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Holiday Recipes
This attractively-designed site has loads of links to recipes for
Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and other festive occasions. There are
international recipes, historic recipes, low-cal and other
health-conscious recipes, vegetarian recipes, quick and easy recipes,
and more. Online tools and charts will help aspiring cooks with
things like microwave timing, ingredient substitutions, and metric
conversions. There are also links to turkey hotlines, recipe books,
party menus, and how-to pages. And on the day after the big feast,
you can get creative recipes for using the leftovers. http://www.belmontforest.com/HolidayRecipes.htm
Chef Talk: A Food Lover's Link to Professional Chefs
This website, completely maintained by professional chefs, is a great
resource for food lovers. One of the highlights of the site is the
Culinary 101 cooking lessons from famous chefs. The Education Center
features chefs' discussions of wines, cheeses, herbs and spices, and
more. The site also has many other features such as cooking history,
quick kitchen tips, restaurant reviews, book recommendations, and a
chef's forum. Users can refer to a cooking glossary, and send in
their own questions to the chefs. Look here also for hot new recipes
from top chefs.
http://www.cheftalk.com
Koffee Korner
Coffee is the world's most popular beverage, with more than 400
billion cups consumed each year. Coffee connoisseurs will enjoy the
many features of this website. Read about the fascinating history of
this beverage, beginning with the discovery of coffee berries by
Ethiopian goat herders, continuing through the spreading of coffee
drinking to Arabia and then Europe and the rest of the world.
Discover the stories of inventions like the drip coffeemaker and the
espresso machine, and the cultural and social aspects of coffee
drinking in different places. Learn how to brew a perfect cup off
coffee, and try Turkish, Greek, and other coffee recipes from around
the world. Find out about coffee-producing countries, the different
blends and their origins, and famous coffee names and brands. There
is even a glossary of coffee terms: for instance, while testing wine
is called "tasting," testing coffee is called "cupping." Some of the
health issues about coffee drinking are discussed here. Additionally,
you can enjoy coffee jokes and cartoons, and get addresses of the
best places to drink coffee in Hong Kong.
http://www.koffeekorner.com
HotHotHot!
This online store is a paradise for hot sauce lovers, with pleasing
and very original site design appropriate to the subject. Sauces from
all over the world are categorized by heat level, place of origin,
ingredients, or name. There are Asian, Indian, Cajun, South American,
Moroccan, Caribbean, Malaysian, and many other sauces. The names are
evocative: Pyromania, Kiss of Fire, Endorphin Rush, Pure Hell, Dave's
Insanity Salsa, Bad Girls in Heat, Cyanide D.O.A., Brother Bru Bru
African Hot Sauce, Salsa Diablo, Religous Experience. Gift items like
the World Party Hot Box offer an assortment of fiery foods for the
culinary adventurer. You can use the search engine to find key
ingredients and specific products.
http://www.hothothot.com
Vegsource
VegSource promotes vegetarianism as a healthier way to live
physically, ethically, and spiritually. These pages are not only for
vegetarians, but also contain recipes and health information which
will encourage anyone to eat more vegetables. The site offers
up-to-date health and diet news, columns by doctors, and stories from
people who improved their health by means of diet and lifestyle
changes. Users can get free personal health advice here from the
online doctor, and ask general questions of other health experts. The
site provides links to many health authorities, plus 24-hour
discussion boards and live IRC chats. In addition to veggie recipes
there is nutritional information including a Vegetarian Food Pyramid
and general health and diet facts. Look here also for help with
allergies and weight loss, gardening tips, book and movie reviews,
vegetarian organizations and events, restaurants and travel
information, home schooling and family resources.
http://www.vegsource.org
Culinary Cafe
Need to know how to keep your brown sugar soft, how to quickly
thicken a sauce, or how to make perfect mashed potatoes? Check the
cooking hints and tips here at Culinary Cafe. This elegant website
has a collection of hand-picked recipes in a searchable archive.
Other helpful references for cooks are a table of international
conversions, a cooking dictionary, and handy recipe substitutions.
The "kitchen necessities" section discusses tools to make cooking
easier. There are also featured recipes, reviews of cookbooks, and
food news. Visit the chat room to trade recipes and ideas with other
cooks.
http://www.culinarycafe.com
Nation's Restaurant News
This web page features advanced Java and Shockwave graphics and the
most up-to-date news on the foodservice industry. Get a close-up look
at some leading chefs, with a new Chef's Tip every day. Catch a peek
at what top restaurants are serving with Dish of the Week. Then check
out the latest in restaurant design. Restaurant professionals can
find financial news and foodservice stocks, stories on promotions and
marketing campaigns, foodservice-related legal news, executive and
personnel changes, and emerging technologies in food service. The
Buyer's Guide has a list of suppliers; find the best deals on
foodservice products. Service Savvy is a weekly column on service,
management and human resources. There are listings of food sites and
foodservice industry events from coast to coast, as well as the
website of Share Our Strength, an anti-hunger organization. Lite
Bites has cartoons, funny restaurant names, and wait staff horror
stories. Look through NRN's archives for industry segment studies,
company profiles, and book reviews. Educational opportunities can be
found in the links to culinary and restaurant-management schools.
What's Hot is a guide to in spots across the country; the best make
it into the Fine Dining Hall of Fame. The site is updated several
times daily.
http://www.nrn.com
The Bay Area Restaurant Guide
This huge guide contains almost 14,000 San Francisco Bay Area
restaurants, several hundred restaurant photographs, and 6500+
reviews! It covers Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco,
San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano and Sonoma counties.
Search this guide by city, restaurant type or name, reviews,
alphabetical listing, or location on an interactive map. Visitors can
read writeups from top reviewers or send in their own comments, win
gift certificates, and find out about special discount offers from
area restaurants. You can use the site to tailor your own restaurant
list, get weekly reviews emailed to you from the Review Hound, and
find out about the Bay Area Restaurant Guide's special dinner events.
There is a Japanese overview available at the site, and links to
restaurant guides for Atlanta, Cape Cod, Chicago, East Penn Dallas,
Denver, Norfolk, Twin Cities,and Tokyo.
http://www.sfbay.com/food
The Electronic Gourmet Guide
The eGG is an e-zine devoted to food and cooking. Here you can find
gourmet recipes, historical recipes, and holiday food ideas. The site
also has tips on cooking, cooking tools, a gourmet store, and a guide
to culinary newsletters. Features include the Julia Child Cookbook
Awards and the James Beard Calendar, trivia contests,toasts and
quotes, and letters to the editor. The FoodDay section has something
new every weekday. Some current articles: "Bread Machine Refresher
Tips"; "Gluten Free Breads and Me"; "Bride & Groom's First
Cookbook". From eGG's regular columns: Lynn Kerrigan, The Culinary
Cyber-Sleuth, investigates "Olestra -- Fatty Indulgence Without
Guilt?" and Professor Steve Holzinger gives five gourmet recipes for
potatoes.
Recipes on the World Wide Web
This website from Oregon State University has links to hundreds of
recipes from all over the world. Included are individuals with home
page recipes; recipes from restaurants and inns, colleges and
universities, food company recipes; gourmet recipes; fat free
recipes; fast recipes; vegetarian recipes; cookbooks, nutritional
information, and other food literature; newsgroups, and FTP sites.
Types of food include Australian, Cajun, Creole, Chinese, Japanese,
Mexican, Italian, Welsh, and more.
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