In case you are aware of the restaurant in your area where kids eat free but its not listed, you can submit it for inclusion.

Features:

• Find kids eat free restaurants in your area.
• Search for restaurants by zip code or address.
• Sort results by different days of the week.
• Restaurant’s address and phone number is also presented.
• For iPhone users there is an iPhone-friendly version as well.
• Similar sites: KidsMealsDeals.

Check out KidsEatFor @ www.kidseatfor.com

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• KidsMealDeals: Find Restaurants With Kids Specials
• SpecialGourmets: Find restaurants for people with food allergies
• CleanScores: Avoid Dirty Restaurants In Your Area
• CHOW Restaurants Regions: Find Restaurants By Cuisine
• Whyzz: Get Answers to Tough Questions From Kids

You can also filter by location, type (like kid-friendly or romantic) and price (from low to high). The guide is currently US only and covers all the major cities.

Features:

• Restaurants guide by Chow, the popular food site.
• Check out restaurants based on the type of cuisine you prefer.
• Covers major US cities.
• Huge range of cuisines to choose from.
• Other search filters like location, type and price also available.

Check out CHOW Restaurants Regions @ www.chow.com/restaurants/regions (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• SpecialGourmets: Find restaurants for people with food allergies
• KidsEatFor: Locate Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free
• CleanScores: Avoid Dirty Restaurants In Your Area
• Setup-Tableware: Learn How To Set Up A Table
• OpenTable: Find Good Restaurants & Book Tables Online

BudgetBytes is a lifesaving blog about inexpensive food recipes. The recipes are simple to make and fast to prepare. People whom cooking scares away need not fear: each recipe provides a concise step-by-step procedure which clarifies and simplifies all things, like so:

As you can see in the first screenshot above, the titles of the recipes are accompanied by the amount you’ll need to spend on making them. That helps you save time by only choosing dishes you can afford to cook.

Moreover when you click on a recipe, it gives you various details for instance, a cost breakdown of each ingredient, the number of people the dish will serve, and the total preparation time.

Cutting down on your food budget while you’re going through a financial crisis should no longer translate into surviving on noodles the entire month. You can use the amazing recipes of Beth M. (the blog’s author) and eat healthy (and tasty) all the while keeping your wallets happy.

Check out BudgetBytes @ www.budgetbytes.blogspot.com (via Lifehacker)

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• UEatCheap: Find Cheap Buffet Restaurants in Your Area
• Sandwich Cost Calculator
• RecipePuppy: Search Recipes By Ingredients On Hand
• RecipeMatcher
• NibbleDish: Unique Recipes from Food Lovers

It works like this – you create an event as a host and send invites to guests. There are many customization options available. Choose menus from various restaurants including prominent US chains like The Cheesecake Factory. Also let the guests choose their menu and pay for their food. This works great when there’s an office party where everyone pools in the money. Orders should be placed at least 90 minutes in advance.

Video Demo:

Features:

• Web based food delivery along with a nice group food ordering feature.
• Available in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia and Denver (more cities coming soon).
• Choose menus from local and national restaurant chains.
• Let the guests choose their menu.
• Pay yourself or let everyone pay for themselves.
• Set spending limits when everyone is paying for themselves.

Check out DiningIn @ www.diningin.com (via ReadWriteWeb by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• OpenTable: Find Good Restaurants & Book Tables Online
• SpecialGourmets: Find restaurants for people with food allergies
• Socializr
• Setup-Tableware: Learn How To Set Up A Table
• PurpleTrail: Plan & Organize Events Online

Users can search by location and filter results by service type (restaurant, hotel or shop) or dietary requirement (Nut-free, Shellfish free, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Peanut, Egg-free and Soy-free). The results are displayed on the map as markers, clicking on particular marker reveals the establishment’s name, address and the type of products it offers.

Moreover, SpecialGourmets provides an online magazine with latest news and articles, and has a recipe section where users can search and share recipes for people with special dietary needs.

Features:

• Comprehensive guide to hotels, shops & restaurants for people with food allergies.
• Lists around 15,000 restaurants and shops all over the world.
• Site is also available in Portuguese and Spanish.
• Users can search and filter results by allergy and service type.
• Offers free online magazine with latest news.
• Recipe section where users can search and share special recipes.
• Free, no sign up required.

