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Staff Favorites:

Here are a few websites that are favorites of the FCLS staff...

 

Birds

Bird Hotspots Around the World

www.camacdonald.com/birding/birding.htm

The links on this site go directly to information on specific birding hotspots around the world, local site guides, etc. Although these links can't replace knowing a fellow birder in the location you're going, they can certainly help!
 

Crafts

Freepatterns.com

www.freepatterns.com

This site has it all: crafts, crochet, cross stitch, knitting, plastic canvas, quilting, and tatting. Worth a visit!
Chained Links

www.io.com/~amh/crochet

An on-line crochet pattern archive.
About Crochet

www.crochet.about.com

Fantastic site! Everything yo need to know: free patterns and filet charts plus how to's.
About Knitting

www.knitting.about.com

Great site! Has everything: free patterns ad how to's.
About Cross Stitch

www.crossstitch.about.com

Wonderful site -- has everything you need to know: free patterns plus how to's.
 

Food

Busy Cooks

www.busycooks.about.com

Recipes, freezing tips and much, much more...
CopyKat.com

www.copykat.com

Your home for recipes you'd normally find AWAY from home.
Dinner Unplugged

www.dinnerunplugged.com

Menus, recipes, invitations and more...
Frieda's Meatless Products

www.friedas.com

Fantastic products at fantastic prices! Have you ever wondered what soy chorizo would be like? It's great, and not bad for you as well! A neat website that will allow you to order online.
Good Eats with Alton Brown

www.foodtv.com/foodtv/show/0,6525,EA,00.html

A great TV show full of great recipes and lots of learning. If you are like us you visit this site quite often to see the schedule of shows and look at the recipes.
Minute Meals

www.minutemeals.com

Fast recipes for quick and easy homecooked meals.
Nutrition Data

www.nutritiondata.com/index.html

Great site to search for food values!
Tabasco

www.tabasco.com/main.cfm

Spice up your life with the original Louisiana Hot Sauce! Great on Buffalo Wings, in beans, eggs, in a Bloody Mary, and gumbos, to name a few. Great recipes like Spicy Shrimp Remoulade Po-Boys. Check out this site and see all the flavors that are available!
Zapp's Potato Chips

www.zapps.com

Have you ever had Dill Pickle flavored potato chips? How about thick cut kettle style potato chips fried in peanut oil and seasoned with crawfish boil? This is the place to go to order online - low in cholesterol and high in flavor, Zapp's makes the best chip from New Orleans!
 

Health & Fitness

Alternative Herbal Medicine. Net

alternative-herbal-medicine.net

Site teeming with lots of good information! Stock Herb Pictures, Links, Mystery Plants, Students Page, Ginseng Info and lots more!
 

Music

Mudcat Cafe

www.mudcat.org

Neat site for folks who like blues music.
 

Miscellaneous

Hagers-town Town & Country Almanack

www.almanack.com

Do you love a good almanac? Hey, who doesn't? Well, this is the queen of mid-atlantic almanacs.

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