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Updated October 19, 2011
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are located on a different Web page.
Please bookmark this site: Food Safety.
| General Recipes | We link to sites that contains at least 200 recipes each. Each site has salads, meat, fish, vegetables, desserts. If you need a specific item, go to one of these sites and do a search. | ||
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| Vegetarian | Includes general vegetarian, vegan, and ethnic recipes | ||
| Recipes Categories (We only list special items here; look in the General and Ethnic Recipe sections as well.) |
For holiday & special events, see our Entertaining Page |
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| Food Preparation & Safety | |||
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| Kitchen Appliances & Tools | |||
For entertainment ideas as well as holiday recipes, see our Entertaining Page |
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Recipes
General Recipes
We link to sites that contains at least 200 recipes each. Each site has
salads, meat, fish, vegetables, desserts. If you need a specific item,
it is best to go to one of these sites and do a search.
salads, meat, fish, vegetables, desserts. If you need a specific item,
it is best to go to one of these sites and do a search.
| All Recipes | Search box on top of page. "Looking for recipes? You’ve come to the right place. Allrecipes has more than 40,000 free recipes—all created, tested, reviewed and approved by home cooks worldwide." |
| Foodista | "The Cooking Encyclopedia Everyone Can Edit." " Foodista is a collaborative project to build the world's largest, highest quality cooking encyclopedia. With your contributions, we can create a free resource that helps millions of people learn how to cook everything and anything." |
| Anita's Tried & True Recipes | "Welcome! I have personally tried each and every recipe posted on this site. In almost all cases, I have modified the original recipes in an attempt to reduce the fat while still preserving the flavor. I have, however, included a few higher fat recipes that I use a few times a year." |
| Belly Pleasers | Welcome to the Bellypleasers cookbook web site. All recipes in the cookbook are now available online. |
| The Food Channel | "The Food Channel is where you come for great food inspiration, the latest trends, the most compelling story, and an original perspective born out of food knowledge. We are passionate about food, and appreciate others who share that passion." |
| Epicurious | "For people who love to eat." |
| That's My Home | " Enjoy our Recipe Collection with Thousands of Free Recipes " |
| Recipe & Party Planning Message Board | "This is the place to find large quantity recipes, BIG recipes or recipes that are easy to increase or make ahead recipes. When you have to entertain and need quantity wedding buffet recipes, family reunion recipes, Christmas or Thanksgiving recipes, Picnic recipes, this site is for you. " |
| The Betty Crocker Cookbook Online | Recipes, hints, and General Mills coupons |
| Frugal Living in the UK | "Any dish that you prepare yourself will cost a lot less than buying it ready made in a shop or restaurant - so really all home cooking is relatively frugal. The recipes listed below are exceptionally thrifty but still healthy (sacrificing your health is not frugal at all!) - no meal should be over £1 per person and most will be less. If you are using some of our shopping tips many of the main courses are under 50p per person and the soups and dips considerably less. The recipes listed all feed a family of four unless otherwise stated (you can of course, reduce or increase the quantities if needed). All recipes are suitable for vegetarians and vegans. " |
| Gourmet Underground | "Looking to please your mate? To be a better chef or just to be in better shape? With an enormous culinary library in your hands, it should be a piece of cake." |
| Recipe Source | "We've organized our recipes into two major groups - recipes primarily identified with an ethnic cuisine are broken down by region and ethnic group, while other recipes are categorized by the type of dish." |
| Cook's Recipes | "Since its debut in 1999, CooksRecipes.com has become one of the more popular and largest cooking and recipe sites on the Internet. Hope Pryor is the owner, webmaster and administrator of the site. Pryor is also the editor of the site's only newsletter, The Daily Recipe. There has never been, nor is there, a staff working with Hope, she alone designed and built CooksRecipes.com from the bottom up and alone she continues to build, maintain and manage the site and all its features." |
| Recipe Book Online | "Sharing recipes around the world." |
| iChef | Free Recipes, Easy Meals and Special Dinners @ iChefRecipes, food and cooking information at your fingertips. |
| Chef 2 Chef | "You've found the chef's practical guide to practically everything. Whether you're a professional chef, an aspiring culinary student, or just love to cook, you're bound to find something you'll love." |
| Meals.Com | "Meal Planning made easy." From Nestle |
| Dinner Co-op Recipe Collection | " I got sick & tired of going to each separate site to look through their top-level pointer searching for a particular category. I ended up wasting a lot of time waiting for pages to be retrieved, only to discover that they often didn't have what I was looking for. I decided, therefore, to bring their top-level menus all into one place, and that's what this page is." |
| The Messy Gourmet | Cooking is simple, natural, and most of all, FUN! The messier you are, the more fun you have cooking The more fun you have cooking, the better it tastes. Be adventurous with food, experiment, throw caution (and salt) to the wind. There is no right or wrong way to cook. |
| CD Kitchen | "We have thousands and thousands of fabulous recipes submitted by home cooks just like you. Browse the cookbooks below to find what you are looking for, or use the search engine located at the top of the page." |
| "In addition to our regular recipe database, we've added a new virtual cookbook to the Practical Kitchen website! Not only are the recipes searchable, but also conveniently sorted alphabetically within each category and have a printer-friendly version available!" | |
| Epicurean.com | "At Epicurean, we don't make a distinction between food, wine, spirits, beer, coffee or tea. If it's on the table, we're interested in it. And when we travel, the restaurants we visit are as important to us as the cathedrals and museums." |
| Cookin' with Good Morning America | "The Archives are now all online. You'll find well over 1000 recipes featured on Good Morning America broadcasts going back to about 1994." |
| YumYum.com | Welcome to YumYum.com - the free recipe website for everyday cooks. Here at YumYum.com you will find thousands of recipes in a variety of categories for your viewing pleasure. YumYum.com has been serving free recipes since 1996, and is one of the most popular recipe sites on the net. YumYum won Netscape's Gold Award in the Best product or Service description, and has been mentioned on CNN, in FamilyPC, Newsday, Yahoo! Magazine, and many other media outlets |
