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How BuzzFeed’s Tasty Conquered Online Food

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Re: How BuzzFeed’s Tasty Conquered Online Food

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Post by ebola1717 »

dewey wrote: post #18
gcb0 wrote: post #8

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search for recipes 3 times a day and never even saw that site before. seems like a paid puff piece.

They are not really a recipe site you find via your usual search engine use to cook something. They just show up in your IG / FB feed all the time. From my experience people just "like" them because they look nice but never try to recreate them as the sped-up video format isn't great for that.

Yeah, their videos are for entertainment (as food porn) and for inspiration. You'll look up a real recipe later.

Re: How BuzzFeed’s Tasty Conquered Online Food

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Post by ma2rten »

Larrikin wrote: post #3
desigooner wrote: post #2

Another factor that wasn't mentioned: Plagiarism. They often use Serious Eats recipes without any sort of attribution. Edit: Some context: https://mic.com/articles/163958/the-secret-ingredient-to-buz...

I've come to realize there are very few actually good recipes online that don't come from a small number of websites. Serious Eats being a major one.

What are the other ones that you know of?

Re: How BuzzFeed’s Tasty Conquered Online Food

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Post by nickbauman »

desigooner wrote: post #2

Another factor that wasn't mentioned: Plagiarism. They often use Serious Eats recipes without any sort of attribution. Edit: Some context: https://mic.com/articles/163958/the-secret-ingredient-to-buz...

Hi I work for BuzzFeed engineering, but this is just me talking, not my company. The guy that started Tasty uses an empirical technique he devised in-house to come up with recipes people love. Wish I could say more than that. But I believe the "recipe space" he explores can come up with recipes that can at times look like previously published recipes. There are only so many combinations of ingredients that will click with the human palate. I guarantee you he's not directly ripping anyone off.

Re: How BuzzFeed’s Tasty Conquered Online Food

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Post by darioush »

dewey wrote: post #18
gcb0 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

search for recipes 3 times a day and never even saw that site before. seems like a paid puff piece.

They are not really a recipe site you find via your usual search engine use to cook something. They just show up in your IG / FB feed all the time. From my experience people just "like" them because they look nice but never try to recreate them as the sped-up video format isn't great for that.

I wouldn't be surprised if watching these gifs somehow makes you even less likely to cook at home. Similar to the effect of salad being on the menu making it less likely that you'll make healthy choices.

Re: How BuzzFeed’s Tasty Conquered Online Food

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Post by [deleted] »

dewey wrote: post #18
gcb0 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

search for recipes 3 times a day and never even saw that site before. seems like a paid puff piece.

They are not really a recipe site you find via your usual search engine use to cook something. They just show up in your IG / FB feed all the time. From my experience people just "like" them because they look nice but never try to recreate them as the sped-up video format isn't great for that.

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Re: How BuzzFeed’s Tasty Conquered Online Food

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Post by Smaug123 »

vanderZwan wrote: post #40
drozzz wrote: post #22

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A few of my healthier favorites: Cauliflower Bites 4 Ways ( https://www.facebook.com/officialgoodful/videos/137954362544... ), Spaghetti Squash 4 Ways ( https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/17693405533185... ), Tornado Zucchini ( https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/18670178935508... ), Garlic-flavored zucchini chips ( https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtastyjapan/videos/167296607... )

I guess that you mean that these recipes use vegetables as a base, which is more healthy than recipes for cookies or ice-cream. However, in all of them, there is still more fat, sugar and/or salt added than is healthy. Take the cauliflower one: it's basically cauliflower, but now grilled with oil and topped with sweet/fatty/salt flavouring to make it more palatable.

Cauliflower has basically no nutritional value anyway. Minimal vitamins and minerals, no digestible carbs or protein or fat.

Re: How BuzzFeed’s Tasty Conquered Online Food

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Post by miguelrochefort »

darioush wrote: post #48
miguelrochefort wrote: post #23

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Guess what's served in most fast food restaurants and available in most grocery stores? Exactly what you described. I'm not sure they ever claimed that all their recipes were healthy.

It's not just fast food restaurants. Ever wonder why the food you make in the kitchen never stands up to (insert your favorite restaurant here)'s food even though you are using the same ingredients as them? Sure, they have more experience in cooking and you don't have access to the recipe, but you bet there is a whole assortment of salt, butter, sugar, other fats (vegetables may be "sauteed" in bacon grease or duck f…

I don't know about others, but I put a lot of salt, butter, animal fats and MSG in the food I cook. I don't think any of these ingredients are unhealthy (other than sugar, which I don't use).

Re: How BuzzFeed’s Tasty Conquered Online Food

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Post by vanderZwan »

Smaug123 wrote: post #56
vanderZwan wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess that you mean that these recipes use vegetables as a base, which is more healthy than recipes for cookies or ice-cream. However, in all of them, there is still more fat, sugar and/or salt added than is healthy. Take the cauliflower one: it's basically cauliflower, but now grilled with oil and topped with sweet/fatty/salt flavouring to make it more palatable.

Cauliflower has basically no nutritional value anyway. Minimal vitamins and minerals, no digestible carbs or protein or fat.

Sure, but that is not relevant to the point of all the flavouring being of the cheap, unhealthy variety, is it?

Unless you mean that in a "it's worse than that" way

Re: How BuzzFeed’s Tasty Conquered Online Food

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Post by trumpownsyou420 »

nickbauman wrote: post #53
desigooner wrote: post #2

Another factor that wasn't mentioned: Plagiarism. They often use Serious Eats recipes without any sort of attribution. Edit: Some context: https://mic.com/articles/163958/the-secret-ingredient-to-buz...

Hi I work for BuzzFeed engineering, but this is just me talking, not my company. The guy that started Tasty uses an empirical technique he devised in-house to come up with recipes people love. Wish I could say more than that. But I believe the "recipe space" he explores can come up with recipes that can at times look like previously published recipes. There are only so many combinations of ingredients that will click…

kill yourself, you people are cancer.

Re: How BuzzFeed’s Tasty Conquered Online Food

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Post by palidanx »

atom-morgan wrote: post #7
desigooner wrote: post #2

Another factor that wasn't mentioned: Plagiarism. They often use Serious Eats recipes without any sort of attribution. Edit: Some context: https://mic.com/articles/163958/the-secret-ingredient-to-buz...

Are were sure Serious Eats didn't "steal" them from someone else?

Pretty regular reader from Serious Eats here. Kenji (the guy who is the culinary director), puts tons of scientific rigor into all of his recipes. What sets Serious Eats aparts from everyone else is they like to answer the 'why' of food. For example here is a super detailed story:

http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/10/the-food-lab-science-of-h...

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