Where do you get your inspiration for your cooking/baking?

Platinum Member Joined: Aug 17 2011 Posts: 6011

Do you get your inspiration from cookbooks, requests from family, something you tasted, the cooking channel, traditional family recipes, a type of ethnic food you are trying to master?

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I get my inspiration from cookbooks, cooking sites, and imamother.
I would probably try more and do more/different if my family cared.

Diamond Member Joined: Sep 17 2009 Posts: 3989

Everything, a cookbook, a magazine, a website or just what is on sale in the grocery store. Really anything can be my inspiration.

Silver Member Joined: May 18 2011 Posts: 620

Pintrest! That website is the sole reason I decided to make homemade onion rings for dinner -- for one, since my husband was at the siyum hashas...actually, maybe that's not such a plus, as I ate all of them...

Also, I follow a bunch of cooking/baking blogs and then wish I could make stuff as pretty as they do, then make the easier, not as attractive version. Smile

Sometimes, if someone posts a really good sounding recipe here, I'll try it out, depending how many steps there are.

Executive Member Joined: May 22 2012 Posts: 439

Contents of my fridge/freezer/pantry

Walking down super market isles

Gold Member Joined: Oct 10 2010 Posts: 1063

allrecipes.com is my favorite site.

Gold Member Joined: May 09 2010 Posts: 2125

I tend to get whims - sometimes b/c I have an ingredient to hand or am craving a certain flavor. sometimes it's a matter of something random (a mention in a book, a conversation, seeing a display in a bakery window) reminding me of a certain item. I tend to get an idea for what I want to do, and then go look for a recipe - allrecipes.com is handy because of that, but I do flip through my cookbooks as well.
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Platinum Member Joined: Aug 17 2011 Posts: 6011

Thanks Spring and Checkbefore for sharing.

That is a great site. I was looking for some inspiration.

Diamond Member Joined: Dec 26 2006 Posts: 4316

I actually Will sit up in the middle of the night and have an idea for baking or cooking. I often try what I thought of. I also use normal ways, cookbooks, Internet and friends.

Diamond Member Joined: Sep 18 2004 Posts: 2600

foodgawker.com

Senior Member Joined: Jan 01 2012 Posts: 121

Pinterest has revolutionized my cooking repertoire. I used to rely on self-created recipes, books, allrecipes.com, and the occasional suggestion from a message board, and now Pinterest. It sometimes takes time to wade through repetitive posts/bad recipes, but if you take some time, it can really make a huge difference. I also love being able to categorize my recipes by lunch/dinner, breads, soups, sides, desserts, etc. I even have a board for my tried and true successes. It's wonderful.