Surfing from River City
 

Surfing From River City: Ride the Epicurean Wave
B
y Shirley H. David, Sacramento County Public Law Librarian

Many of us entertain more frequently over the holidays, buy gourmet gifts, or just cook to just to relieve holiday stress. The Internet has become the second favorite place to find recipes. You can also keep up with epicurean trends, order specialty foods, and interact with other cooks via your computer. Here’s just a few food websites.

Most of these major cooking portals include multimedia presentations.

Food and cooking publication sites often include a combination of free information and paid subscriptions for full access.

These sites cover there of the latest cooking trends: the raw foods movement, the organic foods movement, and the slow food movement encouraging people to enjoy the social pleasures of a leisurely meal.

Can’t find that perfect gourmet gift on the sites above? Go to Goggle’s catalog search at

These sites provide you the opportunity to explore your cuisine interests with others.

November / December 2003