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Science of Cooking Discover how a pinch of curiosity can improve your cooking! Explore recipes, activities, and Webcasts that will enhance your understanding of the science behind food and cooking. See what's hot...

http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/index.html

How To Modify A Recipe

Fact sheet proposing a few ways to decrease the amount of fat, calories, sugar, and salt in recipes.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5543.html

Azcentral.com : Cooking 101

Tutorial series features basic lessons that include kitchen organization, basic nutrition, food safety and preparation.

http://www.azcentral.com/home/food/cooking101/

The Repertoire

Gourmet portal features recipes, message boards, chat, and links.

http://www.therepertoire.com/

Chef Paul Prudhomme

Tips and tricks of cooking.

http://www.chefpaul.com/tips.html

Mortar and Pestle (Molcajete) from GourmetSleuth

A brief history, description, types and uses this tool, including photographs and recipes such as pistou, guacamole, and salsa.

http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/mortarpestle.htm

Smart Cook

Find message board, tips, recipes, and information on nutrition.

http://www.geocities.com/smartcook

Thrifty Living - Substitutions: Flavorings

List of substitutions, using other ingredients normally found in a kitchen.

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/thriftyliving/tl-flavorings.html

Busy Cooks

Cooking information, methods, organization, and tips, provided by About.com.

http://busycooks.about.com/bltoc.htm

Aki's Kitchen

Offers recipes, advice for cooks such as recipe management, how ingredients work, techniques, tips, and which tools are necessary for any home cook.

http://www.akiskitchen.ca/

About Chocolate

Techniques on how to cook with chocolate, recipes, shopping information, articles.

http://chocolate.allinfo-about.com

Roasting Guide

Interactive guide helps cooks determine how long to cook ham, poultry, lamb, beef and chicken, at Better Homes and Gardens..

http://www.bhg.com/default.sph/roasting_guide.class

Culinary Q&A from Suite101.com

Answers to your questions about entertaining, cooking, recipes, and food.

http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/food

Recipe Q and A

Volunteer Chefs available to provide answers to nearly any cooking inquiry. A brief description of their field of expertise is listed to enable the user to ask the question to the appropriate chef.

http://www.allexperts.com/browse.asp?Meta=2

Everyday Cook Glossary

Large selection of cooking terms presented.

http://www.everydaycook.com/recipebox/glossary.htm

Ask a Chef

Ask a professional chef for recipes, and food related questions, as well as cooking tips and restaurant based information.

http://www.geocities.com/jomel147/

Cook's Tools

Charts for measurement conversion, quantities and yields, common substitutions, candy making, can sizes, and roasting. From About.com.

http://southernfood.about.com/library/info/blcooks.htm

Cooking With The Seasons from suite101.com

Information about seasonal foods, including history of a food item, how to choose it in the store, and how to store it.

http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/cooking_with_the_seasons

The Basics from suite101.com

Offers articles, forums, and links related towards basic tips and advice.

http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/cooking_basics

The Saute Network

Food preparation techniques.

http://www.saute.net/

Metric Conversions from GourmetSleuth

Conversion chart from American measurements to Metric.

http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/conversions.htm

Roasting Timetable from GourmetSleuth

Chart for beef, veal, lamb, pork, and poultry.

http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/timetable.htm

Nutrition and Learning Resource List

United States Department of Agriculture listing of publications pertaining to diet and education information.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/service/learnpub.htm

Cookery Online

Provides free information and resources on food, cookery and the hospitality industry. Includes recipes, know-how, and cooking tips and knowledge.

http://www.cookeryonline.com/

SoYouWanna Stock Your Kitchen?

This full-length article discusses kitchen needs.

http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/kitchen/kitchen.html

Guide to Home Cooking

Information, food features cover history, usage, and many recipes for individual foods, cooking methods, and appliances, at About.com..

http://homecooking.about.com/

The Reluctant Gourmet

Guide for novices that includes recipes, techniques, and tips. Also features links to related sites.

http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/

3Men With Nothing Better To Do

Techniques and recipes of barbecue, smoking, making sausage, jerky, and bacon, competition cooking, South African cooking, and roasting large animals.

http://www.3men.com/

ABC's of Cooking

Offers tips for beginners, recipes and menus for home entertaining. Includes information on the preparation of appetizers, bread, barbeque, fish, pasta, and vegetables.

http://www.tasteofamerica.com/abcpage.html

Basics of Cooking Lessons

Features articles for beginners by Linda Larsen. Topics include information on following recipes, baking, food safety, meal planning and nutrition.

http://busycooks.about.com/library/lessons/bllessonseries.htm

Frugal Cooking Tutorials

Features lessons on bread baking and on the preparation of pasta sauce.

http://www.frugalcooking.com/tutorials/tutorials.htm

GourmetSpot.com - Cooking Tutorials

Article features links to information on basic skills and hints for the kitchen.

http://www.gourmetspot.com/features/cookingtutorials.htm

CSU Cooperative Extension Resource Center - High Altitude Food Preparation Guide

At altitudes above 3,000 feet preparation of food may require changes in time, temperature or recipe. Here is some advice.