Cooks.com is a database website with hundreds of different kinds of recipes for everything including desserts, ethnic foods, and holiday foods. On the left of the site is a list of the major sections of recipes that the site features. On the right are featured recipes, and the center shows featured articles, which describe cooking in a more how-to fashion. The articles include techniques for specialized occasions, like deboning chicken or turkey breasts, as well as special, less traditional recipes. The site also features other, sections, including a potluck recipes section and a new recipes section. Other sections are less directly recipe-oriented, including a conversions section, a calculator for cooking times, a dieting and health report based on your height, weight, age, etc., and a nutrition facts section, for people who want to know just how many calories are in whatever they are cooking. You can also submit your email in the indicated box in the lower left to subscribe to the site newsletter.

Cooks.com is a useful resource for anyone looking for recipes and cooking advice online. The average visitor to the site is older and male, and visitors also often visit other food-related websites, food magazine websites, and health information websites.