Look and Taste

Recipe sites are undoubtedly useful. Sometimes, however, problems arise from following written instructions. Your meat may be rock-hard, your broccoli may turn out red; there are unlimited possibilities of culinary failure. Furthermore, reading a long list of instructions can become boring. It’s more fun to go to Look and Taste, a food website that centers on a head chef, Niall Harbison, whose how-to cooking videos are helpfully categorized: Italian, vegetarian, and so on. The importance of the visual in food can’t be underestimated, and —as is the case with cooking shows — videos allow the chef’s personality to come through. In addition, you can check out thousands of user-submitted recipes, high-quality food photos, and a Look and Taste iPhone app. However, the chef’s videos are what make this site truly exceptional.