrated because you couldn't find an ingredient for a recipe?

We run a service just for you.

We find and sell every imaginable spice. IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANT LISTED ask! We have 0ver 300 spices and will make what you want.

No wonder we have been featured in National magazines.Sunset,Saveur and Food Network Magazine called about our mushrooms, Cook's Illustrated twice, Chef's Magazine for the Trade, Gourmet, Better Homes and Garden's Christmas web-site '07 and now KPLU public radio. Because we do not advertise we are very greatful and proud. Word of mouth is the way to go in order to keep our prices down, down, down.

We search for ethnic cooking tools as well. wok scrubbers, coconut shredders,authentic woks and many, many morters and pestles stocked in the store. ask. We finally found salt cellars and tiny spoons.the perfect gift to go with our salts. We have wonderful salt and pepper grinders as well, lifetime guaranteed! We have a good selection of spice jars and labels.

Look under gifts for "cool" cooks.

We mail order everywhere and sell WHOLESALE to restaurants with NO MINIMUM! Why? I had a restaurant for 20 years and resented min. orders. We sell the finest dried wild mushrooms, mushroom powders and infused exotic oils.

Shipping charges ground only additional for airmail. We use UPS or Priorty mail only for shipping. We accept Mastercharge and Visa and refund you for your purchase if you are not satisified.

Our prices are very modest.

When you get your order expect to see our award winning packaging. We pack with sterilized MOSS from the Pacific N.W. rain forest and use a pine cone to hold our card. We do not believe in plastic "popcorn" that cannot be recycled. The moss is costly for us and you can use it for decorative purposes.

I hope we can help you. IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANT LISTED, JUST ASK! PLEASE!!

If you're ever in the Seattle / Olympia area, stop in and visit our interesting and unique retail store. The list of products on the web-site is just a sample of the fragrant spices we stock! We have one-of-a-kind exotica, procured the world over. You'll be glad you came! One sniff will do it! Our "sniffing" hours are Tuesday thru Friday, 11 to 5:15, Sat 10 to 4:30. 24/7 voice mail picked up daily. 360-352-9301. e-mail culinaryexotica@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Anne Buck, Buck's Fifth Avenue, Olympia, Wa

Since 1973

Need something? E-mail us at culinaryexotica@gmail.com this is a new email address.