Allrecipes

Run to your cupboard and toss out those vanilla-stained 3-by-5 recipe cards; they’ve become obsolete. Allrecipes provides a handy, searchable database of more than 28,000 recipes that the professional chef or amateur cook can access at the click of a button. You’ll find everything from a Thai spring-roll appetizer to some of the best fried chicken outside of the South. Features such as “Top 10 Recipes,” ingredient-specific searches, seasonal menus and databases for restrictive diets all are easily accessible. But what makes the site invaluable are the reader reviews provided on almost every dish. With guidance from a slew of praise for that slaw or a berating over a béarnaise, you won’t need to waste time and money on recipes that will leave a bitter taste in your mouth.