Unless you're very well versed in gourmet cooking or you're cooking for a large crowd of people or a large family, you might not know that much about the wonders of arrowroot for things like gravy.  If you want information on how to make perfect gravy, there is plenty of information at About, about.com, where the About homecooking expert columnist gives special tips on how to ensure that you'll never make lumpy gravy again.  The website is full of good homecooking recipes and ideas, many of which call for using arrowroot.

Within the about.com websiteHerve Leger  Cocktail Dresses, there is a tip from an article by Peggy Trowbridge Flippone called "Perfect Gravy Tips and Hints."  First of all, people are always wanting to know just what they can use besides flour to thicken up their gravy.  Well, you will be happy to know that there are things, such as corn starch and arrowroot, that thicken up gravy much faster and better than flour ever could.  In fact, according to this article, arrowroot has "slightly more than twice the thickening power of flour."prom dresses

For more information and tips about how to cook with arrowroot, check out the above-named article and others at the homecooking.about.com site.