Why are so many recipe blogs so bad? Ads and poorly organized?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. I’ve shifted to YouTube. Most have a link for the pdf of the recipe you can print out. I’m considering throwing my tablet up on the counter and having my own little one on one cooking class.

OH don't get me started with YouTube. Forcing you to watch ads or pay, and also the same AI slop and algorithms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because the only way to monetize sites like that are to optimize them for scrolling, keeping people on the page seeing as many ads as possible.

This is why every recipe has some giant essay about what this recipe means to them ahead of it. So I mean, it is annoying, but once I realized that is what was going on I just accepted it. They are trying their best and they don't need to give me recipes out of the goodness of their heart and this way we get the recipe for free and they get some compensation.

But it has the opposite effect for me. It's so hard to navigate, that I hit the back button. I sure as hell don't want to comment, leave a review, or spend time if it slows down my browser.

Me too sometimes, but not everyone. And if it didn't have that it would generate no income at all. Plenty of people do use all of those websites even if they are clunky because they can handle the irritation for the free recipe.

I'm not saying I like it, but I don't think I'm owed a never ending supply of free recipes for any food I could think of that also is an optimized user experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So why aren't women working harder to give you the free stuff you want?

Why aren't you working harder to come up with original complaints? Do better.

What women? There are no humans behind these constantly-changing cooking blogs. It used to be a possible to find a person whose recipes you liked and then follow them, but now it's endless AI slop with no human, and certainly no test cooking involved.

OP, it's back to basics. Subscribe to NYT cooking and/or Bon Appetit, and don't even bother with the bots. If you must search for a recipe on the wild web, tack on the name of a cook you trust. I like Alton Brown.

[Anonymous]

I don't actually need test cooking. I really like some home cooks I follow on Instagram, some professional chefs. Instagram often has the recipe pinned and posted.