recipe-brainstorming

recipe brainstorming

This page is currently a rough draft formed after surveying the recipe-examples and other related formats such as RecipeML and existing microformats.

This page is currently premature, as there first needs to be a recipe-formats page where pre-existing recipe formats are documented (e.g. RecipeML).

• Not according to "the process". Andy Mabbett 07:11, 17 Nov 2006 (PST)

Suggested fields for inclusion

Excerpted from Conor Bandon's Blog entry and derived from The RecipeML Spec:

• Recipe_Title
• Summary Description (one liner)
• Measurement System (U.S., Imperial etc)
• Ingredients (each one a separate "item" rather than block text with count/amount/range/unit broken out too)
  • Some (e.g. meats, vegetables) could optionally be marked up with (elements of) the proposed species microformat. Andy Mabbett 06:41, 16 Nov 2006 (PST)
  • Units need separate microformat: see measure
• Creator (Person) (hcard?)
• Source (Book Title etc)
  • could use the proposed citation microformat. Andy Mabbett 06:43, 16 Nov 2006 (PST)
• Date (Of Creation or Publication)
• Rights (Copyright or other)
• Preparation Time (overall time)
• Yield Quantity and Unit (4 pancakes or 5 servings)
• Meal Category (Starter, entree, dessert )
• Main Ingredients Category (Pasta etc)
• Cuisine Category (Italian etc)
• Instructions (text, but can contain:)
  • Steps (optional)
    • Should be an ordered list Andy Mabbett 14:46, 16 Nov 2006 (PST)
• Photo (optional) Cameron Perry
  • Cold be one per dish, or one for each (or some of the) step(s). Andy Mabbett

Additional Suggestions

• Difficulty/Notes - Perhaps incorporation of hReview to describe difficulty (using rating) and general comments (review), as an optional field. Frances Berriman
• Suitability (e.g. vegetarian, vegan, wheat-free, etc.). Possibly rel-tag. Andy Mabbett 14:57, 16 Nov 2006 (PST)

Issues

Scope

• Is this intended for only food recipes, or also recipes for, say, glue, paint, dyes and other chemicals? Andy Mabbett 14:53, 16 Nov 2006 (PST)
  • +1 Wondered the same. I'd like to see this extended as a general recipe for anything that can be created in a defined way/order, rather than just edible food.Frances Berriman
  • Agreed. This format could apply to a set of methods and materials, including cooking, science experiments, craft making, building, etc. - essentially any how-to or tutorial. Cameron Perry

See Also

• recipe-examples
• recipe-formats