Web 2.0 website I chose to explore was: ifoods.
I picked this website because I LOVE to cook! I clicked on the link Dr. Wall posted to the winners list in order to narrow down my search. I scanned through the categories until I found the food section. I visited the first two websites, but I found that they were more difficult to use and had less of a selection of recipes. ifoods was the third place website for this category.
This website is very easy to use. This website is dedicated to cooking! It has numerous recipes, several which you can watch a video to see the preparation of, which is a HUGE help to most beginning cooks. I loved that it gives tips and even has a dictionary for odd items that someone who isn't used to be in the kitchen would need to look up! Scrolling through the list I came across more than a few I had to read about! It also has a search option if you are looking for a specific recipe. For example, if you are looking for a simple pasta recipe, you can simply type pasta and the search button will find the recipes that the site contains. Another plus about this website is it gives a serving size, how long the prep time and cooking time are, and how healthy the recipe is based on a scale of 1-10 (1-unhealthy-10 healthy).
The problem with this website was that not all the recipes that you can click on have an actual recipe attached. I found several recipes on this page that did not have a recipe to cook from. For example, I clicked on a salmon pasta recipe that had a short 2 minute video but did not have the actual ingredients to make it! Other than this, I did not find any other reason to dislike this website!
This website could easily be used in a cooking class in middle school or high school. The students would be able to search ifoods for a recipe to cook in class or to cook on their own. Some of the recipes are simple and could be put together in a class period. It would give the students a chance to learn how to navigate the website and to learn about the interactive world of web 2.0.
I know I will be using this website from now on to find recipes off of!
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I enjoyed reading your blog about ifoods. Unlike you, I cannot cook at all. I wish I could do a better job, but I am kind of nervous to try. I stick to the microwave! haha. After reading your blog though, I think I might try ifoods and learn to cook better. Thank you for doing such a great job of explaining the website and making it sound interesting enough for me to actually check it out!
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