Cooking Tools

1. All Recipes.com
2. Calorie Calculator (information on counting calories and calculating fat in your diet)
3. Chef2Chef Culinary Portal (for food service and hospitality professionals: schools, jobs, directories)
4. Cooking Calculators and Conversions
5. Cooking Glossary
6. Cook's Thesaurus (cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools, including pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations and suggested substitutes)
7. Culinary Café
8. Epicurious -The Taste of the Web
9. Find a Colorado Farmers' Market (CFMA Member Markets)
10. Food Dictionary, Culinary Terms & Cooking Definitions
11. How To Cook / Cooking 101 Guide (from How Stuff Works - includes basic cooking information, how-to guides and tips & advice)
12. Ingredient Substitutions (for cooking and baking)
13. The Enspicelopedia (an encyclopedia of spices)
14. TV and Radio Cooking Shows

En Espanol

1. Deportes y ocio (Yahoo's Spanish-language website information on cooking and recipes)
2. Nutricion En La Internet - Edicion Joven
3. Recetas.net (La mayor coleccion de recetas)

Food Banks / Food Assistance Programs

1. Care and Share Food Bank (Southern Colorado)
2. Colorado Springs Ecumenical Social Ministries (emergency food pantry)
3. Feeding America (formerly named America's Second Harvest)
4. Food Assistance Programs from El Paso County
5. SHARE Colorado (purchase groceries at a discounted price - anyone is eligible)
6. The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)

Food Facts

1. Food History (many links to various food history topics)
2. Food Routes - Where Does Your Food Come From? (includes local food sources)
3. Food Timeline (history of foods 17,000 B.C. - 1990s, with recipes)
4. HEARTH: Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, and History 1850-1950
5. History and Legends of Favorite Foods
6. Not By Bread Alone - America's Culinary Heritage
7. Science of Cooking (the science behind food and cooking: recipes, activities, history and culture)

Food Safety

1. Food Safety.gov (gateway to Government Food Safety Information)
2. High-Altitude Cooking and Food Safety
3. U.S. Food & Drug Administration (includes information on food safety, dietary supplement information, labeling & nutrition, and more)

High-Altitude Cooking

1. High-Altitude Baking (Epicurious)
2. High-Altitude Cooking - recipes, tips, articles, resources and information
3. High-Altitude Cooking and Food Safety
4. High-Altitude Food Preparation Guide (cooking, canning, freezing, baking, etc., from CSU)

Nutrition

1. Ask the Dietitian
2. Dietary Supplements (USDA - general information about dietary and nutrition supplements)
3. Dietfacts.com (nutrition information for many foods, brands, and restaurants)
4. Food & Nutrition Information Center (USDA)
5. My Pyramid.gov (assess food intake and physical activity; choose foods and amounts based on age, sex and activity level)
6. National Nutrient Database (up to 117 nutrients-carbs, calories, vitamins, etc.- for more than 6000 food items)
7. Nutricion En La Internet - Edicion Joven
8. Nutrition on the Web -- for Teens
9. Nutrition.gov (federal govt. info. on nutrition, food allergies, safety, health, diet)
10. Smart Mouth (interactive site helps children learn about nutrition: recipes, articles, video clips and games)

Recipes - Ethnic and Regional

1. Ethnic and Regional Recipes (from around the world)
2. Global Gourmet (international, regional, and country recipes)
3. GourmetSpot (ethnic, healthy, kosher, vegetarian, restaurant recipes; beverages, foods, tools)
4. Recipe Source (ethnic cuisine broken down by region and ethnic group)
5. Yum Yum.com

Recipes - General

1. All Recipes.com
2. Back of the Box Recipes
3. Bed and Breakfast Inns Online -- Innkeeper Cookbooks
4. Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (includes 1,849 recipes from the 1918 edition authored by Fannie Farmer)
5. Chef2Chef Culinary Portal (for food service and hospitality professionals: schools, jobs, directories)
6. Cook It Quick - helping you prepare healthy foods in a hurry
7. Cookstr (collection of recipes from chefs and cookbook authors)
8. Culinary Café
9. Easy Gourmet Recipes
10. Epicurious -The Taste of the Web
11. Food Network (recipes, menus, tips, TV shows and schedules)
12. GourmetSpot (ethnic, healthy, kosher, vegetarian, restaurant recipes; beverages, foods, tools)
13. Holidays & Parties from the Food Network
14. Internet Chef Recipes
15. Jar Mix and Gift Recipes
16. Recipe Goldmine
17. Recipe Link (recipes, tips, forums, etc.)
18. Recipes Guide (from How Stuff Works)
19. Recipezaar - 214,000 recipes; search by ingredient, cuisine, special diet, occasion, etc.
20. Science of Cooking (the science behind food and cooking: recipes, activities, history and culture)
21. Smoothies (recipes for blended fruit drinks)
22. Yum Yum.com

Recipes - Special Diet

1. Cooking Allergy Free (free membership)
2. Diabetic Gourmet Recipe Archive
3. Diabetic Recipes (from Diabetic Gourmet Magazine)
4. Gluten-Free Recipes (from Celiac Sprue Association)
5. GourmetSpot (ethnic, healthy, kosher, vegetarian, restaurant recipes; beverages, foods, tools)
6. My Food Advisor (from the American Diabetes Association - provides recipes and meal planners)
7. Nutritious Recipes for Special Diets (from Taste of Home)
8. Recipe Goldmine
9. Shake Off the Sugar (low carb, low glycemic diet recipes, articles, tips, and information)
10. Special Diets Recipe Collection (from Cooksrecipes.com)

Recipes - Vegetarian / Vegan

1. GourmetSpot (ethnic, healthy, kosher, vegetarian, restaurant recipes; beverages, foods, tools)
2. Nutrition and Food Web Archive - Vegan Recipes (provides list of websites that offer vegan recipes)
3. Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes (from the Vegetarian Resource Group)
4. Vegan Recipes (from AllRecipes.com)
5. Vegetarian Nutrition (from USDA - learn about different types of vegetarianism, nutrients of concern, how to plan a healthy diet, and find recipes)
6. Vegetarian Recipes (from AllRecipes.com)
7. Vegweb.com

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