Check out SpecialGourmets @ www.specialgourmets.com

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• KidsEatFor: Locate Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free
• FastFoodMaps: Online Map Of Fast Food Joints
• CleanScores: Avoid Dirty Restaurants In Your Area
• CHOW Restaurants Regions: Find Restaurants By Cuisine
• Setup-Tableware: Learn How To Set Up A Table

You can find recipes based on ingredients that you have available, what kind of alcohol you want, or even get recipes that match your glassware. The recipes are easy to follow and use only the most common ingredients. It does not matter if you have old tequila lying around, plastic cups, and some fruits – you will always find something that will suit you.

You can also share your own recipes or check out the latest, the best rated and the most popular concoctions.

Check out Drinkolic @ www.drinkolic.com

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• RecipePuppy: Search Recipes By Ingredients On Hand
• RecipeMatcher
• NibbleDish: Unique Recipes from Food Lovers
• MyFridgeFood: Find Recipes With Ingredients You Have
• GroupRecipes

After registration, you’re simply asked for basic information about the product such as a description and of course an expiry date. The tool also helps you with locating the product when it needs to be found before it expires by asking for location of the product as seen in the ‘Ad Product’ screenshot. Once a product has been posted it can be edited from the inventory screen to reflect sales or further purchases of the product.

E-mail notifications are sent out to you by the ExpireTrack when one of your products is nearing its expiry date. All of the information you entered above will be displayed in the e-mail so you can get to the product easily.

This tool could also be utilized on a personal level to remind you of overdue insurance bills, warranty expiration of electronic gadgets, magazine subscriptions and such other reoccurring events which we all must keep track of.

Main features:

• Reminds you when products are about to expire by e-mail.
• Easy-to-use interface.
• You can print the inventory easily from the website.
• You can also save it onto your PC as an .xls file.
• Similar tool: WarrantyElephant.

Check out ExpireTrack @ www.expiretrack.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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• WireWize : “How To Connect” Guides for Home Electronics
• Watch My Cell: Never Go Over Your Balance Again!
• WarrantyElephant: Track Warranty Information for Your Gadgets
• ShoppingNotes : Get Email Alerts on Price Drops
• ReviewGist : In-depth Reviews for Consumer Electronics

The Sandwich Price Calculator tells you how much it cost to make a sandwich at home. It’s from the guys over at cockeyed.com in their ‘How Much is Inside’ series.

The app consists of a virtual sandwich maker whereby you select what type of bread you want to use and then add in the fillers.  It’s nothing flashy; consisting mainly of boxes that need to be ticked and dropdown menus that need to be selected. When you click calculate, your virtual sandwich is displayed as seen in the screenshot with the price of each ingredient beside it. The total cost is shown at the bottom.

They also have another page which shows you how they calculated how much the average person puts on their sandwich and how much each ingredient costs.

This is a useful app for those trying to cut back on the spending or anyone who’s interested in seeing how much their sandwich actually costs them.

Check out the Sandwich Cost Calculator @ www.cockeyed.com/inside/sandwich/sandwich_calculator.shtml (by Dean Sherwin)

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• UEatCheap: Find Cheap Buffet Restaurants in Your Area
• Perfect Portions: Food Portions Calculator
• CountItOff: Online Weight And Calorie Tracker
• CaloriesPerHour: Burned Calories and Weight Loss Calculators
• BudgetBytes: Provides Tasty & Inexpensive Food Recipes

You can search the website by restaurant name or location (address, city, state or zip code). You may also browser restaurants alphabetically. Clicking on a particular restaurant shows its address, location on a Google Map and the results of the inspections. The cleanest restaurants are awarded five stars.

Features:

• Avoid dirty dinning places.
• Lists data for over 200,000 restaurants across the United States.
• Search restaurants by name or location.
• Free, no sign up needed.

