> The biggest feature the interface adds is the ability to restrict the results by whether or not a recipe contains a particular ingredient. I don't think that this is very interesting or useful. Did anyone who really cooks use this?
This is, in fact, exactly the way I cook: "I want to make something with couscous and feta cheese", or "I want to make something with pasta and chicken". I find this search extremely useful, since it's the sort of search I've never felt was adequately implemented on other recipe search sites I've tried.
1. You'd go online, find a recepie for the upcoming meals you'd want to make.
2. Your network connected fridge and pantry would take inventory of what you have, and automatically make a grocery list, or contact somewhere to have the raw ingredients delivered. Also, it could let you know when things need to be used by, are expired/etc.
3. Based on the above, generate a description of caloric intake, etc.
The hardware/software integration to make this happen would take a lot of work...
This is, in fact, exactly the way I cook: "I want to make something with couscous and feta cheese", or "I want to make something with pasta and chicken". I find this search extremely useful, since it's the sort of search I've never felt was adequately implemented on other recipe search sites I've tried.