Filed under: Food for Thought, Sponsored Posts by Chelsea

This post is a sponsored post on behalf of FoodConnect. All opinions are my own.

I like food. And I really like to talk. But I LOVE to talk about food. So I was pretty stoked when I discovered FoodConnect (and even more stoked when I was asked to write a sponsored review of the site – now I get to talk about people talking about food. Score!).

With the motto “Share the food you love,” FoodConnect is like a combination of Facebook, AllRecipes and Yelp. Users create a profile and upload their favorite recipes (complete with any available photos, nutritional information, and menus that the recipes mesh well with). Users can then add friends on the site and share recipes. So next time your second cousin can’t remember what goes in aunt Heidi’s famous parmesan chicken casserole, you can direct both of them to FoodConnect and share it with the entire family. 

One of my favorite features is the ability to rate and review recipes. Ratings are noted with little forks instead of stars (aww, cute!). Users can not only rate recipes, but they can also rate restaurants as well. If you love the salmon polenta at that Italian place down the road, you can post a review right along with all your other pictures, recipes, and menus. Restaurants, in turn, can upload coupons just for FoodConnect users (so after you read about all the tasty food they have, you won’t break the bank when you go try it for yourself!). 

To top it all off, the site will even auto-compile a shopping list for you from any number of recipes on the site. So you can pair chicken dumplings with spiced eggnog, candied yams and raspberry tarts with just a few clicks of a button (okay, I probably wouldn’t choose that pairing, but you could if you really wanted to!). And once you’ve tried your hand at any recipes that are already on the site, you can upload your own photos to show people how it’s really done. You can also manage events on the site, inviting other users and sharing recipes. So arrange a potluck, plan a menu, assign recipes and share photos afterwards – all in one place! And if you’re feeling overwhelmed or don’t know where to start, try browsing the glossary at www.foodconnect.com. Anything you could possibly want – from abalone to zwieback – is right at your fingertips.