Sites Reviewed

 

Personal Comments and Ratings

Lipton Recipe Secrets

Great site has it just about all a cook could want. The Lipton Secrets site displays a picture story demonstration that is really cool. They also provide useful with monthly articles, fast recipe search options, recipe of the week postings, new recipe updates, Lipton cook off competition details, and a optional comments board. If you are interested there is even a cozy recipe-sharing circle on-line. Overall a good site. Not a fancy page, but a useful one. *****

Campbell's Kitchen

This is a good informative site in an easy to understand setting. A great place to get a quick, overview of the company of Campbell's and what they have to offer. Featured are exclusive Campbell's recipes. along with a history of Campbell's. Site offers information on new products, contests, support help for their labels for education program, financial reports, stock updates, and even an on-line shop for Campbell's collectibles. A downside to this page is that some of the sections are incomplete at this time; however, this site is very well organized and is consistent in use of layout and design. This site is put together by the company of Campbell's, which is promoting their company and it's products. ****

Natural Cooking

Natural Land has an abundance of information, but it is kind of cluttered and not pleasing to the eye. It takes a little time to get to the information, but has good content. Some departments include preventative and healing foods, cooking with soy, home and holiday cooking and much more. Also offered are excellent top news stories that are related to nutrition, weight loss, herbs, health, fitness, gardening, veggies, and more. The Natural Land site is put together by a group of people, who appear to be a non-profit organization aiming to promote use of natural products for health and cooking. ***

Home Canning

Wonderful site and very useful if you are interested in canning foods. Offers a step-by step detailed "recipe" on how to can. They offer recipes and even an online canning products store, which sells jars, lids, etc. Also in this site is a neat newsletter, with great articles available to read or browse. Site is affiliated with Alltrista consumer products company. *****

Betty Crocker

This site has an abundance of good information, and it all catches the eye, which gets a bit confusing. I had a hard time deciding where I wanted to go and when. Graphics appear fuzzy, but this is unimportant if you take into consideration all of the helpful tips and info on this site. Recipes, including create your own are located here. There is an on-line catalog for easy shopping, products, coupons, and advice from Betty. A great site if you want to get to know Betty. ****

Cooking Light

This site can be very useful for those looking to cut back on the calories and fat. Cooking Light deals has information on healthy living and cooking. They have a recipe finder, store and more. This site appears a bit crammed but has good information if you can sort through it. A good site. ****

Veggies Unite

An intriguing site on vegetarian foods; however, the mix of fonts and colors aren't very appetizing. They do have a great recipe listing of all the groups. Wonderful place if you are a vegetarian or looking to try and want a support group or help. They have much to offer. Great information but the sites design needs a little help. ****

Great Chefs

This site offers a collage of information. The advertisements and array of colors are a bit distracting. However, these guys are great chefs and they do have fabulous recipes. A good site if you are interested in cooking a gourmet dinner. ***

Food Tv

The Food Network site is a bit overwhelming. The just have too much information and links for me. Also, the font is small and non-serifed, which is challenge to read. However, if you do have the time to sort through the information, there is a lot of good stuff here. They offer on-line video demonstrations, recipe and menu search, and much more. Great site but be careful, because you could spend a while with all of the great recipe and cooking related information they give. ***

Light

This is a small and simple site with just a little bit on low fat foods. Offers a tip of the day, recipe of the week. Site so small that they just don't have a lot of information. Good stuff on it's way though like Kids Cooking Corner. Nice if you like simple things in life. ***