My Favorite Food and Recipe Websites

These past few months I've been on something of a cooking streaking. I used to cook something new and different maybe 3-4 times a month, but thanks to these websites it's more like 3-4 times a week. Hopefully they can inspire you to preheat your oven and clean off the ole' cutting board.



Budget Bytes

Budget Bytes specializes in cheap but tasty recipes that just about anyone can cook. A recipe website isn't usually noteworthy for me since I use a lot of recipes I find on the Internet, but never before have I used so many from a single website. In fact, in the past few weeks I've made ten recipes from Budget Bytes, all of which were delicious and easy (and usually very healthy). Each recipe breaks down the price per ingredient and per serving, and includes a series of visual instructions. These pictures help me a lot since I'm not always sure how much stirring, mincing, or chopping something needs. Another plus is that recipes frequently come in a series, making use of previous ingredients or recipes. This way your aren't buying specialty ingredients and only using them once. And every once and a while the website delves into interesting mixed drinks, another interest of mine.



Salt and Fat

If you're looking to get a little more technical and experienced in the art of cooking, then Salt and Fat should be your first destination. The website breaks down the simple but super important techniques every chef should know, usually by walking one through very simple, standard dishes like burgers or pancakes. But whats really great about the website is when they go beyond recipes to explore topics related to cooking, like food allergies, the science of cooking oils, and the importance of good, properly seasoned cast iron skillet. If you read this website and take just a little bit of its wisdom with you, it'll make you a much better cook. It's as simple as that.



The Dogs Breakfast

The Dogs Breakfast is almost entirely responsible for my friends and I getting together to cook the awesome brunch in the photo above. Like Salt and Fat, this website is definitely what you'd call a 'foodie' blog. I find it odd that some people use that term derogatively since I think the experience of cooking and eating good food with friends is one of the most genuinely enjoyable experiences out there. And that's pretty much what this blog is about. Some of the recipes are quite advanced, but I can say from experience that they're also quite delicious.



Food Porn Daily

Cooking may be rewarding in its own right, but sometimes you just want to...ahem...fantasize about awesome tasting food. Food Porn Daily highlights those dishes that look so incredibly appetizing that their mere image is enough to make one salivate. Careful, you may get sucked into this website for a lot longer than you'd think. (And yes, I realize you don't do much reading on this website)