How to Find Secret Recipes From Your Favorite Restaurant
Restaurant recipes are often a chef's secret. Some of them are guarded with zeal by the restaurant. However, chefs and home cooks take a lot of joy trying to replicate dishes. Many of these "educated guesses" have been posted online. It may be worth your time to check several sites to see if one, or more, has posted one of your favorites. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Internet connection
- Note paper
- List of favorite restaurants and menu items
Instructions
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Visit the TopSecretRecipes website. The site has a large database of recipes from the major chains. Some of the options as of 2011 included Applebee's Onion Petals and a Jack in the Box Oreo Cookie Shake.
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Check the recipes from celebrity chefs on the website StarChefs. The archives include famous creations and specialties from world-renown chefs like Mario Batali and Bobby Flay. The site also features dozens of guides and cooking tips.
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Find gourmet restaurant recipes on CopyKat. A free membership is necessary to collect and rate recipes from famous and not-so-famous places. The Food Bites section also has cooking and food preparation tips.
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Find recipe clones on RecipeGoldmine. It has a large database of recipes organized alphabetically by restaurant name, or it be searched by a food name. The site doesn't claim to have the actual recipes, but a clone of them. CDKitchen also has clone recipes from name restaurants.
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Tips & Warnings
Print out each recipe as you find it and start your own special scrapbook!
TopSecretRecipes.com does charge a small fee for some of their recipes; still, there are dozens of free recipes available on the site.
