Show HN: Github for recipes

this idea is awesome. The "forking" idea is great for recipes, but you need almost something like a difftool to be able to tell what's different and why? I think with a better UI and way's for users to interact with each other this could be extremely cool. Stick with it and good luck :)

Interesting application of software development paradigms to cooking. I think it would be useful to have categories, e.g. breakfast/dinner/dessert, hot/cold, and suchlike. And maybe a regular 'featured menu' on the front page to illustrate a meal combination, with a nice photograph shown and some encouraging body text.

Why not build this right on top of GitHub?

You need to hire a designer for this. Cooking/recipes/food markets are really visually driven. You also need to define what a fork is right on the landing page. A fork for a cook is not the same as a fork for a programmer. What you should have is a good header area that has the application work flow explained in graphics.

Example:

    Alice liked Juan's recide for thai rice. 
    She wanted to create her own version. Alice
    forked Juan's recipe and modified it to fit
    tastes.

    In forkingrecipes, the act of forking is when
    you give someone else's recipe your own touch.
    Thus creating a new recipe for others to use and fork.

I know a good designer who can help you with this, by the way.