www.foodbuzz.com & www.epicurious.com
This website is for anyone who wants to search for recipes, organize them, rate the restaurants in their areas, and also connect with other foodies. Upon entering the website, there are huge pictures of feature plates that are changing every few seconds. On the bottom of the page, which is very visible, are all the options that the user has. This website has quite an appeal because the pictures that are shown seem “real.” They are not fancy which makes it more user friendly. The user can search for different recipes based on their interest and then file each recipe that seems to work well for them. Each user can post their own recipes and as each user views the recipe, the website captures each view to show the recipe’s popularity. Users can also rate restaurants in their area. Based on the user ratings, foodbuzz gives each restaurant an average rating along with general information about each one, including website, street address, and how expensive it is. Epicurious.com is another social networking website that links foodies as well. Their tagline is “…for those who love to eat.” Epicurious has a fancier feel to it. Epicurious has a recipe of the day as well as Food News that is posted. A post that caught my eye was one about a book that recently came out called 1001 Foods You Must Taste Before You Die. The post also included the author's three top foods which I thought was pretty interesting. Epicurious also has ratings for each recipe where users can state what worked well or what they would add or delete to make recipes better. I noticed that epicurious.com also had a place where users can enter their mobile numbers and get daily recipe ideas.