| The hunt for free online recipes is one we've | | | | them.Corporate sites: It just makes sense for |
| all been on at one time or another. With so | | | | food manufacturers to have recipes for their |
| much content on the Internet, it just makes | | | | products on their Web sites. Of course, |
| sense to look for what you need online, | | | | you're going to have product plugs as part of |
| rather than going the old route of buying a | | | | the content, but if you're in search of the |
| cookbook.And there is a ton of material out | | | | old standby chicken and mushroom soup |
| there! The "big three" recipe sites alone, | | | | casserole recipe for free online, you're |
| AllRecipes, and Cooks.com, contain more | | | | pretty much going to accept the Campbell's |
| aggregated recipes than a whole library of | | | | version, right?Clubs and fan pages: This can |
| cookbooks rolled together. While some of | | | | be the true gold mine for those who are |
| their content is only available by | | | | willing to do a bit of searching. Every |
| subscription, and they are pretty heavy on | | | | food-related show has at least one fan page, |
| the ads and on product promotions, they're a | | | | and many of them are hugely valuable when it |
| good backstop for your quick recipe | | | | comes to recipes. Of course you'll get the |
| searches.If you're looking for something | | | | recipes from the shows, but anytime you get a |
| truly special, though, you might want to cast | | | | group of foodies together you're also going |
| your net a bid wider. You'd be amazed at how | | | | to get their own "home" recipes and other |
| many sites include recipes as part of their | | | | concoctions. If they have a message board, |
| content.Cable channels: You'd expect recipe | | | | you can also post there and ask for help |
| content from Food Network, of course, but | | | | finding what you want.The search for free |
| sites like Discovery and Travel Channel will | | | | online recipes doesn't have to lead you down |
| occasionally have searchable recipe content. | | | | the same road every time. Go exploring!Ann |
| The big four TV networks, especially ABC and | | | | Marie Krause has been making cookies for over |
| NBC, have good recipe databases attached to | | | | 30 years, at persent I am retired, for over |
| their morning shows, "Today" and "Good | | | | 23 years I owned a Gourmet Bakery called The |
| Morning America," although you'll usually | | | | Cheese Confectioner. |
| have to root around a bit to find | | | | |