| Meals For You | "The Meals For You website, operational since 1996, provides millions of users with recipes, meal plans, nutritional information, newsletters, and shopping lists, using our proprietary database of over 6,000 recipes and other content." |
| Pillsbury's Kitchens | "Pillsbury.com makes cooking more than fun. Browse our many recipes for ideas and solutions." |
| Divine Recipes | Divine Recipes features 15,716 Cooking Recipes and 9,033 Drink Recipes. Browse recipes by cooking category or search for a meal by ingredient or recipe name. New recipes are added daily, |
| Eat Recipes | "We would like for your recipe to be a part of our collection, we invite you to share your favorite recipes with other Eat Recipes members." |
| Arielle's Recipe Archives | "We must go back into the Dark Ages of Usenet, not too long after the Great Renaming (a major reorganization of the newsgroup hierarchies into the current structure). Back around the mid-80's. To a newsgroup many consider to be the direct precursor of rec.food.recipes, alt.gourmand...." |
| Creating Your Own Cookbook | "If you look up lots of recipes online, and then add them to your favorites, sooner or later your favorites list can get a little unwieldy. The solution? Check out the social bookmarking site del.icio.us. I recently started using del.icio.us to keep track of promising links from other sites, as well as indexing almost all of the recipes on Simply Recipes." |
| Copycat Recipes | Copycat and Restaurant Recipes at Recipelink.com Over 14,000 Recipes Listed! |
| Royal Recipes | "Thousands of great recipes for every occasion and meal. You can browse our recipes by category or ingredient, or sign in and add your own favorite dish." |
| All Great Recipes | Over 15,000 items |
| Recipe Wonderland | "You Have Just Entered A Wonderland Of Tantalizing Recipes. Your One-Stop Source For Finding The Best Recipes On The Web. You Can Browse Through Our Scrumptiously Delicious Menu To Find The Exact Recipe You Are Looking For." |
| Food From the Middle Ages | "Food in the Renaissance and Middle ages," |
Specific Recipes
Specific Recipes
For holiday & special events, see our Entertaining Page |
We have kept this category short and recommend that you use the
Ethnic Recipe or General Recipe Sections. To include even a fraction of the
Web pages available would make this page too lengthy for practical use.
| Appetizers, Dips & Cocktails | In Dutch and English. "You can call it mezze, appetizer or tapas, the name is different, the origin also, but the meaning is alway the same: delicious ! Serve it with a great cocktail and it's like living in a dream." The site owner has informed Slightly Creaky that he adds new recipes every day. |
| Dressing & Sauces | "The Association for Dressings and Sauces is an international trade association of salad dressing, mayonnaise, mustard and other condiment sauce manufacturers and their suppliers." |
| I Love Cheese | "No matter what meal you’re cooking, what cheese you’re using or what your tastes are, we’ve got the ultimate collection of cheese recipes right here. So get ready, get hungry, and dig in!" |
| Fondue Recipes | "RecipeSource is one of the oldest recipe sites on the Internet. Our collection was started in 1993 by Jennifer Snider when she discovered the wonders of Usenet newsgroups & Internet mailing lists as a student at the University of California at Berkeley. She started saving recipes posted to those sources and soon amassed thousands of recipes. " |
| Jalapeno Cafe | From the restaurant. Links to recipes on the right side of page. |
| Low Fat Vegetarian Recipe Archive | "This archive has 4,667 fat free and very low fat vegetarian recipes as well as information about healthy very low fat vegetarian diets. But you don't have to be vegetarian or eat low fat all the time to enjoy one of these recipes." |
| Happy Cow | "HappyCow's vegetarian restaurants guide is a global, searchable vegetarian dining guide and directory of natural health food stores, including nutrition & health tips, vegan recipes, raw foods, travel, veganism and other vegetarian issues." |
| The Vegan Kitchen | "This is a collection of our favorite recipes - it is expanding all the time " |
| VegWeb | A cooperative collection of recipes and food forum. |
| Vegetarian Times | "For over 30 years, Vegetarian Times has been at the forefront of the healthy living movement, providing delicious recipes, expert wellness information and environmentally sound lifestyle solutions to a wide variety of individuals. Our goal is to remain a trusted resource for our faithful readers and to reach out to the new generation of full-time vegetarians and flexitarians who find themselves increasingly drawn to the health-conscious, eco-friendly, "green" lifestyle we have always promoted." |
| Simply Vegetarian Recipes | Alphabetical from "Artichoke Soup" to "Zucchini with Thyme" |
| Asian Vegetarian Recipes | "The following index link will provide you with easy access to the Asian Recipe site. I have compile a list of vegetarian recipes from my site for your benefit. You can find recipes that deal with Chinese Egg Plants, Bok Choi, Water chestnuts, Lentisl and many more Asian vegetables. Be aware that for true vegans, some of these recipes will call for eggs or chicken stock. In the case of chicken stock, substitute with vegetable broth instead." |
| Asian Fish, Shrimp and Seafood Recipes | "The following index link will provide you with easy access to the Asian Recipe site. I have compile a list of seafood recipes from my site for your benefit. Seafood ingredients consists of crabs, lobsters, oysters, different types of fish (mackerel, tuna, salmon etc.), squid, shrimp, prawns and many more." |
| Asian Chicken Recipes | "Please read these recipes to learn how to prepare chicken breast, chicken wings, and chicken noodle soup. These are some of my favorite asian chicken dish recipes. Everything from chicken soup appetizers to chicken breast entree dinner ideas. These delicious recipes are generally easy to prepare and simple to follow." |
| Eat Chicken. com | "Eatchicken.com is brought to you by the National Chicken Council and the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, which represent a wide spectrum of companies and individuals in the chicken business. Here is some information about our organizations." |
| Asian Beef & Pork Recipes | "I have compiled a list of beef, pork, mutton, lamb and other meat recipes from my site for your benefit." |
| National Hot Dog & Sausage Council | "The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council is a project of the AMI Foundation and is funded by contributions from hot dog and sausage manufacturers and those who supply them with equipment, ingredients and services" |
| Barbecue'n On The Internet | "Barbecue'n On The Internet has been serving millions and millions of satisfied readers every year since February 3, 1996" |
