Finding Food On The Internet ~ and then COOKING IT!
By NOTCOT May 09, 2008
No no, I'm not going to show you where to find take out menus or order delivery online-I'm talking about having one of the largest cookbooks at your fingertips and pointing you to a few key sites to hunt for recipes. And for those of you who aren't big on cooking, don't fear. You'd be surprised how easy some recipes can be! You just have to take that first step... So here are 5 places to get you started!
Every day I wake up and check TasteSpotting and it blows my mind. As I edit the many submissions that roll in, it constantly amazes me how much incredible, drool-inducing food people have been making. And for that reason, TasteSpotting is a great place to start if you're not sure what you're looking to make... its a great place to let your eyes and stomach do the browsing, and you'll know when you find the right thing-regardless of whether that is a no bake lemon cheesecake, Tacos Al Pastor for Cinco de Mayo, or 155 ways to use bacon. We built TasteSpotting around being able to find some of the most delicious posts/recipes/articles on the web-so here you will get a mix of everything from NY Times food section recipes to bloggers discoveries' from around the world.
2. Cookthink
Cookthink starts you off with the question - "What are you craving?" Unlike TasteSpotting, here's a good place to go when you have some idea of what you want... or what you have in the cupboard. What I love about Cookthink is your ability to pop in some Ingredients, dish names, cuisine types, and even moods! And it will help narrow things down for you, and present you with recipe options.
3. Chow
Chow. This food site has more nomination than I can laundry list here, and it is definitely a big player in the online food world... have you peeked at their Recipe section yet? You can browse easily by ingredient, course, cuisine, and tag. And complete with gorgeous pictures and sometimes video tips, it will be hard to go hungry here. Chow also now allows readers to publish their own recipes to the archive, as well as save recipes you like for easy access later.
4. All Recipes
All Recipes, is unbelievably 10 years old already-and they have quite the expansive database of recipes in any category you can imagine.
5. GOOGLE!
Yup, google is good for far more than just your random internet searches, email, etc-With Google Base's Recipe section you can enter everything from Keywords and Meal types-to the Preparation Time or Saturated Fat content! And as usual, your results look as you expect from google-pulling from many of the best internet food resources around (epicurious, recipezaar, ifood, food and wine, and more)
So these are only 5 of many to get you going-and from each of them-the next time you are hungry and the more you explore, you will find more and more!
