Java Link
We begin, of course with coffee. Where else? Java Link, with its handsome design and extensive listings, looks to us like the single best web resource for caffeine-related sites around the world.

Coffee Review
Meanwhile, if it's coffee news and reviews you want to read, we recommend Coffee Review, urbane and knowledgeable commentary about all varieties of the sacred bean.

INeedCoffee
Quirkier than either of the other two, INeedCoffee includes coffee-related poetry, fiction, and cartoons, plus recipes (homemade Thai iced coffee, anyone?). And the most extensive selection of home-made coffee-roasting devices and methods we've found everywhere, using everything from popcorn poppers to heat guns.

GreatGrub
Terrific idea — a participatory website for foodies. Andrew Sachs runs this handsomely designed, user-friendly webspace to which you can contribute recipes, restaurant reviews, culinary and gustatory experiences, and other content.

Tako in the Kitchen
Our favorite cooking show, this elaborate cartoon site from 8legged Entertainment presents Tako, the octopus chef, offering actually useful culinary tips while surviving a series of peculiar adventures involving killer shrimp and such.

The Wacky World of FLAN
We particularly enjoy flan as a dessert accompanying our coffee, but we haven't looked at it quite the same way since visiting The Wacky World of FLAN. Who would have imagined this custard had so many other uses, and such a rich inner life?

l'Association Cuisine et Tradition
Our good friends Madeleine and Erick Vedel run a cooking school in Arles, in the south of France (think Van Gogh, think sunflowers). It's called l'Association Cuisine et Tradition, specializing (mais oui!) in provençale-style cooking. You couldn't ask for better guides to that earthy, sensual complex of flavors.

Fire Girl
When it comes to hot stuff, we look to Fire Girl, Mary Going's fine home page for everything related to hot and spicy foodstuffs. Includes recipes, growing instructions, advice on worship, and a big links section.

Mark's Hot Links
Mark's Hot Links, posted by one Mark Stevens (no, not "Mr. 10-1/2"), supplements it well; more recipes, more links, more tips, some science. The guy view vs. the gal perspective, you might say.

Buffalo Wing World Domination
Since having been introduced to Buffalo-style chicken wings in the 1970s, we've needed — and we mean needed — regular infusions ever since. So we take Buffalo Wing World Domination — a diabolical scheme "to peacefully take over the world through the use of nanite-laced buffalo wings" — quite seriously.

Slow Food
Buffalo wings notwithstanding, we're devotees of slow food ourselves. To learn more about the "slow food" movement and the organizations that support it, go to Slow Food and/or Slow Food USA. As the poet, farmer, and ecologist Wendell Berry says, "Eating is an agricultural act. Eat responsibly." And savor every bite.

Ninja Burger
However, if you must have fast food, we strongly recommend Ninja Burger: "Guaranteed delivery in 30 minutes or less, or we commit Seppuku!" A history of this famous link in the food chain, cartoons, more. Look for one in your neighborhood.

The Amazing SPAM Homepage
Born during World War II, Ye Executive Director has memories of . . . spam. (Or should he say, SPAM®?) The chopped-meat product in a can whose name became a synonym for the bane of the 'Net: junk email sent out in bulk. He avoids the latter as best he can, and never touches the former nowadays (except once a few years ago, in Las Vegas, when a very hip Japanese art student served spam sushi at an opening). Still, the stuff does have a niche in culinary history, as explicated at The Amazing SPAM Homepage.

Tomatoes are Evil
We disagree completely with their premise, but, as Rosa Luxembourg said, "Freedom is always the freedom for others to think differently." So, to promote democracy in action, we invite you to visit Tomatoes are Evil. We particularly enjoy the shooting gallery.

Beans Around The World
Beans Around The World documents "the amazing (but true!) journey of a can of S&W® brand black beans as they make their way across this great land of ours, and to other nations!" Who could resist?

Tim's Garlic Page
"Garlic is as good as ten mothers," to quote the title of Les Blank's classic film on the subject. For a virtual whiff of the Stinking Rose, click on Tim's Garlic Page and press your nose to the screen of your VDT.

École Chocolat
For news of the world of chocolate, visit the home page of Pam Williams's École Chocolat. strikes us as one of the very best on its subject, the dearly beloved substance she calls "blackgold." This is exactly the kind of site we chocoholics crave, mixing recipes, history, quotes from literature and much more into a delicious confection that belies its plain wrapper.

The Sweet Science of Chocolate
Then head to the Exploratorium for The Sweet Science of Chocolate — chocolate history, science, and much more. Remember the Chocoholics 12-Step Program: Never let yourself get more than 12 steps away from the stuff.

Eat Dangerously
Good recipes at Benjamin Lewis and Rodrigo Velloso's Eat Dangerously, and we like their attitude: "Being healthy pays off when you're old, while eating delicious food pays off RIGHT NOW."