Check out CleanScores @ www.cleanscores.com

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• SpecialGourmets: Find restaurants for people with food allergies
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database
• KidsEatFor: Locate Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free
• CHOW Restaurants Regions: Find Restaurants By Cuisine
• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food

Features

• Quickly find recipe by listing ingredients.
• Two pages to choose from – quick find and detailed kitchen
• Click on the recipe to know how it is cooked
• Sign up and submit a recipe.
• Similar sites: RecipePuppy, CookThink, Foodista and Cookstr.

Check out MyFridgeFood @ www.myfridgefood.com (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• RecipePuppy: Search Recipes By Ingredients On Hand
• Foodista: Wiki Site For Recipes
• Cookstr : Great Recipes From Around the World
• RecipeMatcher
• NibbleDish: Unique Recipes from Food Lovers

Features:

• Quickly compare nutritional values of common foods.
• Just enter two food item names and click compare.
• Get comparisons for calories, fat, proteins and carbohydrates.
• Simple and nice user interface.
• Similar sites: NutritionToolbox, Fatburgr and ShugarStacks.

Check out Twofoods @ www.twofoods.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• FatBurgr: Fast Food Restaurant Nutritional Guide
• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• ShugarStacks: Check The Amount of Sugar in Foods
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database
• CountItOff: Online Weight And Calorie Tracker

Additionally you can register to save your favorite coffee shops, rate them, or add new ones.

Features:

• Find nearest Dunkin Donuts, Peet’s Coffee and Tea and Starbucks Coffee locations.
• Search by address or zip code.
• Save your favorite locations for easy access
• Filter your results by distance and coffee shop chain.
• Save your favorite coffee shops, rate them, or add new ones.
• iPhone app available as well.

Check out CoffeeSeeker @ www.coffeeseeker.com

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• SpecialGourmets: Find restaurants for people with food allergies
• Setup-Tableware: Learn How To Set Up A Table
• OpenTable: Find Good Restaurants & Book Tables Online
• NYCFoodMap: NYC Restaurants Map
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database

To find a fast food place you can either search by state/city or simply use a map to zoom in. You may also sort results by a particular restaurant chain. To make it easier to share restaurant locations with others, FastFoodMaps lets you grab the permanent URL to the current view on the map.

Features:

• Find the nearest fast food chain.
• Lists over 50,000 fast food restaurants including McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, Jack in the Box, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC, Carl’s Jr, Hardee’s and In-N-Out.
• Search by state and city or use map to zoom in.
• Sort results by restaurant chain.
• Get a link to current map and share it with others.
• Free and no sign up needed.
• Similar service: POIs Along A Route.

Check out FastFoodMaps @ www.fastfoodmaps.com

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• SpecialGourmets: Find restaurants for people with food allergies
• POIs Along A Route: Find Fast Food Joints Along Your Route
• Setup-Tableware: Learn How To Set Up A Table
• OpenTable: Find Good Restaurants & Book Tables Online
• NYCFoodMap: NYC Restaurants Map

Sign up and use it online or from your computer by downloading the desktop version, which is more convenient, faster, works offline and lets you view more advanced reports

Note:  After you sign up, you can skip the sponsor page and sign in from the homepage.

Features:

• Free online diet journal.
• Used by over 2.2 million members.
• Enter your daily foods and exercises and get detailed reports on calorie counts, weight loss etc.
• Contains nutritional information for 1000’s of food items.
• Use it online or download the desktop version (lets you view more advanced reports).
• Free, sign up online.

Check out FitDay @ www.fitday.com

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• CountItOff: Online Weight And Calorie Tracker
• CaloriesPerHour: Burned Calories and Weight Loss Calculators
• Zeer: Food Products Review Site
• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods

You can browse foods by categories (fish, fruit, beverage etc) or search with keywords. There is an “Add to total” button next to each food, which you can use to add several foods to a list and then view the total calorie amount of the selected items.

Features:

• Quick nutritional information look up.
• View nutritional information of more than 40,000 popular grocery food items and fast food products.
• Browse foods by categories (fish, fruit, beverages etc) or search with keywords.
• Add several foods to a list and view their total calorie amount.
• Similar websites Fatburgr and ShugarStacks.

