Food Network

Do you wish you’d written down the recipe for that hard-to-make cake you saw on the Food Network? Do you wish your cable package included the Food Network? Either way, here’s the answer to your prayers, in the form of a website that’s fantastically user-friendly. Click on your favorite show or celebrity chef, and you’ll have access to what they made this week, as well as past recipes. User reviews tell you whether that dish really is as good — or as easy — as Alton Brown or the Barefoot Contessa made it look on television. You can also browse the database of recipes, or search by category: Quick & Easy, In Season, and Holidays & Parties, to name a few. How-to videos featuring Food Network chefs provide quick tutorials on such topics as making the perfect cup of coffee and poaching an egg.