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A Cookie Assembly Line: Efficient Cookie Baking for Busy Cooks
As a busy working mother, I'm short on time, especially during the holidays, but baking Christmas cookies is a family tradition I'm unwilling to give up. Over the years, I've come up with many ways to make the process of baking a large...

Choosing Foods For Your Special Event
Choosing the right menu for a special event can be just as important as choosing a location. Food can communicate a theme, convey a feeling or set the mood of an entire night. If you are planning a high-class extravaganza, hot dogs and beer might...

Festive Holiday Drinks For The Little Elves In Your Life
Please make the children's table festive! I watched a little muchkin's face fall last holiday when she realized she was relegated to the "children's table." I make it the focal point of my own decorating, and suggest you do the same. Here are...

Pasta Carbonara
Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10-15 minutes. 1 lb. Pasta (linguini, penne, gemeli, etc.) ½ lb. Thick cut bacon (cut into thin strips) 1 ea. large onion (fine diced) ½ lb. Parmesan cheese (grated or shredded) 7 ea. eggs (lightly beaten) to...

Recipes and Tips for a Seasonal Buffet with a Taste of Paradise
(ARA) – Hospitality, aloha (love or the spirit of giving) and ohana (family) are some of the key values in Hawaiian culture. These values also play an important role in the celebration of holidays as they are a special time of gift-giving,...

 
Finding Recipes On The Web by Web Search Advisor

Did you know that the keyword "recipes" is consistently in the top 50 keywords searched on the web every week?

Tried-and-tested recipes from magazines, restaurant chefs and home cooks can be found in abundance on the web. While you can probably type in the ingredients or name of a traditional meal into a search engine and come up with thousands of recipes, it may help to know a few web sites that really shine when it comes to providing free recipes.

Here are a few of those web sites:

epicurious.com
Web site offers a comprehensive collection of free tried-and-tested, regularly updated recipes from past issues of Gourmet and Bon Appétit magazines, as well as from epicurious.com registered members. The site is interactive allowing you to create your own online recipe box and submit, rate and review recipes. You can sign up for e-newsletters as well.

allrecipes.com
Free recipes compiled from a community of home cooks. Submit, rate and review recipes online. Sign up for e-newsletters and read articles and information about ingredients.

cooksrecipes.com
A small business owned cooking site offering online culinary help, a searchable index of recipes, daily tips and trivia.

cooking.com
An online shopping site mainly, with an easy to use search for recipes and feature articles from trusted and reputable sources including Cooks' Catalogue - the definitive guide to cooking equipment; top magazines including Cooking Light, Food & Wine, Fine Cooking and Taste of Home; and trusted brands such as Nestle, Betty Crocker and Crisco.

ecookbookmall.com
A featured merchant on the epicurious.com web site, ecookbookmall.com, also known as Jessica's Biscuit is a comprehensive cookbook shopping site.

Next week, I'll be looking at real estate web sites and let you know where to start your search pertaining to all aspects of real estate, buying and selling, financing, government programs, law and more.



About the Author
Margaret O'Connor brings over 18 years of technical experience in the software industry to her web hosting and design business, Wickford Web Works. Margaret regularly writes reviews and tips on searching the web for Web Search Advisor, a useful site for consumers and small business owners.

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