FOOD.COM enters open beta

(thanks to Lifehacker for the screenshot)

Now it can be told… After a long period of closed beta, FOOD.COM, an exciting online recipe aggregator and search application can finally be discussed as it enters open beta. This web application — which can retrieve recipes from Chow.com, Food & Wine, Epicurious, Cooking Light, and Gourmet — comes from Food Network founder Scripps Networks.

After registering (which is free), you can save the recipes you find to your “Recipe Box” by grabbing them and dragging them into a little box at the bottom of the page, and add recipes to your box from sites not covered by Food.com, or upload your own entirely new text recipe.

It’s a great resource, and I expect it to continue developing in interesting directions. Let me know what you think in comments.