OK. So we all go through it. We're browsing online and a stumble across a delicious recipe. "I have to make this this weekend!" you think to yourself.
Thanks to the powers that be, namely the geniuses behind the whole Web 2.0 phenomenon, you click the little envelope and send it. To me, from me. Done.
Do you ever cook it? Noooooooooooo. It just sits there in your inbox, taking up virtual space. Often times, I don't even write a subject, so I don't know what the email is all about.
I have over 200 messages in my inbox titled "No Subject" from Teanna DiMicco. And who is to blame? Well, namely, I would like to blame Tastespotting, Food Gawker, Yum Sugar, Gourmet.com, Bon Appetit.com, Epicurious.com, Martha Stewart.com, Food and Wine (Magazine).com, The Kitchn, Saveur.com, Cooking Light.com.... the list goes on and on. But who is really to blame?
Me. For being a lazy ass. And not cooking what I intended to. And mainly, not giving my emails titles.
How do you all save your recipes? Not only from the interweb, but from any cooking magazines that you subscribe to? I, myself, subscribe to them all (I am not kidding). And I save them in a butlery in my kitchen, organized by date. But I hardly ever check back to all of the recipes that I have doggie-eared over the years. And I hardly ever sort through my emails.
Help me. Someone.
I also struggled with piles of food magazine clippings, random internet bookmarks, etc. I now try to keep everything on delicious.com - there is a handy toolbar button so if you are looking at a recipe online, you just "tag" it and it saves it to your account, and you can tag it any way you like. I rip stuff out of my magazines before I recycle them, go to their respective websites, and file them on delicious as well. This works for me (so far)...although I have 587 items saved, at least they're not taking up space!
Posted by: Jessica | December 04, 2008 at 03:41 PM
i use google notebook, kind of the same concept as del.ici.ous :) next step: scanning recipes that i rip out of magazines... not quite there yet. good luck getting rid of the clutter!
Posted by: kim | December 04, 2008 at 06:18 PM
i know what you mean!! i'm like you--emails all over the place. but for magazine ripouts, i stick them in those clear page protectors, and then put them in a big binder that i keep in the kitchen.
Posted by: HappyTummy | December 05, 2008 at 08:17 AM
Oh girl. Preaching to the choir. haha. Right now I am C/Ping recipes on notepad and printing them out, saving in GR by starring and writing drafts in my blog to remember. Sorry I am not much help but its nice to have someone sympathize with me! GL decluttering. If you get any awesome tips, please share with your fellow clutter-ers, k? :)
/Clara
Posted by: CB | December 05, 2008 at 11:36 AM
All of my clippings go into a big box, only after they are made and worth making a second time do I put them into photo books organized by course. Every once in awhile, I have to go thought the box and throw away recipes that I clipped and know I'll never make. so sad
Posted by: Spike | December 05, 2008 at 11:50 AM
I had a horrible time with organizing recipes and I fear I won't be much help with your project, except to say, I put all of my recipes in binders by category and found it easier to use them that way. I make a point of going through them regularly and weeding out "junk." Good luck to you and bravo on getting organized!
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