Hi Webtechy,
Here's some IMO's for you.
The appearance is okay. It seems a little plain, but that does not make it bad.
The navigation is good. There are a couple of broken links, probably expected since it is a directory. The Chef's Corner had a link that were unaccessible;
Cooking in a jiffy. I suggest, in the Chef's Corner, making the text slightly larger and a different color, red on black background can be difficult to read.
I suggest putting a link back to the home page on every page. The logo seems to be a link, but it didn't go anywhere (maybe just a bug, or coding problem).
The form followed the function. This is a personal preference, but when looking at directories I prefer to see the site name and a description. The url and the keywords would follow that. Regardless of whether that's a normal listing or not, I prefer to see the site name first.
BTW, you have a good
About page. You might consider putting a little "teaser" line from it on the
Home page to get people to read it.
I rate the site
6.3. Keep up the endeavor!
Dave
