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As listed in the Australian NetGuide, May, 2007. Listed as a Recipe Page.

General Information

  1. Australian Foods & Cooking :
    • Australian Food TV
      ‘The best of Australian cooking shows, recipes and segments about Australia food and what makes it different.’ You need to be able to access Joost to watch these - one of which is Dining Downunder. They may be able to gain you an “invite”.
    • Bush Tucker Plants or …
      [Bush Food, Australian Native Food Plants]
      What native plants are edible and how they have been used by Aboriginal people and early settlers as well as in the present. Bibliography, information on traditional cooking and other links.
    • CAN
      Click on ‘Education’ in the left hand menu for information about the history of canning, can manufacture, how food is canned, health & nutrition, quality assurance and recycling.
    • Stoned Crow’s Great Australian BBQ
      An irreverent look at how to run a great barbecue [designed for backpackers !].
    • Taste
      While dominantly a recipe collection, there is also a range of other information compiled from a variety of sources including news, features, glossary, forums, … .
  2. Chefs :
    • Blanc, Raymond
      While there is a fair level of commercialism on the site, there is a great range of recipes and other cooking matters included - all by a very well respected chef.
    • Chefs Australia
      Watch mini-videos of Australian chefs cooking Australian foods and meals. You need to be subscribed to YouTube to access these.
    • Delia Online
      Recipes, ingredients, cooking school, a search engine allows you to enter ingredients then find a recipe, wine, general foods, other household goods, etc.. Also has techniques, questions, equipment, what’s in season [UK though] and more.
    • Dupleix, Jill
      Advice and recipes from a young Australian chef now working in Europe and you can contact her via the site. You can have restaurant reviews to hand if you are going to England.
    • Lawson, Nigella
      The official site of ‘the domestic goddess’ of British television. Find out about her, her books, recipes, news, the living kitchen and more.
    • Mietta’s - Great Australian Chefs
      A huge range of chefs and their work from Tony Bilson to Jaques Reymond and all the greats in between. As well, you can browse through restaurant guides and more.
  3. Cooking Courses - a number of places run cooking courses for those who are interested. Some are listed below. Check for times and places :
    • AGL Cooking School NSW
      Courses for children.
    • CookandStay
      Find cooking classes around Australia catering for many styles, different periods and all levels of proficiency. If interested in cooking but want to know more, this could be the place to visit.
    • Sydney Fish Markets
  4. Cooking Tools :
    • Cook’s Thesaurus, The
      Information and visuals for thousands of ingredients and tools for the kitchen. Items are broken into categories for easier access.
    • Cook’s Tools
      Includes a glossary, cooking terms, substitutions, liquid and solid measurements, temperature conversion, can sizes and more.
    • The Food Lover’s Companion
      ‘Know saté from sauté, semifreddo from spoom [a type of sherbet] ? Search our dictionary of more than 4 000 food terms and you’ll never have to eat your words. Just type the word or phrase you’re looking for in the box.’
  5. General Sites & Portals :
    • 30 Day Gourmet’s Freezer Cooking Online Manual
      If you are into pre-preparation and freezing, even to lunches for children, then you need to check out this site. While commercial to a large extent it also provides a range of information and ideas.
    • BBC - Food
      A wide range of well known chefs can be accessed, there are recipes, special features, BBC programs, glossary, kid’s section, Ask a Chef, healthy eating, Back to Basics and more. A brilliant BBC site.
    • BUBL Link
      Links under a variety of headings. Each has a summary covering information, where based, major emphasis, author, Dewey class and resource type. Each section has links, e.g. food - allergies, food safety, nutrition. Major groups : general resources, drinks, food, cooking. [Other Technology related information also available through this entry point e.g. furnishings.]
    • Cold Storage Chart
      Find out how long you can keep a range of foods safely under refrigeration and by freezing them. You may be surprised by what is suggested on this fairly extensive chart.
    • Cooking Light
      Recipes, Cooking 101, menus, magazine and more all for healthy cooking.
    • Cook It Quick
      ‘We invite you to partake of the following Menu items to help you prepare healthy foods in a hurry. Consider this a buffet : Help yourself as desired.’ Healthy food in a flash !
    • Department of Food Science & Technology
      Linked to the Food Science Faculty at the University of New South Wales. Find research, courses, staff, organisations and other links.
    • Edible Insects
      When everything else fails, this is what is left. Surprisingly, some are not as bad as they sound.
    • Food Network [1]
      An American TV channel with a wealth of information. Most useful would be to click on the ‘Cooking’ tab at the top, then check the left hand column for things such as recipes, cooking guides, Q & A, … .
    • Food Science Australia
      Connected to CSIRO and AFISC. Links to a newsletter, factsheets, consumer information leaflets, a calendar of food events, other areas related to food and to scientific groups.
    • Gluten Free Favourites
      A source of online gluten free foods of all kinds from baby foods to special occasions. Browse by goods or manufacturer.
    • Low-Budget Meals Online
      [Recipes, Reviews, and Cooking Tips]
      ‘This site is dedicated to those who would like to eat like a king but have the budget of a starving student.’ Recipe listings, FAQs and tips you too can eat like a king but only pay like a pauper.
    • Masterfoods
      Yes, it is a brand name. However, it does provide a huge range of meal ideas with easy to follow instructions for making them.
    • Natural Kitchen, The
      Look to use natural things rather than something that has been processed beyond recognition or almost so.
    • Science of Cooking
      Links between cooking and science. Covers nutrition as well.
    • Spices Exhibit
      Background information about a significant range of spices that are used in cooking and also for medicinal purposes. In addition to individual information there is information on general topics of interest related to spices and their different uses.
    • Sweet Science of Chocolate, The
      Chocolate gets the science treatment - from history to nutrition.
  6. Vegetarian Cooking :

