I can totally help with 1 and 5.
1) First, be prepared to drop monies, because it’s all specialty ingredients. XD (Also, I have Padma Lakshmi’s cookbook and zomg, so good).
5) You can test recipes on my kids if you want.
Also, feel free to use 3 on us, if you like. 😛
excellent! we’ll take you up on the testing, I’m sure. and yeah, I knowww. but a lot of it is stuff I can keep for a while, it’ll just be an up-front cost. and if I like it, it’s a good investment!