I get a lot of recipes from Foodnetwork and Chowhound. Also, since my new ambition for the summer is to be a cupcake baker extraordinaire, I've been reading a lot of cup cake blogs.

I think it helps to find recipes that other people have already tried so that you can get tips from those people and find out if the recipe is any good. Foodnetwork has a review section on each recipe so you can see what other people thought of the recipe. Chowhound is nothing BUT opinions about recipes. And blogs give personal and individual accounts of recipes. I never ever cook straight out of a cookbook unless I'm somehow assured that the end product is going to be yummy.