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Serious Eats

Restaurant Reviews and Recipes
Published 09/21/2010 and rated Ratingstars4 4 out of 5 stars by AppAppeal Editor
Serious Eats screenshot
Serious Eats screenshot
What can you use the app for?

Serious Eats is a site that glorifies food of all flavors. The site presents a blog atmosphere, with a focus on many fun aspects of eating. As soon as a new visitor arrives, they are met with a lighthearted, colorful setting that offers information on food, restaurants, and dining in a way that is very engaging and entertaining. Users are invited to share their enthusiasm while reading the main page, recipes page, eating out page, and community page which gives the user a forum to comment and hold discussions.

What is the history and popularity of the app?

Serious Eats has been serving up some of the most interesting information and articles on food available on the internet. Today, the site remains dedicated to presenting a wide array of blog posts and articles on one of the most enticing subjects in the world: delicious food. Serious Eats includes numerous sites, such as Serious Eats: New York, Slice, Photograzing, and A Hamburger Today, all of which are linked to the homepage.

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What are the differences to other apps?

Serious Eats is not just another recipe database. Through blog posts and multiple sub-sites, Serious Eats presents a wide spectrum of information for users. A sense of community is maintained through the discussion page as well as encouraged by the entertaining tone of the entire website. Through a colorful, bold design and a lot of interesting articles on food, Serious Eats stands out as a great go to source for food related reading.

How does the web app look and feel to use?

The look of the Serious Eats website compliments the tone and style of its content. Vibrant colors make up the banner background and tabs, with a white space to keep the content legible. Enticing images of food are featured to make the visitors mouth water. Advertisements are also included, but they are not terribly intrusive. Most go along with the bold color scheme the site seems to adore. Locating each sub site is very easy, users can simply view the tabs and choose their desired site.

How does the registration process work?

New visitors may have trouble locating the registration area. By clicking the dark red “Log In” tab found at the top right hand corner of the homepage, the user can be directed to the log in area. From here, a blue “Sign up now!” link can be found below the login fields. This will take the new visitor to the registration form, which requests a username, display name, email address, password, and three email news letter opt in options as well as a terms of use agreement check box.

What does it cost to use the application?

Serious Eats retains a community feel, and offers a price that helps encourage users to join that community. Anyone can create an account and browse all pages on the Serious Eats site at no cost. There is no premium account currently available, with no word on that changing anytime soon.

Who would you recommend the application to?

Serious Eats is definitely a site for anyone who loves to eat. Those who love to dine out and enjoy restaurants can learn about their favorites or look for recommendations for their next eating excursion. Recipes for all manner of edibles are also available on the site so users can enjoy eating while at home or try their hand at many mouth watering dishes, beverages, and more. Overall, Serious Eats is a celebration of food in almost all its tasty forms.

  • Access to recipes submitted by other users
  • User discussions that allow the community to interact
  • The ability to participate in food related polls on the site
  • Detailed images of delicious food
  • Comments feature that allows user to say something about their favorite foods



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6,595

Serious Eats pricing

FREE - Permanently free version

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