I’m noticing a lot of my favorite sites recently have begun to incorporate seeming AI generated receipts and so now I’m on the hunt for a more reliable human touch.
America’s Test Kitchen is pretty good, they go into the how and why of things in a way that’s really helpful if you don’t already know how to do things like “blanching” or “caramelizing” or “deglazing”. I’m a big ol dummy and it’s nice to have your hand held sometimes :)
It’s not the answer you’re probably looking for but, my cookbooks. I happen to have a bunch of old cookbooks I’ve inherited from family members and friends. It takes some research skills sometimes, but it works.
I also maintain a personal blog site which is my online cookbook. It’s not only my own recipes, but also a link dump. When I find a good, non-AI article I’ll share it there like a clipping with the usual tags for how I catalog things. It takes a bit of discipline, but for me its second nature by now. It also lets me take notes on how a recipe worked out, and what substitutions or adjustments I’d like to make next pass.
honestly… pinterest. it has led me to some cooking blogs i never would have known about otherwise. there’s one site i really like though and subscribe to via rss, Budget Bytes.
i also am subscribed to some magazines through my library on Libby: Cooks Illustrated, Food Network Magazine, Vegan Food & Living, Bon Appetit. Getting them digitally makes it easy to screenshot the ones I wanna try out.
also sometimes when browsing in the bookstore or library i’ll just flip through a cookbook and take pics of the recipes i want with my phone to put in my digital cookbook later.
Pinterest is also great to compare recipes. I like to take a few recipes and find things I like from each to customize things to my taste.
A word of caution about Pinterest: Pinterest Is Being Strangled by AI Slop
If it works for you, great but be vigilant. Especially when you’re putting what you find on there into your body.
I’m aware. I’m also an experienced cook that would not add just anything to my food, or use improper cooking times and temps. I own a copy of the Betty Crocker cookbook that is my baseline for baking and meat temps.
I always check recipetineats.com first
Also I have started building a federated recipe site (well… Very early stages), so hopefully, one day, there.
Public Domain Recipes
FOSS recipe list with very basic UIThat website seems really nice! I wish it had some more recipes though. I was trying to figure out how to make rye bread recently and every recipe felt wildly different, probably half of them were AI written. It gets so frustrating finding anything online these days.
Thank you, I had no idea this existed or how badly I needed it.
Never had loveandlemons.com let us down.
Public service reminder: Your local Library carries cookbooks. When AI has destroyed cooking, get a Library card.
No recipes - heavily Japanese influenced since he’s from Japan but a ton of great recipes from around the world
Damn delicious - love her spam fried rice but a lot of great Asian / pacific islander inspired dishes
Half baked harvest - a bit of everything but very garden to table inspired
Second for Half Baked Harvest. I love how cozy the site looks and the recipes are great
Google what I want. So far so good. I’ve had consistently good results with Allrecipes and BBC food.
I mainly get them from YouTube and their resppective websites. My favorites are:
Babish Culinary Universe (Everything)
Pailin’s Kitchen (Thai)
Sheldo’s Kitchen (Sotheast Asian)
Brian Lagerstrom (Baking and American)
Curries with Bumbi (Indian)
Hanbit Cho (Baking)Eatingwell has been my go-to lately. I see lots of things that look enticing from triedandtruerecipe on imgur, too.
Check out this riggies recipe. You won’t be disappointed.
Budget bytes is a pretty good site. Especially if you are looking to save money.
Just search, and run across other recipes in links of current ones.
There are certain cooks who I’ll check occasionally (chef John at foodwishes.com, Nick Stellino).
I also have some cookbooks: the cooking bibles (Joy of Cooking, Gourmet). America’s Test Kitchen cookbook for standards to start from.
Otherwise I do a search and see the person’s actual site. If there’s AI generated crap, I just never go back.
I honestly don’t use recipes. I cook the food until it’s done and put whatever seasonings I enjoy in it.
Ummm… What?
What?
You don’t make any dishes that require mixing ingredients or several steps or the like? You just cook the food until it’s done???
If I feel like cooking things in a way that involves multiple steps or mixing things, I do, but it’s a spontaneous decision I make while looking at what ingredients I have and thinking about what I feel like eating, and not something I need to read a written description of in order to do.
Deb Perelman’s blog is incredible. She’s a delight, and any recipe I’ve tried has been a hit.
