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Spinney Kitchen is a family run business based in rural North Lincolnshire, selling a wide range of Olive Oils, vinegars, herbs, spices, tisanes, chutneys, mustards and a wide selection of tea and glassware. See their recipe section as well.

This is the greatest website about sushi I've seen.  Here's a sushi calorie counter.  Not only are there instructions for making and serving different kinds of sushi, but also you can even learn to use chopsticks - all in flash demos that are the ultimate in clever!   Make My Sushi

One of the best set of prep and cooking instructions is from George Mateljan's In-Home Healthy Cooking School.  Short video clips give actual demonstrations on chef-quality kitchen tricks.

Here's a cute and informative site; it's new, we'll see where it goes.  The Hungry Girl.

Friend Karen Danielson, already a celebrity on cooking shows in her area and with one cookbook under her belt, is working on another, "Soups and Stews for the Heart and Soul", due this summer.  She also has her own website, KD's Kitchen.  Give it a look.

Thousands of free recipes at Recipe Spin submitted by home cooks.  Includes a wealth of ethnic cooking.  Categories by type, country or search for a goody.

Vegetarian Firemen?  Take a look at Engine #2's website, complete with recipes, complete with photos of some good looking firefighters in great shape!  Found in Recipe du Jour's great newsletter.

Eddie Ruth Bland's site, Recipes and More, features a collection of recipes for all occasions and catagories, for skillets,crockpots,quick and easy and kids meals too.

Beans, beans, good for your heart... and lots more too.  They are an economical and environmentally friendly source of protein and other nutrients, as well.  Substitute for a high meat diet for better health.  Here's a site that gives you a wide variety of healthy, tasty bean recipes - lots of them low carb - from several countries:  Randall Products

For a real treat and some healthy and delicious food, visit Maria's Couzina with authentic Greek recipes to whet the appetite.

Cooking Resources has recipes and much more; it's worth a browse to sample what they have to offer.

Epicurean Foods International is a manufacturer and retailer of various gourmet food items and gift packs, with items such as flavored oils and vinegars, pastas, olives, seasonings, chocolates and more.  Make one hungry just visiting.  There's some recipes, too.

A while back I received a link request from Shenanchie O'Toole, webmaster and author of Shenanchie's Kitchen: "A collection of recipes from around the world, along with kitchen tips, food links, herb and spice information, measurement conversion tables and tidbits for canines."  Just now looked at it.  WELL!  There's some of everything, that's for sure, and it's downright beautiful too.  Hope those of you with slow dial-up connections can load it ok, because it's worth it!  Warning:  watch your diet on this one.  I'm hungry already for foods I try to cut down on!

 Mary Ellen would like you to see her great recipe website, That's My Home.   Bookmark her chili sauce recipe if you're expecting a bumper crop of tomatoes from your garden or u-pick this year - I swear it's the same fantastic one my mother and aunt used that I loved so much.

A complete listing of chocolate related sites offering various goods and products: Chocolate gifts, wine and chocolate, bulk chocolate and much more!  -- A great resource for all you chocolate lovers at The San Francisco Chocolate Factory..

For those with access to tropical and sub-tropical fruit and veggies, the Florida Department of Agriculture has some great recipes using Florida produce. Try those using Tropical Fruit, and not only desserts but salads and main dishes. 

If you're a chocoholic you'll really love this site, interspersed with inspirational tidbits.  Many even have nutritional pluses in addition to nutritious chocolate.  But if chocolate's not your thang, there's dozens of links to other recipe sites, minor and major.  Take a look at Rhonda's Recipe Links.

"This is, hands down, the best recipe site on the web.  Here's a link to there "PORK" page at iChef Recipes.   AND they are great recipes, with imagination and they are REAL - GENUINE."   CHEF JEALOUS (ChefAl of Great World Chefs).

Sweet potatoes or yams aren't just a holiday veggie.  They're full of nutrition and flavor, and easy to cook.  Here's a wealth of info and recipes at North Carolina Sweet Potato Recipes website.

