Food and Drink sites of the BigList

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Epicurious

"...The single best food and drink site on the Internet..."

Serious Eats

is a blog about food. All kinds of stuff here.

The Food Network - associated with the TV production.

Dish is the Food Network's Blog associated with the TV production.

Grubstreet - Philadelphia Edition has restaurant and food news.

All Recipes is a recipe database.

National Food Safety has info on food recalls, steps to take to prevent food contamination, safe cooking temps, etc.

Beginner Cooking Sites Seven sites, from the MakeUseOf folks, that are useful for beginner cooks (as well as others who might want to check out their technique).

Best Baking Recipe Web Sites (2019) This article includes 8 Web sites that have baking recipes, voted best by the MakeUseOF folks.

The Recipe Link seems to be on Pinterest now.

Fleischmann's Yeast has info related to bread making including recipes for bread machines.

Bread Recipes

Pillsbury's Bakeoff Contest recipes galore.

USDA Nutrient Database can tell how much and what kind is in a specified food.

Food Infographics This is a collection of printable graphics associated with soups, seasonings, measurements, etc.

Cookie Recipes

Spice Guide from the Food Network.

Top Secret Recipes, as in Big Mac secret sauce or meatloaf from Boston Market.

Copycat Recipe Central (part of The Recipe Link) has links to hundreds of 'secret' recipes for your favorite foods like Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream or Oreo's.

CookBooks.com has a lot of recipes

Weber has barbecue grills, recipes, grilling tips, etc.

About Barbecues and Grilling This is a SpruceEats article and has barbecue grill reviews, recipes, grilling tips, etc.

Barbecue'n is about barbecue. The site has an annoying drop down that wants you to sign up for a newsletter. Feel free to avoid this site.

BBQ-Brethern is a group of forums dedicated to all aspects of barbecue. As you might assume, there is a lot of heated traffic on these forums.

The Restaraunt Report is written for the industry but the consumer can find items of interest here.

Pears is about ... pears.

Cake Recipes has many cake recipes.

Popcorn has everything you want to know about popcorn.

Martha Stewart Recipe Database

MyRecipes.com has a good collection of recipes that have been rated.

Produce Oasis is all about produce.

The Cook's Thesaurus shows you how to substitute ingredients for other ingredients that you might not have. you can find out the essentials about any ingredient. Good browsing.

Local Harvest lets you search for local farmer outlets by zipcode.

Basics with Babish This is a series of YouTube videos by a guy named Babish which show the basic techniques of cooking.

Mr. Breakfast is all about breakfast.

State Fair Recipes

Seafood Recipes includes tips on selecting, preparing, and cooking fish.

101 Cookbooks is a Web site from someone who likes food...and cookbooks.

Amateur Gourmet Blog

World's Healthiest Foods - recipes, tips, Q&A, etc.

Chow.com is a food and cooking site that feels like a magazine. Great browsing.

The Kitchn is a blog about cooking, food, and the kitchen.

Fancy Fast Food is a blog about extreme makeovers of fast foods into gourmet feasts. At least, the food looks a lot better.

Menu Pages shows you the actual menus of restaurants.

Self Nutrition Data gives you all kinks of nutrition data for common fools and beverages.

Foodival is a blog about cooking and food.

8 Cooking Websites with Video has recipes and techniques that are presented in video format.

20 Best Recipe Apps according to Tom's Guide (2019)

A Year of Slow Cooking is a blog full of slow cooking recipes.

AllRecipes.com Slow Cooker Recipes

Moms With Crock Pots - all recipes are for Crock Pots

How To Make Sheet Pan Dinners is a nice introduction to sheet pan (all in one) dinners.

EatYourselfSkinny has recipes that healthy meals and is divided into categories like gluten-free or low-carb. Recipes tend to be easy with a lot of sheet pan based meals.

Betty Crocker Home site of this brand is self-serving but has a generous amount of recipe ideas.

Ben and Jerry's of ice cream fame.

Best Ice Cream available online according to CNET (2023).

Williams-Sonoma Expensive

Peets.com has coffee and tea.

Goldbelly lets you order gourmet food from all over the country.

Katz Delicatessen Birthday Box ($) This gift box is from the Katz Deli in New York and includes everything you need to make Pastrami on Rye and Corned Beef sandwiches.

Zingermans ($) sells a wide variety of gift baskets for much money. Check the Weekender box.

Boarderie ($) - charcuterie and cheeses on a board. Expensive.

See other, mostly commercial, food sites in the Commerce Section.

WebTender gives you drink recipes and includes a searchable database.

Drink Secrets - drink recipes

Make Me A Cocktail gives you recipes for drinks based on the ingredients that you say you have on hand.

The Wine Spectator reviews wines, mostly expensive stuff.

Snooth reviews and prices a large variety of wines.

Wine Enthusiast reviews and a large variety of wines.

The SpruceEats Wine Page has a lot of info on wine including reviews.

Wine Lover's Page has a collection of links to everything associated with wine including accessories, information, news, sales, software, etc.

Wine.com sells and reviews wines. Collects public reviews.

Sutter Home Wines has information on their own wines but also has good info on what foods go with what wines as does the Beringer site.

Pennsylvania State Stores

Pennsylvania State Stores Curbside Pickup During the Covid-19 lockdown, this is a list of stores that will provide curbside pickup on a first call availability basis.

How to Buy Booze Online in the Philly Area This is a local article about where you can get crafted booze.

Best Wine Subscription Boxes reviewed by CNet late 2020.

Best Wine Clubs reviewed by CNet (2022).

Wine Enthusiast sells wine accessories as does Wine Stuff

Best Wines Archives - multiple annual lists of best wines as rated by the Wine Enthusiast magazine folks - up to 2008.

The Frugal Oenophile's Wine of the Week - reviews of readily available wine - the reviewer tries to keep to a $12 to $15 ceiling.

Tastings is about wine, beer, and spirits.

All About Beer

ScotchWhisky is a site sponsored by folks in Scotland. Find out about how to taste scotch whisky.

Glengoyne Distillery

Laphroaig

Beefeater gin