Friday, November 11, 2011

Recipe Sources on the Web

Suggestion: It might be fun to cite some web sites in the blog which have good, tried-and-true, generally reliable recipes.

I tend to use www.epicurious.com as my first stop. I also refer to www.allrecipes.com occasionally. Then there is www.closetcooking.com, an eclectic mix of cuisines and idea. Recently I discovered www.thefrostedcupcake.blog.com (I need to verify this URL, as I am not at my usual computer to doublecheck) for yummy cupcakes. Google is also a go-to site, as long as you add "recipe" to your search query. It is amazing how many sites that come up as a result!

Some people like to use recipes with photos attached; this is not a criterion of mine, though.

Where do you search and what recipes appeal to you?

Doris

3 comments:

  1. I'm glad Doris has made this suggestion. I just write into my Google block what I want to read about and get a list of URL's to choose from. So it is a blind search around until I get a recipe that suits. It would be better to go to one that I can count on. The www.allrecipes.com has yielded more than a few with good results.

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  2. I think the best recipe source on the web -- hands down, no close competition -- is Cook's Illustrated. http://www.cooksillustrated.com/default.asp

    It's not free -- I think it costs somewhere around $30 a year, but it is well worth it. (Their product reviews -- everything from ingredients to kitchen tools -- are also terrific.) You can get a free 14-day trial at the above URL.

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  3. Sorry that I posted an incorrect URL for cupcake recipes in the message above (and I haven't yet figured out how to edit the blog entry) so here is the "correct" one: thefrostedcupcakes.blogspot.com

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