Useful Links

If you landed here because of the CATS, just scroll down for them and enjoy!

Food and Ingredients – Shopping and Recipes

Zabar’s - Fabulous coffee, gift baskets, Kosher food and so much more.

Jessica’s Biscuit – Long before Amazon we got great cookbook deals here. We still do. Superb service.

King Arthur Flour – Everything for the baker, top dollar. Lots of good recipes.

White Lily Flour - The queen of the South. Low-protein flour for biscuits and pie crusts.

Penzey’s Spices – You need it, they probably have it. Good prices.

Nielsen-Massey Vanillas – My favorite extract. I also use their vanilla paste and powder. Recipes too.

Deb-El Just Whites – Powdered egg whites that whip like a dream. Here’s how to use it.

Saco Buttermilk Blend – How to store and use it, how much to use, plus recipes.

Perdue - All things poultry from Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Jennie-O Turkey – Lots of information and recipes.

Brisket archives @ Jewish food – Sheer heaven for us brisket sluts.

Pita Bread recipes - From Kangaroo. Appetizers and vegetarian included.

All Chocolate – Everything you want to know about chocolate and recipes too.

Cook’s.com - A big recipe database.

Eating Well – Healthy recipes and lifestyle.

Recipe Source – Formerly SOAR, the granddaddy of Internet recipe databases. Lots of ethnic.

Equipment

Chef’s Catalog – Wide selection, good prices.

Fante’s Kitchen Wares – From aspic cutters to zesters, huge selection of everything. Been around since 1906.

Kitchen Aid on eBay – A KA company store with great values.

NY Cake Supply – Formerly NY Cake & Baking, everything for cake and candy making. Decorating supplies too. Browse and shop online but orders must be placed by phone or fax.

Kuhn Rikon – Pressure cookers and recipes.

Williams-Sonoma – Top-notch equipment and recipes, top dollar.

America’s Test Kitchen – From Cook’s Illustrated, tied to the PBS show. Current season Equipment Corner results and recipes are free.

Outlet Bound - A searchable guide for outlet malls and stores.

Cookware Buying Guide – From Macy’s, but it’s good. Doesn’t favor any brand.

The From Scratch Store - At long last, I have a little store at Amazon! You’ll find hand-picked equipment, books, ingredients and more — all at the great prices we love from Amazon. I’d be tickled if you click on over and browse. Or to shop Amazon’s entire inventory, just click the banner. Thanks!

Reference and Problem Solving

The Cook’s Thesaurus – An encyclopedia, really. Everything about ingredients, including substitutions.

WinedIn – Which wine with which food? This simple-to-use site will help you.

Nutrition Data - Detailed nutrition facts and analysis for any food.

Food Safety – From the USDA.

Safe Food Handling – On the Perdue website.

When to toss spices – From McCormick. And if your McCormick label says Baltimore, it’s at least 15 years old. Bye!

Food Timeline – Food history going back to water and salt. Fascinating.

KitchenAid message boards - Help, ideas and recipes, buried in the KitchenAid website.

Beware the Salt Shockers – Sodium in foods we don’t think of as salty. From Web MD.

Charts and Reference – From Betty Crocker. Lots of how-to’s and solutions for those uh-oh moments.

The Metric Kitchen - To convert US recipes to metric.

Baking 911 – What went wrong with my cake?

Substitutes for Passover Baking – A good, concise source. The Parve Baker.

Substitutions in Chinese cooking – No oyster sauce? No lemongrass? No problem.

Substitutes for wine, alcohol and spirits – From the Gourmet Sleuth

Environmetal Working Group – Get the lowdown on organic produce.

Recipe Resizer – Make a small recipe big enough for a crowd and vice versa

Diversions

Tiffany - Well, why not?

Bloomingdale’s – See above.

Peace Prayers From Around the World – Multi-cultural and ecumenical.

Who’s Editing Wikipedia? – See it in (almost) real time. Great time waster!

Gawker - Gossip, snark and a little news, often in the same sentence. Some profanity.

Playa Cofi – Online jukebox with hits from the 1940’s through the 1980s.

Cheddar Cam – Watch a wheel of English Cheddar age. 1.25 1.5 million hits and counting.

Stuff on my Cat – That’s what the pictures show. Often funny.

I Can Has Cheezburger? – lolcats.

The Daily Puppy - Canine cuteness.

Stuff on my Mutt – Newish sister site to Stuff on my Cat.

Just Goldens – Golden Retriever photoblog. Awww…how cute!

Kiss This Guy – The archive of mis-heard lyrics. (”Excuse me while I kiss this guy.”) Has been around forever and just gets better with time.

Web Sudoku – Play on line. Kiss your free time goodbye.

Button Generator – Make a free button for your website.

How Observant Are You? – Take this quick quiz and find out.