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Home & Lifestyle > Cook a meal (the links below will take you online)
Buy cookery books
*See Also:* Shopping > Buy books
	123 Pricecheck This site offers a free service to allow you to compare the prices of books, DVDs, Videos and music, including the postage charge. A hugely useful way of finding out if you are getting the best deal.
	ABE Books This highly recommended site is a fantastic place to find second hand, rare and out of print books from thousands of dealers all over the world. An excellent place to buy books.
	Amazon Amazon has now become more than just a cheap online book dealer, it now sells a huge range pf products and is generally reliable and quick to deliver. One of the best shops for sheer choice but not always the best for price. Always worth a look.
	Book Brain This site provides a comparison of prices of books from a wide range of online bookshops, so you are likely to get a bargain every time you buy. If you visit any of these dealers through one of the links provided, a percentage of sales goes to charity.
Buy cookery equipment
	Cook Craft Suppliers of hundreds of high quality cooking utensils and kitchen equipment for the serious home chef. The site looks a little chaotic but it is actually quite simple to navigate and has a number of different categories and search options.
	Delia Online - Equipment This is a page from Delia Smith's website and it provides some useful advice and recommendations about the right kind of cookery equipment to use for a variety of kitchen tasks.
	Shop Smart - Home and Garden This is a great place to find some good deals on products for the home and garden. Shopsmart lets you compare prices of loads of products that are available from a number of retailers around the country, ensuring that you get the best deal.
	Shopsafe - Kitchen Equipment This is the kitchen appliance area of the shop safe website. Shop safe only provides links to shops that offer safe and reliable online ordering as well as good customer service and often some reasonable prices.
Buy food and drink
	Kudoshops - Drink This site provides links to some of the best places to buy wine on the web. There are loads to choose from and they offer a variety of wines at a wide range of prices and quality.
	Shop Safe - Food & Drink This is the food & drink page of the Shop Safe website. ShopSafe only provide links to shops that offer safe and reliable online ordering. There are loads of categories here to help you find the type of shop you are after, including links to supermarkets.
	Shop Tour - Food & Drink This site lists some interesting food and drink retailers on the web and then takes you on a tour of all the websites one by one. There are some good shops here and the opportunity to purchase all sorts of food and drinks.
Find recipes
	All Recipes The name says it all. Loads of recipes and ideas for cooking some delicious meals. It has a very American feel and many of the recipes reflect this but there are still some really good recipes here.
	Cooking Index The aim of this site is to provide you with access to some of the most useful cooking sites on the internet in a simple and organised way. There are some good recipes here although sometimes they do have a very American feel.
	Epicurious This site has loads of information about cooking. There are loads of sections full of recipes, menus, lessons, seasonal food, wines and desserts.
	Kitchenlink This is a huge American cooking site that has loads to offer in the way of recipes, advice and links to some great food related sites. It can be a little slow but its wroth persevering for some good online culinary information and ideas.
	Recipe Zaar This American site contains thousands of recipes contributed by people from all over the world. They range from the simplest of snacks to full on gourmet meal. You can find nutritional information on all meals and get recommendations based on your tastes.
	Tudocs This is a huge directory of links to some of the best cookery and recipe sites on the internet. They are organised into useful categories to make it easier to find the information you want and each site is given a rating to help you choose the best one.
Get a takeaway
*See Also:* News & Reference > Use a directory
	Dominos We think this is currently the only place in the UK where you can order a pizza online to be delivered to your door 45 minutes later. Our researchers have tested this service many times and it seems to work well. An excellent addition to the web. Burp.
	Grab a Meal This site has a database of over 23,000 takeaway restaurants across the UK. By entering your location information and selecting a type of food you can find the details of loads of places to grab a meal in your area.
	Lets Have a Takeaway This is a great way to find your local takeaways, no matter what type of food you're after. There are more than 36,000 takeaway outlets currently listed and you can find one near you by typing in your location and selecting a type of food. A good site.