Looking for a recipe request, I happened upon this gem:  Amethyst's Recipe Collection.  Here's an absolute wealth of delicious eating.  

What's Cooking America by Linda Stradley has great information and links.  She's tops on many subjects.  Take a look.

The "Weedy Lady" says: "The Weedy Man and I stay thin, healthy, and energetic eating great quantities of these foods, and this is a good place to start if you believe (as we do) that 'you are what you eat'."  See their great foods and ideas at Fishing for Recipes.

Have you ever heard the comment, "If women ruled the world....?"  Women in many areas, and especially in much of the Arab world, have little influence in  current events, even though they are frequently the majority of society.  To understand other cultures, we need to start with the women, and where better than the food. Here's a sample from son Mark (Zog to his friends): Cooking with BJ.

See the great Watkins.com recipes, and our own Watkins recipe file.
   

One of several favorite cuisines is that of Santo Domingo.  So I was delighted to have this new website called to my attention:  Aunt Clara's Dominican Cooking.   Some of the ingredients and preparations may seem odd at first to non-Hispanics, but they showcase examples of the best cooking and healthiest diets in the Caribbean!  An added bonus for language buffs is the sprinkling of Spanish throughout the English language site.  ¡Aproveche!

Want to be a chef?  Thinking about making a career of cooking?  Or just be the perfect host or hostess and serve true gourmet meals to friends and family?  The complete guide to culinary schools can be found at CulinaryEd.com. 

A wealth of scrumptious food is presented at Free Gourmet Recipes.  Take a look and get ready to cook.

Sandy's Recipe Room has a bunch of great recipes on her site.  This gal can cook!

Here's some great potato recipes that, combined with low-fat dressings, are a nutritiously satisfying choice that can keep you away from more fattening treats.  See Potato Help.com

Where else would you find everything you wanted to know about baking the Thanksgiving Turkey other than The National Turkey Federation.  Even has demonstrations for novices.  Pitch in and bake a feast!

20ish Parents.com has a recipe section:  its intro reads:   "Hampered by Hamburger Helper? Frustrated with Fast Food? Lazy Gourmets offers simple, delicious recipes that don't read like War and Peace. If you don't have time to Gallop with Graham Kerr or chill with Julia Child, these recipes are for you!"

Here's an odd but delicious recipe site brought to our attention by ChefAl of Great World Chefs.  See recipes at Cooking, from The Mad Hatter's Tea Party, presented by Obscure.com 

See great recipes at Tupperware.com  - or our own Tupperware® recipe section.

Do you like surprises?  Check out our collection of Web Rings.  Pick "Random" for unexpected and interesting access to food and cooking sites.

Got a great link for you, especially if you like fish.  Take a look at Chesapeake Bay Cooking, with delicious seafood recipes, as well as Southern Maryland's famous Stuffed Ham recipe. Cooks will find a variety of informative and useful cooking tables in addition to, helpful kitchen tips plus much more! 

Here's a site that's guaranteed to keep you in the kitchen.  Classico Creations using, naturally, Classico products for great Italian cooking that include lots of veggies.

Kraft sponsors a recipe and nutrition website especially for diabetics:   Diabetic Choices.

Here's a delicious (but sometimes a bit high fat) recipe site, with genuine Down Home Southern Cooking (at it's best)! 

Mayo Clinic has a great recipe resource that helps you make your favorite dishes healthier.

Some of the best recipes are put out by food manufacturers or distributors.   Why not?  They have an important stake in our eating more of it.  Here's a site that specializes in those recipes, called Back of the Box.

Roses Recipesis an interesting and delicious site, full of recipes heavy on fruits and veggies, a subject dear to my heart!   Recipes are donated by church members from the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Hanover, Indiana.  Watch out:  some recipes are unacceptably high in fat!

Do you like Italian food?  Here's a list of links to Italian recipe sites at ItalyLink.com.  Mangia!   

