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C'mon, you knew there had to be one. The Online Pork Rind Resource has way more info than you should reasonably want about those delectable little bits of fried pork skin. The site doesn't seem to sell pork rinds anymore, so it looks to now be a warehouse of chicharone-related information. I'd do anything to hold onto the porkrind.com domain too. Witness the Presidential Pork Rind (scroll down) that was apparently part of George Bush's inauguration ceremony. We just missed the Pork Rind Heritage Festival ("Admission is Free") in Harrod, Ohio. There's also talk of chocolate-dipped pork rinds for dessert. Honestly, the more I explored this site, the weirder it got. There's even a pork rind fetish section that borders on NSFW. Really.

For those of you desperate for more information about tea, The Tea Page seems like a good place to go. This stripped down reference site, apparently maintained by one Birger Nielsen, has dozens of encyclopedia entries about tea, regional references, FAQs and a list of 246 tea-related books and 333 tea caddies. The book list has some decent reviews, although not for every book, of course. There are also several full articles and excerpts, some in Danish, others in English. While it isn't the easiest thing to navigate, there is a search function that could be of some use if you know exactly what you're looking for.

The internet is chock full of recipe sites ranging from the good to the bad. Usually, when I'm researching a recipe, I use a combination of Google and my favorite recipe aggregation sites. The CookbookWiki aims to collect all the world's culinary traditions and recipes into one wiki site. Wikipedia already does a good job of covering food, but perhaps with CookbookWiki's tight focus, it can be an even more invaluable resource for chefs and amateur cooks alike. They already have an aggressive development plan for the content. What do you think about this resource?

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