~ Early Web Links ~

A food blog focused on Indian cooking and fusion recipes, featuring dishes like tostitos chaat, aaloo paratha, Indian sweets, and South Indian specialties. The site showcases a creative mix of traditional and modern recipes, with categories ranging from snacks and breakfast to rice dishes and desserts.

PastryWiz is a sprawling food resource center offering thousands of pages covering cake decorating techniques, seasonal recipes, and themed cooking guides for holidays and special occasions. From step-by-step wedding cake instructions to sugar artistry and edible flowers, this site caters to both professional bakers and home cooks looking for inspiration.

Luna's food blog is a student-run cooking and baking journal hosted on Neocities, documenting her progress as she learns her way around the kitchen. The site is a work in progress, sharing adapted recipes and offering a glimpse into the early stages of a hobbyist cook finding their footing.

Spycè shares her personal recipe collection spanning Italian, Cajun, French, and other cuisines, gathered from newspapers, magazines, and generous cooks over the years. The site also features cookbook recommendations with bargain finds, reader-submitted recipes, and links to specialty cooking resources including Asian cuisine sites.

Jeremy Cherfas writes thoughtfully about sourdough bread baking, sharing loaves as gifts with friends while reflecting on the balance between hobby and obligation. The site blends personal essays with food content, reviews, and notes from daily life, anchored by a genuine passion for artisan baking.

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.

Marie T Smith's dedicated resource teaches home cooks how to prepare complete, nutritious meals for one using only a microwave oven, going far beyond reheating leftovers. The site includes conversion charts, a full table of contents, shopping guides for utensils and cookware, and tips on saving time and money through microwave cooking.

Medieval Cookery hosts a detailed index to scanned manuscript images of the 'Forme of Cury,' a 14th-century English cookbook preserved as English MS. 7 in the John Rylands University Library. Each folio is linked individually, making this an invaluable reference for researchers and enthusiasts of historic cuisine and medieval food history.

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.

MrBreakfast.com is a massive, dedicated resource for all things breakfast, featuring over 2,800 recipes spanning pancakes, omelets, French toast, crepes, and more. A standout feature is the Cereal Project, an extensive archive of classic breakfast cereals complete with a timeline, top 100 rankings, and cereal box prize history.