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AllRecipes.com
http://allrecipes.com/
A giant, easy to use site with recipes for every meal, arranged by category or alphabetical.
AsiaFood
http://www.asiafood.org/
The online resource of Asian food recipes and terminology from Charmaine Solomon's book Encyclopedia of Asian Food. Select by recipe, type of dish or geographic region.
CookieRecipe.com
http://www.cookierecipe.com/
Easy-to-use site with cookie recipes, arranged by category or alphabetical.
Caprial and John's Kitchen
http://www.caprialandjohnskitchen.com/
Recipes and advice from Portland chef & restaurant owner Caprial and John Pence.
Epicurious: For People who Eat
http://www.epicurious.com/
An excellent food site which has a searchable database of over 12,000 food recipes and over 1,000 cocktail recipes; restaurant and cookbook reviews; and online editions of Bon Appetit and Gourmet magazines.
GourmetSpot
http://www.gourmetspot.com/
Recipes by category - healthy, kosher, vegan, ethnic and more. Information about wines, links to nutritional information and fun facts about food.
Historical Recipes of Different Cultures
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/
Includes recipes from ancient Rome, Medieval and Anglo Saxon and Medieval Europe. This is the site to find such dishes as "wastels yfarced" or "isicia omentata".
Nutrient Data Laboratory
http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12354500
Search the USDA Agricultural Research Service's database for the complete nutritional content of individual food items.
Recipe Archive Index
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/
Comprehensive collection of recipes, divided into easy-to-use subject hierarchy. Completely plain-Jane: hardly a graphic anywhere!
Recipe.com
http://www.recipesource.com/
Recipes for every occasion.
RecipeSource
http://www.recipesource.com/
Previously called SOAR. A searchable online archive of recipes. Search the archives of more than 34,000 recipes, categorized by ethnic region or by type of dish. Includes recipes for restricted and special diets; pet foods and a number of recipes under the heading "extraterrestrial & bizarre".

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