bakicisns: easy to use blogging sites?

[firecat]

The abbreviation stands for "because all knowledge is contained in social networking sites".

My dad has been living on his own for the first time in 50 years, since my mom recently had to go into a memory care facility. When they were together, his cooking repertoire was mostly limited to barbecue. Now he is turning cooking into a hobby and I'm really proud of him. I suggested that he start a blog, "Learning to cook at 77" and he seems interested.

He uses a Mac and is fairly computer-savvy, but I think a simple blog would be best. Which blogging site/software is easiest to use, in your opinion? I don't think he would need the privacy features of LJ or Dreamwidth, but he might need comment-spam management. The cost should be no more than $50/year.

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[prairierabbit]

There are definitely more cooking communities at LJ, but there are communities here at DW also. I like the idea of the journal sites, because the communities make it easy for him to find recipes, discuss successes and failures in the food arena, and also manage those lists. Does he mainly want to post his information for family and friends, or does he want more engagement?