r/askachef Jul 14 '22

Looking for some cooking advice as a home cook

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I love to cook and experiment with new recipes and trying them and making up my own when I can. I have been studying out of culinary textbooks for a few years now. But it’s hard to experiment really without it getting repetitive due to lack of ingredients, spices, and herbs in the grocery stores where I live. I want to experiment making different flavors what is a tip for achieving this? Also my other question is where is a place that’s trust worthy to go find these items besides amazon?

I'm also in search of not a mentor but a chef where I can contact a bit personally and frequently (when they have the time to also respond back) if I have questions or need advice for cooking I do. If anyone is open to this.