Cooks Dish Up Recipes for Distress

Perhaps not so health-conscious, but surely cost-conscious—not to mention yummy

(NEWSER) - Faced with a heaping pile of chicken skin and fat after using the rest of the bird in some healthy dish? Those squishy, sallow leftovers, Francis Lam writes in Gourmet, present the perfect opportunity to cook up "the noblest form of chicken byproduct": cracklins. With that extra skin and fat all crisped up, Lam drools, "imagine … sneaking the best part of fried chicken into everything." More»

So-called 'cook-through' bloggers go through cookbooks recipe by recipe

(NEWSER) - Food blogs are usually simple things, fun and easy to create, writes Lee Gomes in the Wall Street Journal. And then there are the increasingly popular "cook-through" blogs, in which devoted chefs of all skill levels pick a book, say the French Laundry Cookbook or the Gourmet Cookbook, and make every single recipe. More»

Whether you're looking to buy, cook, or just eat, the Internet has something for you

(NEWSER) - Aspiring foodies have thousands of resources available to them on the Internet, and Mashable lists 15 of the best sites for buying, cooking, and eating food:

• For locavores: Foodzie and Foodoro are online marketplaces for small, independent producers. Local Harvest connects users with farms in their area, while the Locavore iPhone app does the same thing on the go.

Rarely the same, but effort offers insight

(NEWSER) - Restaurant cookbooks allow you to tap into a chef's genius, but rarely do they yield perfect re-creations of beloved dishes, notes food writer Lauren Shockey for Slate. Shockey tries her hand at recipes from a couple of Manhattan's renowned restaurants— Shopsin's, Carmine's, and Chantarelle—and goes on-site for a taste comparison.

• Eat Me's recipe for Shopsin's "slutty cakes" (pancakes inspired by the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup) leave out the pistachio ingredient. Editorial oversight? "Or does Shopsin not want people to duplicate his recipes?" Shockey wonders.

It won't make coffee or dice, but can download recipes, call Mom

(NEWSER) - Forget about trying to buy newlyweds the ultimate kitchen appliance: They almost certainly already have two. For both everyday cooks and professional chefs, the cell phone has become the go-to gadget, the New York Times reports. What other tool could combine the functions of timer, measurement converter, recipe generator, shopping-list creator, expert-advice conduit, food-history resource, and camera? More»