| Ground Meat Recipes | " Find hundreds of recipes for using ground beef, chicken, turkey, veal and sausages for delicious burgers, meatballs, meat loaves, casseroles, pasta dishes and pizza recipes. " |
| Crockpot @ CDKitchens | "We've spruced up our look, added a few new features (with even more to come!) and made the site easier to navigate. Check out our new and improved recipe search engine!" |
| Merry Christmas.com | "Here are some Christmas recipe favorites from our friend and gourmet cook, Mary Mahar. As a hardworking mother, grandmother, cook and Realtor, she has used these for years to prepare her family's annual Christmas gathering. Some recipes have been handed down through the generations and are direct from her mother's recipe files. We hope you enjoy these with your loved ones this Holiday season." |
| Recipe Land Christmas | "Entertaining friends and family during the holidays is a lot of work. Aside from the planning that goes into a festive event, post-party cleanup can be a full-time job. If you feel the holiday tension, you aren't alone: nearly half of Americans report experiencing stress during the holidays, according to a Gallup survey." |
| New Year Recipes | "14 recipes and 73 recipes with 'new year' in the ingredients." |
| Edible Insects Around the World | "The practice of eating insects dates from prehistoric times and is well-documented in the early writings of most cultures. Even now, insects are viewed as both a staple and a delicacy by many. Insects can provide an important source of nutrition for people in many parts of the world." |
| Entomophagy | "Edible insects; you may feel that these two words do not even belong in the same sentence. You have every right to be skeptical. In all probability, you have never deliberately ate an insect. However you have probably inadvertently consumed over a pound of insects in your lifetime." |
| Cookies | 2,317 recipe |
"For centuries people consumed food simply for its nutritional value. But in recent decades, the role of specific foods is evolving into one of prevention. This trend is based on research findings such as a lower incidence of cancer among people who ate more fruits and vegetables, and less heart disease in those whose diets contained less fat." |
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| Functional Foods for Reducing Cancer Risk | |
| About the DASH diet (Hypertension) |
"The DASH eating plan significantly lowered blood pressure in the recent Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) study, and it may also help prevent and control high blood pressure." |
| Eating Out When You Have Diabetes | "Large portions are the norm at many restaurants but diabetes nutrition is often based on moderate portions. If the restaurant offers meals in several sizes, choose the smallest. Or get creative." |
| Glucose Control - Diabetic Diet | "If you've been diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor has probably mentioned that you should pay careful attention to nutrition and diet as part of your treatment program." |
| Diabetes Nutrition: Including Sweets in Your Meal Plan | "Diabetes nutrition focuses on healthy foods. But you can eat sweets once in a while without feeling guilty or interfering with your blood sugar control. The key is moderation." |
| Nutrition Assistance Programs | "No one should go hungry in America. FNS provides children and low-income people access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education. We help nearly one in five people. Check out our programs to see if we can help you or your family." |
| Nutrition Data: Know What You Eat | "Find food information and analysis and see healthy eating facts. On Nutrition Data, you'll find detailed nutrition information, plus unique analysis tools that tell you more about how foods affect your health and make it easier to choose healthy foods." |
| The Good Nutrition Guide | UK site. "How much sugar and salt is hidden in that breakfast cereal? How much fat is in your child's pizza? Over the past year the Good Nutrition Guide's team tested hundreds of the most popular supermarket staples to discover the best products to put in your basket" |
| Keeping Cholesterol Under Control | "The body needs cholesterol for digesting dietary fats, making hormones, building cell walls, and other important processes. The bloodstream carries cholesterol in particles called lipoproteins that are like blood-borne cargo trucks delivering cholesterol to various body tissues to be used, stored or excreted. But too much of this circulating cholesterol can injure arteries, especially the coronary ones that supply the heart. This leads to accumulation of cholesterol-laden "plaque" in vessel linings, a condition called atherosclerosis." |
| Wheat-Free Recipes | From "7-layer dip" to "Crab Salad with Pear and Hazelnuts, " all the way to "Zabaglione" -- almost 100 recipes. |
| Diabetic Recipes | "We've put together a unique collection of over 800 diabetic and heart-healthy recipes that have been developed for your personal use so that you and your family and friends can all sit down to a meal together, knowing that you'll be enjoying delicious food while helping you to control your diabetes." |
| Low Carb Recipes | "This site collects low carb recipes from all over the world. Most of these recipes are sent by our visitors. Help us grow by adding one of your favorite low carb recipes here. We really appreciate that! " |
| Simply Low Carb Recipes | Alphabetical from "asparagus" to "Zucchini Ricotta Frittata" |
| Gluten-Free American, British/UK Recipes | From Celiac.com |
Food Preparation & Safety
Food Preparation & Safety
"FoodSafety.gov is the gateway to food safety information provided by government agencies." |
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| Food Safety | |
| Food Preparation Techniques | "Each technique offers a distinctive way of presenting food." |
| Food for Thought: Making Food Look Good | "Because working with real food can be quite challenging, some food stylists use these "tricks of the trade" to make the food they photograph look delicious." |
| The Art of Making Food Look Good | "Presentation is crucial when serving any meal," says Michael Crane, corporate executive chef of ARAMARK, which provides food services to hospitals, universities, stadiums, and businesses around the world. "You need to create 'art' to make your food interesting. If it looks good, they will want to try it, and that goes for healthier meals too." |
| Ten Tips to Making Your Food Look Good Enough to Eat | "Jayne Cross regularly styles the beautiful photography on UKTV Food. Here she's gives us her top ten trade secrets for making your home-cooked food look as mouthwatering as it tastes." |
| Food Presentation Tips | "A pleasing food presentation will help your other senses start to anticipate that something enjoyable is about to happen." |
| The Art of Food Presentation: Being a Food Stylist | "While most folks interested in the Culinary Arts choose to work in the kitchen as chefs, there are a few others that are interested in the more unusual culinary careers that are out there. One of those is being a Food Stylist." |
