Use this page as a reference for ingredients that may be in recipes I provided that you may not be familiar with. I will do my best to describe each ingredient and let you know what they taste like and where I usually use them. Even though there really aren't good substitutes for many of these ingredients, for some there are. If it is a main ingredient that requires a lot and you don't have it, I'd suggest just waiting till you can find the ingredient. If it is something only in a small quantity, certainly a suitable substitute will do.