Flavors of the Season

Here are suggested lenses and recommendations for cooking to suit the season!

Cinnamon Apple Baked Beans (And Other Baked Bean Recipes)!

Baked beans have long been a favorite for chilly winter dinners, summer picnics, and potluck dishes year round. This version adds the sweetness of honey and apples, along with the spiciness of cinnamon! It can be made in the crockpot or in your oven...

Tasty Apple Desserts to Satisfy Any Sweet Tooth

Ah, the apple. Crispy, crunchy, tasty. There's a variety for any taste, from sweet to tart, crisp to soft, and everything in between. The smell and taste of apples cooking conjure up visions of that idealised home and childhood everyone wishes he ha...

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

A pumpkin bread recipe is often served in the fall, in North America. Pumpkin is such a great food to serve for Thanksgiving, for Halloween and of course, at any time at all during this season.  I often wonder, though, why we tend to limit this w...

Fruit Harvest Recipes

What could be better than strolling out into your own garden and harvesting fresh fruit and using it immediately? You can choose not to use chemical fertilisers or pesticides so, not only are they as fresh as can be, they are free from pollutants too...

How To Make Apple Pie

I love apple pie, the delightful smell as it bakes, the flaky crust and sweet spicey filling.   There are a few secrets to making a great apple pie, so keep reading to learn more... First of all you need to start with the very best ingredien...

Making the Cut @ Chez*Squid!

We're REALLY picky at Chez*Squid! Getting into this group is like managing to win one of those cooking reality-tv shows. We only want food lenses that are truly informative and personal, so that our visitors really know they are getting the best food advice and suggestions. We want to serve lenses that offer cooking recipes and advice right there in the lens (NOT just a bunch of links), and our focus is primarily advice for the home cook and info about fine dining out.

And if you've got a lens about a drink or beverage, please submit it to the Refreshing Beverage group.

Here are the main reasons why lenses get denied acceptance to Chez*Squid:

The leading reason for a lens rejection is that the lens doesn't offer any original written content, or has content that is represented elsewhere on the web. More and more, lensmasters have been submitting lenses with content copied from other sites. A list of ingredients can't be copyrighted, but cooking instructions are. We don't want a stale, bland entrée or someone else's reheated leftovers, we want your fresh cooking creations, bursting with flavor and great taste!

The second most-frequent reason that a lens gets denied is because it goes off-topic or is off-topic to the group. Focused lenses are the most effective and helpful lenses! Make sure ALL the content you are creating really relates directly to what you are talking about and also matches your actual lens title. Lenses must have a title that clearly indicates to the reader (and the groupmaster) what sort of food/cooking you are talking about.

The third reason that lenses don't get accepted to Chez*Squid is that they aren't well-developed. Some lensmasters put minimal content into a few random modules, and then apply to the group. That's NOT what we're looking for at Chez*Squid. We want lenses full of delicious recipes, easy-to-understand cooking advice and personal restaurant recommendations. This will also include otherwise good lenses that are missing an image in their introductory modules. No intro picture = no acceptance! We also don't want lenses that are one-trick-ponies (or one-trick-recipes) that are then dressed up with a lot of other junk.

NOTES: If you've submitted a series of lenses to the group all at once, and I find one bad apple, I'm going to reject your other lenses rather than waste my time combing over them.
Due to people completely ignoring rule #1 above, lenses which run afoul of this requirement can result in the lensmaster being permanently banned from the group.

After those considerations, the overall development of the lens is evaluated. Seemingly little things like a weak title, unfinished/uncustomized modules and too many glaring affiliate links can hurt lenses that otherwise offer some good content. Lenses that discuss running a cooking or catering business, or lenses which just review some kitchen appliances also fall into the realm of things we aren't interested in eating here. Vague titles are also why some lenses are declined.

If your lens gets denied acceptance to the group and you don't get a personalized message, it means that something already noted here is the reason why.

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Can't Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen!
(Booting and banning lenses)
- Lenses that are not on-topic for the group will be denied acceptance.
- Accepted lenses that become "under construction" will be booted, as will lenses that are revisited and found to have become off-topic
- If you fall out of the top 100,000 and there are other higher-ranking lenses in the group that cover the same topic, there is a chance you could be booted.
- If there are other lenses that already cover your topic in the group, our tasters will be more strict in judging your lens.

