balsamic adds a flair to healthy cooking. A gourmet kitchen without aged balsamic vinegar is hard to imagine. Less than twenty years ago, balsamic vinegar was nearly an unnoticeable Tuscan accoutrement. Now, gourmet chefs use it more and more. A couple drops of the very best balsamico on ripe berries, bartlett pears, or other fruit is a customary combination to end a main course.