foodieview.com

in my newspaper today, the usa weekend segment of the sunday paper had on p. 4 a reference to http://www.foodieview.com/ which says it is a website that searches its 130,000 recipes (i didn't verify the number) for dishes that are heart-healthy. it certainly does that, but it does more. it functions as a blog for its members on the subject of food. you can not only get the recipe for a winter squash soup curried with almonds, but read blogs about its preperation by a writer living in the south of france.

it also has reviews of cookbooks, restaurant guides for major cities (i do not live in a major city), databases for types of cuisine, such as french, italian, or chinese, and types of diet, such as diabetic or vegan and vegetarian. the recipes can be placed into your recipebox, if you plan to make them some day, or printed off. i did not find, though there may be one, an e-mail option so you can send recipes to friends/relatives.

not all recipes or sites that make up this hyperlinked website are always heart-healthy. i came across food & wine, which can be a bit on the cholesterol-laden end sometimes. i also did not notice, on the only recipe i checked, a dietary information breakdown on items such as sodium, fat, calories and protein. outside of that i saw no problems with the site.

this may be the best recipe hyperlinked website i have yet seen. it is free. there is also a find a friend portion, which i did not try, for those (i know who i am) who would like more friends.

ciao a tutti, l.