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| Favorite Websites, Part I | | Date Created: Apr 06, 2005, 11:59 AM |
Let me just say that Epicurious.com rocks. Mostly it rocks because of the "Advanced Search" feature (click the link). Imagine that you're home some evening, haven't been shopping in a while, and only have some random set of various ingredients in your cupboard and fridge. What can you make with say, "Beans + Poultry + Garlic + Rice + Olives"? (That was just 5 ingredients I picked at random. And I got 366 different recipes! We make at least 1 new recipe a week from this site and haven't found a bad one yet.
Each of the recipes is rated by normal people. So if you're not one of the TV chefs (you know the type: ingredients you can't afford, cookware you don't own, and a kitchen bigger than your whole f-cking apartment...) you can still get a realistic appraisal of the recipe. You can save these recipes to an online "recipe box," email them to yourself or friends, print them out, etc.
In addition to the recipes (the best part of the site), they've also got restaurant reviews, and hints and tips about wine and other adult beverages.
You can even include the Epicurious Recipe of the Day as content on your my.yahoo page.
Not sure what a chiffonade is? No problem. Want to know how to do a proper "Sphinx Fold" in your napkins? Piece of cake. The site has a huge assortment of technique videos to help you out. They also make wine suggestions for each recipe.
segue from website review to preachy moment:
Cook for yourself! Make enough to take your lunch to work instead of eating crappy fast food! Cook for your friends! Cook for your partner! Cook with your friends or your partner! Obviously I love to cook, I learned the simple things from Mom, and
from watching the Frugal Gourmet when I was about 8 years old.
Once you develop a few simple skills, it's quite relaxing. And, few things give me more satisfaction than having a nice homecooked meal ready for Brian when he gets home from work. (He has a longer drive than I do, so I usually get home first. If he gets home first, then I have a nice homecooked meal waiting for me when I get home.)
Too busy to cook? Bullshit. Making a decent dinner does not take any more time than driving to a restaurant, waiting in line, waiting for the surly waitstaff to acknowledge your presence, waiting for your food, waiting for the bill, driving home. Plus cooking at home is much cheaper, and significantly healthier. You can control the portion size, and you can control the salt and the fat.
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Now that you've got the most important tool: good recipes and helpful techniques, you've got no excuse. Make something yummy for dinner tonight! |
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