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Nutrition

  1. Australian Sites :
    • Australian Institute of Sport - Nutrition
      A mass of advice from people who are totally involved in the well being of many of Australia’s top athletes. There is a huge range of information about nutrition.
    • Food and Nutrition
      All the good oil on eating wholesome and healthy food by providing links to relevant sites.
    • Food Standards Australia New Zealand
      What these are and how they are implemented in both countries to protect all of us. Covers everything from standards development, through recalls and nutrition calculators to primary production.
    • Food Watch
      Looks at the range of foods and gives you a mass of information indicating their ‘health’ level for you.
    • Frozen Food Information Bureau
      Not only nutrition but recipes and food information.
    • Nutrition Australia
      All the nutritional advice you could want, especially if you have overindulged. What’s better is that it is an Australian site.
    • Sanitarium Australia
      Check the Sanitarium Nutrition Service [top menu] and the Ask us About Nutrition question process [lower left]. Also has recipes and Facts on Foods.
    • Smart Eating For You
      From the Dietitians’ Association of Australia. FAQs, Healthy Eating Self-Assessment, Links, Nutrition A-Z, Recipes and Smart Eating Tips plus much more.
  2. General Sites & Portals :
    • Arbor Nutrition Guide, Welcome to the
      Search the vast range of information and links; use the material on Nutrition in Action; use the Food Science section for food composition, science and safety; access the Updates newsletter.
    • Dairy Australia - Education
      Covers information for all educational levels, teacher resources, downloadable information and more.
    • Healthy Eating Club
      Information on nutrition, diet, recipes, links to related sites, games, healthy eating tips, a ‘wellness’ section and a great deal more. Well worth a visit if you are looking for a more healthy eating pattern and lifestyle.
    • Healthy Refrigerator, The
      Includes ‘The Healthy Fridge’, ‘Heart of the Matter’, ‘Good Nutrition’, ‘Just for Kids’, ‘What’s New’, search help and more.
    • Nutri Facts
      Find the constituent parts of several thousand products from this US based site. Even find recommended daily allowances of various items.
    • Nutrition Cafe
      A range of games designed to help develop good nutrition among the young.
    • Nutrition and Healthy Eating Advice
      Everything from organic foods to weight loss and all that comes in between.
    • Nutrition Facts
      Downloadable software. Includes 6 200+ items with extensive information included for each.
      Well presented.
    • The Blonz Guide
      ‘A compilation of sources [ ], assembled in the hope that it will help you find the quality information you seek. My focus is to list science-reliable [nutritional information] sites.’
    • World’s Healthiest Foods List, The
      ‘Have been selected because they are among the richest sources of many of the essential nutrients needed for optimal health … By eating the World’s Healthiest Foods, you’ll get all the essential nutrients that you need for excellent health, including vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, essential fatty acids, fibre and more for the least number of calories.’ Done alphabetically.
  3. Government & Quasi-Governmental Sites :
    • Centre for Nutrition Policy Promotion
      A huge range of information, articles, reports and more from the US Department of Agriculture [yes - that is the right place !].
    • Nutrition.gov
      Developed by the US government and covering every possible aspect of nutrition. Check out special topics such as diabetes as well as all the regular areas and the ‘spotlighted’ topics.

