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Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by Freak_NL on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @05:34AM (#14795303)
Whenever I read a recipe online I get this nagging feeling that there should be some widely used open standard for describing recipes that can do all sorts of awesome stuff (like a web crawler such as DuckDuckGo being able to answer "I have a pineapple, cream, and the usual pantry basics, what can I cook?"), but this seems to go directly against the business models of the big recipe sites, so it will not likely see much uptake.
Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by philbarr on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @05:51AM (#14795370)
I thought once about doing a "flavour graph" where people could go on and add what they thought were good flavours to mix together. The more people added the same flavours, the stronger the edges between nodes would get. I'd probably have to separate it somehow by geographic region, as tastes vary, but in the end you should have a good approximation of "what goes with what".
Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by blackskad on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @06:03AM (#14795410)
There's a Belgian startup that matches flavors with a scientific method. https://www.foodpairing.com/en/home
Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by benyami on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @12:34PM (#14797890)
The Flavor Bible is a published book version of what you're describing.
Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by flashman on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @09:44AM (#14796420)
It's not the same as "what foods go together" but here's a "related flavours" graph I did using research on foods with similar flavour compounds: https://twitter.com/flashman/status/878516648394633216
Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by arthurpaul on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @07:24AM (#14795692)
Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by rocannon on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @06:19AM (#14795463)
Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by madamelic on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @12:20PM (#14797749)
Check out PantryPlan: https://pantryplan.io. It does exactly that and not just meal-by-meal but entire menus.

Disclaimer: I made it. :) Let me know your thoughts.

Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by roryisok on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @09:01AM (#14796168)
There are two ingredient / recipe search engines that work like this

Recipepuppy.com

Foodpairing.ninja

Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by lprubin on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @09:47AM (#14796443)
http://www.supercook.com (Enter ingredients, get recipes)