For a cooking book to succeed these days, it has to be written by a celebrity or it has to be in a unique niche. With all the free recipe websites out there featuring thousands of recipes and vetted by amateur cooks at home, there is no place left on the market for general cookbooks.
Here are a few notable recipe sites:
- Epicurious
- All Recipes
- Food Network
- Yummly
- Genius Kitchen
- Chow Hound
- Simply Recipes
- Cooking Light
- The Kitchn
- My Recipes
- Betty Crocker
- Eating Well
- Cooks.com
- Kraft Recipes
- Tori Avey
- Skinnytaste
- Taste of Home
- Veggie Num Num
- Food Gawker
- Sprouted Kitchen
- My New Roots
- Not Without Salt
- The Pioneer Woman
- Annie’s Eats
- Better Homes & Gardens
- Food & Wine
- Martha Stewart Living
There is no single recipe for any popular dish. Recipes have been tweaked ever since humans began cooking. Every popular dish has hundreds of versions. This is why I think the wiki format is ideal for recipes websites. Three popular recipes wikis are: Recipes Wiki, Cookbook:Recipes, and Cookipedia.