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I like them a lot. Do a search on there, you get a variety of related recipes to scroll through. And they just have the recipe.
So many online recipes are hidden in a page of personal reminisces, extraneous information, and SO.MANY.ADS, that it takes forever to find the recipe itself, then it disappears as yet more ads load. I do appreciate the "jump to recipe" buttons, but even better is "print recipe," which opens an ad-free page.
I don't see recipes as ironclad rules, just suggestions. I substitute or eliminate some ingredients, use more of others.
Years ago (before the internet), I wanted to make foccacia. I found a recipe in a book, and bought all the special ingredients; sea salt (this was back in the '80s, sea salt was exotic), walnut oil, Spanish olives.
The focaccia didn't taste like nonna's (and she was no longer available to share her recipe). The leftover walnut oil went rancid, the sea salt spilled, the olives were nasty.
That's when I realized that somebody just made this recipe up, using stuff they like. I can do the same.
Now when I make focaccia, I use my favorite ingredients, or whatever I've got on hand. Black olives, Italian sausage, pine nuts, fresh rosemary... Mmmmm, I want it right now!
I can't see how anyone can't look at Allrecipes and find what they are looking for or get great ideas. The best part is if you look up anything, it gives you several recipes some being quite different from each other for dishes. I use it all the time and am rarely disappointed.
A bit off topic but check out Natasha's Kitchen. Great recipes and many of them take 30 minutes or less to make. I have mad 6 dishes already from her site.
I got a free subscription to their magazine, which seemed to be mostly recipes sent in by readers. A little too church basement for me, but a friend loved it.
I carry that prejudice still, and usually skip their recipes.
I seldom use any online recipes unless there is something unique, i.e. dead mom's pizza
I have at least fifty cookbooks and am always finding more at library sales for a dollar. I'll never be able to make everything in my lifetime but it's fun trying.
When I started going to Allrecipes, there weren't as many other sites to go to. So a LONG time ago. A few of my favorite recipes came from there originally, but these days, I tend to do a general search and end up wherever something looks interesting. So I don't use Allrecipes that much anymore. With any recipe site, I always make sure I read the comments before trying.
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