The Butcher & Fishmonger's Counter

How to Cook a Turkey

Few meals inspire fear in the heart of the new cook like holiday dinners.  Faced with cooking a bird that weighs in in the double digits, it's easy to feel a little overwhelmed. With the right tools, turkey roasting is relatively easy. This Le...

great hamburgers

the great all american hamburger...yum...no matter where you go there is a hamburger waiting for you when you get there...it is the quintessential fast food, the original road food, the king of backyard barbeque...grilled, fried, broiled, it's all go...

Crabs

This page is about crabs including blue crabs, red crabs, snow crabs, king crabs, dungeness crabs, stone crabs, jonah crabs, soft shelled crabs and more.

Meatball Heaven

Recipes and tips for making the best meatballs Is it just me, or am I seeing meatballs everywhere these days? Not just in red-sauce Italian restaurants, either--they're currently making the rounds as one of the latest trends in haute bar food. Just...

Chez*Squid Head Chefs

These folks are making some great food lenses, so let's show them some Squidoo love! (Or STARS!)

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Recipe Resources

Looking for something new to cook? Here are some recipes from various cooking blogs that you might consider trying.

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Veggies!

I Love Avocados

OK, I admit it, I'm addicted.... to everything avocado. I usually just rough chop the avocado and add a little fresh squeezed lemon, ok a lot, since I love that too! And real lemons folks, not that bottled stuff. I spread this on a warm tortilla wrap...

Green Chile - Yum!!

Having grown up in New Mexico, my husband was stunned to discover you couldn't order green chile on your pizza in Texas. While in NM, almost every restaurant offers something with green chile on it, it's almost unheard of anywhere outside the state....

Eating Squash

When I met my friend Janet she only ate four vegetables: corn, potatoes, carrots and iceberg lettuce. That was in 1986. Determined to widen her horizons, over the years Janet has chosen one vegetable per year that she has vowed to "eat unti...

How to Make Great Vegetable Broth

Homemade vegetable broth is easy to make and so much healthier and more flavorful than anything that you can buy in a supermarket. It's versatile, with uses that go far beyond making vegetable soup. Best of all, making homemade vegetable stock is as...

Fresh Out of the Kitchen!

Here are the lenses in the group which have been most added! Check out these fresh, hot dishes!

Incredibly Easy and Delicious Potato Recipes, Easy Jaeger Schnitzel Recipe, Yogurt and Cream Cheese Recipes, Crock Pot Recipes from the South, Papa Doc's Creamy Peach Ice Cream

Eating Out

Rodizio Grill Restaurant - Fine Brazilian Cuisine

Rodizio Grill is a Brazilian restaurant, one of which is located in the lower downtown area of Denver, Colorado.  It features a wide array of Brazilian foods served in a unique blend of buffet style and server style that will give you a unique d...

Kansas City Unique Eats

Travelling to Kansas City and wondering where to eat? Living in Kansas City and looking for a new place to go? Tired of the McTaste, that bland sameness of Anytown USA, INC.? Here's a look at some Kansas City Metropolitan area one-of-a-kind places to...

Melbourne Restaurants

Melbourne is the wining and dining capital of Australia, with one restaurant for every 30 people who live here. That means, even with a population of 4 million, you can still find a restaurant that can take a last minute booking. Here are some of my f...

Burgermaster - A Seattle Tradition

A Seattle institution since 1953, Burgermaster has five locations - the original one in University Village, followed by Bellevue, Aurora, Millcreek (Bothell) and Everett.  All are drive-ins, and the new Everett location also has an eat-in dining...

Vegetarian New York

You will never lack vegetarian food in New York, but so much of it is mediocre. This is NOT a all inclusive list of vegetarian eating, but are my tried and delicious places to eat, shop, and learn vegetarian food in New York City - organized from sou...

Break Bread With Us!

Thanks for sitting down at our table for a informational nosh. What are you hungry to know more about? Got some dish to share? Or maybe you'd like to review your experience here?

Group Excellence Award

 

This group was picked as a Great Group! Thanks, Spirituality, for selecting this group!