Check out Nutritional Toolbox @ www.principalhealthnews.com/topic/nutritiontoolbox

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• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods
• ShugarStacks: Check The Amount of Sugar in Foods
• FatBurgr: Fast Food Restaurant Nutritional Guide
• CountItOff: Online Weight And Calorie Tracker

All data on the site comes form trusted sources such as United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pesticide Data Program (PDP), U.S. EPA and PesticideInfo website.

You might also want to check SkinDeep a website with similar concept but for cosmetics and personal care products.

Features:

• Learn more about types of pesticides in your food and their side effects.
• Search site database by food or pesticide name.
• Each food listing shows the number of pesticides used, their names, health effects and toxicity legends.
• The data comes fro trusted sources such as United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pesticide Data Program (PDP),  U.S. EPA  and PesticideInfo website.
• Subscribe to get latest updates and alerts about toxic foods.
• Free, no registration needed.

Check out WhatsOnMyFood @ www.whatsonmyfood.org

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• TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods
• ShugarStacks: Check The Amount of Sugar in Foods
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database
• FatBurgr: Fast Food Restaurant Nutritional Guide
• CountItOff: Online Weight And Calorie Tracker

There is also the advanced search option that allows users to search recipes by the number of ingredients, minimum recipe rating or restrict results only to recipes with images.

Watch RecipePuppy demo video below:

Features:

• Food recipes search engine.
• Search recipes by ingredients and keywords from multiple recipe websites including AllRecipes.com, FootNetwork, Cooks.com and others.
• Filter results by including/excluding ingredients with one click.
• Other recipe websites: CookThink, Foodista and Cookstr.

Check out RecipePuppy @ www.recipepuppy.com

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• Cookstr : Great Recipes From Around the World
• MyFridgeFood: Find Recipes With Ingredients You Have
• Foodista: Wiki Site For Recipes
• RecipeMatcher
• NibbleDish: Unique Recipes from Food Lovers

In case you don’t see your favorite night spot on the website then you can contribute by adding it to the directory.

Features:

• Find restaurants open all night.
• Browse restaurants by city name (for US cities only).
• Contribute by adding late night places you are aware of.
• Free, no registration needed.

You might be also interested in 2itch, which is somewhat similar website but instead of restaurants it finds all 24 Hour Open Stores located in the nearby area.

Check Out Lunarama @ www.lunarama.net

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• KidsEatFor: Locate Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free
• CleanScores: Avoid Dirty Restaurants In Your Area
• CHOW Restaurants Regions: Find Restaurants By Cuisine
• CampusFood: Order Online from Restaurants Near your Campus

Once you have registered on the site you msy start adding groceries from the rich list of items categorized into several categories. In cases when the item you are looking for is not listed there is an option for you to add it manually. When the list is ready you may share it with others by forwarding them a URL or print it out.

For more info watch demo video below:

Features:

• Grocery checklist maker.
• Manage and create as many lists as you like.
• Share lists with others.
• Allow others to add items to your grocery shopping list.
• Similar websites: Grocist, Listingly and GroceryGuide.

Check out GroceryWiz @www.grocerywiz.com

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• Grocist: Barcode Driven Grocery List Creator
• SimplyChecklists: Free Checklists for Everyday Life
• PrintableCheckList: Web Based Printable Checklist Maker
• Perfect Portions: Food Portions Calculator
• OpenTable: Find Good Restaurants & Book Tables Online

Additionally you can register and submit your own recipes, leave comments, follow recipes of other members and share your favorite recipes on the web.

Features:

• More than 2000 unique recipe ideas with high quality photos shared by a community of food lovers and cooks.
• Around 8000 registered members.
• View most popular recipes, search by keywords and read user comments.
• Register to add your own recipes, share them on the web, follow recipes of other members and leave comments.
• All the recipes are free to use and reproduce under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.
• Subscribe by email to free weekly newsletter to receive Top Recipes with pictures.
• Similar sites: CookThink, Foodista, Cookstr and some more.

Check out Nibbledish @ www.nibbledish.com

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• RecipePuppy: Search Recipes By Ingredients On Hand
• RecipeMatcher
• MyFridgeFood: Find Recipes With Ingredients You Have
• GroupRecipes
• Foodista: Wiki Site For Recipes

The additional information like weight, sugar calories and total calories also provided.

