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What's the best source for recipes? The rest of the paper sucks, but New York Time's stuff is usually on point.

>> No.10571022

>>10571016
chef john
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>> No.10571032

>>10571022
Some of his recipes are trash, carnitas with anise and cayenne?

>> No.10571055

www.google.com

>> No.10571217

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf-k6-nJ6NzStEFdpBl03gQ

>> No.10571279

>>10571016
Recipe hunting is always going to be trial and error. One source may have great recipes for some things and shit recipes for others.
That's why it's important, imo, to focus on learning techniques first, then you're at least somewhat better armed to evaluate and filter out bad recipes.

>> No.10571296

>>10571016
I'd say the internet

>> No.10571321

I like to browse the stay at home mothers forums for easy nutritious recipes.

>> No.10571504

>>10571016
>What's the best source for recipes? The rest of the paper sucks, but New York Time's stuff is usually on point.
Usually trust recipes on epicurious.com if they're old archived Gourmet and Bon Apetit features. Gourmet was once the best magazine culled and curated by Sara Molton, and supplied by a chef who was a known historian on the subject.
I do well most of the time on marthastewart.com, and wouldn't be surprised if all recipes are also tested for accuracy as well. The format of the website became too mobile friendly over the years, with some subscription prompts, but it usually works for a single google or two before it gets annoying. NYT is like that as well, a glance or two and then you're locked out if not a subscriber.
I do look at great mags like Southern Living, all the archives are online, so I don't save past issues anymore. I have made a few things over and over, such as the cheese crackers, or derby pie.
There will be newspapers with regional power like the Times Picayune, or the Miami Herald's Cooks Corner, if you need a cajun recipe for the muffaletta at Central Grocery or the right way to make boudin or want to know the exact Joe's Stone Crab dipping sauce or how to make the recipe for flan from Lila's. They're read by enough foodies that you don't get a stinker bad recipe almost never. If you don't know the power of google to search inside a site: then look it up!

>> No.10571525

i used to like martha stewart's blog but now it has videos that pop up all the time and it's too annoying

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>>10571504
It helps to know that some of the old time chefs you could watch who knew their thing are found in youtube. Just stay away from the stuff that wasn't PBS and after the first 5 years of food network and you'll be fine. Go watch some Cooking Live! with Sara, who will chat your way through the timeline of a meal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FioQ9ActVfo
Then there was kind of snotty sounding, but really interesting approach of David Rosengarten who shows you the worst versions of a recipe before the best. Learning central there. Give him a chance.
https://youtu.be/zEBSIoe3UoM
Then, there was pay-the-false-accusers-to-make-it-go-away guy, Frugal Gourmet who ended in disgrace over the probably false accusations, but anyway, who Alton Brown lists as his top 5 influences and the first cookbook he ever bought himself.
https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/94567/is-it-still-ok-to-like-the-frugal-gourmet/
Jeff Smith was amazing as an college level type educator of all things. Try him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfigPIvycCc
Marcella and Pati's are both solid mexican educators and never offend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtnpbYw7oQQ

Look up regional chefs at major food festivals, where their whole audience will be industry pros or some sort:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFy3QS4Ddgw
A good one is the Cayman Cookout which is all stars, no exaggeration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6BcpSpr9XA
Like wine?, or chocolate? then you want to follow those festival videos people put up on youtube, and look for the educational videos...
OR go to festivals.
I want to know a Bao recipe? I'll google Ming Tsai. If I want something about Paris? I'll google David Lebovitz. There's some good blogs out there. Heston is great entertainment, as is Ripert.
https://youtu.be/IvCjnUt88xg
Follow a "morning talk/news" show the week before a big festival and catch live demos as they advertise it. These videos make it online to be archived, if they're famous enough.

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>>10571016
epicurious.com has good stuff. any recipe there with 3.5 stars or higher will be amazing.

cooks illustrated magazine is a great no frills no ads cooking resource.

>> No.10571743

>>10571016
Epicurious is good. Also and I know this is problematic for some, but go to a liberry and check out one of Ina's books. She's an insufferable cunt, but goddamn, her Company Pot Roast is fantastic.

>> No.10571757

>>10571016
Thanks best source for recipes is first-hand referrals from people who have made said recipes.
However I respect that I'm on 4chan and most people here don't have enough friends for that to work.

>> No.10571807

>>10571757
this only works if these people you know are talented chefs, or are at least a bit smart and have exceptionally good taste
so not many people

>> No.10571888

>>10571807
>t. doesn't have very many friends

>> No.10571894

Serious Eats and Epicurious are all you need.