Check out this great list of odd, ethnic and regional cooking links from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  See United States Cooking.

This is a site worth taking look at, and then browsing some more.  Lots of recipes, resources like diabetic diet info, instructions, and seasonal stuff.  Foodgeeks.com

Got a bumper crop of something and you want to can it?  But you're not sure just how?  Canning isn't a lost art;  Ball and Kerr Canning Products is there to prove it.  See step-by-step instructions and recipes.

The Culinary Vixen by Vickie McCorkendale has a great collection of specialized recipe and food links.

Have you seen that ad on TV about a guy looking for "manly food" while his wife is out of town?  Does your man glitch at quiche, urk at yogurt, grok at broccoli or think that salads are garnish?   Visit the Men's Health;  Food and Nutrition site for foods that are manly and satisfying while healthy.

Vernalisa's Party Corner has a great selection of recipes for parties, holidays and entertaining, plus tips, cocktails and more.  has a great selection of recipes for parties, holidays and entertaining, plus tips, cocktails and more.  has an additional website with "thousands of tried and true recipes. 

JJ's Site has some interesting recipes and oodles of recipe links.  If the site seems a little odd, it appears that JJ might be a Trekkie.

Claire's Kitchen; a really good collection of recipes, handed down and from around the world

Bites of Asia has links, resources, contests, recipes and  much more, including various categories of Asian cooking.

Recipe Book Online lets you submit your own recipe or browse those others have sent in.  Same for clearly indexed cooking tips and links to other sites.   Loads quickly and navigates easily.

Light Living.com features recipes for food in moderation.  There's also tips on controlling weight.

Ocean Mist Farms; click the veggie you want to cook, then select "Recipes" for really delicious choices in cooking a variety of fresh produce.

Find Your Inner Chef - Corningware delicious recipes, developed in conjunction with Johnson and Wales University.  There's step-by-step classes with photos in a variety of techniques.

Rockfish USA, which sells seafood, has some delish recipes and great cooking tips.  Try the Swordfish a la Siciliana.

Free Healthy Oriental Recipes is a short, odd site worth looking at.   Hopefully the author will add to the recipes. 

The Burning Void is a sleek and friendly collection of links, resources, foods and recipes; keep checking back as it is new and growing.

Sara's Kitchen;  spice mixes and more.

The Cook's Thesaurus suggests substitutions for thousands of cooking ingredients, including low-calorie and low-fat alternatives for dieters, inexpensive substitutes for gourmets on a budget, and innovative replacements for hard-to-find ethnic ingredients.

Birds Eye has loads of healthy recipes using frozen veggies and fruits.  Select Recipes from the menu.

Natural Health World; a few very healthy recipes.

Chef Older's, an interesting site.  Many recipes have an Eastern cast; all are a culinary treat. 

Chef Paul Prudhomme is an expert at Cajun cooking.   He has Cajun and other recipes at his site, which promotes his brand of seasonings, but watch the fats!  Some of these delicacies will wreck your diet!

Watkins; here's a few recipes that were published in their  catalogs.   The pictures alone will ruin your diet!

The Kosher Express has a selection of Kosher Jewish recipes, for everyday and for holidays.   (You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy!)

Practical Kitchen.   Its well-written articles feature a number of healthy recipes. 

See these delicious and healthy recipes from the California Dried Plum Board.   Also on their site are recipes using prune puree instead of fat to produce moist, delicious baked goods. Take a look at the Kids Corner too.

Les Kincaid's food, wine and golf site.  Go to Food; select 'Click here for recipes" to check out some mouth-watering vittles!   He also features cooking hints worth reading.

Michigan Blueberry Growers' Recipes site.   But watch the fats and calories in some of these recipes.  One of the best is Summer Glory Muffins, full of nutrition and oh, so good!

Food section of Women.com has a recipe finder by name or ingredient, plus cooking lessons and other goodies.  Watch the fat, sugar and salt!