Features:

• Visually shows sugar amount in foods.
• Browse images by food categories.
• Also shows the sugar weight and total number of calories.

Check out ShugarStacks @ www.sugarstacks.com

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• TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database
• FatBurgr: Fast Food Restaurant Nutritional Guide
• CountItOff: Online Weight And Calorie Tracker

Start with entering your start and end destination points and the acceptable distance from the main road. Next you should get a map showing your driving route and fast food joints. Each fast food spot is marked with a distinct color marker that can be used to get additional info about the place.

You can easily adjust the distance and the range you are prepared to travel to visit a restaurant and filter out fast food chains you don’t like.

Features:

• Get directions and find fast foods you can visit on the go.
• Adjust distance and range you are prepared to travel.
• Filter out fast food chains you do not like.
• Free, no registration needed.

Check out POIs Along A Route Map @ www.gis5.com/pois_along_route

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• FastFoodMaps: Online Map Of Fast Food Joints
• SpecialGourmets: Find restaurants for people with food allergies
• Zeer: Food Products Review Site
• WhatsOnWhen: Local Event Guide For Over 500 World Destinations
• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food

Zoom in closer to view all the restaurants in a particular neighborhood and click on the mark to get more information about the place: view inside pictures, prices, working hours, special features and read the profile on New York Magazine website.

Features:

• View over 3600 new york restaurants and bars on a Google map.
• Listed restaurants covered and profiled in New York Magazine.
• View restaurants in different neighborhoods, filter them by their star rating, price range, type of cuisine and special features.
• For each restaurant see inside pictures, menu prices, working hours, special features and read the profile from New York Magazine website.

Check out NYCFoodMap @ www.nycfoodmap.com

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• 2itch: Find 24 Hour Open Stores
• TriptropNYC: Travel Time Map For New York City
• SpotCrime : Get Crime Reports for your Neighborhood
• SpecialGourmets: Find restaurants for people with food allergies
• Setup-Tableware: Learn How To Set Up A Table

Browse nutritional content of menu items by restaurant or by categories (milk shakes, sandwiches, coffee etc.) There is an iPhone version of the website, so you can access this information while you are at a restaurant.

Features:

• Look up fast food nutrition data (calories, fat, carbs etc).
• Currently provides data for popular restaurant chains like McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s, Pizza Hut, Krispy Kreme… etc, with new restaurants being added daily.
• View and compare nutritional content of the menu items by restaurant and by food type (milkshakes, sandwiches, coffee etc.).
• iPhone version available.
• Similar websites: CountItOff, CaloriesPerHour and WeightMirror.

Check out Fatburgr @ www.fatburgr.com

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• TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods
• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• ShugarStacks: Check The Amount of Sugar in Foods
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database
• CountItOff: Online Weight And Calorie Tracker

GoodGuide aims to change this by bringing information transparency to the products that we use. It provides a  comprehensive guide on more than 70,000 products with ratings, expert recommendations and advice. Using it you can find and compare healthy and green products that are safe for your children and family.

Browse products by their overall ratings or by their health, environmental and social impacts. View which products to avoid and which ones are safe.

Features:

• Find and compare products that are safe, green and healthy.
• Comprehensive guide of more than 70,000 products ratings.
• Browse products by their overall ratings and by their health, environmental and social performances
• Product information is collected from government data sources, academic institutions and non-government data sources
• Access GoodGuide product info from a cellphone by sending text messages or from your iPhone
• Free, no sign up needed. Register to save products in your shopping list.

Check out GoodGuide @ www.goodguide.com

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• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods
• StillTasty: Product Shelf Life Guide
• ShugarStacks: Check The Amount of Sugar in Foods
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database

This site shows you how to set a table depending on the items served. Just check the items you are planning to serve and click on the “Set the table” button. Setup-Tableware will then present you with an illustratory image showing what should be placed where.

Features;

• HLearn how to set up table for dinner.
• Simply choose what you will be serving and get an image showing you how to set the cutlery.
• Free, simple and easy to use.

