Recipes Online, Where Do I Start?

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Recipes Online, Where Do I Start?
By: Karen A. Spencer- Food Information Consultant

My recent “Google” search for recipes returned 130,000,000 results. To narrow my search, I googled “food magazine” and reduced my results to 70,300,000. We can agree that there is no shortage of recipes available to you. There are great recipe sites out there which I hope to cover at a later date, but today my focus is on online food magazines.

Online food magazines are a great source for recipes as well as information on gadgets and kitchen appliances. Another benefit of online magazines is the recipes are usually tested in their test kitchen before publishing on the web which can give you some assurance that the recipe works.

Take a look at some of these sites; there are recipes that you can view without a subscription. However, to get the most from these sites a membership is required.

Cuisine (http://www.cuisineathome.com/main/oe-recipes.php) has several online recipes available under their online extra section and in their archives (http://www.cuisineathome.com/main/oe-recipes.php#archive) from previous years.

Martha Stewart Every Day Food (http://www.marthastewart.com/everyday). I used to subscribe to Martha’s magazine years ago. I loved her recipes, the magazine was well laid out and offered a wealth of information on food and crafts.

Food & Wine Magazine (http://www.foodandwine.com/) has a searchable recipe database, with ratings.

Saveur ( http://www.saveur.com/) is a food and travel magazine, their online glossary provides information on an ingredient

BBC Good Food (http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/) brings you recipes from the UK. Recipes are tested by the Good Food Kitchen except those listed as member recipes. Many of the recipes have been rated by the members. The site contains cooking videos, step by step guides to tricky recipes and conversion tables.

Southern Living (http://www.southernliving.com/) is one of my favorite magazines; it
brings you the best of Southern food. You’ve got to love it!

Cooks Illustrated (www.cooksillustrated.com) is another one of my favorite cooking magazines. Unfortunately, without a subscription, the best you can gain from this site is some general food information.

Hopefully, these sites are of interest, if not there are quite a few others to choose from.