| How To Make The Perfect Plate Presentation? | " Presentation of food is as important as flavour. So, tempt your eyes. Relish the simplest and delicious food with fascinating art. Here are few guidelines for the perfect plate presentation." |
| Food Preparation | "This is the subcategory for Food Preparation. This includes how to peel, chop, dice, julienne, cut, boil, separate, prepare etc. food, as well as basic cooking skills. " |
| Frequently Asked Questions About Food Safety | From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
| Consumer Advice and Publications on Food Safety, Nutrition, and Cosmetics |
Over 100 links to articles from the US Food & Drug Administration |
| When Recipes Go Awry | "Have you ever watched some celebrity chef effortlessly whip up some yummy looking dish on TV? You then try the recipe yourself but uh oh, it doesn’t come out like on TV. As you scratch your head and retrace your steps, you begin to realize those 30 minute TV concoctions are not as simple as they seem. What went wrong? The answer lurks in equipment, ingredients, methodology, and expertise. " |
| The web's premier resource for information and peer support for healthy and sustainable weight loss. We suggest that you start off reading our Diet and Weight Loss Tutorial to learn how to lose weight and keep it off. Our website also offers a Food Calculator that calculates calories and nutrition for foods from grocery stores, fast food chains and restaurants; an Activity Calculator that calculates calories burned by almost any activity, plus your BMI, BMR and RMR; and a Weight Loss Calculator that calculates the time and daily calorie loss required to reach your goal weight. | |
| Calories-Per-Hour | |
| A Calorie Counter | "A Calorie Counter allows you to search the USDA food nutrition database in the quickest and easiest format it has ever been made available in. A search of any food will bring up the full nutrition facts for that food such as calories, protein, carbs, fat, sugar, cholesterol, sodium, vitamins, and MUCH more." |
| Calorie Calculator and Nutrition Guide | "Calculate the number of calories you need to maintain, lose or gain weight. Find the amounts of foods you need every day from the different food groups. Learn about serving size information and healthy food sources too." |
| Nutrition Data: Know What You Eat | Suggestions for healthy eating and weight control. Includes articles, links and general information. |
| Healthy Weight | "A healthy weight is the natural weight you can reach through good eating, regular physical activity, managing stress, and not smoking. Reaching a specific weight is not as important as the lifestyle changes you make to become healthy." |
| Weight Loss Exercise & Nutritional Help | "Healthy weight loss is really an attempt to reduce excess body fat. We believe permanent fat loss is a process of education. Our aim is to educate each visitor by attempting to provide a holistic approach to every aspect of fat loss, from nutrition, diet, and the best exercises to the correct mind set. " |
| Healthy Weight - it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle! | "The key to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight isn't about short-term dietary changes. It's about a lifestyle that includes healthy eating, regular physical activity, and balancing the number of calories you consume with the number of calories your body uses." |
| "A common misconception is that people can tell if food is spoiled by the way it smells. The truth is that harmful microorganisms are present everywhere and food can be contaminated if not handled properly. Microorganisms that cause some foodborne illness are becoming stronger. This means it is even more important that we follow safe food handling principles." | |
| Foodborne Illness Guess Who Came to Dinner? |
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| Food Safety | "FoodSafety.gov is the gateway to food safety information provided by government agencies." |
| Online Food Safety Course | Food safety Australia is a leading food safety education organization delivering cutting edge food safety training programs. |
| Food Preparation May Play A Bigger Role In Chronic Disease Than Was Previously Thought | From Mount Sinai Hospital. "How your food is cooked may be as important to your health as the food itself. Researchers now know more about a new class of toxins that might soon become as important a risk factor for heart disease and metabolic disorders as trans fats." |
| Washing Your Hands and Personal Cleanliness | "The cook has a very important job in providing safe food for family and friends." |
| Is it Safe to Eat? | "The CDC estimates that foodborne diseases cause approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year, these figures do not include mild cases of food poisoning were patients did not seek medical care, or misdiagnosed cases. Most cases of food poisoning are associated with inadequately processed, home-canned foods." |
| Health Issues Related to Food | "What we eat can make a big difference to our health and well-being. This section includes information on health issues that are related to food or could be influenced by our diet. We also explain the facts behind food-related issues ranging from acrylamide and dioxins to Sudan dyes." |
| Safe Handling of Fruits and Vegetables | "Fruits and vegetables can make you sick - or even kill you - if you don't learn to handle them safely. Use the following food safety handouts to learn how to safely handle fruits and vegetables." |
| Wash Fruits and Vegetables - Why and How | "Fresh produce has a natural protective coating that keeps in moisture and freshness. Whether produce comes from your garden or from the store, it should always be washed just before serving. Washing before storing produce will cause it to spoil faster." |
| High Altitude Food Preparation | " At altitudes above 3,000 feet preparation of food may require changes in time, temperature or recipe. The reason, lower atmosphere pressure due to thinner blanket of air above." |
| How to Avoid Food Poisoning | "I want to tell you about what it's like to survive a severe attack of Salmonella, because there are too many people who have died and can't tell you what it is like." |
| Salmonella A Constant Challenge |
"Have you ever had "food poisoning?" Food poisoning is the common term many people use to refer to foodborne illness. When a source for an outbreak is identified, salmonella is one of the most common types of foodborne illnesses reported. It is responsible for millions of cases of foodborne illnesses each year" |
| Food Poisoning | "Food poisoning is often erroneously thought of as “stomach flu” and the symptoms are much the same: nausea, vomiting, cramping and diarrhea. “This can occur any time within an hour to a day or two later,” the doctor said. " |
