Top Secret recipes

Information Outlook, Jan, 2005 by Carolyn Sosnowski

www.topsecretrecipes.com

Not so secret anymore. Want to know how to make Mrs. Fields' Chocolate Chip Cookies? IHOP Pancakes? The Alfredo Pasta from the Olive Garden? This site doesn't claim to have the authentic recipes for dozens of favorites, but Todd Wilbur, the author of several books of "Top Secret" restaurant and brand-name recipes, has created "clones" that approximate the original dishes. Each recipe is accompanied by notes that describe the creation of the "new" recipe and/or the history of the original.

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Carolyn Sosnowski, MLIS, is an information specialist at SLA.