Check out Setup-Tableware @ www.wholesale-table-linens.com/setup-tableware

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• NYCFoodMap: NYC Restaurants Map
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database
• KidsMealDeals: Find Restaurants With Kids Specials

To find shelf life information you can search by product name and browse site by food type like fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat, fish, nuts… etc. You can also read Q & A section where food related questions are answered. Moreover, if you have a question of your own you can submit them.

Features:

• Cool product shelf life information guide.
• Search for shelf life info by product name or browse site by categories.
• Check out Q & A section for answered questions.
• Submit question or your own.
• Free, no signup.

Check out StillTasty @ www.stilltasty.com

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• TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods
• ShugarStacks: Check The Amount of Sugar in Foods
• RateMDs: Review Your Doctor & Read Ratings of Other Doctors
• Perfect Portions: Food Portions Calculator

You can filter restaurants only to those that are delivering right now, allow online orders, serve particular type of cuisine (e.g. Chinese, Italian, Indian, Low fat), accept credit cards… etc.

Furthermore, you can check out user reviews, see delivery hours and fees, view the minimum order amount and see the menu. When you click on a food item, it will be automatically added to your Menu Drawer. When you are done make sure to check the total order price (including tax and delivery) and click “Finalize order” to get the selected items delivered to your address.

No signup needed, however registering on the site lets you view your past orders, rate restaurants and write reviews, and most importantly avoid entering your delivery address every time.

Currently the service available in Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, New York and Philadelphia Metro Areas with more cities promised soon.

Features:

• Food delivery search engine.
• Search and find  restaurants that deliver food to your address.
• Currently service is available in Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, New York and Philadelphia Metro Areas.
• Filter restaurants to those that are delivering right now, allow online orders,serve particular type of cuisine and more.
• Pick a restaurant, read user reviews, view its delivery hours, delivery fees, minimum order quantity and the menu.
• Free and no registration needed for online ordering.

Check out GrubHub @ www.grubhub.com (via TechCrunch)

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• KidsMealDeals: Find Restaurants With Kids Specials
• CampusFood: Order Online from Restaurants Near your Campus
• SpecialGourmets: Find restaurants for people with food allergies
• Setup-Tableware: Learn How To Set Up A Table
• RecipePuppy: Search Recipes By Ingredients On Hand

Browse foods by tags, view pictures, read detailed descriptions or visit the vendor’s page. To buy from the site: select a food item, proceed to checkout, enter your email address, shipping information and view the total price including shipping fees to your destination.

Features:

• Online marketplace that connects small gourmet food producers and growers with specialty food lovers.
• Buy hiqh quality specialty foods (bakery, cheese, vegetables, seafood and more) directly from food producers at a cheaper price.
• Browse foods by tags, view pictures, read detailed descriptions or visit producer’s page.
• US only.

Check out Foodzie @ www.foodzie.com

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• RecipePuppy: Search Recipes By Ingredients On Hand
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• Foodista: Wiki Site For Recipes
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• Zilok: Rent Anything From Anyone

This way you can easily keep track of the foods your like and purchase often, remember what brands to repurchase and quickly print lists when you go shopping next time.

In addition the site lets you add your loyalty or club card details and have it printed right on your grocery list.

Features:

• Barcode driven grocery list maker and organizer.
• Barcode scanner is needed (you can buy it on Ebay for cheap).
• Keep track of products you buy and never forget the brands you like most.
• Option to add items manually.
• Print your list whenever you need.
• Get an RSS feed for your grocery list.

Check out Grocist @ www.grocist.nfshost.com

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• GroceryWiz: Create Grocery Shopping List
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database
• GroceryGuide : Grocery Coupons and Deals
• Zeer: Food Products Review Site
• WoW-Coupons : Search, Find and Print Free Coupons

Works easy, quickly create an account, type in your daily calorie intake goal, your current weight, your goal for weight and you are ready to go. Whenever you make an entry it will show how much you have left before you reach your goal.

The site also has a premium iPhone version that can fully synchronize all your data with your online account.

Features:

• Online weight and calorie tracking tool.
• Easy to use and clutter free interface.
• Easily see how much you’re eating each day
• Log your weight each day to see what you’re losing
• iPhone version available (not free)
• Related sites: CaloriesPerHour, Ideal Body Weight Calculator and WeightMirror.

