Usage of CCK, Views for my Layout of Recipes

I have created a new content type called Recipes. I have successfully made the new page for which that content type will be listed via title. I have also successfully created a Block to list said content types posted.

For taxonomy I created Vocabulary called Recipes with the Settings: Tags and Required selected.

I have various terms -- appetizer, beef, dessert, pork, etc.

In doing a test recipe, my input form has a line for inputting Tags and that is it. If I uncheck the Tags in Settings, then I get a drop down menu of the terms. However, I don't want that either.

So here are my following questions:

1. I want on the input form a drop down to select the appropriate Term -- Beef for beef dish.

2. Also, I want to be able to enter words for Tags.

3. Because of No. 1, I want the Content Type Page Recipes (where it currently lists a submitted recipe by title) to show all the Terms as links. Then by clicking on the Term link you are taken to a listing of the appropriate recipes.

I hope this makes sense as for our personal cookbook, we'd want to search by Term and/or Tags, etc.

Thanks for any input!