DMOZ - Recreation: Food

Reserved for sites which detail the history, humor, etc., of food.

Recreation/Food is only for sites with an informational focus.

Please submit the site to the one most appropriate category. Failure to do so will most likely result in the submission being deleted.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
If the site is about a restaurant, catering service or *any* business which is not selling products online, please submit the site to the proper location in Regional. Such sites submitted here WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT REVIEW..

If the main purpose of the site is to sell products online, please suggest the URL in Shopping:Food. Such sites will NOT be listed in Recreation/Food, and most likely will be deleted without review.

If the site is providing recipes or cooking instructions, please submit it to Home: Cooking.

Cheese

Sites about cheese. Includes sub-categories for sites concerned with making cheese, sites about individual kinds of cheeses, and another for sites specializing in Links and Webrings about cheese.

Also sites about storing and caring for cheeses.

Please only submit sites with informational content about cheese here; no sites of cheese retailers, unless there is a lot of background information present as well.

Sites aimed at businesses (wholesale and manufacturing) belong in Business: Industries: Food and Related Products: Dairy Products.

Confectionery

This category lists informational, fun and fan sites about candy, chocolate and other sweet foods.

This category is ONLY for informational web sites.

Please first check the submission guidelines at http://dmoz.org/add.html and find the subcategory most appropriate to the site.

- Retailers selling on-line are listed in Shopping: Food: Confectionery.
-Sites of manufacturers with mainly business-related content, or those selling wholesale should go to Business: Industries: Food and Related Products: Confectionery.
- If the main content deals with recipes, please send it to the Home: Cooking: Baking and Confections area.
- Collectors'' pages should be submitted to Recreation: Collecting: Food and Drink Related: Chocolate and Candy.

Keep in mind that submitting sites to the wrong category can greatly delay its review, or more likely, it will be deleted entirely.

Contests

For occasional contests related to food. This does not include monthly/weekly drawings for give-away items.

In your description, please indicate if the contest is limited to citizens of a particular area and the final submission date.

Dining Guides

If your site is about a restaurant, catering service or *any* business, please submit your site to the proper location in Regional.
Sites described above will not be listed in this category.

This category is only for world-wide dining guides. If the dining guide covers a more specific area, please find the proper sub-category.

Drink

For sites about all forms of liquid refreshment - its history, manufacturing, and uses. Both non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks are listed here. This category is non-commercial in nature. Sites about online sales, wholesalers, distributors, bars and establishments should be submitted elsewhere. Please see the submission notice for information on where to submit these sites Incorrect submissions may significantly delay review of a site.

The following types of sites should be sent to other categories as noted:

Individual bars and establishments to the proper Regional category.

Online drink sales - The appropriate subcategory at Shopping: Food: Beverages Wholesalers - Business: Food and Related Products

Durian

Durian is a tropical fruit primarily cultivated and enjoyed in Southeast Asia. While its smell is unpleasant to most people and its taste is unconventional, it is regarded by some as the King of Fruits. Sites listed here provide information and personal experiences about durian as a food.

Sites submitted here concern the enjoyment of durians as a food. Sites providing information about growing durians should be submitted to Home: Gardening: Plants: Fruit (for growing in home gardens) or Science: Agriculture: Horticulture: Fruits (for growing commercially). Sites for businesses producing durians may be submitted to Business: Agriculture and Forestry: Horticulture: Fruits.

Events

This category is for websites about recurring festivals or events with food as the primary theme.

Websites about festivals/events where food is served but isn''t the focus (such as meals held to raise funds for an organization) should instead be submitted to the Regional branch.

Please note:
Websites of local businesses such as restaurants and caterers will not be listed here. They should instead be submitted to the Regional branch.
Sites for restaurants or caterers submitted here will be deleted without review.

Fast Food

Sites with information on fast food and the fast food industry.

This category is ONLY for sites with information on fast food and the fast food industry.

Please do not NOT submit restaurant sites here. Restaurants should be submitted to the Regional category for the city in which they reside, in the Business_and_Economy/Bars_and_Restaurants subcategory if it exists.

Tips and recipes for preparing meals quickly should go to Home/Cooking/Quick_and_Easy ; ways to duplicate the taste of fast food at home go in Home/Cooking/Brand_Name_Recipes/

Meat

This category is for *INFORMATION ONLY* sites about meat. Organizations promoting meat, or sites devoted to the enjoyment or dissemination of knowledge about meat are encouraged to submit to this category. Sites whose primary purpose is to sell or distribute meat or meat products should submit to the appropriate shopping category.

If the website has online shopping for meats, click here and find the proper category.

If the site is about a business, click here.

Snacks

This category lists informational, fun and fan sites about snack foods.

This category is ONLY for informational web sites.

Please first check the submission guidelines at http://dmoz.org/add.html and find the subcategory most appropriate to the site.

- Retailers selling online are listed in Shopping: Food: Snacks.
- Sites of manufacturers with mainly business-related content, or those selling wholesale should go to Business: Industries: Food and Related Products: Snack Foods.
- If the main content deals with recipes, please send it to the Home: Cooking: Snacks area.
- Collectors'' pages should be submitted to Recreation: Collecting: Food and Drink Related: Snacks.

Spicy

Recreation/Food/Spicy is for informational sites about spicy foods. If the site is about a restaurant, catering service or any business which is not selling products online, please submit the site to the proper location (usually the city or town where the business is physically located) in Regional. If the main purpose of the site is to sell products online, please suggest the URL in the most appropriate subcategory of Shopping:Food. If the site is providing recipes or cooking instructions, please suggest the URL to the most appropriate subcategory of Home:Cooking.

Wild Foods

Designed for English language sites with information regarding identifying, gathering and/or preparing wild foods including, but not limited to: game animals, birds and fish; plants and plant products; fungi; insects; honey; shellfish; reptiles and amphibians.

English language informational sites and articles only about wild foods are to be submitted here.

Does the web site sell wild foods? If so, look here and find the proper category, please. If the site contains more recipes than information (either general or specific), look here for the proper category, please.