Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages

Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by patrickdavey on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @06:19AM (#14795461)

Heh, I once tried to make a DSL to cope with recipes from cookingforengineers.com e.g. their lovely recipe cards [1] . I totally failed to make anything decent!. The combining of multiple steps etc. was just painful!. In the linked site above, that recipe is so straight forward, I'd love to see how it copes with [1] below.

[1] http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/127/Shepherds-Pie-...

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Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by mosselman on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @07:06AM (#14795619)

Those cards are genius. They perfectly illustrate what you can do parallel to other things rather than having to re-read and re-interpret the written instructions continuously.

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Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by enobrev on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @07:13AM (#14795646)

I'm a fan of his recipe card as well, though I convert it to a standard recipe for sharing with friends who don't see the format in the same light.

Also, a friend and I made enough of his Mac and Cheese[1] to serve 150 people at my wedding a couple years ago. Highly recommended.

1: http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/230/Macaroni-and-C...

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Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by mosselman on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @10:41AM (#14796871)

Looks great. I will give a recipe cards like this a try someday with actual cooking. Looking forward to experimenting with the format.

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Re:Show HN: An API for scraping recipe web pages by g4k on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @07:19AM (#14795671)

That is actually a great visualization for recipes and cooking instructions.

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