Resources

I’ve found some really excellent cooking resources online that I turn to again and again. I will update this list as I find new resources, so check back often! [Updated June 13, 2010.]

Measurement Conversions

Veg World – How Much Does a Cup Weigh?

Science Made Simple – Metric Conversions

The Science of Cooking – Equivalents and Measures

Baking

A Yeasty Yarn: Profiles in Leavening

Allrecipes – Cake Pan Size Conversions

Using Instant Yeast

Fleischmann’s Yeast: Problem Solving

Joy of Baking

King Arthur Flour Baking Tips

The Art of Baking, Swans Down Cake Flour

Perfect Cheesecakes

Whole Foods: High Altitude Baking & Cooking

Wilton: Making Cakes (baking time, batter amounts, cake size guide, serving amounts)

Beverages

Wikipedia – Cocktails list

Gourmet Sleuth – Substitutes for Alcohol in Cooking

Canning

Step-by-Step Fresh Preserving of High-Acid Foods

Chocolate, Candy

Chocolate Affairs: Tempering

Chocolate Affairs: Chocolate vs Coating

Wikipedia – Candy

Cooking, General

Cooking with Dried Beans (NEW)

Food Network’s Encyclopedia

Epicurious – Seasonal Ingredient Map

Sustainable Table – Eat Seasonal

Wild Game Cooking Basics (NEW)

Food Newsletters

Cooking Light

Food & Wine Magazine

Epicurious

Everyday Food

EatingWell

Fine Cooking

Ghirardelli

Gourmet Magazine (sorely missed)

Saveur

Taste of Home

The Baker’s Catalogue

Allrecipes

Recipezaar

Food Network

Recipe Search

Foodily (NEW)

Project Foodie (NEW)

Helpful Kitchen Tips

Finewoodworking.com – Food-Safe Finishes (for cutting boards and butcher blocks)

Saveur – Seasoning a Cast Iron Skillet

Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides – Pesticide Load in 47 Fruits and Vegetables

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