Mmmm... I may have to venture into one of those yuppie imported spice stores, again.
Do you have Trader Joe's out there??
Yep, at least one that I have seen. Never been in.
You should try it sometime. An eclectic selection, with good prices. They even have a decent selection of British beer. I love their pre-prepared stir-fry dinners. They allow a bachelor like me with zero cooking skills to eat well.
I rarely go to that area of the city, because it's nothing but stores, malls, and rude, transient corporate-ladder climbers. Every time I get near it I am in a traffic jam, although last time the traffic jam was mostly a convoy of classic cars arriving for a show. That was cool!
I'll give it a try, but how the hell can a guy your age have no cooking skills?