Hey, Good Cookin' ... chop, chop! It’s time to do the Funky Turkey (along with the Mashed Potato March and Gravy Dip). Ok, so the thought of preparing the Thanksgiving feast of burden (topped with family dysfunction) is giving you the turkey trots. Well, don’t go into a tryptophan stupor. Instead, head to your pc and click on the best recipe 
collection on the web – www.Cookstr.com. Cookstr is a new cooking site dedicated to providing users with great recipes from the best chefs and cookbook authors. It includes thousands of recipes from cookbooks you know and love, and helps you discover wonderful new books and cooks. It also lets you communicate via the Cookstr blog with experts to ensure you don’t mess up.
Founded in 2008, Cookstr is a really powerful search engine which lets you look for recipes in a wide variety of ways. All of the participating chefs and cookbook authors have their own profile pages on Cookstr where you can read about them, their restaurants, and see a selection of their great cookbooks. Go to the Cookstr recipe home page for dozens of ways to browse recipes, or to the chef and author home page to see who has recipes on the site. It represents the full diversity of foods and cultures, and features lots of recipes that are easy and inexpensive. You can easily print recipes or you can send one to a friend.
Think baking at home is an express train to Chubtown? (Hey — you gotta beef up for winter, right?) Don’t worry; the recipes rely primarily on real food made with real ingredients. Cookstr tries to avoid recipes that use a lot of processed food. Got to prepare meals for card-carrying veggies? Cookstr has weekly posts like “Vegetarians at the Gate” that will ensure your veggie guests aren’t treated as second class citizens (and steer you away from disgusting tofu disasters). 
Sign #31 you’re in a culinary rut: The only chef in your kitchen goes by the name Poppa John. No pressure, but the holidays are a great the time to break out of your slump starting with The Cookstr 10: “Ten Recipes for Thanksgiving” and “Ten Holiday Pies”. Just got your Thanksgiving assignment from Aunt Karen 24 hours before the event? Don’t panic (or resort to canned cranberry sauce). Simply click on the recipe meal/course section and refine your search by cost, skill level, time, etc. to quickly get down to brass tacks. You will you be the star contributor and, more importantly, put pressure on those who keep recycling the same recipe (tradition?) for 27 years.
Enough said. Go to the Cookstr website, whip up a new dish, and start your New Year’s resolution to a healthier life one month early … right after you Eat, Pass out, and Repeat throughout weekend. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Buzz!
