e-Krishna
www.food.krishna.com Devotees sometimes refer to the Hare Krsna movement as "the kitchen religion." From the very beginning, Srila Prabhupada was offering food to Krsna and serving it out as prasadam to his early disciples and guests.
Designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to prepare delicious food to offer to Lord Krsna and share with your family and friends as prasadam, the Krishna.com Food Channel has long been a feature of the Krishna.com website. Recently upgraded and given a fresh new look, the Food Channel is a treasure trove of recipes, articles, menus, videos, and much more.
The first thing you will notice, when you navigate your browser to www.food.krishna.com is the wonderful photos of mouth-watering delicacies, all of which you can make at home or at the temple. If you scroll down the page and click Next at the bottom, you will see there is page after page of photos to tempt you into the kitchen.
Click on Articles under the Food Menu on the left and read up on how to cook with love and offer the results of your endeavor to Lord Krsna. There's a series of articles on interesting subjects such as When does food become prasadam? and Why no garlic or onions?
The Glossary section contains definitions and descriptions of the common ingredients used in Krsna’s favorite foods. Each item has a photo so you can easily identify what you’re looking for when shopping.
The Video section has a series of videos from Kurma Dasa where he shows you how to make peach cobbler, orange buttermilk lassi, golden potato casserole, and who range of other recipes that everyone you know will enjoy
You can also sign up for a newsletter and receive email about new recipes and other updates to the website. There are reviews of books from your favorite devotee chefs, including Kurma Dasa, Adiraja Dasa, and Yamuna Devi.
The Krishna.com Food Channel allows you to access recipes in a variety of ways. You can simply scroll through the pages looking for something that catches your eye, or you can play with the Tag Cloud applet at the top right of the home page, which revolves as you move your mouse pointer across it, revealing the various categories of recipes available. When you see one you like, give it a click to pull up the related recipes. You can choose from the recipes that have received top ratings from other visitors, and you can search recipes by ingredient or by the name of the chef.
You'll find you can spend a lot of time browsing the site, and you'll surprise yourself with the culinary creations you can produce with a little help from Krishna.com.
—Antony Brennan.