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Epicurious
Recipes from Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines, plus technique videos,
kitchenware, holiday features, wine advice, and much more.
Food TV Network
Home to all your favorite Food TV chefs. Includes recipes from current
programs, entertaining ideas, information about wine and drinks, helpful cooking
demonstration videos, a fat and calorie calculator, a culinary encyclopedia, and
more.
Epicurean
Online
Magazine for food and wine lovers, with recipe exchange, select
articles from the magazine, book reviews, epicure's discussion forum, and more.
Joy of Baking
Recipes, notes on ingredients, measurement conversion charts, glossary and more
from caterer and baking teacher Stephanie Jaworski.
The Kitchen Link
Over 8600 links to other cooking/kitchen resources. "If it's not
in your kitchen, try ours."
Formerly SOAR, the searchable online archive of over 70,000 recipes. Searchable by keyword or topic.
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
If you can do it outdoors, you'll find it here.
Illinois Mountain Bike Connection
Biking links, trail maps, and events news.
Local Bike Paths
List and descriptions of 10 bike paths in the Chicagoland area, with links.
From the Chicago Sun-Times.
Recreation.gov
Resource for information about recreation on federal lands. Also includes
links to state home pages and tourism sites.
Self.com Health
Calculators
Calculators to determine target heart rate, body-mass index, body-fat percentage,
and nutritional needs.
American Kennel Club
Everything you need to know about the purebred dog.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals (ASPCA)
Includes petfinder component--search local shelters and rescue groups for the
perfect pet.
Cat Fanciers
The "purrfect" site for cat lovers.
Waltham World of Pet Care
Advice on choosing a pet as well as feeding, behavior, training and health
concerns for dogs, cats, birds, and fish.
HortCorner
Home gardening and lawn care ideas from the professionals at University
of Illinois Extension.
Illinois' Best Plants (Chicago
Botanic Garden)
Search for plants by common or scientific name or by plant characteristics.
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