News 2007

King of the Grill
May 15, 2007
“Smolnik says it eases the day’s stresses to come home and put some meat on the grill, a casserole in the oven, some water on to boil for pasta or to create a sinful ice cream cake for a special occasion (which he says is pretty much the extent of his dessert making)... Favorite cookbook or other food reference? ‘Allrecipes.com and my mother.’ ”

World Really Is at Your Fingertips
May 6, 2007
“More and more I find myself using the Internet everyday and wondering how in the world I lived without this vast universe. When the grocery store ran a sale on flank steak last week, I didn’t even hesitate to pick up a nice slab of meat despite the fact that I had no idea what a flank steak was, how to cook it or what it should taste like. Once home, I popped up www.allrecipes.com and found a flank steak recipe. I served my family a delicious meal of beef stuffed with grated carrots and spinach. The taste was excellent.”

Supermarket Shopper: Refine Recipes on the Web
April 25, 2007
“One of the sites I like is www.allrecipes.com. The site is made up solely of recipes submitted by its site users (more than 40,000 recipes). It lists recipes in order of popularity among users as determined by reviews and ratings. I like that feature because it guarantees that the recipe is tested, so I won’t waste my money buying ingredients for an untested cookbook recipe...Another Allrecipes.com feature I like is that you can scale each recipe to make the exact number of portions needed. Since USDA statistics report that 5 to 20 percent of the average American household’s grocery spending ends up as wasted food or unused leftovers, customizing recipe sizes could save money by avoiding wasting food. This feature is also helpful for controlling portion sizes if that is a concern...Because I like to know whether or not a recipe is healthy, I also prefer the Allrecipes.com site because every recipe lists its specific nutrition information. Not all recipe sites provided the nutrition information for their recipes...I also like to plan my meals around what is on sale at my store each week. For example, this week boneless pork loin is selling for half price, so I simply entered the term “pork loin” in the search box at Allrecipes.com. It instantly listed several recipes in order of popularity.”

Find Fresh Veggie Info Online
April 11, 2007
“Spring signals the start of better, fresher produce. That’s good for those of us trying to eat more fruits and vegetables, which, of course, health experts recommend...Check out one of our favorite recipe sites, such as Allrecipes.com.”

Grandma Would Be Tickled Purple
April 8, 2007
“I should mention that this is actually my grandmother’s recipe. And that she did not like to cook. And that her pickled eggs tasted kind of metallic from the canned beet juice she used…She would have laughed incredulously at some of the more elaborate recipes I found online last week, versions that called for fancy ingredients such as cider vinegar and brown sugar (at Cooks.com), or 12 whole cloves and sliced fresh ginger (at Allrecipes.com).”

International Holiday; In Lithuania, London or Loveland, Easter Dishes Serve a World of Diversity
April 4, 2007
“There’s something tempting about the global food map on Easter. Picture an English child waiting for hot cross buns to come out of the oven, a family in Italy dining on roast lamb, a picnic in Mexico...We spanned the globe for the tastiest Easter food traditions. Here are just a few...Source: Allrecipes.com.”

Tired of the Same Old Easter Dinner? Smoke It Up
March 29, 2007
“What follows are some traditional recipes we found on the Internet that’ll look right at home on your Easter dinner table, and hopefully taste just as good as they look...Place eggs in a pot of salted water. Bring the water to a boil, and let eggs cook in boiling water until they are hard boiled, approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Drain eggs, and let cool. Cut eggs in half, lengthwise. Remove the egg yolks and mash them together in a small mixing bowl. Mix in the paprika, mayonnaise and dry mustard. Spoon mixture into the egg shells, cool and serve.”

Coming Out of Their Shells: Easter Egg Dishes Go Way Beyond Salad
March 28, 2007
“You could prepare egg salad or deviled eggs, but standard-issue egg salad is tough to make interesting, and deviled eggs, for all their absolute appeal, are fussy creatures requiring careful spooning or a pastry bag.But don’t pitch those hard-boiled beauties. Other options exist...Cory Vicens, culinary director of Allrecipes.com, suggested breakfast pizzas—hard-boiled egg and cheese-topped English muffins you toast under the broiler.”