Check out CountItOff @ www.countitoffapp.com

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• CaloriesPerHour: Burned Calories and Weight Loss Calculators
• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• TwoFoods: Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods
• ShugarStacks: Check The Amount of Sugar in Foods
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database

The suggested portions are given in terms of standard mugs, table spoons etc. for a rule-of-thumb measurements, as well as in grams and milliliters for the exact amounts. This service is provided to encourage people to eliminate the food waste.

How it works:

1. Choose the food ingredient. You can either select it from food category or choose one from the popular foods.
2. Select how many people to cook for (adults+children)
3. Done! Get the exact amount you need cook

Features:

• Removes the guesswork by suggesting ingredients for perfect food portions sizes.
• Works in 3 steps: Choose the food ingredient, select how many people to cook for, get the amount you need to cook.
• Service is provided to encourage people to eliminate food waste
• Free, no signup needed.

Check out Portion Calculator @ www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/perfect_portions/ (via delicious)

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• StillTasty: Product Shelf Life Guide
• Sandwich Cost Calculator
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• NatureFind: Find Fun Family Outdoor Activities & Places
• MomentVille: All-In-One Service For Making Wedding Websites

There is no registration for searching recipes, however if registered you can keep track of your favorite recipes, leave comments and build your own meals from several food recipes using the Meal Builder.

Additionally you can read useful food reference articles, see most popular recipe searches, subscribe to site’s Root Source weekly newsletter to learn in detail about a single ingredient: best ways to buy it, how to store it, prepare it and cook with it.

Features:

• Food recipe ideas search tool.
• Search for recipes by ingredients, dish types, cuisines and moods.
• Each recipe is tested by the site or by site’s partner food experts.
• Read useful food reference articles, see most popular recipes and food searches.
• Subscribe to weekly Root Source newsletter to learn in detail about a single ingredient: how to buy it, store and cook with it.
• Register to keep track of your favorite recipes, comment on recipes and build your own meals from different recipes.
• Other food recipe websites: Foodista, Cookstr and some more.

Check out CookThink @ www.cookthink.com

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• RecipeMatcher
• NibbleDish: Unique Recipes from Food Lovers
• MyFridgeFood: Find Recipes With Ingredients You Have
• GroupRecipes

Students can add items to their cart, specify the quantity, and put additional comments for each item. The site also lets students to add credit card details on their account so they don’t have to enter their information all the time. The working hours, phone numbers, minimum amount for delivery  can also be quickly viewed.

Features:

• Order food online from campus restaurants.
• See if a restaurant is currently open and taking delivery orders.
• Add comments and special instructions for your order.
• Save your payment information for future use.
• See weekly and daily specials and get discounts for ordering online.
• Option to order for a future day and for large groups.
• Browse restaurants by type of cuisine or specific features.
• Available in US only.

If you’re new to MakeUseOf.com you might be also interested in a couple of posts that were written specifically for students. These are:

- 10+ Web Tools To Save Your Butt In School
- 10 Online Learning Tools for Students

Check out CampusFood @ www.campusFood.com (by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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• GrubHub: Food Delivery Search Engine
• 2itch: Find 24 Hour Open Stores
• Wowbrary: Get Alerts on New Book Arrivals From Your Library
• WiZiQ : Virtual Classroom
• wePapers: Student Paper Database to Find & Share Notes

Features:

• Global restaurant guide.
• Guide to restaurants in over 40 countries.
• Search restaurants by country, city and sort by cuisine type.
• Website is available in 8 different languages.
• Lists detailed info such as menu, hours of operation and location.
• See beforehand if the restaurant accepts credit cards.
• View menu prices in 18 different currencies.

Check out FoodJoker @ FoodJoker.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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• UEatCheap: Find Cheap Buffet Restaurants in Your Area
• SpecialGourmets: Find restaurants for people with food allergies
• Setup-Tableware: Learn How To Set Up A Table
• OpenTable: Find Good Restaurants & Book Tables Online
• NYCFoodMap: NYC Restaurants Map

You can search for places by city, zip code or by restaurant type. Each place is clearly marked on the map and clicking on marker will show you more information such as restaurant type, address, phone number and user ratings.