Hire a caterer
*See Also:* News & Reference > Use a directory
	Catering This is a site aimed at both catering companies and those requiring catering services. You can use their directory to find catering services in your local area but their search engine can be fussy so try different words if you have no luck at first.
	Ents Web - Caterers This page provides a list of links to the websites of a number of caterers that operate around the UK with a brief description of each company.
Learn about alternative diets
	Vegan Action This is a site that is aimed at education the public about the benefits of and reasons for a vegan lifestyle. It is informative and interesting and contains a lot of information about the politics surrounding veganism.
	Vegan Society This is the website of the vegan society in the UK. It offers lots of useful and practical advice about the lifestyle and recommends a variety of products and shops that sell products suitable for vegans. The links page is also very good.
	Veganism for the Meat Eater This is site written by someone married to a vegan and offers a useful and occasionally humourous perspective on the relationship. It also offers practical advice about cooking for vegans and lifestyle choices. There are also loads of recipes.
	Vegetarian Society This is the official site of the Vegetarian Society in the UK. There is lots of useful information about vegetarianism, membership to the society, youth groups, news and ideas for cooking vegetarian food whilst maintaining a healthy diet.
	Veggies Unite This site is intended to raise public awareness of the benefits of a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. They have loads and loads of recipes but there is plenty more to this site that is aimed at the vegetarians amongst us. A good site that’s worth a look.
Learn about cultural diets
	Arab Gateway - Food This is an American site that contains lots of useful information about Halal foods and has some fantastic Arab recipes. There are also some good recommended books on Arab cooking available through a link to Amazon.
	Gourmet Spot - Ethnic Foods This site has some useful links to some great sites that have loads of information about world cuisine and some nice recipes from around the globe.
	Islamic Society - Halal Foods This is a useful page from Southampton University's Islamic Society. It lists foods that are suitable for consumption by Muslims in Britain and is based on information direct from the manufacturers.
	London Beth Din Kashrut Division The Kashrut Division of the London Beth Din is the leading UK authority on Jewish Dietary Laws and on this site you will find up to date Kosher information for the consumer and commercial or retail companies.
	Recipe Source - Ethnic This site has a massive archive of recipes from all over the world searchable by continent and country. There are loads of really tasty dishes from some interesting and unusual places such as Denmark, Wales and Singapore.
Learn about food allergies
*See Also:* Health > Contact a GP
	Allergy.co.uk This is the website of the York Nutritional Laboratories, who have been providing help to those with food allergies since 1982. The site is full of excellent information and advice and you can arrange a consultation or just ask for advice.
	Food Allergy This is an American site that is aimed at giving hope to those with food allergies through the provision of some excellent advice and information about a wide variety of common allergies and the best ways to adapt your lifestyle to deal with an allergy.
	Food Allergy Resources This is a useful page for anyone with a food intolerance or allergy. There is an email discussion group, a chatroom, recipes, loads of information and some very useful links to other resources on the web.
	Netdoctor - Food Allergies This site provides the facts about food allergies in a clear and easy to understand way. There is specific information available about a number of common allergies and links to some support groups as well as medial advice.
Learn to cook
*See Also:* Shopping > Buy books
	Delia Online - Cookery School Loads of useful cookery tips and instruction from Delia Smith's very own website. There's lots of general cookery knowledge, information about equipment and 'how to' pages covering a variety of different foods.
	The Cook's Thesaurus This is a really useful cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and cooking utensils. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions. This is a great resource for cooks everywhere.
	World Wide Learning - Cooking This website gives advice about the sites that offer free cooking tutorials and lessons as well as those that offer some excellent reading on the subject.
Make cocktails
	Cocktail Recipes Here you'll find loads of cocktail recipes, ranging from the well known to the utterly bizarre. They are organised by type or by name. However, even if you don't know a specific name, it's fun just to browse the recipes and pick one at random.
	Cocktail.com This is a site created by, and intended for, serious cocktail connoisseurs. It is basically a huge cocktail resource, containing recipes, reviews, news, information and loads more besides. A brilliant cocktail site.

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