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I am a food information junkie. I find I just need my fix. I subscribe to many home and food magazines including Cooking Light, Gourmet, Bon Appetit. I absolutely love Bon Appetit and to a slightly lesser extent Gourmet. If you find you love Bon Appetit or Gourmet then I highly recommend you check out Epicurious.comEpicurious is the place for all things food. This website is full of great recipes, instructional videos, links to other food sites, and the list goes on and on. If you want to find the latest in food then this is the site for you.
One of the features that I like best is the recipe box. Many of the food websites have these now and I think they are an excellent feature for saving and printing recipes. The great thing is once you set one up you can go back and review your saved recipes at any time.
The epicurious site pulls in all kinds of recipes, but most importantly the recipes you see in the Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines. So if you have the magazines and really want to try a recipe, but misplace the magazine, you have a chance to look it up on the web.
Another feature of this site that I really enjoy is the shop section. If you click on this section you will find it is broken down into many subsections. There is a baking section, a cookbook section, a coffee espresso section, etc. You can find many specialty ingredients you may not find elsewhere.
The definition section is great for those just starting out in the world of food. It’s very helpful to know the difference between a dice, a small dice, and mince.
Overall the site is very useful, if a little busy looking at times. The images are beautiful and the text is readable, even if it is a little small on the sidebars. It would be nice if they created a larger text version of the site for those with less than perfect vision.