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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/10.30.06/Thur/yahoofood.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/10.30.06/Thur/yahoofood.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9db9b0a --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/10.30.06/Thur/yahoofood.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Yahoo launched new "lifestyle" site today called [Yahoo Food][1]. The new service offers recipes, videos, and how to lessons for what Yahoo refers to as "the everyday cook."
In a former life I ran a restaurant kitchen for five years and I have something of a fetish for online recipe collections. [Epicurious][2] has always been my favorite food destination on the web, but Yahoo's new offering looks nice and in fact includes recipes from the the Epicurious database.
Yahoo Food has a sleek user interface with good search features to help you sift through thousands of recipes. You can search by ingredient, course, cuisine, dish, "taste," and more. I was intrigued by the taste search filter, I'm not aware any other recipe sites that let you search for recipes that "taste" "creamy" or "cheesy."
Like many other sites, all of Yahoo's recipes are user rated and you can leave comments, tips and suggestions for other cooks. Recipes can be shared via email and IM. If you sign in to your Yahoo account, Yahoo Food will show a list of your recently viewed articles, recipes and searches.
Yahoo Food is also integrated with Yahoo Answers, which will now highlight relevant questions about food, and Yahoo Local, which has dining guides, restaurant ratings and reviews from around the U.S.
As with so many food websites Yahoo Food focuses heavily on celebrity chefs and their branded recipes and product plugs. While it may be my own snobbishness nothing turns me off to a food site quicker than seeing a recipe from Rachel Ray on the front page (today we'll be making learning how to make *toast* in 23 seconds).
But in spite of the inevitable celebrity chef emphasis, Yahoo Food is a very well done and comprehensive food site.
That said, I'd really like to see a true "social" site for food that doesn't rely on over-hyped celebrity chefs, but instead allows users to post their own recipes, videos and advice. I want a site that doesn't just pay lip service to the concept of the "everyday cook," but actually draws it's content from everyday cooks.
[1]: http://food.yahoo.com/ "Yahoo Food"
[2]: http://www.epicurious.com/ "Epicurious"
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