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For one, when I search a recipe, I want less than a 30 page document. I've wanted this for 20 years, and so has everybody else.
by zug_zug 4y ago
For one, when I search a recipe, I want less than a 30 page document. I've wanted this for 20 years, and so has everybody else.
- hnuser847 4y agoI feel your pain and switched to high quality, physical cookbooks instead. Recipes on the web are generally garbage unless they come from an author that you’ve already vetted.
- dahdum 4y agoThe personal backstory and other "fluff" is actually really useful when selecting a recipe. I was laid up with covid/rebound while traveling over the holidays and lived off Hainanese Chicken Rice delivery. Now I want to make it at home and search for a recipe. #1 result is a long article with culinary history, detailed instructions, many pictures, and a credited author originally from Shanghai. #2 result is a simple recipe listing from Buzzfeed. Written by a young white guy from Minnesota who worked as a producer. No fluff, no pictures, no backstory. Doubtful the author ever made the recipe at all. You could grab a recipe database and generate thousands of these pages. I've been burned by #2 too many times disregard the fluff. It shows their investment in the content.