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Recipes

  1. Australian Recipes :
    • Australian Cuisine
      Try some of these ‘genuine’ Australian recipes featuring some of our native animals as well as ‘regular Aussie tucker’.
    • Australian Food Recipes
      For something a little different.
    • Australian Food and Wine Website
      Sub-titled Campion and Curtis after the authors, this site provides ‘lots of recipes, advice on the best food shops and produce markets and great places to eat,’ plus their thoughts on running a Green Kitchen.
    • Australian Lamingtons
    • Australian Recipes
      From Joyce’s Fine Cooking. An eclectic collection.
    • Australian Recipes & Bush Tucker
      ‘Listed here are Australian Recipes & Bush Tucker Recipes featuring native Australian ingredients or so called Bush Tucker by Australian chef Benjamin Christie.’
    • “Bush Tucker” :
    • Cheap & Easy Recipes
      A range of recipes with the addition of Food Facts, tips, resources, choosing produce and more. Also check the link for the Conversion Chart which will help to translate other measures to metric for you.
    • Doyle’s Seafood Recipes
      From the tables of probably the best known seafood restaurant in Sydney come a range of recipes anyone can use.
    • Old Aussie Food Recipes
      Not only does it provide a brilliant range of recipes from ‘Drop Scones’ to ‘Using Suet’ and way beyond, there are also ‘sprinklings of Australian Culture, Poetry, Family Humour, History, Australiana Images and Australia Today.’ A fascinating and informative site about this country’s yesteryear.
    • Sydney Rock Oyster Recipes
      Find out how to serve up oysters and just about anything else in combination with them. Amaze your friends.
  2. Blogs - covers both general food information as well as specific recipes, vegetarian and regular :
    • Cuisine Blogs
      Includes people such as Bill Granger, Stephanie Alexander and other well known chefs.
    • Nourish Me
      ‘A sometimes misguided, but [hopefully] always delicious journey into healthful, natural, mostly vegetarian food.’
    • StoneSoup
      A blog by Jules Clancy with books for a cook, menu index, recipe index, weights & measures and much more.
  3. Cakes, Sandwiches & Sweets :
    • Cake Recipe
      Find a recipe from among the listings under different headings.
    • Make Ice Cream
      For those with a sweet tooth, make your own ice cream in a variety of flavours and textures. No particular skills required to get a great taste. Check out these Ice Cream Recipes.
    • Sandwich Recipes Index
      A small listing of various sandwiches from tuna to Grilled Tofu. There are also links to other cooking areas.
  4. Children’s Recipes :
    • ABC Play School Recipes
      Play School has collected a number of recipes suitable for younger children to ‘cut their teeth on’.
    • All Recipes - Family Favourites
      ‘Browse more than 640 family favorites recipes. Find recipes for pizza, meatloaf, chicken noodle soup, fried chicken and much, much more.’ Most suitable for children to make.
    • Easy Recipes for Kids
      If young people want to cook, then this is a good place to start learning the basics while still creating edible products.
    • Recipe Goldmine
      A range of suitable recipes grouped under specific headings from beverages to desserts.
  5. Country & Regional Recipes - check out these recipes from other countries/cultures :
  6. General Recipe Sites & Portals :
    • ABC Recipes
      About 1 000 recipes from leading chef’s recipes down to recipes for children.
    • All Recipes
      Thousands of recipes in sections such as ‘beef’, ‘vegetarian’, etc. New recipes added all the time. These can be emailed to you. US based, so you may have to convert amounts, but recipes make up for this.
    • Arielle’s Recipe Archives
      Check out the 4 000+ recipes listed in archives which range from African to Variety Meats and cover a number of areas not often seen in other listings.
    • Berta’s Cooking
      ‘The objective of this page is to provide you with great cooking recipes, kitchen tips, jokes, food quiz, cooking news …’
    • Chef2Chef
