| The hunt for free online recipes is one we've all been | | | | America," although you'll usually have to root around a |
| on at one time or another. With so much content on | | | | bit to find them. |
| the Internet, it just makes sense to look for what you | | | | Corporate sites: It just makes sense for food |
| need online, rather than going the old route of buying a | | | | manufacturers to have recipes for their products on |
| cookbook. | | | | their Web sites. Of course, you're going to have |
| And there is a ton of material out there! The "big three" | | | | product plugs as part of the content, but if you're in |
| recipe sites alone, AllRecipes, and Cooks.com, contain | | | | search of the old standby chicken and mushroom |
| more aggregated recipes than a whole library of | | | | soup casserole recipe for free online, you're pretty |
| cookbooks rolled together. While some of their content | | | | much going to accept the Campbell's version, right? |
| is only available by subscription, and they are pretty | | | | Clubs and fan pages: This can be the true gold mine |
| heavy on the ads and on product promotions, they're a | | | | for those who are willing to do a bit of searching. |
| good backstop for your quick recipe searches. | | | | Every food-related show has at least one fan page, |
| If you're looking for something truly special, though, you | | | | and many of them are hugely valuable when it comes |
| might want to cast your net a bid wider. You'd be | | | | to recipes. Of course you'll get the recipes from the |
| amazed at how many sites include recipes as part of | | | | shows, but anytime you get a group of foodies |
| their content. | | | | together you're also going to get their own "home" |
| Cable channels: You'd expect recipe content from | | | | recipes and other concoctions. If they have a |
| Food Network, of course, but sites like Discovery and | | | | message board, you can also post there and ask for |
| Travel Channel will occasionally have searchable | | | | help finding what you want. |
| recipe content. The big four TV networks, especially | | | | The search for free online recipes doesn't have to |
| ABC and NBC, have good recipe databases attached | | | | lead you down the same road every time. Go |
| to their morning shows, "Today" and "Good Morning | | | | exploring! |