recipe-examples

Recipe Examples

Contributors

• Tantek Çelik
• Robert Bachmann

Recipe Lists

• Steve and Aytek's recipes. Note that they are simply using XOXO for the lists. It doesn't appear that anything more is necessary for a list of recipes.
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Recipes Examples

Lentil Stew

Neriman’s Mercimek - Yummy Lentils

• Appears to be a simple BBEdit 5.0 conversion of a plain text file into HTML 3.2
• Uses <br><br> to delimit sections
• Composed of:
  • author of recipe
  • title of recipe, with English translation
  • top level structure of time/instructions, with ingredients noted as necessary for each step
  • serving suggestion(s) (serve with ...)

Mocha Brownie Cake

Mocha Brownie Cake

• Composed of
  • title of recipe / food item (looks like a heading)
  • sequence of larger tasks (separated by subheadings), each of which has
    • list of ingredients (uses <ul>) for a particular component of the dish
    • preparation instructions for those ingredients
    • OR a instructions for assembling components of the dish
  • contributing baker - perhaps someone who has modified the recipe?
  • source - citation of where recipe originally came from

Sachertorte

Sachertorte (allrecipes.com)

• Composed of
  • title of recipe (as a heading)
  • name of the submitter
  • description of the food item (e.g: "Elegant chocolate cake.")
  • optional photo
  • servings count
  • sequence of ingredients (uses <ul>)
  • sequence of preperation instructions (uses <ol>)

Cuba Libre

Cuba Libre (extratasty.com)

• Composed of
  • title of recipe
  • name of the submitter
  • sequence of ingredients
  • preperation instructions (continuous text)
  • Recipe rating (US school grad system)

Moroccan Braised Beef

Moroccan Braised Beef (epicurious.com)

• Composed of
  • Recipe Intro Area
    • Photo (uses <p>)
    • Recipe Title (uses <h1>)
    • Quick intro description (No <p>)
  • Ingredients * (uses <br>)
  • Preparation *
    • Preparation instructions (some recipes offer Cooks' notes: - surrounded by *b* tagset, and uses <br> )
    • Serving size
    • Origin (span class = source, magazine title)
    • Copyright info (span class = copyright: publication date and location if available)
  • Your notes * (user/visitor may add/submit notes to appear on their printed copy)
  • Reviews * (fork ratings, 1-4)

Notes: Images are the secondary headings * (class = hdr) , no sub heading markup. Recipes do not use use <li> and use <br> instead of <p> often.

Next Steps

1. Add more examples and analysis of their markup and implied schemas
2. Research existing recipe-formats Mealmaster, RecipeML, ...)
3. recipe-brainstorming on a minimal recipe schema that solves the 80/20 of examples