With Easter Near, Book of Egg Projects is Made to Order Leftovers
March 28, 2007
“With Easter approaching, you may be planning to hard-boil eggs for dyeing. A Web site—www.allrecipes.com—includes a video showing how to hard-boil perfect eggs. Go to the site, look to the left for the label Popular Advice and click on the link for How-To Videos.”

Democracy at the Stove
March 28, 2007
“Seeing what other home cooks thought of a recipe and how they adapted it is one of the democratic benefits of Web sites such as Allrecipes.com (“For Orange Zest, Substitute Kool-Aid,” March 21). I prefer to read such comments before making a dish; if most people write, for example, that more baking soda is needed, it would be stupid of me to ignore that.”

Survive St. Patrick’s Day? It’s Time for More Serious Matters
March 22, 2007
“I checked Allrecipes.com, which has always come through for me...”

Peeps for the Peeps: Now in New Colors
March 21, 2007
“...want to make your own Peeps and experience the goodness of a homemade treat? Here’s a recipe for marshmallow chicks from Allrecipes.com with step by step instructions and photos. It will probably take you more than six minutes, but making these for your friends and family should make you their Chief Peep for years to come.”

For Orange Zest, Substitute Kool Aid
March 21, 2007
“Poke around at Allrecipes.com, as several million curious home cooks do each month, and you might stumble upon a recipe... Until recently, recipe tweaks and adaptations took place in the privacy of the kitchen. Not anymore. Cooking Web sites including epicurious.com, recipezaar.com and Allrecipes.com (which had unique visitors in February 2007 of roughly 2.4 million, 2.5 million, and 5 million respectively, according to Nielsen/NetRatings) reveal that the urge for cooks to make a dish their own is widespread and passionate.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Having a Pat party?: A bevy of recipes to entice your guests
March 14, 2007
“Get the party started with our cocktail, which was the winner of the national Bailey’s Drinkable Desserts Challenge. Or stick with the classics and try our traditional Irish soda bread or how about the homey corned beef and cabbage casserole? The grand finale is a dessert, yummy Bailey’s cake. For a new way to combine corned beef and cabbage, try this easy corned beef and cabbage casserole from www.allrecipes.com.”

No wheat? No way! Gourmet without gluten
March 7, 2007
“For some, being unable to eat fried catfish, macaroni and cheese, pastrami on rye or chicken barley soup borders on truly bad news. For millions of Americans, however, eating those foods is actually dangerous. They are living with celiac disease, which means that anything with gluten—wheat, barley, rye or oats—wreaks havoc with the body... This is an easy-to-do recipe from the gluten-free section on allrecipes.com—one that can be assembled on Sunday for cooking on Monday.”

Journal-World

Internet helpful source for healthy, easy recipes
March 7, 2007
“Alice Hennaman, registered dietician and educator with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Service, has provided some suggestions to get you started in finding recipes that both taste good and are good for you and your family. Here are six sites that are simple to use and provide easy-to-prepare recipes made from ordinary ingredients you’re likely to have in your kitchen... www.allrecipes.com.”

Give me comfort food
March 7, 2007
“Can’t speak for you, but we certainly are ready for spring, and we need something hot, something comforting, to get us through these final days of winter... If you have to have one recipe in your comfort food repertoire, though, we vote for macaroni and cheese. You can pick a recipe to suit your hankering at allrecipes.com...”

Chicago Tribune

Prizes and glory spur competitive cooks to create that winning recipe
February 28, 2007
“It might be the most honeyed phrase a home cook can hear: ‘This [your recipe here] tastes like a million bucks!’ If it won the Pillsbury Bake-Off, it would taste like a million bucks, because that’s the grand prize... But wait! That’s not all!... $5,000 from the Mushroom Council! $10,000 from AllRecipes.com!”

Arizona Daily Star

Mini-meatloafs provide taste and portion control
February 28, 2007
“Winter is prime time for comfort food, an online survey says. The ultimate comfort foods are homey favorites like meatloaf and macaroni and cheese, according to 61 percent of people polled by Allrecipes.com.”

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Fish for Lent; demand for seafood rises with religious season
February 21, 2007
“For many Christians, the season of Lent marks a time for reflection and preparation for Easter. In the Catholic, Episcopal and some other Christian traditions, this includes avoiding meat today and each Friday during Lent. Eating fish is permitted, however, giving the season a certain culinary focus. Recipes: Broiled Tilapia Parmesan... Source: www.allrecipes.com.”

