Cooking enthusiasts from around the world meet in the Usenet newsgroup rec.food.cooking where they can discuss recipes, wines, eating, drinking, and all other cooking related topics with fellow cooks. Rec.food.cooking is a very popular group, with people from many different countries. This diversity is recognized by the newsgroup's FAQ, where they include a dictionary and measurement equivalency charts so that people from different countries can communicate effectively about cooking. Some recent interesting topics covered in the group include: favorite franchise eateries, winter soup suggestions, the use of salt in cooking, requests for recipes, the use of sugar substitutes, using a pressure cooker, healthy eating tips, questions about different foods from around the world, knife sharpening, cooking tools, popular cooking shows and chefs, grilling, and much more. Experienced chefs and newbies alike will find something to catch their interest in the rec.food.cooking newsgroup, where people are quite willing to answer questions and give their opinions on topics.