Sure, there are ultra-huge recipe sites out there, but do they really offer the personal touch that quality cooking and baking really need?

For the most part, recipe sites offer little backup for the quality of the recipe, and often don't even include pictures. Why should users take the recipe at face value when it may turn out to be an utter waste of time?

That's where you come in. With your personal cooking blog, you can post recipes that offer much more than measurements and ingredients. You can tell the world what you served as side dishes, post pictures of the final spread, and mention possible substitutions for various takes on the recipe. The more you update, the more people will keep coming back for your latest specialty.

If you're less of a measurer and more of a theorist, your cooking blog could focus on the general ideas behind cuisine. You could write an in-depth analysis of the most common ingredients in Thai food, for example, or what separates Chinese and Japanese cuisine. If you're a die-hard fan of gas stoves, discuss the benefits of gas over electric. You're the chef, let the world know!