Simply Recipes is a cooking

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founded by Elise Bauer. Bauer began writing the blog in 2003 to record her family recipes. Simply Recipes was acquired by Fexy Media in 2016, and later by

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in 2020

Content

Bauer writes about recipes for popular dishes such as

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and

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, as well as

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articles on subjects such as how to cook the perfect

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or how to best

caramelize Caramelization is a process of browning of sugar used extensively in cooking for the resulting sweet nutty flavor and brown color. The brown colors are produced by three groups of polymers: caramelans (C24H36O18), caramelens (C36H50O25), and ...

onion An onion (''Allium cepa'' L., from Latin ''cepa'' meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus ''Allium''. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onio ...

. The blog often features guest bloggers. Each recipe is attached with a

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of the final product, along with several photos that portray each major step in the recipe. The website's posts are organized in categories, such as one that only includes recipes involving

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s, or low-budget meals.

Reception

By January 2007, Simply Recipes was receiving over one million visits per month and had over 500 recipes. The Well Fed Network, a compilation of food blogs, awarded Simply Recipes the award for best blog overall of 2006. In 2010, ''

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'' magazine listed Bauer among "Eight Of The Very Best Food Bloggers." Bauer's blog has been described as taking a "relaxed approach" to food. Maggie Wrobel of ''

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'' appreciated the website's method of organizing recipes in categories, making it easier to find recipes that she was interested in.

References

External links

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