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Cookipedia is a constantly evolving cookery wiki created by passionate volunteers. It now holds more than 7,200 content pages and 8,380 cookery photographs. We strive to cover every aspect of the culinary arts. If you think we've missed an area or you spot any howlers, then please do let us know! We are independent and have no commercial affiliation.

Cookipedia's Mission Statement

To be a one-stop cookery resource providing cooks with the latest cookery methods and techniques including appealing tested and photographed recipes from around the world. Our encyclopaedic Wiki endeavours to cover everything you need to know to successfully complete your chosen recipe.

Highlights

• Thousands of tested and photographed step-by-step recipes from around the world.
• All of our recipes are personally tested; not yet another collection of recipe clones form the Internet.
• Want to cheat at Ready Steady Cook or to clear out your fridge? - just choose your ingredients from our comprehensive list and we will suggest a selection of matching recipes!
• Every recipe can produce a printed shopping list of all the ingredients required to cook the recipe.
  • Just click the Print a shopping list for this recipe's ingredients link, top right of every recipe page.
• Detailed cooking methods and procedures
• Up to date information on all cookery tools
• Encyclopaedic details on every conceivable cookery ingredient
• A growing directory of recommended specialist suppliers
• Conversion tables for cooks
• The only dynamic meat cooking time calculator on the Internet
• More cheeses than Wikipedia. Detailed information on 2,488 cheeses

2,488 types of cheese!

Cookipedia has photos and information on 2,488 cheeses from around the world in our Just Cheese category.

Looking for that really special recipe?

Take a look at our favourite recipes section. Recipes here have all been chosen by our editors as worth making again and again. We also have a selection of unusual recipes should you want to make something very different!

Cookipedia on Pinterest

At long last, we've started to put Cookipedia;s recipes on Pinterest. It is a great way to visually select our recipes. It also makes me realise how many great looking recipes we've made over the years. Take a look, see if you agree!

Let us to help you to select a recipe for tonight's meal

Looking for recipes that use a number of specific ingredients; eg: beef, pastry & cheese? Just tick those items from a list of more than 60 ingredients and we'll list the recipes that use those three items. What a brilliant way to clean out that fridge!

• Enter a selection of ingredients and we'll find a matching recipe

We also have two recipe finders that will randomly pick 3 recipes from your chosen category - Every recipe shows a short description and a recent photo of the completed meal. Just keep clicking until you like what you see!

• Randomly choose recipes from more than 40 countries
• Pick a selection of recipes from more than 60 specific food types

The list of Cookipedia's recipe categories by main ingredient or type.

The list of Cookipedia's recipe categories by ethnic category