Serious Eats - seriouseats.com

I've seen people ask for recipes and then someone else suggests they Google it, which I think is a tad rude. The way I figure, if someone is asking for a recipe here, they're asking this group of people because there's an expectation that you'll get a tried-and-true recipe rather than just a random recipe that has never been personally tested.

Some people are blatantly lazy, though, and will ask something like "what temperature is medium-rare for beef?" and you have to wonder why they're asking that here instead of looking it up online or in a cookbook. But I usually give them the benefit of the doubt, because there might be a valid reason why they need an answer from this group. If it's something that I know, I can probably post the correct answer as fast as I could post a snarky "Google it" comment.

But just like real life, there are people who enjoy being rude. Sometimes they're the first ones to answer a question. And sometimes the really rude answers are from people who don't post here regularly. They'll just appear, make a rude remark, and disappear. One comment from a cranky poster doesn't mean the whole site has that attitude.

Normally, the people here will make an attempt to offer advice.

Sorry - meant to add... We had a fantastic turnout and I saw every costume from Buzz Lightyear (with blowup wings) to a kitten, to a mummy and various ghouls and goblins.

I carved two pumpkins and the parents got the biggest charge out of them.

Hard to choose. I started out in food blog land with I Was Just Hungry.

I made brownies with whatever was left - cut into bite side pieces and placed on half the batter, then covered with the rest of the batter before baking. So you never know what you are gonna get!

missvenuz: i nearly pulled a muscle b/c i laughed so hard at your comment-they took the bowl too? i am very sorry, of course, but that really struck my funny bone for some reason this morning. :)

@ pooroldmama: you almost made me pee my pants w/your bra drawer comment!

i'm telling you-it's a good thing that i'm alone in my office....

Divine Caroline is one of my favs

Operation Gratitude.

Actually, I don't give out candy. I like to give out toys or some other treat, which has worked very well when the child is diabetic or otherwise can't have candy. This year, it was glowsticks.

But I bought a bag of candy corn at 50% off to make the Candy Corn Nainamo Bars to take to an event next weekend.

Serious Eats & Chocolate & Zucchini.

Serious Eats and The Wicked Noodle. Looks like a lot of people like Smitten Kitchen, so I'm going to have to check that out!

I like Serious Eats of course. I also like Smitten Kitchen.

My favorite food blogs are this one and Culinate.

Baking Bites and Simply Recipes. I want to cook and eat pretty much everything from these sites!!