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EnSpicelopedia
http://www.mccormick.com/Spices101/Enspicelopedia.aspx
Spice Company McCormick supplies a comprehensive site on herbs and spices with history, usage tips and descriptions, origins, folklore, and even a sensory profile, along with a vast searchable recipe index.
Subjects: Food
Epicurious.com
http://www.epicurious.com/
This cooking site has many options, including recipes, reference guides, and cooking advice from famous chefs. Good for gourmets and cooking novices.
Subjects: Food
Allrecipes.com
http://www.allrecipes.com
Site for novice cooks, as well as anyone who wants quick and easy recipes. User can search by main ingredient, type of recipe, holiday or brand names such as Weight Watchers, Cooking Light or Betty Crocker. There is also a meal planner and cooking advice. Easy browsing by recipe type.
Subjects: Food
Food Network
http://www.foodnetwork.com/
Cook up a storm with some of your favorite TV chefs! From grilling' and chilling' to wonderful weddings, you'll find great recipes from the 50 cooking shows on this network.
Subjects: Food
Not by Bread Alone: America's Culinary Heritage
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/food
An examination of American cuisine, from a historical vantagepoint. From the culinary collections of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division at Cornell University Library.
Subjects: Food
Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks
A partnership of the Michigan State University Library and the Michigan State University Museum has produced this wonderous digital collection of 19th and early 20th century American cookbooks. You can browse by category or do an author, title or full-text search. Author biographies are also available.
Subjects: Food
Food Timeline
http://www.foodtimeline.org
Curious about the history of food? Want to know what the people ate in ancient Greece? Consult the Food Timeline, created and maintained by the Morris County Public Library in New Jersey. You can also access the Culinary History Timeline from this site as well, which has more of an emphasis on menus and social mores.
Subjects: Food
Veggie Table
http://www.theveggietable.com
Recipes arranged by cuisine, by ingredient, and by type or course, as well as comfort foods, just for kids, and seasonal meals. Information on nutrition and vegetarian basics are also included.
Subjects: Food
Vegetarian Recipes Around the World
http://www.ivu.org/recipes
Over 1,800 recipes are available in English (more in other languages) from across the globe. Browsable by regions and types of food, and searchable as well. Compiled by the International Vegetarian Union (IVU).
Subjects: Food
RecipeSource
http://www.recipesource.com
A relatively new home for one of the oldest recipe compilations on the Web. RecipeSource began life as SOAR (Searchable Online Archive of Recipes) in 1995, and has grown from 10,000 to over 70,000 recipes. Searchable or browsable by region or category (main dishes, etc.).
Subjects: Food
Flora's Kitchen
http://www.floras-hideout.com/kitchen/index.html
A wonderful portal site which links you with all things food and beverage. Everything from basic cooking and preparation information to ethnic foods to special diet recipes and cooking software, Flora has done the looking for you.
Subjects: Food
Winefiles.org
http://www.winefiles.org
This database was created for wine professionals and wine lovers. The site is fully searchable, with information pertaining to wines worldwide from 1988 to the present and a database devoted to California wines from 1849-1999. The database is produced by the Sonoma County Wine Library and the archives, contributed by Charles Sullivan a noted California wine expert, hold over 30,000 citations and also boast other helpful links from the Sonoma County Wine Library site.
Subjects: Food
Local Wine Events
http://www.localwineevents.com
This site features ‘the world’s largest food and wine tasting events calendar.’ Browsable by location, date, or name of event, it also has classified advertisements and links for all sorts of wine and wine related products, tours, classes, clubs, publications, and job opportunities. Listed events include wine festivals, tastings, dinners, auctions, seminars, and lectures. There is an event submission form and a sign-up for e-mail notification of events in specific places.
Subjects: Food
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