| How to Avoid Food Poisoning | "For most of us, any illness brought by food would be termed as food poisoning. But the medical world defines terms rather specifically, pointing at food poisoning as something to do with toxins and while illnesses that are caused by bacteria or parasites to be termed as food poisoning." |
| Avoiding Food Scandals | "The cause of a scandal is not the scandal in its itself, it is rather the fact that no necessary conditions were consciously provided to avoid it. Lack of knowledge and low level of ethics are the causes of food scandals." |
| Botulism What You Don't See Can Hurt You |
" Botulism was formerly known as "Kerner's Disease." It was named after the man who signed the death certificate of people who ate contaminated sausage and died in an outbreak in Germany. In fact, botulism comes from the Latin word, botulus, which means sausage. Botulism is a rare but serious foodborne disease. It can be fatal. " |
| Avoid Food Poisoning on Vacation | "Well I have traveled to a lot of countries : 55 at last count. I have in general traveled cheap, eaten at local restaurants and street stalls. I love to eat and try new stuff, I like ice in my drinks and drink a lot of water. How often have I got sick?" |
| Food Safety and Sanitation | " In the United States, it is estimated that 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths are attributed to foodborne illness each year." |
| Can Your Kitchen Pass a Health Inspection? | "In the home, food safety concerns revolve around three main functions: food storage, food handling, and cooking. To see how well you're doing in each, take this quiz, and then read on to learn how you can make the meals and snacks from your kitchen the safest possible." |
| 5-Second Dropped-Food Rule Debunked | " In the interest of culinary science, student researchers at Connecticut College conducted exacting experiments in the dining hall and the snack bar to see how long it takes for food dropped on the floor to attract rogue bacteria, the New London college said in a press release today" |
| The Five-Second Rule | "Believe it or not, scientists have tested the rule. We're sorry to report it's not necessarily true. Bacteria can attach itself to your food even if you pick it up super-fast. But will your dropped food contain enough bacteria to make you sick? It's possible — and that's why you shouldn't eat food that has hit the floor." |
| Food Preparation Questions & Answers | From Iowa State University. |
| Storing Food in the Refrigerator | "Foods costs money, so it is just good sense to keep in mind the quality in the food you buy. Knowing how to store food properly and how long it will keep brings many benefits." |
| Cleaning The Refrigerator | " Interiors of modern refrigerators are molded high-impact plastic offering fewer crevices or nooks where drips and spills can hide providing an environment for molds and bacteria to grow. But there is still opportunity for organisms to breed on the bottom of or underneath a drawer, the hardware that holds the racks, the gasket around the door, etc." |
| Cleaning the Refrigerator and Washing Appliances | "Clean out the refrigerator thoroughly at least twice a year." |
| Food Poisoning and Safe Food Handling | "Food poisoning is an illness caused by eating foods that have harmful organisms in them. These harmful germs can include bacteria, parasites, and viruses. They are mostly found in raw meat, chicken, fish, and eggs, but they can spread to any type of food. " |
| Cutting Boards, Chopping Blocks, and Butcher Blocks | Buy the best board you can afford, take care of it, and it is likely that your grandchildren will be using it. Even as they age, or especially as they age, good wooden cutting boards become more and more attractive. |
| Increase Food Safety When Using Cutting Boards | "Research shows that cutting boards may hide harmful germs. How many depends on how porous the surface is, the type of plastic or wood, and direction of the wood fibers. The kind of food, type of germ, contact time, and cleaning practices also affect the number of germs." |
| Key Cutting Board Rules - Avoid Food Poisoning! | "The FDA advises consumers to follow these practices to prevent cross-contamination from a cutting board, not only for seafood but all other foods" |
| How to Clean, Remove Stains, Sanitize, and Store Your Cutting Board | "he kitchen cutting board gets a lot of use and this means that it gets a lot of exposure to bacteria. " |
| Freezer Food Storage | "Freezing maintains quality, but it cannot improve it. Frozen food processors flash-freeze food; retailers keep it at 0 degrees F or below to maintain quality. After you make a selection, proper handling is your responsibility. Food properly wrapped and stored at 0 degrees F or below will be more than just safe to eat. It will have good flavor and texture, and contain all or nearly all the nutrients it had when fresh." |
| Guidelines for Food Safety During Temporary Power Outages | "This Food Safety Notice is being issued by the Department of Health Services' Food and Drug Branch on behalf of the California Food Safety Task Force" |
| Food Safety: Power Outages & Flooding | "The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides these food safety recommendations for those who lost power or suffered flooding in their homes due to Hurricane Katrina. Please follow this advice to avoid becoming ill from food involved in power outages or flooding. " |
| Cupboard Storage | "We want food to look and taste good. We want it to retain the nutrients it had when purchased. Is it safe to eat? Knowing how to store food properly and how long it will keep means fewer food dollars wasted." |
| Identifying And Handling Spoiled Canned Food | "Do not taste food from a jar with an unsealed lid or food that shows signs of spoilage. You can more easily detect some types of spoilage in jars stored without screw bands. Growth of spoilage bacteria and yeast produces gas which pressurizes the food, swells lids, and breaks jar seals. As each stored jar is selected for use, examine its lid for tightness and vacuum. Lids with concave centers have good seals." |
| Appearance of Spoiled Canned Foods | "Spoiled canned food can be detected by observing the appearance of the cans themselves." |
| Microwave Cooking is Killing You | Commentary: "There have been very few scientific studies done on the effect of eating food microwaved food. This is rather surprising when you think about the fact that microwaves have been with us for only a few decades - and that in that time the incidence of many diseases has continued to increase." |
| Slow Cooking Safety | "Slow cookers cook food at temperatures between 170° and 280°F. Heat from the cooker, lengthy cooking, and steam created within the tightly covered container destroy bacteria." |
| Slow Cookers and Food Safety | "The slow cooker cooks foods slowly at a low temperature—generally between 170° and 280° F. The low heat helps less expensive, leaner cuts of meat become tender and shrink less." |
| Healthy Living | 276 articles about the relationship between food, eating, and health |
