On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:12:22 -0700, Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:34:21 -0700, Dan Abel wrote:
>
>>> Actually, not. Have you ever poked around at about.com? I didn't think
>>> so. Might be worth wasting a few minutes of your time. The quality
>>> varies from bad to worse. They have 750 authors. It's one of those
>>> "work from home" scams. There are "editors", but sometimes it seems
>>> they know less than the authors.
>
>> rhonda parkinson has a blog on about.com about chinese food. i subscribe
>> to her newsletter. she's basically pretty sound, offering both 'authentic'
>> ingredients and some substitutions.
>
> Thanks for the tip. Perhaps they have some good authors. Perhaps also,
> they are improving. The last year or so, when I do a Google search, and
> see about.com, I just don't click on it. I've seen too much poorly
> written junk.
>
>> <http://chinesefood.about.com/od/dimsumandpartyrecipes/u/classic_chinese.htm>

it is true that there's fair amount of rubbish at about.com. her newsltter
has links to some pretty pedestrian stuff in other sites under the
about.com umbrella..

your pal,
blake