1. allrecipes.com

According to the Web Information Company Alexa allrecipes.com is the most popular cooking site. About 5,5 million users visit it every month. It`s no wonder. Allrecipes.com has more than 40000 free recipes — all created, tested, reviewed and approved by home cooks.

2. kraftfoods.com

This site is less popular than allrecipes.com, it has 3,5 million unique visitors per month. The motto of the site is “Make today delicious”. Besides many recipes for fast cooking kraftfoods.com is also famous for an easy-to-use ingredient search engine. In addition here you can choose any dish for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

3. recipezaar.com

The site provides users with a huge range of practical and delicious recipes. Each of them offers information about its food value. According to Alexa`s research recipezaar.com is the third-most- popular cooking site. About 3,4 million people visit it every month.

4. cooks.com

Cooks.com is a recipe search engine which covers many categories within a large database. It also contains articles about healthy food and diets. The site also has its own forum that is open only for registered users. It is a very popular cooking site, it has 3,2 million unique visitors per month.

5. southernfood.about.com

The site is about American southern cooking. It offers many tasty recipes and different articles about food. Its popularity is growing little by little, now it’s reaching 2,2 million visitors per month.

6. grouprecipes.com

Grouprecipes.com is a food social network for foodlovers. It has an easy-to-use recipe search engine. Food is rated by such elements as taste, mood, and personal compatibility. Members create their own pages to share their recipes and interests. The site has about 2,2 million unique visitors per month.

7. cdkitchen.com

The site is famous for its database of 100 thousand of different recipes for home cooking. It also contains entertaining information: Cooking Jigsaw Puzzles, crosswords and online games. According to Alexa about 2,1 million people visit the site every month.

8. bettycrocker.com

The site is famous for its very easy-to-use recipe search engine that finds recipes by three ingredients you have. Bettycrocker.com help you make a great dinner, dessert or appetizer with ease.

9. epicurious.com

The site offers about 100 thousand different recipes including for fast and easy cooking. It also contains descriptions of dietary and kids` menus. The motto of the site is “for people who love to eat”. It has about 1,1 million unique visitors every month.

10. pillsbury.com

The site gives information about Pillsbury food and what you may cook using them. It offers a lot of recipes that are rated by different categories. For example, how much time it takes to cook or how many calories it has. The site has 980 thousand unique visitors per month.

Russian cooking sites

Russian cooking sites are not so popular and their database is not so large. The main reason is that only 27% of Russians have access to Internet. According to the Rambler`s rating top 5 cooking sites in Russia are:

Готовим.ру is a cooking online magazine with the collection of recipes that are renewed every week.

Готовим дома is a collection of easy recipes from different sources.

Хорошая кухня is a site that offers not only recipes but also video-lessons that show how to cook food.

Поваренок.ру is a cooking social network for people who love to eat.социальная сеть, предназначенная как для опытных кулинаров, так и для новичков;

Миллион меню is a site with a huge rang of different recipes (more than 20000).