| Modifying a Recipe to be Healthier | "This fact sheet provides you with ways to decrease the amount of fat, calories, sugar and salt (sodium) in your recipes. Ways to increase the fiber in your recipes is provided to help you make more nutritious food. Remember you can experiment with recipes and change ingredients. You may also be able to find other recipes that are similar to yours that have less fat, sugar, salt, and have more additions of nutritious ingredients." |
| Facts About Noroviruses on Cruise Ships | "Noroviruses are a group of viruses (previously known as Norwalk-like viruses) that can affect the stomach and intestines. These viruses can cause people to have gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach and the large intestines. Gastroenteritis is sometimes called a calicivirus infection or food poisoning, even though it may not always be related to food." |
| Why Do People Get a Norwalk Virus at Sea? | "The Norwalk virus or norovirus occasionally comes up in the news whenever a reportable number of cruise passengers (more than 2 percent of the total passengers) become ill with a "stomach flu", causing them to be very ill for one or two days. This virus can be very unpleasant, and the symptoms include stomach cramping, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea." |
| General Guidelines for Satisfactory Food Protection & Sanitation Practices | " It is essential that food service personnel protect the health of consumers. They have the responsibility of working in an efficient and safe manner. They have a responsibility to prevent foodborne illness by practicing clean work habits and following acceptable sanitary procedures, thus creating a sanitary environment. Management has the responsibility of training personnel (with the help of health authorities) in acceptable personal hygiene habits and in sanitary techniques of food handling, with careful (and constant) supervision. These guidelines offer some basics for good food protection and sanitation practices." |
| Understanding Food Allergies | "From vegetables to milk to meat, humans generally enjoy a wide variety of foods that provide the body with nutrition and energy. But for some people with food allergies, eating certain foods or food components can cause a mild to serious abnormal reaction, with symptoms such as throat swelling, abdominal pain and wheezing. After eating certain foods, some people may even experience anaphylaxis, a dangerous condition that renders a person unable to breathe and can reduce blood pressure to extremely low levels." |
| Food Allergies: When Food Becomes the Enemy |
"Imagine what it would be like if eating a peanut butter sandwich or some shrimp, or drinking a tall glass of milk left you vomiting, gasping for breath, and furiously scratching a fresh crop of hives. For some people with food allergies, that's reality. A food allergy, or hypersensitivity, is an abnormal response to a food triggered by the immune system. While many people often have gas, bloating or another unpleasant reaction to something they eat, this is not an allergic response. Such a reaction is thought to not involve the immune system and is called "food intolerance." |
| Food Allergies What You Need to Know |
"Each year, millions of Americans have allergic reactions to food. Although most food allergies cause relatively mild and minor symptoms, some food allergies can cause severe reactions, and may even be life-threatening. There is no cure for food allergies. Strict avoidance of food allergens — and early recognition and management of allergic reactions to food — are important measures to prevent serious health consequences." |
| Food and Nutrition | A collection of articles about a variety of nutritional information. |
| Dietary Guidelines for Americans | From the US Health & Human Services. "The food and physical activity choices you make every day affect your health—how you feel today, tomorrow, and in the future. " |
| CalorieKing.com | "The CalorieKing.com Food Database holds the nutritional information for over 50,000 American generic and brand name foods (including over 260 fast-food chains). There is a wide range of nutrient data and information available including calorie count charts, fat content, fiber content, protein content and much, much more." |
| Nutrition Information for Raw Fruits, Vegetables, and Fish | "In order to encourage retail stores that sell raw fruits, vegetables, and fish to participate in the voluntary point-of-purchase nutrition information program, the FDA has created downloadable posters for printing. These posters show nutrition information for the 20 most frequently consumed raw fruits, vegetables, and fish in the United States. Retail stores are welcome to download the posters, print, display and/or distribute them to consumers in close proximity to the relevant foods in the stores." |
| Nutrition Facts and Information Center | " If you're interested in making better, healthier food choices, you've come to the right place. lifeclinic.com nutrition channel offers comprehensive, understandable news and features about how nutrition plays a role in your health. Read our nutrition articles to learn the basics of good nutrition, figure out how to read a food label and understand the role of different vitamins, nutrients and minerals in keeping your healthy." |
| Nutritional Supplements Guide | "You’ve made the choice to go after a healthy lifestyle, so you rush out and try to obtain all the healthy supplements you need. However, although nutritional supplements can offer many benefits, they can also give you unwanted side effects.Many herbs can interact with other supplements, and certain vitamins/minerals only work effectively in conjunction with other nutrients." |
Etiquette
Etiquette
Table Manners & Etiquette |
"When you decide to have a dinner party, there are many things that you'll need to consider besides the menu. An important consideration is where the guests should be seated, as this could determine whether or not your guests enjoy themselves or network successfully ." |
| How to Seat Dinner Guests | |
| American Man at Table 1836 | "Nothing indicates a well bred man more than a proper mode of eating. A man may pass muster by dressing well, and may sustain himself tolerably in conversation; but if he be not perfectly "au fait", dinner will betray him." |
| World on a Plate | Click on the country and learn about their food, table manners, eating etiquette and more |
| Traditional Manners and Changing Manners | "International students reflect on traditional good manners for varied situations and discuss how manners are changing." |
| International Dining Etiquette | From the BBC. "In general, wherever you are, if you conduct yourself with charm and politeness and consideration for other people, and if you avoid offending or insulting your fellow diners, you can't go wrong. In fact, differences in the way different cultures dine makes a good conversation starter." |
| Dining Etiquette | "Did you know that the point of etiquette rules is to make you feel comfortable, not uncomfortable? The idea is that if there are standards that people abide by, then you can have confidence that you are behaving "appropriately." It takes the guesswork out of public behavior." |