Red-Carpet Revelry: Award your best supporting players with an Oscar-night soiree
February 16, 2007
“Ok, you can’t actually win an Academy Award for throwing a killer Oscar party, but at least you’ll be a star among your friends. Really, your get-together doesn’t have to be a big production. Then again, it could be. Here are some ideas... Allrecipes.com offers several ideas for each Best Picture nominee. A menu inspired by ‘Little Miss Sunshine,’ for instance, could include Olive Lover’s Dip, Sunshine Chicken and Screaming Potatoes.”

The State Journal-Register

Winning on the web: $138 billion at stake
February 14, 2007
“It’s Valentine’s Day... That means 65 percent [of people] will be staying away from restaurants. If you’re cooking at home, we have a couple special recipes for you... For an entrée, try the beef tenderloin recipe below. It has an unexpected Asian twist that gave it high ratings on the recipe site www.allrecipes.com.”

Home-cooked Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2007
“Want to plan a sumptuous meal for Valentine’s Day? If so, the folks at Allrecipes.com are happy to help. In fact, the 1,500-plus Valentine’s Day recipes here come with all the ratings, reviews and tips you’ll need for success. Access top-rated recipes for romantic meals, breakfast in bed ideas, school favorites for kids, and more.”

The Beaufort Gazette

Lunchroom light: local middle school introduces healthy alternatives to lunch spread
February 7, 2007
“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most recent data indicate that about 16 percent of children ages 6 to 19 are overweight in the United States... Here are a few healthy recipes, including pizza but not the typical cheese and pepperoni variety and some other new foods to try with your kids: Cool Veggie Pizza, Five-Veggie Stir-Fry, Baked Chicken Nuggets, Bean Quesadillas, Rosemary Turkey Meatloaf, Fruit Pizza I, all from www.allrecipes.com.”

The Gourmet Retailer

Winning on the web: $138 billion at stake
February 1, 2007
“I’ve been checking out the most popular Web sites devoted to food and drink and I discovered some exciting ingredients that tend to attract a large audience. Here are a few: 4. AllRecipes.com: Provides clever ways to search for recipes and has a matchless recipe library.”

Dips that score; kick off your super bowl party with reader-tested recipes
January 31, 2007
“According to a recent user survey at Allrecipes.com, chips and dip define the ultimate football party for Americans. The survey also found that many consider game day a day off from their regular food routine and the often-indulgent selection of offerings... For Super Bowl party suggestions, including recipes, go to www.allrecipes.com.”

Super snacks for super fans
January 30, 2007
“According to the Calorie Control Council and Snack Food Association, Americans will eat 30 million pounds of snacks on game day – about the weight of 13,000 NFL offensive linemen. Many people will crash and burn with their diets this Sunday, so why not make the food as fun and easy as possible? Here are some Colts- and Bears- themed recipes sure to make everyone happy... Trail Mix: Recipe from www.allrecipes.com.”

Kick off Super Bowl parties with more than pizza
January 24, 2007
“In case Steve doesn’t invite you to his spread this year and you hanker for something more ambitious than pizza, browse the following sites for recipe ideas. You have until kickoff on February 4 to dream up your winning halftime spread. Sites where you can get ideas: Allrecipes.com – in addition to recipes, this site has a video presentation with entertaining tips as well as ideas for Super Bowl munchies, such as a dip buffet and a chili cook-off.”

Get organized; turn that pile of cards, clippings into an efficient library
January 24, 2007
“One popular site, Allrecipes.com, houses more than 40,000 free recipes from home cooks. Once you register, you can copy any of those recipes into your personal online ‘recipe box.’ You can then type or copy any of your own favorite recipes into the box. The site also allows you to save favorite Web links to cooking articles or recipes... You can share your recipes with other Allrecipes users, and you can easily put together shopping lists for any of the recipes in your box.”

Publisher’s Weekly

Springing forward: Cookbooks, wine & entertaining
January 22, 2007
“Easy Everyday Favorites – From the World’s #1 Cooking Web Site” from allrecipes.com. These recipes have been tested numerous times in kitchens across America.