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 Food & Cooking

 
General Cooking Sites   l   Local Dining Sites   l   Restaurant and Dining Sites   l   Specific Food Sites
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 General Cooking Sites
 
Betty Crocker: 
     Great site for figuring out what's for dinner.  Get a shopping list and recipes formatted for printing.

 
Butterball
     "The best of all is Butterball."  Basic turkey prep Q&A.


 
The Cook's Thesaurus: 
     Provides info on substitutions and alternatives for dieters, gourmets on a budget, and hard-to-find ethnic ingredients.

 
Cooking Light: 
     Get plenty of menu ideas with 2,000+ recipes searchable by keyword or food category.

 
Epicurious Recipe File: 
     Select the type of dish, one or more ingredients, and even prep options to find the recipe that's right for you.

 
Food Lover's Glossary: 
    
A complete glossary of food and food-related terms.

 
Food Network
     The companion website to the Food Network with a program list, archives of past recipes, and even video demonstrations.

 
Global Gourmet: 
     Recipes, articles, columns, wine profiles, and much more.

 
Mimi's Cyber Kitchen:
    
Massive gateway to a large variety of food info.  Includes categorized recipes, recipe finder, and cookbook reviews.

 
MinuteMeals.com
     A step-by-step guide to speedy meal preparation.

 Mr. Food
     Site of the popular TV chef with a list of the current month's recipes and a searchable recipe database.
 

 
SOAR - Searchable Online Archive of Recipes
     Almost 40,000 recipes searchable by keyword.

 
The Ultimate Cookbook: 
    
Searches selected cookbooks but can be limited by ingredient, course, region, preparation time, and equipment.

 
USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion: 
     The latest nutritional and dietary guidelines, news releases, and even recipes.
 


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 Local Dining Sites
 Dining Guide: Orlando: 
     Search by area or cuisine. 

 
Orlando Sentinel - Dining
     Search for restaurants by location, cuisine, or keyword.  Also provides reviews on Orlando area restaurants.
 


 Restaurant and Dining Sites
 Epicurious Food: 
     This site offers eating and drinking dictionaries.

 
Fodor's Restaurant Guide: 
     The popular travel guide publishers provide another good site for restaurants and reviews, especially overseas.

 
Zagat Survey
     Restaurants reviews from the well-known source.  Registration required.
 


 Specific Food Sites
 BeverageRecipe.com: 
    
Drink recipes for all age groups and seasons.

 
BreadRecipe.com
     Thorough instructions on how to make bread by hand or with a bread maker.

 
CopyKat Creations: 
    
Cook your favorite restaurant recipes!

 
Epicurious: Drinking: 
     A sophisticated combination of wine and spirits information.

 
PastryWiz 
     Step-by-step instructions for cake decorating, food history, and fund recipes for the kids.

 Pie Recipe Central:
 
     Every type of pie recipe you can imagine.

 
VegWeb
     Vegetarian and vegan recipes, chat, recipe exchange, meal planning, and links.


 
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