Favorite cooking sites on the net?

[mudbug]

I am interested in what other member's of the cheftalk cafe favorite cooking, recipe and related favorite web sites are....

[Nicko]

Ok let me be the first to say that I sincerely hope that everyone's favorite cooking site on the net is ChefTalk ! I will agree there are other sites that are much more recipe focused and ChefTalk can't really compete in the area.

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Thanks,

Nicko
nicko@cheftalk.com

[Greg]

http://www.ontherail.com/ is pretty neat, also. It also has a section for the waitrons. It's neat to read their postings regarding Anthony Bourdain. Apparently, he isn't as popular with them as he is with us!

[chefjohnpaul]

I like (besides ChefTalk) Link Culinaire, Chef Connect, and Star Chefs. By the way, you can be linked to all these sites from my site (gratuitous plug) http://www.angelfire.com/ky/chefjohnpaul

Basically it is a site of culinary links.

[UniChef]

http://www.unichef.com

This is my site. Please give me some feedback as to what you think about it.



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Mike Bersell, CEC
http://www.unichef.com
unichef@unichef.com

Chek out a site called www.linkculinaire.com they are really good
(see the ethnicgrocher.com)

Please, what is ethnicgrosher/ethnicgrocer?

Originally posted by UniChef:
http://www.unichef.com

This is my site. Please give me some feedback as to what you think about it.

Another fun one is http://www.stainedapron.com

It's mostly about waitrons but it is just hysterical. I always catch myself laughing outloud when I'm there.

Other good sites are http://www.chef2chef.net
and http://www.culinex.com

Kathleen

[Isa]

Kathleen,

There was a article about the stained apron website in the paper here. I visited and read some comments. What I read there makes me want to eat at home for the rest of my life. I couldn't believe restaurant staff could be that discusting.


Sisi

Hi Sisi,

I know, a lot of what you read on that site is REALLY alarming! (Though, I must admit, hysterically funny as well.) I have to say that after 15 years in the business I have yet to work in a place where that type of stuff goes on. The key is to eat at places where you can tell that people care about their jobs and the product/service they provide. (This is usually pretty easy to spot) This is true of most fine dining restaurants, but can also be true of Red Robin or McDonalds - it just depends upon the managers/owners and their attitudes towards, and treatment of, the staff.

It seems that in general the "revenge" stories one reads on stainedapron.com are tales of horrid people and/or managers getting their just desserts. Though I definitely don't condone what goes on, I can certainly sympathize!

Kathleen

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I use Epicurious.com a lot.many recipes from great magazines.

Just for laughs, you have to go to the Regrettable Food website (don't remember the URL - I'm really bad at that). It is hysterical; every nightmare dish that some of us remember from our 50's and 60's childhoods.

Another great source for recipes is SOAR; they have over 67,000 recipes. The site is run by Berkeley; it isn't always really fast, but the variety of stuff is amazing.

There's a very informative site on not-so-common food items called "Eat Ethnic." There are a lot of other ethnic food websites out there as well, just go to your favorite search engine and type in what you're looking for - like "russian recipes" and it'll take you where you want to go.

Speaking of Russian recipes, does anyone have the recipe for a dish that translates as "herring in a fur coat?" It sounds awful, but it's great.

[Chef David Simpson]

cheftalk!!!!!!!!

[Greg]

The url for the Gallery of Regrettable Food: http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/Also, http://www.ontherail.com currently has some new writings by Tony Bourdain.


[This message has been edited by Greg (edited 10-27-2000).]