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.

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• Lamb squash & mint pies

  
  London Foodie In New York — Authority: 112
  Lamb is not something that many people in West Virginia seem to eat. It’s nearly impossible to find and there is an undeniably grossed-out look among the masses when you hint at the possibility that a cute little lamb = delicious thing to eat. And to that all I can say is that cows are [...]
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• WINDOWS ON MINNESOTA PUMPKIN BISQUE

  
  Meemo's Kitchen — Authority: 127
  I havent tried this restaurant recipes from the Minneapolis MN restaurant "Windows on Minnesota". This restaurant has stunning 360 degree views of the city. Windows On Minnesota is on Top of the IDS. The recipe is from Executive Chef Mark Stankey, Windows On Minnesota. For more information visit: ...
  4 hours ago

• Rachael Ray: Barbecued Beef and Bean Burgers

  
  Michelle Cooks Everyday Blog on Cooking Rachael Ray Recipes Everyday — Authority: 129
  I thought that this Rachael Ray burger recipe would either be really good or really bad. I thought it was okay. It was not the best burger I have ever had, but it wasn’t horrible either. I still can’t decide if I liked the beans or not. I think ours needed a little more salt. Also, my burgers did not stay together ...
  5 hours ago

• Autumn on the Silk Road Means . . . Pickles!

  
  Silk Road Gourmet - blog — Authority: 108
  Autumn Means Pickles! Cucumbers, capers, ginger, garlic, peppers, beans, asparagus, onions:  Any vegetable out there – and quite a few fruits as well make excellent pickles.  All along the Silk Road, harvest time and the weeks and months that follow are a time when, in many traditional cultures, foods are ...
  5 hours ago

• Simple Beef Stroganoff

  
  myangelskisses.com — Authority: 115
  It’s been a while since I have posted a recipe for everyone, so I thought I should share my Simple Stroganoff with you. Everyone these days is looking for quick and easy recipes to get on the table without much of a fuss. And having a two-year-old boy who loves to eat, I’m surely no different. I had searched ...
  6 hours ago

• Recipe Swap Sunday: Broccoli Salad

  
  In the Dailies — Authority: 122
  Kellie , if you’re reading this, STOP NOW and go find another blog to visit. Anyone else who hates mayonnaise, you may want to follow her. Typically, I’m in your camp. I can’t stand mayo! Or ketchup, for that matter. There are few other things, too, like Cream of Mushroom soup, but I’ll spare you the whole ...
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• Intro To Cooking: Autumn Drinks You’ll Fall For

  
  College Candy — Authority: 662
  My bartending style tends to run less towards the carefully measured, tried-and-true recipes and more towards the “What’s in my fridge right now?” trial-and-error method. I rarely use actual measures, because what is “good” depends on how many people are drinking, how liquored up they want to be, and how ...
  6 hours ago

• What Is Your Favorite Crockpot Recipe?

  
  buknuk.com:Health,Kid and Teens,Travel,Food,Drink — Authority: 158
  I would like to start using my crockpot more often for dinner meals, especially with the hot summer months ahead. I have only made a couple of things in mine! Can you share what your favorite meal is to cook in your crockpot, and the recipe if possible? Thanks! Share this Post [?]            
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• Recipe: Eggplant in Black Bean Sauce

  
  Fearless Kitchen — Authority: 127
  This year the first hard frost kind of took us a bit by surprise.  New England is a funny place to grow things, at least as an amateur who has never actually studied agriculture.  The first year we had our garden it flourished and it produced well into late October.  Last year, thanks to the cold summer and the ...
  7 hours ago

• Chicken Sauté Provençale Recipe

  
  My Wok Life — Authority: 116
  I asked my friends and fans, in My Wok Life FaceBook Club, if they would like to learn some French recipes, and here I am going to share my experience and recipe of simple French dishes, besides those I learnt at Palate Sensations . For a Chinese cook, like me, to cook French cuisine at home was an unique ...
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• Creamy Bean Soup with Fresh Herbs and Spinach

  
  Chow Times — Authority: 428
  The next dish which the South Arm Cooking Club for Seniors made is a bean soup.  Soup is comfort food especially in the colder fall and winter.  This bean soup is adapted from Cara Brunetti Hillyard and it serves 6.   Chris and Paul made this soup. Chris and Paul made two versions of this bean soup.  One is ...
  8 hours ago

• Food Stop : The Recipe Corner :: Chicken-Shashilk

  
  XciteFun.net — Authority: 173
  Author: Sawera Subject: Chicken-Shashilk Posted: Nov 08, 2009 (GMT 0) Chicken-Shashilk Ingredients: 500 gms boneless chicken breast 2 capsicum 2 medium onions 2 medium tomatoes 1/4 cups lemon juice 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp black pepper 1 tbsp Soya sauce 1 tbsp hot sauce oil for deep frying How
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• Springform pan recipes wanted.

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 628
  What else besides cheesecake can I make in an springform pan? I recently purchased three springform pans of different sizes, and now Id like to start using them. I made a pumpkin cheesecake this morning, but Im wondering what other sorts of things (desserts, casseroles, breads, etc) can be made in a springform pan? ...
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• Best. Soup. EVAR!

  
  Marian Allen's WEBLAHG — Authority: 127
  I got this in an email from my #4 daughter:I made the most yummmmmy fall soup today!  I had about 3/4 of a medium yellow squash left over from something I fixed last week, so I looked through my cookbooks and sort of roughly followed a recipe for butternut squash soup, although I had to [...]
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• Seven Easy Steps for Delicious Tiramisu

  
  Notecook — Authority: 156
  By: dieraecherin You get instant kitchen creed with tiramisu. It’s trendy, exotic, and amazingly easy (I’ve got a friend whose kitchen repertoire consists exclusively of minute rice and tiramisu). Plus it’s got chocolate,coffee and booze, which is always a great combination. Legend has it that tiramisu ...
  9 hours ago

• Saturday night at the Red Bean Cafe

  
  Living The Grand Life — Authority: 130
  We have a Saturday night tradition at our house. We turn on Garrison’s Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion show on public radio. We cook up something slow and savory. We enjoy the evening together. Nancy started out the evening on the patio next to the fireplace. She was soon joined by some friends. I was ...
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• Curried White Fish with Eggplant

  
  The Recipe Mom — Authority: 428
  What You Need: 1 tablespoon dried lime leaves 2 T red curry paste 4 white fish fillets, chopped 2 T fish sauce 1 eggplant, chopped 2 t of dried basil leaves 1 C skim milk 1 C coconut milk How to Make It: Cover the lime leaves with and soak for 10 minutes. The lime leaves are soaked in water for 10 minutes. Take the ...
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• DR: Splitsville 34

  
  TasteStopping — Authority: 136
  These photos have each been accepted at one well-known site and rejected by the other.  Can you guess which for each photo? Click on the image to find out. vanilla bean macaron   pumpkin pie tart
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• Versatile Crockpot Chicken

  
  Cooking Network — Authority: 125
  The chicken and the crockpot are made for each other. Chicken is arguably the most versatile meat on the planet. Using a crockpot makes it easy to make everything from soup to entrees with your chicken. You could probably make a different chicken dish every night of the year using your crockpot without worrying about ...
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• Weekend Cook: Molly Tamale, part 2

  
  Boucher Family Farm — Authority: 129
  It takes some time to make tamales , but if you think of it as a way to use up leftovers its worth the while. This recipe serves 2, and made 7 modest tamales. The Food Network recipe I adapted is here . First, pour boiling water over rinsed dried corn husks and weight them down so they remain submerged. The ...
  11 hours ago

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