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Cooking and Conversion File, text version
rec.food.cooking FAQ, Mirror: frames version, easy to navigate
Commonly Discussed Topics of rec.food.cooking "This is a list of commonly discussed topics on rec.food.cooking. Please note that this is not saying that you shouldn't bring up these threads. It's just acknowledging that these topics do come up a lot."

FOODS and COOKING
Baking rec.food.baking (see also, "Sourdough")
BBQ
BBQ - Downloadable
BBQ Mailing List
Chocolate rec.food.chocolate
Cookware rec.food.cooking
Dutch Oven Cooking World Brotherhood of Scouting
Herbs, Culinary rec.gardens, alt.folklore.herbs
Knives rec.knives
Meat FAQs Tanith Tyrr

Meat Curing and Smoking rec.food.preserving
Preserving rec.food.preserving
Food Science sci.bio.food-science
Sourdough
Sourdough rec.food.sourdough Food Storage - rec.food.cooking, rec.food.preserving
Truffles (fungi) Tanith Tyrr

BEVERAGES
Absinthe - alt.drugs
Beer rec.food.drink.beer
Tea - Hypertext rec.food.drink.tea
Wine
Wine rec.food.drink, alt.food.wine
Winemaking rec.crafts.winemaking

RELIGION, LIFESTYLE AND SPECIAL DIETS
Kosher Food rec.food.cuisine.jewish
Vegan VEGAN-L Mailing List
Vegetarian rec.food.veg
Vegetarian Guide rec.food.veg, rec.food.veg.cooking
Very Low Fat alt.food.fat-free
Fat-Free alt.food.fat-free

HUMOR
American Food -
BOFH (Bastard Operators From Hell) bofh.food

LINKS
rec.food.cooking Cookbook recommendations, "organized by country, region, particular food or technique in alphabetical order"
rec.food.recipes posting guidelines

Your suggestions as to a canon of online resources are very welcome!
Most of these FAQ links brazenly stolen from Damsel's Edible Complex: http://home.att.net/~edible-complex/