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Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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I wrote something like this as my first programming project. I had serious trouble with an algorithm to search and filter recipes, however.

The best point of my site was that it gathered its recipes from food blogs and linked directly to them. I had to tweak a scraper for about a hundred different food blogs, it was a hell of work, but the scraping results were good.

Differently from SuperCook, which uses food portals, my recipes were all personal and of higher quality.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Congrats on shipping! I tried chef Watson [1] a while back and it was very good. I liked that the suggestions were not exactly something out of a menu. I'll give this a try to see how it compares.

[1]: https://www.ibmchefwatson.com/community

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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post #61

I wrote something like this as my first programming project. I had serious trouble with an algorithm to search and filter recipes, however. The best point of my site was that it gathered its recipes from food blogs and linked directly to them. I had to tweak a scraper for about a hundred different food blogs, it was a hell of work, but the scraping results were good. Differently from SuperCook, which uses food portal…

Do you still have the scraper? I'd love to see it.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Google search had for any recipe an ingredient filter on the side which they removed a while back.

I think a blog idea to help the site with more useful information and SEO is how to manage a home kitchen. For example, how to store food so it doesn't get thrown out. This can go hand in hand with the recipe search.

I was a private yacht chef for 6 years and I ran what is a home kitchen like a professional kitchen. I had to deal with looking at what was about to go bad or needed to be used first because I could only go shopping every two weeks sometimes and figure out what recipes I could make from them. Although I only cooked for a couple and 4 crew, I ran it like a two star Michelin kitchen.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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post #61

I wrote something like this as my first programming project. I had serious trouble with an algorithm to search and filter recipes, however. The best point of my site was that it gathered its recipes from food blogs and linked directly to them. I had to tweak a scraper for about a hundred different food blogs, it was a hell of work, but the scraping results were good. Differently from SuperCook, which uses food portal…

>I wrote something like this as my first programming project. I had serious trouble with an algorithm to search and filter recipes, however.

This is an NP-hard problem!! Some version of this is anyway. Can someone with more math knowledge be more specific?

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Very cool project! I often hear people talk about this as an idea, but never really getting further than that :) Some suggestions/notes: - Looking at a recipe (e.g. https://www.eathow.com/recipes/219 ) I think you forgot to use a cursor: pointer; on the "Directions" and "Ingredients", to indicate that they are clickable - Someone else mentioned, but you don't have to be so apologetic about wanting money for this :) M…

Thank you :) I'll definitely be rethinking pricing and trials after this.

The issue with most subscription web services is that people who foresee using it a couple of times a month end up not signing up. Which is all lost revenue. LastPass charges​ $1 per month. I think that's the magic number for casual users. They may only use this once every month or two. But $12 can easily be forgotten / justified.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Sent this to my wife who happily input everything we have in the fridge:

eggs, cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, capers, canned beans, balsamic vinegar, banana, cashews, lemon juice, paprika, spaghetti, garlic.

And all it came back with was breakfast of scrambled eggs. Nothing for dinner or lunch.

Not good! She was turned off immediately.

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