There is no registration needed for searching restaurants, but if you want create a list of your favorite restaurants, receive deal alerts, suggest restaurants, or rate restaurant suggested by other users the  registration is required.

Features:

• Find cheap buffet restaurants in your city.
• Search for restaurants by city, state or zip code.
• Search for restaurants by restaurant type.
• Rate and review restaurants.
• Add restaurants.
• Send restaurant addresses to your phone.
• Check out specials in your area.
• Sign up to receive deals by email.

Check out UEatCheap @ www.ueatcheap.com

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• Woot: One Deal a Day
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• Texthog: Track Budget & Expenses via SMS, Email & Twitter
• SpendingDiary: Track Daily Expenses Online
• Shortcuts: Link Discount Coupons To Your Store Card

You can use Zeer to search for certain product review and see what people are saying about it, or you can join a community and express your opinion for particular food product.

Zeer also allows you to add friends and ask for advice about any food related topic, ask about their experiences/feelings for a product. Another very good feature is the ability to rate a product since it tells you in a glance what people think about it.

Feature overview:

• Food product reviews by users.
• Read and write reviews for thousands of products.
• Search for a product by name or UPC.
• Search for products by manufacturer name, possible allergies, calories or ingredients.
• Nutritional information for more then 114,000 food products, and each one can be rated.
• Join a community and engage in discussions about any topic.
• Make friends with like-minded people and share advice.
• Add products to your shopping list or wish lists.

Visit Zeer @ www.zeer.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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• ShugarStacks: Check The Amount of Sugar in Foods
• NutritionToolbox: Food Nutritional Information Database
• FitDay: Online Diet & Weight Loss Tracking Journal

Although it’s still a rather small website and does not yet have huge selection of restaurants available, it’s still a useful place to check if there are any special deals for kids in the nearby restaurants. Just type in your zip code, and the KidsMealDeals will check if there are any restaurants out there offering free kids meals or kids meals at a discount.

Features:

• Find a restaurants with “kids eat free” or half price specials.
• Search for restaurnats by zip code.
• Search by different days of the week
• Narrow search results by distance(ex. 5 miles, 10 miles, 15 miles, and 30 miles)
• See exactly how far away a restaurant is from your location
• Get information about a restaurant incl. its phone number and location on Google Maps

Check out KidsMealDeals @ www.kidsmealdeals.com

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• Whyzz: Get Answers to Tough Questions From Kids
• What A Lovely Name: Baby Name Finder
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For those of you interested in cooking, be sure to check out the new website Cookstr. Cookstr is full of recipes from around the world that you can browse by main ingredient, holiday, meal, and many others. Cookstr is easy to navigate website, and though it doesn’t have that many recipes in its cupboard, new recipes are being added all the time. The contributors aren’t ordinary people either. Many of the recipes were designed by chefs and in cookbooks. Great recipe website, especially for holidays.

Features:

• Browser recipes by Chefs from around the world.
• Browse recipes by ingredients, holidays, meal, chef, and method of preparing
• Print or share your favorite recipes with friends
• Get info about any recipe (i.e. skill level, time for preparation, and any addition notes)
• Refine searches by cost, time, holiday, etc.
• Similar sites: Foodista, GroupRecipes.

MakeUseOf also published a couple of really good artilcles covering recipe websites. One is Top 5 Recipe Websites and more recently Great Cooking Websites from a Different Perspective.

Check out Cookstr @ www.cookstr.com

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• Foodista: Wiki Site For Recipes
• RecipeMatcher
• NibbleDish: Unique Recipes from Food Lovers

Furthermore you can submit one of your own recipes and let other users check it out. There is no registration required for searching on Foodista, but only if you want to contribute and edit recipes.

Features:

• Wiki style recipe website.
• Search for recipes and techniques related to cooking.
• Clean and user friendly interface.
• Contribute by editing existing recipes or adding new ones.
• Add or remove ingredients, check out edit history and leave comments.
• Other recipe websites: RecipeMatcher, GroupRecipes and see Top 5 Recipe Websites.

Visit Foodista @ www.foodista.com

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• KitchenMonki: Cool Menu Planner with Grocery List Manager
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• RecipeMatcher