Cormier's Gold Double Garlic
Saucy Story: Stoneham resident and veteran line cook Glenn A. Cormier began conducting culinary experiments in his own kitchen neatly 30 years ago, seeking the perfect sauce. Now his creations stuff shelves in New England Markets.

Flavor Profile: The Double Garlic has one food in Italy and the other in East Asia. Both zesty and sweet, its strong flavors are balanced by molasses and ginger.

Heat Index: It's a tangy by decidedly docile sauce, perfect for those who avoid more masochistic marinades.

"Secret" Ingredient: As the name implies, there's enough garlic to neutralize Nosferatu. Delicious, but don't pop the cap before a date.

Perfect Mate: Soak steaks or seafood fillets for a few hours before grilling.

Find It: At Whole Foods Market locations throughout Greater Boston.

Chef Glenn Cormier, the owner of Cormier's Kitchen, concocted these gluten-free cooking sauces for serious, robust flavor - and they deliver.

Made with a short list of ingredients, including wheat-free soy sauce, Cormier's Gold comes in five varieties - Garlic & Ginger, Double Garlic, Garlic & Jalapeno, Orange Burst, and Cracked Black Pepper.

Want to wake up a dish of chicken, beef, or tofu? Splash on some instant marinade. Liven up tired veggies or plain rice, pasta, or beans? Pour it on. Stir it in. Serve a bowl of sauce with wings or spring rolls and watch the dipping begin. Cormier's Gold is good as gold.

Member Glenn Cormier of Cormier's Kitchen didn't use his mother's recipe to make his Cormier's Gold cooking sauce - he 'stole' his sister's (who has since forgiven him, he kiddingly states). "I have been working with food since I could sit up at the counter at home and help my dad pick chicken for chicken salad. He had a catering business we used to do on weekends. He was a machinist by day and worked the catering business during the weekend- and played music at night."

So with this background, plus working as a chef for Legal Seafoods, and Nature's Heartland, he was right at home developing BBQ, marinate, saute and pan-fry sauces at home on weekends 30 years ago. When friends started coming over looking for the sauce, he knew he was on to something. A friend helped him set up his business and with help from his wife and kids, he was on his way. It got bigger and bigger and now he is in Whole Foods, Star Markets, and Shaws, small retail grocery stores, and many butcher shops and meat markets. His one sauce has grown to 5 flavors: Garlic & Ginger, Double Garlic, Jalapeno & Garlic, Cracked Black Pepper, and Orange Burst. All are fat-free, oil-free, cholesterol-free, contain zero saturated fat, with no preservatives. His soy sauce is wheat and gluten-free.

Hail A New Sauce

"Black Gold" is the name of a trio of fat-free, double-garlic-plus sauces being marketed at up-scale meat markets such as John Dewar's in Newton.

The sauce is hearty and a nice change from Worchestershire and A1.