CuriousDish: Your Favorite Web Sites for Recipes?

Posted on September 15th, 2010 9:53am by George Lewis
Filed under Cooking, Crazy Technology, Recipes

Like so many others, my family used to eat out virtually every day.  Then, the idea of eating a little healthier and the Great Recession of 2009 put a crimp in our dining out budget and we began to use our kitchen again. Instead of piling up expensive cookbooks, I looked to the web and discovered Simply Recipes.  It’s my favorite go-to site for innovative ideas that I can actually cook. And eat.

So dear Dishers, share with your friends.  What’s your favorite website for great ideas?

28 comments

  1. cooksillustrated.com

    Its a pay site and worth every penny. Explains the technique, not just a list of ingredients.

    @ 10:00 am on September 15, 2010

  2. cooksillustrated.com and smittenkitchen.com

    @ 10:03 am on September 15, 2010

  3. SmittenKitchen.com and FoodandWine.com

    Easily my top two.

    @ 10:03 am on September 15, 2010

  4. i enjoy the Allrecipes app on iPhone. Works well also when you are not sure what exactly you want too eat.

    @ 10:04 am on September 15, 2010

  5. smittenkitchen.com – great recipes, plus the writing and pictures are top notch. Seriously – I get hungry just looking at the site.

    @ 10:04 am on September 15, 2010

  6. Oh my! I love Ree Drummond and the Pioneer Woman website. It is great for home cooking and cooking food for groups. I like also that she shows step by step instructions for those who may be cooking challenged. :)
    Everything I have made of hers has been just wonderful.
    I use her website mainly but I also have her cookbook.

    Her blog in general is very entertaining also.

    @ 10:06 am on September 15, 2010

  7. Smittenkitchen.com

    @ 10:09 am on September 15, 2010

  8. Mark Bittman on the NYT…great. His videos are great.

    @ 10:14 am on September 15, 2010

  9. I love D Magazine’s recipe database. Especially the recipes from local chefs. Yum.

    Abacus’ Lobster Shooters:
    http://directory.dmagazine.com/recipes/Kent-Rathbun-of-Abacus-Lobster-Scallion-Shooters

    Al’s Coconut Pie:
    http://directory.dmagazine.com/recipes/Al-Biernats-Coconut-Cream-Pie

    Hibiscus’ Crab Dip:
    http://directory.dmagazine.com/recipes/Hibiscus-Dungeness-Crab-Dip-With-Wood-fired-Crackers

    @ 10:16 am on September 15, 2010

  10. I use Epicurious pretty often. I like the online recipe file feature, so that if I find a recipe that is interesting I can ‘save’ it there, and go back to it when I want. Good recipe reviews as well.

    @ 10:20 am on September 15, 2010

  11. Agree with @Margaret! Love thepioneerwoman.com

    @ 10:45 am on September 15, 2010

  12. love all the suggestions … I’m inspired. Thanks!

    @ 11:10 am on September 15, 2010

  13. Epicurious.com.

    The reviews help determine is the recipe is worth a damn and sometimes they are hilarious. Also, google. Just put in ingredients you have on hand and someone, somewhere has a recipe using them. It’s freaky.

    @ 11:40 am on September 15, 2010

  14. I love Pioneerwoman.com and also like to support local food blogs, like NataliesKillerCuisine.com and EvilShenanigans.com

    @ 11:43 am on September 15, 2010

  15. I thought I was the only one who knew about smitten kitchen!!!

    Leite’s Culinaria
    http://leitesculinaria.com/

    Chez Pim
    http://chezpim.typepad.com/

    Chocolate & Zucchini
    http://chocolateandzucchini.com/

    Cooking For Engineers
    http://www.cookingforengineers.com/

    Donna Cooks
    http://donnacooks.wordpress.com/

    @ 11:53 am on September 15, 2010

  16. http://smittenkitchen.com and http://tastespotting.com

    Tastespotting leads you to a million different food blogs with recipes. It is pure food porn. Love it.

    @ 12:08 pm on September 15, 2010

  17. emerils.com
    Although I don’t care for his TV programs, he does have excellent recipes to use for reference & inspiration.

    nickmalgieri.com
    Baking

    Epicurious
    wish they went back further into the old Gourmet archives

    Saveur

    LA Times

    SF Chron

    @ 12:08 pm on September 15, 2010

  18. Oh, and how could I forget… http://homesicktexan.blogspot.com/

    @ 12:12 pm on September 15, 2010

  19. Thanks for all the great sites above…I had to send them to my home email so I don’t spend too much time at work playing on these!

    Love foodbuzz- its lots of blogs/recipes all in one. You can also link your own blog to automatically update on foodbuzz. http://www.foodbuzz.com/

    http://www.natalieskillercuisine.com/

    http://withinthekitchen.blogspot.com/

    @ 2:08 pm on September 15, 2010

  20. Allrecipes.com – hands down.

    @ 3:23 pm on September 15, 2010

  21. Epicurious or Cooks Illustrated. Those are my only two…

    @ 5:18 pm on September 15, 2010

  22. Without a doubt, “The Meaning of Pie” has changed my life. Daily I check in with Kelly Dean Yandell and her adventures in the kitchen, not only for recipes, but for inspiration. She has enlivened my kitchen with the sheer joy, philosophy, and practicality she shares with me and all her friends. http://www.themeaningofpie.com

    @ 5:45 pm on September 15, 2010

  23. Epicurious is great. I love the app on the iphone. It helps so much when you are in the grocery store. Cookstr.com is also great.

    @ 6:09 pm on September 15, 2010

  24. Smittenkitchen.com Deb is awesome!!
    The Pioneer Woman (if you like butter, you’ve love Ree)
    http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog
    http://lunchinabox.net If you ever pack a lunch, you’ll love this site
    Cooksillustrated.com (buy a subscription)
    Finecooking.com (free newsletter)
    “Not eating out in New York”
    http://noteatingoutinny.com
    Molly Wizenberg’s orangette.blogspot.com
    Also for some fun reading http://www.seriouseats.com
    Check out the recipe for boiled water. The comments are hilarious. http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2010/07/boiled-water-recipe.html

    @ 6:28 pm on September 15, 2010

  25. I just love http://www.TheMeaningOfPie.com It is a thoughtful, creative site with excellent recipes and photography. It offers a variety of recipes and is organized well. Whenever I am looking for something good or something new, they always seem to have just what I am looking for. Everything that I have made from the site has been delicious. All the recipes are easy to re-create. Not to mention the step by step photography makes it a breeze. TheMeaningofPie.com will leave your taste buds jumping!

    @ 9:43 pm on September 15, 2010

  26. http://allrecipes.com/

    http://www.cookingforengineers.com/

    The some others were mentioned above.

    Ron

    @ 11:30 pm on September 15, 2010

  27. Hey Scagnetti,

    Grazie!

    @ 1:18 pm on September 17, 2010

  28. I love http://www.TheMeaningOfPie.com It’s fabulous!!!!

    @ 2:24 pm on September 18, 2010