~ Early Web Links ~

Table Bread is a food blog centered on homemade bread baking and cooking, written by an enthusiast who relocated to Italy as a network technician. The site features participation in the Daring Bakers challenges, original recipes baked entirely from scratch, and a warm community feel with links to fellow food bloggers.

Norma Welton, known as Nana, shares her homespun recipe collection with a specialty in chocolate desserts, including cakes, cookies, pies, and candy. The site features step-by-step recipe pictures, cooking tips and tricks, a newsletter, and an alphabetical recipe index that make it a warm and practical kitchen companion.

Asian Home Recipe is a comprehensive collection of authentic recipes spanning cuisines from Burma, China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and many more Asian countries. Visitors can explore hundreds of dishes alongside cooking guides, food glossaries, conversion tables, and nutritional information organized by ingredient.

Vim Kay shares additional recipes and updates tied to her South Indian Vegetarian Cookbook, available on Amazon Kindle across multiple regional stores. The site features vegetarian Indian recipes like masala peanuts and air-fried potatoes, along with a comprehensive glossary and tips especially useful for those new to Indian cooking.

Jerry Stratton's long-running personal blog features a rich mix of historical recipes, vintage cookbooks, and food history alongside posts about politics, computing, and culture. The food content dominates the visible page, with a particular focus on rediscovering forgotten recipes from 19th and early 20th century community cookbooks.

Fusion Recipes: East Meets West celebrates the bold art of combining culinary traditions from different cultures, offering dishes like Thai Burritos, Bombay Burritos, and Hummus Guacamole. The site invites adventurous home cooks to try unexpected ingredient mashups and even submit their own fusion creations.

The Gutsy Gourmet is a massive free recipe collection built by Buzz Baxter, a passionate home cook who traveled extensively through the Mediterranean and Middle East and spent over 65 years in the kitchen. Thousands of authentic international recipes are organized by cuisine from Armenian to Vietnamese, plus ingredient-focused sections covering everything from artichokes to Dungeness crab.

A cheerful home mixology site where an amateur-turned-experienced cocktail enthusiast shares drink recipes, equipment tips, and the philosophy of making great cocktails on a budget. Featured drinks like the Godfather cocktail are highlighted alongside sections on expectations and gear for aspiring home bartenders.

Whybird's Recipes is a no-nonsense cooking archive built on the philosophy that great food doesn't require fancy ingredients, exotic equipment, or bloated food-blog filler. The collection spans pasta, curries, roast dinners, Mexican-inspired dishes, and baked goods, with practical instructions and vegetarian/vegan alternatives throughout.

Shaboom's Kitchen is a personal cooking site packed with themed recipe sections including Cucina Italiana, a Pizza Parlor, a Bruschetta Bar, BBQ guides, and much more. The site features a recipe of the day, prep tips, bread box basics, and even a health section, making it a cozy and eclectic home cook's resource with a Shenandoah Country flair.