Description

The recipe collection has a good search engine allowing you to find something to make with the half and half, the mustard and the green beans that are in your refrigerator, or figure out a meal for your vegan friend who is allergic to nuts, or make a brisket as good as your Aunt Betty used to.

There are a few sites that also do this, but the value added part of Epicurious is the reviews of the people who have tried the recipes. Have you tried a recipe from a magazine and had it come out too watery, or too spicy, or just bland? The reviewers will tell you to add 6 cups of water, not 8, one chili, not two and to drop in a teaspoon of cumin and some mushrooms.

If you register, you can keep a "recipe box" and collect recipes that sound good, or ones you've tried and want to make again.

The site also has forums for discussing restaurants, wine and so on, as well as feature articles from Conde Nast food magazines, and a pretty good food dictionary so you can figure out what the heck your snotty friend meant by Maldon salt, but I keep coming back for the recipe files.

Updated Dec 20, 2006