Eating well is no longer an issue confined to the kitchen or the grocery store. Today, health-conscious cookers are turning to the web for help in researching, preparing and learning about food. Here are nine tasty sites, as compiled by TIME's Jeremy Caplan, to help you surf the web - the healthy way.
RECIPE SITES
Food Network
See how to replicate that tasty looking
stuff from the Food Network at home
Epicurious
An oldie but a goodie.
Classic site that covers not just recipes but techniques, tools and
tips.
Cooking For Engineers
This homemade site's innovative recipe design
lets you see both ingredients and how-to steps in simple, streamlined
grid
FOOD BLOGS
Saute Wednesday
A clean, simple take on everything
food, with great links to newspapers' food sections, food blogs, and all
the food news and links you can stomach
The Food Section
For those who
like reading about the food world nearly as much as they like eating,
this is a useful starting point
tastingmenu
Great restaurant
reviews in various cities, as well as colorful writing on good eats
FUN WITH FOOD
Cook's Illustrated
For serious foodies who want
scientifically proven recipes and a Consumer Reports-like approach to
food tools
Crash Test Kitchen
A fun take on amateur cooking from a
lively Australian duo
101cookbooks
Keeping up with the
recipe-writing world