I cut the cable about a year ago. We were only watching the History channel, Food Network, some of the animal documentaries, and a couple of the kid channels.
We REALLY miss some of the Food Network shows, though. I haven’t figured out any way to get them online.
Try Epicurious.com
Although she still is watching the programs on cable, my wife gets her recipes on the Food Channel web site.
I haven't had cable in probably 20 years, however. I travel fairly often for work and get my "fix" when I travel.
I live in Rural (with indeed a capital "R") West Texas and we have internet through a land line with AT&T. Our internet choices are very limited but this has worked very well. My sons are into gaming and my husband and I both have to have internet for work. We can all be online at the same time with no issues.
We do have Netflix but only for streaming. Some of the older Food Network programs are available on DVD but I haven't chosen to watch any that way.
We don't use our landline for telephone service. We gave that up a few years ago when we realized we were basically paying for nothing; we never used the landline after we all got cell phones.
Food.com, which used to be Recipezaar is connected with the Food Network in someway or another. There are all kinds of links their to FoodTV.
The Food network and the Travel Channel are the 2 I miss the most since we ditched Dish better than 3 years ago. My husband misses History and ESPN and our 13yo misses some of the Discovery channels (I think we had 3)National Geographic and Animal Planet. We live!
“Cooking With Dog” is very good for learning how to prepare East Asian dishes. Try: http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2012/01/top_5_cooking_with_dog_episode.php