      If you want anything to do with recipes this has to be the site - nearly 300 000 recipes, 10/15/20/30 minute recipes, ‘free Recipe Club’ emailed to you daily, links to a range of things including ‘top…’, humour, nutri-guides, most requested recipes, emails, converters and calculators, culinary foods of the month even a ‘boot camp’ for beginners.
    • Cuisine.com.au
      ‘Just launched with 1 000s of recipes. The [ ] website features recipes from the Herald’s Good Living, The Age’s Epicure section and New Zealand’s Cuisine magazine. Whether you’re planning a dinner or searching for a meal using what’s in your fridge, the site has the recipe.’ Has a Show Me … section, matching wines to foods, blogs, Chef’s Recipes and more.
    • Epicurious
      Literally 1 000s of recipes in various genres. A drinks section and shopping opportunities are also included.
    • Fabulous Foods
      A wide collection of recipes.
    • Find Lost Recipes at Recipelink
      Recipe links to all aspects of cooking and recipes, ‘board’ topics, shopping, search mechanism, features and a great deal more.
    • Food Network [2]
      An extensive listing of recipes including quick, weekly, ‘slimmed down’, top 10, links to US television programs, chefs, holidays, table decoration, wines and drinks.
    • Good Cooking
      A mass of recipes listed in directories covering specific topics. Everything from specific recipes, through dictionaries to techniques is covered.
    • Gourmet Garden
      A recipe finder with an emphasis on, but not exclusively to, gourmet recipes. Other information as well.
    • GSN Recipe Box
      Previously the Ultimate Cookbook.
    • iChef
      A wealth of recipes and news from the world of cooking. Also links to a weekly ‘chef cartoon’.
    • Info, The
      Part of a larger site covering other things. Several databases accessed from this site. Quite a few recipes in the databases.
    • Insect Recipes
      A collection of recipes using various insects. Don’t know whether I would want to try them though.
    • Just Recipes
      Well organised site that should provide a recipe for virtually any occasion.
    • Lifestyle
      Includes recipes as well as other food information. Recipes cover several different, not often covered areas.
    • Recipe Exchange
      Find a wide variety of recipes in all categories.
    • RecipeZaar
      ‘Welcome to the World’s Smartest Cookbook & Cooking Community. Real people from all over the world have shared and rated more than 129 000 recipes and 22 000 photos.’
    • Recitopia
      The base for a recipe sharing community of some 100 000 people in 140 countries. You can take a tour of the site.
    • Salad Recipe : Salad Recipes
      For those who just like salads, salads with other foods or are vegetarian by nature, this is a great site. Even helps you have a smaller intake of calories because of their nature.
    • Top Secret Recipes
      Find out how to make things taste like all the fast foods you can name. [But why ?]
    • Winter Stews
      Less popular these days but certainly worth a try. A small range of recipes that are warm and filling for winter.
    • World Wide Recipes
      Free recipes and kitchen tips among other things. You can also join to receive a Free Recipe e-mailed to you every day [go to the Link page].
  7. “Healthy” Recipes :
    • Healthy Recipes [1]
      Work by diet type, courses, main ingredient, particular meal, even type of preparation. All from the Mayo Clinic.
    • Healthy Recipes [2]
      Developed and presented by Better Health Victoria. Covers all forms of food.
    • Healthy Recipes [3]
      Select by meal, by course or even by specific ingredient, as well as access special recipes that are healthy.
  8. Simple & Quick Meals :
    • Convenience Cooking
      An easy to use site for simple cooking.
    • Simply Great Meals
      A great range of meal planners in several different directories and using everyday items from shops rather than specialist foods.
  9. Special Diet Recipes - the following links will provide access to a range of sites covering help with special diets. They include allergy assistance, gluten free, dairy free and more. All relate to health issues :

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