17 Aug
10 Best Food Sites
If your eyes are bigger than your stomach, we’ve got the perfect list for you. These are the sites that will provide you with a gourmet online experience.
- Epicurious: This site compiles recipes, restaurant reviews, and dining tips of all sorts, along with features from Bon Apptit and Gourmet magazines. Their “Classic Summer Desserts” are to die for.
- Food Network: Along with showing the delicious recipes from your favorite shows, Food Network’s website also compiles unique meal ideas, mixed drinks, and a Quick Meals search function to enhance your visit.
- Chowhound: Chowhound is a message board for food lovers. It’s now associated with Chow magazine, but it still features the same enthusiastic posters as ever.
- The Cook’s Thesaurus: Perfect for foodie newbies, the thesaurus lets you look up both familiar and rare cooking terms, from ingredients to utensils.
- Culinary Media Network: Located at GildedFork.com, you’ll instantly know what you’re getting into with this high-class food site. Recipes, reviews, and travel guides are all available for the prospective gourmet.
- Waiter Rant: The original online home of Steve Dublanica, who went only as “The Waiter” before the publication of his first book. The site provides a hilarious look at the world of fine dining from a food grunt’s perspective.
- Serious Eats: Along with the traditional recipes and dining tips, this site is bolstered by eminent food critic Ed Levine’s musings on enjoying food, and enjoying who you’re sharing it with.
- Tastespotting: The recipes on this site are accompanied with amazing photography that will practically have you licking the screen.
- Whisk Kid: This food blog by a 19-year-old Michigan State sophomore features both amazingly mature recipes and personal anecdotes, along with philosophical musings.
- Splendid Table: The website of the radio program features archived podcasts of all the shows, along with recipes from leading chefs and authors around the globe.