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. Please edit as you see fit.

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)

Additional Suggestions

• Difficulty/Notes - Perhaps incorporation of hReview to describe difficulty (using rating) and general comments (review), as an optional field.
• 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)