Cuisine: Food and Drink

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Food and Drink, generally | Food, Types of | Beer | Wine | Hard Liquor and Cocktails | Coffee | Other Noshes

Food and Drink, generally

• All Recipes
• Cook's Thesaurus - Food dictionary with suggested substitutions [foodsubs.com / switcheroo.com]
• Epicurious
• Food Network
• GourmetSpot
• Recipe Engine - Searches various recipe sources (a custom search engine from librarian Camille Cloutier)
• RecipeSource
• Boston Cooking-School Cook Book - (aka Fannie Farmer's), 1918 ed. (Bartleby)

Restaurant Guides

• Chow - Including the Chowhound discussion boards
• UrbanSpoon

Food, Types of

Eating Local:

• Local Food Directory - Farmer's markets, CSAs, and other sources of local food (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
• Local Harvest - Find farmers' markets, community supported agriculture (CSA), etc. near you

Ethnic Cuisine:

• Eat Jamaican.com - Find Jamaican restaurants all over the world

Healthful Eating:

• Cooking Light

Kosher Food:

• Kosher.com - Recipes, etc.

Leftovers:

• StillTasty - "Your ultimate shelf life guide"

Seafood:

• Seafood Watch - Make seafood choices that are good for you and good for the oceans (Monterey Bay Aquarium)
• Mercury Contamination in Fish - A guide to types of fish that are OK and those to avoid (Natural Resources Defense Council)

Acquired Tastes:

• In Praise of Sardines - About gourmet eating in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as those tasty little fish
• Licorice International - Black licorice, that is

Drink

Beer:

• All About Beer - Beer magazine
• Beer Advocate
• The Beer Geek - Beer travel recommendations from a couple of beer geeks
• Beer Hunter - By beer maven Michael Jackson
• Beer Me! by dedicated beer taster Richard Steuven (formerly Beer is My Life)
• PubCrawler - Includes users' reviews
• Rate Beer - Find beer ratings, add your own
• Real Beer Page
• Taphunter - Find your favorite beers at bars, restaurants, tasting rooms, and bottle shops. Available as an app.
• Virtual Library: Beer and Brewing

California Beer:

• The Ultimate NorCal Brewey Map (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Celebrator - Chronicle of the West Coast beer scene
• San Francisco Brewers Guild - Get a map of brewpubs in the city and find out about special events
• West Coaster - San Diego craft beer news
• Mendocino Brewing, Hopland, California

Oregon Beer:

• Oregon Brewers Guild - Find small breweries in Oregon

British and Irish Beer:

• Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) - Heroes of British beer
• Pub Explorer
• Index of Guides to Real Ale on the Web
• Fancy a Pint? the guide to London pubs
• Guinness FAQ

Wine:

• Wine Lovers' Page
• Wine Spectator (free registration)

Hard Liquor and Cocktails:

• Cocktail Times
• International Bartenders Association (IBA) Official Cocktails - with recipes
• There Will Be Bourbon

Coffee:

• Indie Coffee Shops - Find (and support) independent coffee places; you can even specify whether you want WiFi
• Peet's Coffee and Tea - If you must go to a chain coffee place, this is the one to go to

Other Noshes

• Dagoba Organic Chocolate
• Behold the Psychic Burrito - It's back: the burrito test that was a highlight of the early Web
• Noah's Bagels