Following
up on Susie's blog, Epic fail -
anatomy of the recipe that didn't, we found a great
follow-up article. Susie's article, besides being funny, details
many of the ways a recipe can be poorly written. As she points out,
a poorly written recipe can be costly in time and ingredients, and
potentially embarassing to boot.
So is there a way to eyeball a recipe and figure out that there
may be danger ahead? And what chefs are well-known for their
attention to detail and can be trusted? Over at the Splendid Table,
they have a checklist for How to Spot Good
Recipes, along with a list of 21 writers who produce reliable
recipes (and, no, Rachael Ray and Gwyneth Paltrow aren't on the
list).