| An Introduction to Dining Etiquette | "A general knowledge and use of basic etiquette makes the dining experience more pleasant for everyone. The rules of etiquette have been set up for a reason - to give people a guideline for behaving in a manner that will make those around you comfortable. A command of basic table manners and dining etiquette is especially useful for dinner meetings, an evening in an exclusive restaurant, and at formal affairs. " |
| Etiquette | "Table manners play an important part in making a favorable impression. They are visible signals of the state of our manners and therefore are essential to professional success." |
| Dining Etiquette Q & A |
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| Dining Etiquette For The Fast-Food Generation | "Everyone needs an etiquette book on his or her shelf, one of those five-pound encyclopedias of everything related to manners. I think it should be a mandatory gift to every graduate, right along with the PDA and new briefcase. " |
"If you visit another country, it's good to know what is considered good eating etiquette. What is considered polite may vary from country to country." |
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| Table Manners Internationally | |
| Eating in Britain | " The British generally pay a lot of attention to good table manners. Even young children are expected to eat properly with knife and fork.We eat most of our food with cutlery. The foods we don't eat with a knife, fork or spoon include sandwiches, crisps, corn on the cob, and fruit. " |
| American Table Manners | " From time to time -- perhaps at an important business dinner, a romantic date at an expensive restaurant, or a first dinner with the family of the person who may be "the One" -- it is necessary to display a more sophisticated knowledge of table etiquette. " |
| How to Be a Respectful Non Jewish Guest at a Jewish Holiday Dinner | " Some tips for coming as a guest to a Jewish holiday dinner." |
| Chinese Dining: Beliefs and Etiquette | "Foreign visitors will be forgiven for not knowing dining etiquette, just as they will be good-naturedly offered a knife and fork if their chopstick prowess is not up to par. Just as Chinese food, however, seems to taste better when it is eaten with chopsticks, so the whole meal will be more enjoyable if one knows a little of the ancient traditions and beliefs that place the meal in a 5,000-year-old culinary heritage." |
| Positioning of a Place Setting for Dinner | "The place plate is placed one inch from the edge of the table. If the first course is already on the place plate, the napkin is placed to the left of the forks, otherwise the napkin will be on the plate." |
| The Right Way to Eat Noodles | "I investigated noodle etiquette in five great noodle cuisines: Italian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Japanese. " |
| How to Eat With Chopsticks | "Do you love Asian food, but want the full experience by eating it as it was meant to be eaten - with chopsticks? Chopsticks are the main eating utensil in China, Korea, Taiwan, & Vietnam. Watching others using chopsticks can make it look so easy, but when you try it, you end up asking for a fork. " |
| Eating with Chopsticks | "The Japanese word for chopsticks; hashi, means "bridge". Unlike Chinese chopsticks, which are squared-off and blunt at the end, these Japanese utensils are rounded and tapered to a point at the end (and much more difficult to use). It has been suggested that this is in order to facilitate the removal of bones from fish, which makes up a great part of the Japanese diet. Note that most japanese restaurants serve the Chinese style chopsticks to patrons." |
| How to Use a Corkscrew | "There are many different types of corkscrews and they all perform their own "stupid corkscrew tricks." With all models, the key thing is to free the vino without maiming yourself in the process. The first step is to remove the foil." |
| Corks & Corkscrews | "In this enlightened age, few people think twice about opening a bottle of wine. This magic liquid has become so ubiquitous that it seems hardly necessary to discuss the methods of opening a bottle. The methods are in fact many and varied, however, and whilst some are quite simple and straightforward, others are more showmanlike and some I simply wouldn’t recommend." |
| The Principles of Corkscrew Design | "The challenge presented to corkscrew designers is simply stated: a compressed elastic stopper is inserted into the neck of the bottle and it expands and clings tight to the sides of the bottle. Once in place, it requires approximately 100 pounds of force to extract. Inventors have pondered over the best way of achieving this extraction for over three centuries and their response has been curiously disproportionate to the scope of the challenge. So much so that the development of the corkscrew has come to represent a study in human ingenuity and imagination." |
| Disgusting Food: The Sport of Eating | "Among the unfamiliar Japanese characters and random pornographic drawings on the menu, I managed to find what we — or at least they — wanted. It was clearly labeled in English: “BULL’S PENIS...$5.50. " |
| "A burp, also known as a belch and medically as "eructation," is your body's way of releasing small amounts of air that is trapped on its way down with your food and drink. Knowing how to burp on command can be helpful when you feel bloated and you know you need to burp, and also if you're goofing off and want to have a comedic burping contest. In some cultures, the chef even considers it a compliment if you burp after a meal!" | |
| How to Burp | |
| Thank-You Notes | "A note written promptly and sincerely is an important ritual of etiquette that is much more effective and appreciated than a phone call or electronic message. " |
| How to Get VIP Service from a Restaurant | "Do you ever wonder if when you go out to eat, you are really enjoying the best service that the maître d' has to offer? Discover how you can impress whoever you are with every time and be treated like royalty at no additional cost." |
| How to Spit Out Unwanted Food | " Do you feel embarrassed when you don't like your mother's cooking? Do you make a scene if your meat is fatty and you want to spit it out? Here are a few simple steps that you can take, should you come across a dish that turns out to be less than you bargained for." |
| Tipping Around the World | "A tip, or gratuity, is defined as a gift of money given to someone for performing a service or menial task, over and above the payment due for the service. Tips are not required, but they are expected by many people in the service industry." |
| Cruise Ship Dining | "Today's cruise ships are floating resorts that carry so many passengers, it is necessary for most to have multiple dining options. Here is what you should know about the cruise dining experience." |
