In Development

Taste is the collection for people who love to eat but don't have time for cooking. It's interactive and well-illustrated, with excellent recipes from experts in the field.

Included in the package, which can be FTPed to your site weekly are:

On the Side: An interactive archive of appetizers, side dishes and desserts that would work well with commercially prepared entrees.

Too Late to Shop: What ingredients do you have in your fridge and cupboard? Type them in and you'll get dishes you can create with the ingredients at hand.

Low Fat: Recipes for low-fat cooking with color art and interactive cooking technique Q&A with author and director of LATimes test kitchen, Donna Deane. Deane will answer e-mailed questions about a variety of cooking topics, weekly.

Step by Step: Step-by-step cooking lesson with pop-up slide show instructions for preparing basic dishes or executing basic cooking techniques.

LA Times Weekly Cookbook Best-Seller List: With LA Times book reviews, when available, and with link to online bookseller where books can be purchased.

Culinary SOS: Desperately seeking secret recipes from famed restaurants and chefs (the original Cobb salad, etc.).

Two's Company: Collection, with weekly update, of recipes for one- or two-person households. With color art.

At a Loss: Weight reduction/healthy eating shorts, usually with recipes.

Food and cooking terms dictionary

Measuring equivalents: 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon; 4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup, etc.

Distributed by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.