Reluctant Gourmet has a delicious collection.   This is real gourmet cooking, mostly made easy.   Try his Chicken Roasted with Tomatoes, Potatoes and Olives.

Epicurious Food, representing Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines, naturally has a large recipe site.  Search by ingredient or name.

Recipelink.   According to an article by PBS, "If you want huge, here's the biggest, most expansive site in the food business, the one that has everything. . .".

There's a bunch of delicious holiday recipes at the small but tasty Holly Day Recipes site.  But watch the fats and sugars!  There's a lotta calories there too.

King Arthur Flour has recipes for bakers (watch the calories!).

Cathleen's Kitchen is a small but extremely tasty place to visit.  Try Easy Carrot Soup -  a winner!

iVillage.com offers recipes, menu planners, nutrition and diet assistance and much more.

Florida Citrus Commission's recipes offers the best of foods which include tangy grapefruit, limes, lemons and oranges from Florida in the list of ingredients.

Ultimate Citrus site has more interesting recipes utilizing citrus from Florida.   Here's a warning; just because it's published on the web doesn't mean it's a good recipe.   In my opinion, one would have to be a masochist to eat the Ultimate Citrus recipe for Liquid Sunshine soup.   Bad move with that one, guys!  

PAM - the all natural cooking spray, offers recipes and cooking tips.  Select the "Pam's Kitchen" option.

Mission Foods, the makes of Mission tortillas, salsa and other Mexican foods, has a recipe site with hundreds of yummy South of the Border recipes and a menu planner.  We tried Greek Salad Roll Ups and it's delicious.

Alicia's Kitchen emphasizes easy recipes, diabetic, low-carbohydrate diets or low-sodium diets and more. Included are Campbell soup recipes, casseroles, pickles, cobblers, enchiladas,   microwave candy, salmon and tuna recipes, healthy chicken, salad, and sugar-free Jello Recipes.

Recipe Du Jour is funny, useful, and has oodles of delicious recipes.  They also offer three really fine newsletters.

Hamilton Beach offers a collection of recipes using - naturally - their appliances:  slow cookers, toaster ovens, blenders and mixes, grills, etc.

Browse before-and-after profiles of formerly forbidden favorite recipes that have been de-fatted by nutritionists at Prevention Magazine.

Find some interesting recipes at Carrie Rozee's Low Fat Recipes Page.

Karen's Outer Banks Recipes; not fat free by any means, but interesting.

National Honey Board offers an informative and amusing site with recipes for adults and for kids, ideas and information about bees and honey.  Our favorite from this site is Honey Tea Cooler.  

Absolutely incredible!  Over 60,000 recipes and growing at Soar, a searchable database with every category imaginable.

Better Baking with Boulanger has a site with dozens of recipes. Most are breads and baked sweets, but there are also many for vegetables and fruits, soups, salads and main dishes.   Watch for and avoid the high fat and sugar in some.

A bunch of absolutely delicious recipes can be found at the Red Hot Chili Papers site.   If hot isn't popular with your family, try the recipes without peppers, or with just a hint of chili.

Catfish Institute, representing farm-raised catfish growers, offers dozens of recipes in several categories.

So you can't or won't cook, but want to get away from an unhealthy diet of fast-food burgers and pizzas or a diet of canned foods.  Try this site from LeanCuisine.

Astounding!  Find over 20,000 recipes at Recipeland.com.   Search by category,  title or text string.  Next time you want to locate some odd recipe, look here first!

Campbell canned soups.  Features a daily recipe and a database you can search. 

Hurst Berry Farm & Fabulous Foods for recipes using blueberries.

Lycopene Recipes    Healthy, delicious tomato recipes.

Recipe Guys.      Not only lots of neat recipes, but you may contribute your own, and even make up your own "cookbook" of recipes and have your own special web page.

Home Arts Food: Recipe Finder Easy to use recipe finder on this search page will locate a recipe by ingredient or by type.  Lots of yummy ideas.  Sponsored by the Hearst magazine group.