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Posted by PurpleOrchid on Sat 20 Feb 10, 7:01 PM to the kinky_foody_forum group.

Okay so I thought I would share some of the foody websites lurking in my bookmark collection.

Cooking By Numbers

I couldn't live without this little gem, basically this is for those of you who have looked at what is currently in your cupboard/fridge and come up short over what you can make with it. This is a frequent occurrence for me towards the end of term. Click the check box next to the ingredients you currently have and then on find recipes. The site will present you with recipes that match your ingredients and will tell you what percentage of the required ingredients you have, as well as which ones you are currently missing. This site is aimed at students so the recipes can be quite simplistic.

http://www.cookingbynumbers.com/frames.html

FoodGawker

In the sites own words: "foodgawker is a gallery where food bloggers can showcase their food and photography skills. It's a place for you to discover new sites, dishes, recipes and ingredients to inspire your own cooking. "

I waste way too much time browsing this site. I do find the recipes can be overly complicated sometimes, calling for strange ingredients that aren't readily available in your local tesco's or supermarket of choice but occasionally a nice gem turns up.

http://foodgawker.com/

American cooking - weights and measures

A useful site that can make use of recipes from foodgawker easier. It provides British equivalents for those confusing cup measurements as well as a link to another page that provides equivalents for some of those odd sounding American ingredients.

http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/cooking.htm

http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/cooking-ingredient...

More to come soon, but I'd best be getting back to this essay. *hugs* Orchid

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23 Feb 10, 12:58 PM
AstronautMikeDexter
UK(E), 2 yrs

Also http://foodsubs.com/ for a glossary of what things actually are, what they look like and what you can use instead if you can't find the ingredient in question.

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23 Feb 10, 1:02 PM
AstronautMikeDexter
UK(E), 2 yrs

PurpleOrchid wrote:
American cooking - weights and measures

Pro-tip: buy some measuring cups or use a measuring jug, a cup has a volume of 250ml.

It's actually really hard to get reliable weight equivalents for a cup, for various reasons, so it is usually easier to to stick with the volume measures when using that type of recipe.

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