Write your abstract here.PART I - Web serves up tasty sites for food lovers.By Reed Stevenson.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Finding fellow gourmands, good
restaurants and exotic dishes is becoming easier on the
Internet, as Web sites focused on eating well and discovering
new flavors become must-have destinations for food lovers.
Recipes have long been available on the Internet at Web
sites such as Allrecipes (www.allrecipes.com), but now new
places are popping up showing people where and what to eat with
rich descriptions and mouth-watering pictures of food.
Slashfood (www.slashfood.com) is one such destination,
gathering anything and everything to do with food and eating.
Recipes only appear on the site if they are unique or offer a
twist on an existing dish. By Reed Stevenson
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Finding fellow gourmands, good
restaurants and exotic dishes is becoming easier on the
Internet, as Web sites focused on eating well and discovering
new flavors become must-have destinations for food lovers.
Recipes have long been available on the Internet at Web
sites such as Allrecipes (www.allrecipes.com), but now new
places are popping up showing people where and what to eat with
rich descriptions and mouth-watering pictures of food.
Slashfood (www.slashfood.com) is one such destination,
gathering anything and everything to do with food and eating.
Recipes only appear on the site if they are unique or offer a
twist on an existing dish. By Reed Stevenson
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Finding fellow gourmands, good
restaurants and exotic dishes is becoming easier on the
Internet, as Web sites focused on eating well and discovering
new flavors become must-have destinations for food lovers.
Recipes have long been available on the Internet at Web
sites such as Allrecipes (www.allrecipes.com), but now new
places are popping up showing people where and what to eat with
rich descriptions and mouth-watering pictures of food.
Slashfood (www.slashfood.com) is one such destination,
gathering anything and everything to do with food and eating.
Recipes only appear on the site if they are unique or offer a
twist on an existing dish.
Typical, recent postings at Slashfood reflect its eclectic
culture: "A turkey that can go straight from the freezer to the
oven," "Yup, it''s another beef recall" and "A tale of two
pastry blenders"
"Everyone is a critic," said Jane Goldman, Lifestyle Editor
at CNET Networks Inc <CNET.O>. "People photographing and
talking about their food experiences is very different from the
days when reviewers had the only say on food experiences."
CNET brought together Chow magazine, which Goldman had run,
and the food-obsessed online forum Chowhounds into a single
destination (www.chow.com) that offers recipes, restaurants,
and tips such as "How to open a bottle of champagne."
The Chowhound message board also lives on at the site,
retaining most of its word-of-mouth flavor as a place for
people to find and share information on restaurants and
eateries that haven''t yet been discovered by mainstream
reviewers.
"There was no medium that addressed the subject with
energy, life and gusto," Goldman said. "Food was either a
domestic chore or an elite epicurean hobby."
A good example of this shift in food culture can be found
at "The Pioneer Woman''s" Web site
(www.thepioneerwomancooks.com) which has attracted a following
with decadent, butter-laden Americhes such as "Beans and
Cornbread," "Marlboro Man''s Favorite Sandwich" and "Peach Crisp
with Maple Cream Sauce. Brace Yourselves, People."
"I''m teaching people to embrace gravy and to embrace the
pot roast," said Ree, who would not give her last name, but
described herself as "food snob" from the city who married a
cattle rancher and took to country cooking with religious
gusto.
Ree''s recipe postings aren''t merely instructions and a list
of ingredients. Because of limited space, please read continuation in PART II - Web serves up tasty sites for food lovers.