The Food Channel (not affiliated with
Food Network
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) is an American consumer
Web site
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with food recipes, news, reviews and advice. The site compiles information to produce
food industry trends and aims to be a gateway for all things food.
Site content is separated into four categories:
recipes
A recipe is a set of instructions that describes how to prepare or make something, especially a dish of prepared food. A sub-recipe or subrecipe is a recipe for an ingredient that will be called for in the instructions for the main recipe.
Hist ...
,
articles,
blogs and
videos. Recipes are created by The Food Channel chefs, as well as recipes from featured cookbooks. Content for the site is generated by a team of editors and the chefs of The Food Channel. Food bloggers also contribute content to the site.
History
The Food Channel began as a
newsletter in the 1980s. It predicted and reported trends in the food industry. The newsletter was published 23 times per year by Noble Communications (formerly Noble and Associates).
The Web site was launched on January 21, 2008, by Noble Communications under the direction of CEO, Bob Noble. Headquartered in
Springfield, Missouri
Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which had an estimat ...
, the site was in
Beta version
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for about one year, in which time new site features were tested and added. On January 22, 2009, the Web site finished Beta testing.
While in Beta stage, The Food Channel was nominated for the "We Love This Site" Web Award by the blogging site DivineCaroline.com.
Trends
The Food Channel compiles information to spot industry trends. Using information gathered by The Food Channel and Noble's CultureWaves team, food industry trends are analyzed and reported on the site. In late 2008, the site released the Top Ten Food Trends of 2009. Developed by The Food Channel, with contributions from Neemee and the International Food Futurists, the list identifies the significant food movements for consumers, food service professionals and manufacturers.
Food Widgets
In October 2008, the site introduced a food recipe
Web widget
A web widget is a web page or web application that is embedded as an element of a host web page but which is substantially independent of the host page, having limited or no interaction with the host. A web widget commonly provides users of the ...
. The widget provides users with daily recipes created by the site's chefs or provided by partner sites. The recipe widget is a follow up to the food trends widget introduced one month prior. The widget is a box consisting of nine round buttons which display different content when scrolled over. The widget is used by a regional publication with a network of 90 magazines.
See also
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Culinary art
References
External links
Official siteTop Ten Food Trends of 2009
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Internet properties established in 2008
American cooking websites