Cooking and Recipes for the Holidays
Ruth T. Kinnersley
Western Kentucky University Libraries
November 16, 2000
1. Safety First!
- Food Safety - Gateway to
Government Food Safety Information
- General information about food safety from the U.S. Government.
Besides "safety alerts" about food safety problems, there is good
advice for safe handling of food under the section "Consumer Advice."
Special information for children, women, seniors, and persons
with immune diseases is available here as well.
- Fight Bac! - The Partnership
for Food Safety Education
- Includes holiday information.
2. Holidays: mostly Thanksgiving and Christmas
- Butterball
turkey
- -turkey preparation and cooking tips, the famous butterball
hotline, recipes, and more
- NewsChannel
5 Online Recipes in "Talk of the Town"
- Lists the recipes from "recent programs." (The recipes go back
to February, 1999.) Several programs in November and October focused
on Thanksgiving food ideas.
- P.
Allen Smith's Recipes
- The "from the Garden" guy has some good recipes on his web
site. Look at the following URL for the latest edition of his
newsletter, which contains great information and recipes for Thanksgiving.
http://www.pallensmith.com/newsletter/newsletter.html
I was particularly intrigued by the pumpkin pie history and decorating
ideas.
- Mr. Food
- "Ooh it's So Good!" The popular cook we see regularly on Channel
13 News has his own web site, with all those delicious recipes.
While you can only see the current month's recipes, there are
ideas for Thanksgiving leftovers and tips for carving a turkey
included, too.
- Holidays in "about.com"
- -most current holiday is listed, with all kinds of links to
information about the holiday, including recipes, culture &
history, entertainment & decor, games, and "how-to's"
- Great
Cooking
- Bruce Moffit, the creator of this web site, is a chef and gourmet
restaurant owner. The purpose of his site is 'to bring gourmet
restaurant experience directly into your kitchen." Besides a selection
of recipes for all types of dishes, there's a special "Holiday
recipes" section, along with "Kitchen safety." There's also cookbook
store and kitchen store links, for those of you who haven't yet
finished your holiday shopping.
- Merry Christmas
- A small, but nice, selection of recipes for Christmas goodies.
- Christmas cookies
- Besides the (extensive) recipe section, check out the cookie
exchange, where you can ask for specific recipes. Other people
will send responses to your request. You can also shop for cookbooks
and baking tools via a link to Amazon.com.
- Santa's Net Recipes
- Santa has collected recipes from all over the world, naturally.
Some use different ingredients and measurements that we in the
U.S. are used to.
- Christmas Time
Recipes
- Someone (don't know who) has collected Christmas recipes, software,
and music from the Internet and made it available here. The recipe
collection is not large, but it's nice, especially the appetizers
and drinks.
- 4Free
Christmas Holiday Recipes
- Besides recipes for Christmas cookies, beverages, desserts,
and meats, there are more recipe links, holiday tips, Christmas
screensavers, calendars.
3. Hanukkah and other Jewish holidays and/or cooking information
- Jewish
Cooking at Epicurious
- All kinds of jewish recipes, for holidays and every day.
- Jewish
Recipes and Resources at Kitchenlink.com
- A list of links to cookbooks and to other resources on the
Web.
- Recipes
database in Kosher Finder
- You enter keyword(s) to search in the recipe name, ingredients
list, or instructions. Additionally, you can select from a number
of recipes categories, such as appetizers, entrees, specialities,
etc. Besides recipes, Kosherfinder is your guide to all things
kosher on the web. Another food-related section is a Kosher restaurant
database, which is searchable by country, city, and keyword.
- Jewish.com - Food and
Recipes
- You can select recipes by category such as dairy, meat, parve/vegetarian,
soups, side dishes, desserts. Or you can select recipes by holiday,
such as Shabbat, High Holidays, Chanukah, Passover, etc. Recipes
are cross-listed, so they appear in every category for which they
are appropriate. There are also links to other food-related resources
on the web, particularly Kosherfinder.
- Jewish Food Mailing List
Archives
- You don't have to be a member of the mailing list to browse
through the recipes. In addition to the recipes from the list,
you will also find information on holiday menus, food preparation
techniques, cookbook resources, restaurant reviews, and kashruth
(kashrus) guidelines - the laws regarding kosher foods.
4. Recipe web sites
- Homearts
Recipefinder
- You enter terms for your recipe, but can also select from a
number of options: type of dish, main ingredients, type of cuisine,
source publication, speciality, complexity, calories, or preparation
time. There's also a link called "What's in my fridge" where you
can list the ingredients you have on hand, and the web site will
suggest recipes.
-
- Kitchen
Link
- This site is for those who have "a passion for food, cooking,
and recipe collecting." You can sign up for the Weekly Newsletter,
or peruse Today's Menu, the Recipe Archive, or Copycat Recipes.
Additionally, there are links to Amazon.com's cookbook and kitchen
tools pages. There's a little bit of everything for the kitchen
enthusiast.
- All Recipes
- All Recipes has a three search engines: one for recipes, one
for ingredients, and an "advanced search," which lets you pick
a specific section of the recipes to search in, along with keyword
searching. Those sections include such things as appetizers, main
dish, and holiday. The page provides a section with ideas for
saving time and money while cooking.
- The recipes in this web site have some really nice features.
Besides the basic recipe information, there are options to print
the recipe in 3x5" or 4x6" format, to add a shopping list, or
to convert the recipe to metric measurements. Recipes reviews
and notes are available, along with nutrition information.
- Other features include a recipe exchange, where you can enter
a request for a specific type of recipe, or you can respond to
someone else's request.
- The Food
Timeline
- This is a fun, educational site, with lots of links for the
various foods listed on the time line. Some links go to recipes,
others to information about the food. A great site for teachers.
- Minute Meals
- Fast food, but still home-cooked! There's a section for holiday
meals, too.
- Kentucky Cooking
- Besides recipes, there's information about Kentucky (and southern)
restaurants, cookbooks, and other resources. Many of the recipes
are provided by Kentuckiana cookbook authors. The "Quick links"
are great - they include a culinary glossary, a food dictionary,
and a cook's thesaurus, besides a link to the SOAR archive (also
listed in this guide).
- SOAR: Searchable
Online Archive of Recipes
- Over 70,000 recipes to search! No commercials, so sales, just
a simple search engine and lots of recipes.
- Meals.com
- As the name suggests, this site helps you plan complete meals,
not just find recipes for individual dishes (although you can
do that, too). You can sign up for your own Planning Center, where
you can create your own meal plans, grocery lists, and recipe
box. And with the magic of the Internet, these areas are linked
together, so that you can build your grocery list while you plan
your meals for the week. The Suggested Meals section gives meal
plans for week nights, weekends, or holidays. There's also a section
on "Features and Advice," and of course the Recipe Center.
- Top Secret Recipes
on the Web
- Identical to brand names! From Hard Rock Cafe® Homemade
Chicken Noodle Soup to Arby's® Bronco Berry® Sauce, there's
a new recipe every week. If you're looking for something in particular,
there's a message board where you can make your request. If you
love restaurant food and would like to cook it at home, you must
visit this site!
5. Brand Names:
Besides the sites listed below, you can easily search for a favorite
brand on the Internet. Go to a major search engine, such as Metacrawler
(http://www.metacrawler.com/)
and enter in the words for the brand you're looking for. If there's
more than one word, be sure to search it as a phrase.
- Home & Family's
food page
- Great links to a lot of "name brand" sites
Land O Lakes
McCormick & Company
M&M's
Nestle's
Bird's
Eye
- Betty Crocker
- Help with menu planning, and great recipes too!
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