REcipe

A recipe is defined as "a set of instructions that show how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish." In addition to step-by-step instructions for preparation and cooking, recipes also contain the necessary list of ingredients and sometimes instructions for variations on the dish. While more experienced or freewheeling cooks often like to work by the seat of their pants, recipes are necessary for some people, useful for beginners, and helpful if one is learning a new dish or experimenting in an unfamiliar cuisine.

Up until recently, home cooks depended on cookbooks in print and recipes handed down from family members or exchanged with friends. However, today's Internet-connected cook will find the number of recipes available from a variety of sources to be seemingly limitless. There are many Web sites devoted to collections of recipes, many of which include articles on various aspects of food preparation. Many celebrity chefs have their own official sites, and there are many bloggers who share their recipes with the online community.

by Lisa McKay Are you a writer, passionate about this or any other topic? Join Blogcritics!

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “REcipe”

• Im a fan of Ina Garten

  
  Carmen Rose Prose — Authority: 125
  I am a fan of food network, and while some of the hosts get on my last nerve, there are some that only get better the more I see them. Ina Garten is one of my favorites. And I love her kitchen. My brother is a fantastic kitchen designer, he has designed two kitchens for me now. Sadly, I dont live in either of ...
  1 hour ago

• Honey Apple Bundt Cake

  
  Notecook — Authority: 498
  Please note: this recipe is for a 6 cup Bundt pan, if you have a larger pan, you may want to double the recipe. 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 egg 3/8 cup honey (approximately 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons) 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 ...
  3 hours ago

• Last Minute Holiday Treats: Peppermint Bark Coated Pretzels Recipe

  
  Sarah's Cucina Bella — Authority: 420
  Peppermint. Dark chocolate. White chocolate. Those flavors together just scream winter and holidays and good times. It’s hard to believe that I went so many years without tasting this delightful combination, but ever since I did, I’ve been hooked. Love it. In the past few years, I’ve made a delicious (and ...
  4 hours ago

• Banana Nut Muffins & Banana Blueberry Nut Muffins

  
  3 Sides of Crazy — Authority: 127
  BANANA NUT MUFFINS 1 cup packed golden brown sugar 2 sticks of butter, softened 2 jumbo eggs 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 VERY ripe bananas* 1 3/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup golden raisins 1/2 cup crushed walnuts Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium saucepan ...
  4 hours ago

• Uppu Kari & Karaikudi Chicken ( Chettinad Cuisine )

  
  niya's world — Authority: 139
  Chettinad cuisine reflects the lifestyle of the Nattukottai Chettiars , who come from one of the driest regions of south India and belong to the most peripatetic of trading communities; merchant bankers who roamed through the countries of South East Asia, living frugally but making enormous fortunes. Their ...
  4 hours ago

• Spring Apple, Chicken, and Stilton Cheese Salad

  
  Notecook — Authority: 498
              Eating salads daily is one of the healthiest habits you can adopt. Eating salads provides you with your helping of fruit and meat (if you’re following this recipe which contains chicken).             This following recipe provides you with almost 30 grams of protein, 5 grams of ...
  4 hours ago

• Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies

  
  Lovestoeat's Weblog — Authority: 124
  H and I were soo lucky when this past July new, FABULOUS neighbors moved in right next door. We all became great friends right away. Well through getting to know them, I have baked for them several times to help them feel a part of the neighborhood, so this past weekend Chelsea not only brought AHHHHH-MAZING apps to ...
  5 hours ago

• A Trifle for your Holiday Table

  
  Jane Austen in Vermont — Authority: 412
  One of my favorite recipes for the holidays is a trifle, that mix of biscuits, cream, and fruit, that makes as much a table decoration as a delicious dessert.  Here is the recipe from The Jane Austen Cookbook by Maggie Black and Deirdre Le Faye [British Museum Press, 1995]  The first part of the recipe in ...
  5 hours ago

• Non-Edible Cookie Ornament Recipe

  
  Mommy Blogs @ JustMommies — Authority: 141
  So I’ve been having lots of questions asked on how to make the ornaments the boys decorated for the tree, so I’m making a post to tell you how. Ingridents:4 cups flour1 cup salt1 1/2 cups waterDirections:Thoroughly mix together salt and flour. Once mixed add in water and until most is moist but all water [...]
  6 hours ago

