Frequently Asked Questions and Helpful Information

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Frequently Asked Questions


How to Post Your Delicious Recipe


More Than Fifty Forums For You To Enjoy


How to Write Great Recipe Reviews


Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Your Cookbooks
(every member has a personal cookbook and the option to create as many custom cookbooks as you wish)


How To Create A Menu


Translation Assistance For International Members


Submitting Pictures: How To's and Photography Archives


Recipezaar Cooking Classes and Tips Archives


A to Z Substitutions


Instant Cooking Remedies


Measurement Equivalents
For help converting American recipes to metric. Copy and stick it to the inside of your kitchen cupboard door for easy reference.


Pantry Basics


Basic Cooking Equipment and Utensils


Basic Baking Equipment and Utensils


Measurement Converter


How to Use the Recipezaar Chatroom (Including Directions for MAC Users)


What IS This Ingredient?
If you click on an item in a recipe's ingredients list, you'll be taken to the Kitchen Dictionary entry for that item.


What do the "chef titles" mean under the names in Forums?
They are simply cute names indicating how long you have been posting in the Forums. They are based solely on the number of posts you've made and go in this order:
Newbie Fry Cook
Regular Line Cook
Semi Experienced Sous Chef
Experienced Head Chef
Food.com Groupie

You move up the ladder by posting on the boards in "Talk". The more you post, the faster you move up!


What does each star level mean on the recipe ratings?
Five stars is the highest and one star is the lowest. Everyone has their own thoughts on what each star represents, and the law of averages will make the overall rating generally accurate.

5 Stars = Outstanding!
4 Stars = Loved it
3 Stars = Liked it
2 Stars = OK
1 Star = Didn't Like it
No Star = Posting a comment only (for adding input without necessarily trying the recipe or when one has made significant alterations to the recipe as written). Zero stars do not affect the recipe's over all rating.


Thank-you's for Reviews:
The site administrators have requested that we not use the forums for thank yous. There are people that either don't know this or ignore the request, in which case the threads are moved off-site.

Two suggestions to demonstrate gratitude:
Use the zmail feature to contact your reviewer
If zmail isn't an option, consider posting a reciprocal review of one of your reviewer's recipes.

This last suggestion accomplishes three things...it helps to inform the recipe's future cooks, it gives your reviewer a tangible expression of gratitude that they will actually see (it turns out that the greatest majority of members don't participate in the forums and wouldn't see any posted thank you's anyway), and gives you something new and delicious to enjoy.