ThinkCook.com is apparently the "pandora or recipe sites". It's not bad, but their database of recipes is quite small. Along the similar lines, I was thinking

ThinkCook.com is apparently the "pandora or recipe sites". It's not bad, but their database of recipes is quite small. Along the similar lines, I was thinking of making a site that would take uploads of your grocery receipts (via iPhone app, or SMS or something) and use OCR to scan and determine which ingredients you've purchased. Then it could make a database of items you have in stock and recommend recipes based on the ingredients you have (and recipe ratings). Also, it'd be able to determine which ingredients were likely to spoil soon, and thus suggest meals which make use of those ingredients. My conclusion after a long while surfing recipe websites is that there is really no shortage of good recipes online. Also, receipts can be long and require more than one photo which would be a pain in the ass. I do think the receipt concept has something to it, though. It'd be amazing to keep tabs on everything I own.