Show HN: Recipe Search Engine for Cooking Enthusiasts

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Post by losincos » Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 3:29 PM UTC

Hey HN!

I built a recipe search engine that lets cooking enthusiasts easily find and filter high-quality recipes from top sites like Serious Eats, ChefSteps, and StarChefs, all in one place. Completely free and more sources (including cookbooks) coming soon.

Would love your feedback—thanks!

Show HN: Recipe Search Engine for Cooking Enthusiasts
chefcodex.com

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 3:32 PM UTC

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Post by jjards » Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 3:36 PM UTC

Great website selection to source from..

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Post by Kijuu » Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 3:43 PM UTC

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Post by nchagnet » Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 3:51 PM UTC

Why do you need a signin to search the recipes? What does it bring to the experience besides bookmarks?

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Post by adriankpierce1 » Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 4:12 PM UTC

Reminds me of a project I did where I looked into cocktail data from some of the more "involved" cocktail books like Death & Co, etc. Was quite tough to clean when I tried this about ~6 years ago.

How were the recipes tagged after being crawled?

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Post by losincos » Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 4:38 PM UTC

nchagnet wrote: post #5

Why do you need a signin to search the recipes? What does it bring to the experience besides bookmarks?

too many AI crawlers these days

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Post by kiena » Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 6:27 PM UTC

Super interesting on the ingredients feature. Kept trying to stump it with niche items and it’s pretty comprehensive. What did you use to source the list?