| Cruises: Which Dining Time is Best? | "By reputation early seating attracts the older folks and families, and to a degree this is true. However, we see a lot these people taking late seating because they don't want to be perceived as fitting into the above categories. They want people to think they're still alive. But then, they're off to bed right after dinner." |
| How to Fill up a Buffet Plate | " There is always a trick to everything, including how to fill your plate at a buffet. Gaze at the foods there, find out what you like and where it is placed on the buffet, and keep the desert for last, even though it looks the best." |
| It’s Bad Manners For Couples To Form Social Units | "If one or both members of a couple don’t know anyone at a party, it’s OK for them to stick together. It’s not much fun to go to your partner’s office Christmas party and attempt to strike up conversations with strangers while he or she gossips with colleagues. But when both partners know people, they should split up when they mingle, at least for some of the evening." |
Kitchen Appliances & Tools
| "Appliances are the workhorses of your kitchen. Together, they will add up to about nine percent of your kitchen budget. This figure is surprisingly low, considering the technological advances and energy efficiencies today's appliances offer. " | |
| How to Choose Kitchen Appliances | |
| Cookery Guides | The Cookery Guide presents a group of websites that embrace food and drink |
| Accessible Kitchen Appliances | "The kitchen is the most interactive room in the house. People, work surfaces, appliances and tools - all work together several times a day to produce meals that are nutritious and tasty. Inappropriate placement or design of large kitchen appliances can be a nuisance, a burden or even an impossibility. " |
| Cooking Reference Guide | "Select the category you are looking for,from the left frame & click on it to learn more" |
| Culinary Schools | "Let All Culinary Schools help you take the first step toward an exciting culinary career. Whether you're looking for diploma, associate's or bachelor's degrees, our directory has a wide selection of schools with programs to meet your needs. All Culinary Schools lets you easily compare schools and contact the ones that interest you." |
| "Kitchens are hungry things. No matter how many pots and tools line their drawers and shelves, they always want more. But, the hungriest kitchens of all are the ones whose cook- inhabitants are just starting out, and have little more than a few cheap, dull knives, a scratched nonstick pan, and a thin, dented aluminum pot." | |
| Tools of the Trade | |
| The Essential Kitchen | Opens a PDF file. "25 Kitchen tools no cook should be without." |
| 11 Essential Kitchen Tools | "The right kitchen tools can seriously improve the efficiency of your cooking, thereby saving your sanity should the occasion ever arise where you have to cook for more than 2 people, and leaving you more time to actually sit back and enjoy your concoctions. " |
| 30+ Time-Saving Kitchen Tools | " In search of faster kitchen magic, several Internet discussion groups of dietitians, home economists, chefs and other food professionals were asked their favorite time-saving kitchen tools." |
| What’s in Your Kitchen? | "Do you have what you need to cook like a chef? According to TODAY Show food stylist Bianca Borges Henry, using the right tools will actually improve your kitchen skills, add ease to your preparation and increase your overall pleasure in the cooking process." |
| You Don't Need A Food Processor | "Consider that a food processor greatest attribute is its ability to replace a number of other kitchen utilities. A good food processor with the right attachments can replace a mixer, blender, juicer, and a knife. You can use it to knead bread (mixer), chop food (knife), blend ingredients (blender), and extract juices (juicer)." |
| How Food Processors Work | "A food processor is a versatile kitchen appliance that can quickly and easily chop, slice, shred, grind, and puree almost any food. Some models can also assist the home cook in making citrus and vegetable juice, beating cake batter, kneading bread dough, beating egg whites, and grinding meats and vegetables." |
"Microwaving sponges killed 99.99999 percent of bacteria. Dishwashing (with drying cycle) killed 99.9998 percent of bacteria. The other methods killed between 37 and 87 percent of bacteria, still leaving enough bacteria to potentially cause disease." |
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| Sterilize Your Sponge in the Microwave | |
| Maintenance Tips For Your Microwave | "Danger! You can receive a serious electrical shock from the components inside your microwave oven--even when it's unplugged. Only a qualified appliance repair technician should perform any repair. " |
| How to Get Rid of Microwave Smells | "Given the wide range of foods that get passed through it, your microwave oven can get a little smelly from time to time. Usually you can eliminate odors by giving the oven a good cleaning." |
| Refrigerator Maintenance and Energy Saving Tips | "Refrigerator coils are located in the rear or the refrigerator. You can simply vacuum the vents and coils to clean them. Dusty coils have to work harder to cool down the interior and contents of the refrigerator." |
| How Toasters Work | " For lots of people, the toaster is a daily part of breakfast (and lunch and maybe even dinner)." |
| How to Clean the Toaster | "Whether it sits on the kitchen counter or a side table, or is stored in a cupboard after each use, it needs to be cleaned occasionally, too. Add this small appliance to your list of clean-up chores on a monthly basis." |
| Dishwasher Maintenance | "The next time you find yourself reaching for the telephone to call a dishwasher repairman because the dishes are coming out dirtier than they went in, stop. For sparkling clean dishes load after load, a dishwasher needs monthly cleaning." |
| How to Repair an Oven | "Electric ranges and ovens are generally easy to repair, because there's not much to go wrong and there's not much you can do. Most repairs are actually replacements, a matter of unplugging the old part and plugging in the new. Most of the malfunctions that affect electric ranges involve faulty heating elements." |
| Oven Tips for a Virtually Maintenance Free Appliance | "However, not all of us can afford self-cleaning ovens, so what happens then? How do you get the best cleaning for your oven without all the hassle? Here's how:" |
| Cleaning the Range Vent Hood | " RepairClinic.com is the web's best resource to buy parts for your Range Vent Hood and get free Range Vent Hood repair advice for all major brands of Range Vent Hoods" |
| Before You Buy a Chinese Wok | "You don't absolutely need a wok to create satisfying Chinese meals. Nonetheless, the bowl-shaped utensil has several advantages - it spreads heat evenly, uses less oil for deep-frying than a traditional deep-fat fryer, and ensures that food tossed during stir-frying lands back in the pan and not on the stove. A good wok will make it easier to cook Chinese food." |
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