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Menu: General Recipes | Vegetarian Recipes | Food Safety | Specific Foods and Meals | Brand Name Recipes | Miscellaneous Food Information

General Recipes

• The Nutrition Source - By the Harvard School of Public Health. Carbs or no carbs? Eggs or no eggs? Check here for information on what you should be eating before you start cooking.
• Foodsel - Find out the amount of nutrients and calories in the food you eat, and how much exercise you have to do to work those calories off.
• Food Reference - This is a huge site which contains food articles, recipes, links to cooking sites, and much, much more.
• RecipeZaar - A huge collection of recipes. This site has very good search features. You may search by ingredient which will help if you do not know what else to do with the rest of the bottle of rice wine vinegar that you bought.
• FoodieView - A search engine for recipes. This site searches a number of the large recipe sites which will make your recipe search easier and faster.
• Gourmet Spot - This is an extensive directory of food and recipe sites on the web.
• Recipe Source - Over 65,000 recipes listed by type and by region.
• Epicurious - Search over 16,000 recipes.
• CooksRecipes.com - Very large collection of recipes, and handy charts and tips.
• BBC Food - Searchable collection of recipes and also food articles.
• Recipe Gold Mine - Many recipes sorted by topic.
• Cooking Link Central - a searchable directory of recipes, cookware, and other cooking-related items.

Vegetarian Recipes

• All Veggie Links - A directory of vegetarian web sites including recipes, restaurants, travel, food manufacturers, and more.
• Veggies Unite! - Over 2700 vegetarian recipes.
• Vegetarian Times Magazine - This site has both recipes and articles on vegetarian cooking.
• Vegetarian Diet Information - Guide to weight loss the vegetarian way.

Food Safety

• Food Safety - A US government web site for food safety information.
• Home Food Safety - Information on keeping your kitchen safe. By the American Dietetic Association and ConAgra Foods.
• Food Labeling and Nutrition - How to understand those tables of information found on food packages. By the US Food and Drug Administration.
• A Brief Guide to Meat and Dairy Labels and Their Relevance to Animal Welfare - by the Humane Society to tell you what these labels really mean.
• Fish, Levels of Mercury and Omega-3 Fatty Acids - By the American Heart Association.

Specific Foods and Meals

• Almonds are In - Almonds have been found to be effective in lowering bad cholesterol thus improving heart health. This site is by the California Almond Board.
• Apples - Apple recipes, information on apple varieties, and a section for kids. By the Washington State Apple Commission.
• Beef - It's What's for Dinner. Recipes and nutritional information from America's Beef Producers.
• Mr. Breakfast - Is your breakfast composed of a bowl of dry brown flakes which taste like kitty litter? Try something new made from the recipes at this site.
• Butter - The history and making of butter make for very interesting reading. By WebExhibits
• Candy USA - History of candy, recipes, and family fun ideas by the National Confectioners Association
• Chocolate - The history of this favorite food. From the Exploratorium
• The Chocolate Manufacturers Association - Learn about how chocolate is produced, and about its health benefits.
• Coffee - Information from the National Geographic about coffee roasts and growing locations. Also a nice set of links to other web sites.
• French Food and Cook - a site for authentic French recipes.
• The Incredible Edible Egg - by the American Egg Board
• The National Hot Dog and Sausauge Council - Facts, trivia, and recipes. You will find a recipe for Pigs in a Kimono
• I Love Pasta - Don't we all. Recipes from the National Pasta Association.
• Pears USA - Pear recipes. I found the URL for this site on the little label on a pear. Seems that everything has a web site now.
• Pomegranates - Recipes from the Pomegranate Council.
• The Daily Pork - Pork information and recipes from the National Pork Board.
• Pumpkins - Lots of information about pumpkins, including recipes, from University of Illinois Extension.
• The Sandwich Project - Tired of the same old sandwich? Find something new here.
• Soybean.Org - Information from the National Soybean Board
• Vegetable Recipes - If you want to eat your five a day, here are a great number of recipes from the Recipe Source.
• Sustainable Table - A guide to modern methods of agriculture and to shopping for the best available food products.

Brand Name Recipes

• Famous Brand Name Recipes - Lots of recipes here.
• Back of the Box Recipes - Brand name recipes - the kind that you have probably cut off the box, filed away, and then can't find when you need them.
• Birds Eye - recipes for Birds Eye products.
• Bush Beans - OK, so Duke won't give you the recipe for baked beans, but you can find many other bean recipes here.
• Butterball Turkeys - Many recipes and a calculator to determine how big a turkey you will need to buy.
• DelMonte Foods
• Goya Foods - Recipes from Mexico, the Carribean, and South America.
• Green Giant Vegetables - Vegetable recipes.
• Hormel Foods - Hormel products range from olive oil to Spam. Check here for new ways to use these.
• Kikkoman - Recipes using Kikkoman products. You may search by product which is helpful if you need to know what to do with the rest of that bottle of stir-fry sauce.
• King Arthur Flour - for great baking recipes.
• Kraft Foods
• Lipton's Recipe Secrets
• Morningstar Farms - a vegetarian alternative to meat.
• Near East Recipe Finder - Recipes using grains.
• Ragu - Check out their collection of recipes that require less than 30 minutes.
• Old ElPaso - Mexican recipes.

Miscellaneous

• Restaurant Row - So, the recipe failed. Search Restaurant Row to find a restaurant, and driving directions to get there.
• Fast Food Calorie Counter - Calories in foods sold at MacDonalds, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Subway, and Wendy's.
• Sushi Restaurants Worldwide - Also includes tips for eating sushi correctly.

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