Recipe Archive and Organization:  

Simply Recipes major strength rests in its detailed, well-organized recipe listing and search features. Though Simply Recipes lacks an advanced search bar, its side-bar categories listing allows for quick and convenient recipe searches through a variety of criteria.

Culinary Appeal:  

Simply Recipes major strength rests in its detailed, well-organized recipe listing and search features. Though Simply Recipes lacks an advanced search bar, its side-bar categories listing allows for quick and convenient recipe searches through a variety of criteria.

Community:  

Though Simply Recipes provides a free “Recipe of the Day” email subscription, there is nothing else that could be considered a community feature. Though this deficiency remains true to its namesake, featuring recipes alone greatly diminishes the potential of the site.

Resources:  

Aside from a dozen or so how-to guides, Simply Recipes offers no resources to assist users with the preparation and production of their recipes. While the recipes themselves are very instructional, lacking features as simple as recipe feedback and ratings, or as complex as technique videos and podcasts, can make getting the recipe from the page to the plate a difficult task.

Help/Support:  

Simply Recipes offers no technical support to its users, lacking features as commonplace as a sitemap and FAQ page. Worse, no contact information is available for non-advertisers, making site feedback and other inquiries impossible.

Simply Recipes shouldn’t be written off by any means. It has a solid foundation that has been based on its recipe-only approach. However, lacking true culinary appeal, community features, resources and technical support options makes this site seem very incomplete and seriously outdated. For a true, contemporary Online Recipe and Entertaining site, look to Epicurious, Chow and Food & Wine.