Simply Recipes
Encyclopedia
Simply Recipes is a cooking blog
written by Elise Bauer, who regularly posts new recipes to the website. Bauer began writing the blog in 2003 to record her family recipes.
and apple pie
, as well as how-to
articles on subjects such as how to cook the perfect boiled egg or how to best caramelize an onion
. The blog often features guest bloggers.
Each recipe is attached with a photo of the final product, along with several photos that portray each major step in the recipe. The website's posts are organized in categories, such as one that only includes recipes involving beef
, appetizers, or low-budget meals.
appreciated the website's method of organizing recipes in categories, making it easier to find recipes that she was interested in.
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
written by Elise Bauer, who regularly posts new recipes to the website. Bauer began writing the blog in 2003 to record her family recipes.
Content
Bauer writes about recipes for popular dishes such as meatloafMeatloaf
Meatloaf is a dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape and baked or smoked. The loaf shape is formed by either cooking it in a loaf pan, or forming it by hand on a flat baking pan...
and apple pie
Apple pie
An apple pie is a fruit pie in which the principal filling ingredient is apples. It is sometimes served with whipped cream or ice cream on top...
, as well as how-to
How-to
A how-to or a how to is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish some specific task. A how-to is usually meant to help non-experts, may leave out details that are only important to experts, and may also be greatly simplified from an overall discussion of the topic...
articles on subjects such as how to cook the perfect boiled egg or how to best caramelize an onion
Onion
The onion , also known as the bulb onion, common onion and garden onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The genus Allium also contains a number of other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion The onion...
. The blog often features guest bloggers.
Each recipe is attached with a photo of the final product, along with several photos that portray each major step in the recipe. The website's posts are organized in categories, such as one that only includes recipes involving beef
Beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle. Beef can be harvested from cows, bulls, heifers or steers. It is one of the principal meats used in the cuisine of the Middle East , Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Europe and the United States, and is also important in...
, appetizers, or low-budget meals.
Reception
By January 2007, Simply Recipes was receiving over one million visits per month and had over 500 recipes. The Well Fed Network, a compilation of food blogs, awarded Simply Recipes the award for best blog overall of 2006. The blog has been described as taking a "relaxed approach" to food. Maggie Wrobel of The Globe and MailThe Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star...
appreciated the website's method of organizing recipes in categories, making it easier to find recipes that she was interested in.