• Chocolate-Gingerbread Rudolph Cookies

  
  Plating Up — Authority: 130
  These are always a huge hit and easy enough for the kids to make. I made some for the neighborhood kids and the look on their faces was definitely a MasterCard moment!
  6 hours ago

• Easy Evening

  
  Carrots 'N' Cake — Authority: 436
  Where did today go?! I got quite a bit accomplished, but there are still a number of tasks lingering on my To Do list. I know that I should just get them done, but I’m feeling extremely unmotivated. I think the holiday/vacation mindset has already taken over my brain. Dinner Mal took the reins on dinner ...
  7 hours ago

• Roasted Jerusalem Artichoke Puree Recipe

  
  MarxFoods.com Blog — Authority: 498
  As delicious as mashed potatoes are, it’s sometimes nice to use a different vegetable that fills a similar role on the plate while bringing a different flavor and texture.  Jerusalem artichokes (aka sunchokes) are a great way to add even more exciting novelty to entrees involving exotic meats (like  kangaroo meat ...
  8 hours ago

• clawing my way back

  
  use real butter — Authority: 459
  Recipe: roasted beet, chèvre, hazelnut salad with blood orangesI’ve been horizontal for the past two days with a blasted flu (not H1N1 as everyone seems to assume). I came down with it during my trip to California last week when we were taking care of stuff for my grandma. Sigh. No [...]
  9 hours ago

• Ganache Recipe

  
  Culinary School For Home Cooks — Authority: 112
  Seizing Ganache Some of you may not be that familiar with “ganache”. I know I wasn’t until I became friends with Pastry Chef Jenni Field and she started teaching me about various baking techniques and how some of my recipes call for ganache and I didn’t even know it.  See Chocolate Pudding Recipe ...
  9 hours ago

• Brownie Heaven

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 627
  Gourmet Magazine Brownie Recipe Search (not on Epicurious) Im looking for a pair of recipes that were published in Gourmet magazine between 1992 and 2001 with a high likelihood of being in the 1999-2000 range. The first was a brownie recipe that was unlike most others. It was two part recipe: a liquid and a thick ...
  9 hours ago

• Recipe for Dirt Cookies

  
  RecipeMuncher — Authority: 163
  These chewy cookies are so addictive, people will be begging for more.I first tried these dirt cookies when my friend Nana made them for a party. They are seriously addictive! And why not when you consider what is in them. In order to ma (...)
  9 hours ago

• Recipe: Veggie fries!

  
  vegansaurus! — Authority: 511
  Recipe review spoiler alert: these were a huge hit for dinner last night. Both Jordan,14, and Jon Alex, eight, gave the veggie fries two thumbs up and the okay sign while chewing with their mouths full. (They are presented here as tofu crisps, but no way in hell would they have tried anything called “tofu ...
  10 hours ago

• Chocolate Dipped Candied Orange Peel

  
  some say cocoa, some say cacao — Authority: 119
  Another version of Candied Orange Peel … this time coated in sugar and dipped. 3 oranges 2 cups sugar 2 cups water 1 cup caster sugar to coat 300g dark chocolate Slice the oranges in segments … like you were off to feed a football team at half-time. Peel off the skin and slice thinly. Trim off as ...
  10 hours ago

• Sweet Potato Masala

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 627
  RecipeFinderFilter: Sweet Potato Masala! My partner and I frequent this lovely little Indian food buffet in Westminster, Colorado called Yak & Yeti . They have a Sweet Potato Masala dish that has me over the moon. I have searched and searched to the internet for a recipe but have yet to come close. The dish a ...
  11 hours ago

• Recipe: Making Momofukus Bo Ssam at home for less than $20!

  
  Chubby's New York Food Diary + some travel eats — Authority: 126
  Dear Food Diary: Ive been asking my friend Fely to organize a Momofuku Bo Ssam dinner for a while, $200 for a whole piggy shoulder with 6-8 people seemed reasonable. Next thing you now, I nearly choke over coffee last week, when I get his email entitled "momofuk U" LOL. Not vicious, or anything, just a joke ...
  11 hours ago

Comments about REcipe