Ingredient Pairings
Productivity
cooking ingredient pairing
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Ingredient Pairings
My cooking app that tells you what ingredients go well together
ingredientpairings.com#ingredient pairing#cooking#recipe search#ingredient substitutes
How HN took it
7 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Execution: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea with useful potential for home cooks
From 3 comments
Wow, If it works well, it is a boon for people who are not natural cooks, who want to make something homemade, with the ingredients at home. (I suppose/believe/hope this is a…
random42 on HNGreat idea, and nice execution. Feature request: it would be great if not only it told you what would work well, but also what to avoid.
dansingerman on HNIf you make an easy translation page for all the ingredients this would definitely be a bulls eye !!! Great app.
tantadruj on HN
Objections
Data mined from recipes gives odd pairings (e.g. cornstarch with garlic, salt and oil everywhere)
From 3 comments
Initial thoughts having not paid for the app but review screen shots and the website. Advanced warning - these comments aren't particularly positive. If you're looking for a pep…
Tyrannosaurs on HNIf egg plant is wrong (and I'm happy to accept that it is - I'm English, I was translating aubergine to North American and failing...) then it shouldn't show me results for it…
Tyrannosaurs on HNI was curious about this as well, as it looked to me like a ripoff of "The Flavor Bible", by Page and Dornenburg (Same method of using bold all caps, then bold, etc for showing…
wvl on HN
Design looks unpolished and results are hard to read
From 2 comments
My initial thoughts on the results page is that they are not really intuitive, and a bit hard to look at. Without reading the description, I was confused why some were in caps,…
jeremydavid on HNthis app is total scam! First: graphics make me think it was done by an 8 years old child. Cooking is a great opportunity to show some amazing apps designs. Second: they took an…
duiker101 on HN
Keyword fallback gives nonsense results for non-food words
From 2 comments
this app is total scam! First: graphics make me think it was done by an 8 years old child. Cooking is a great opportunity to show some amazing apps designs. Second: they took an…
duiker101 on HNnot true http://www.ingredientpairings.com/?i=sdfhgsfdh and if it was true it was scam anyway because would not suggest the correct ingredients.
duiker101 on HN
Requests
Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free filters
From 2 comments
Initial thoughts having not paid for the app but review screen shots and the website. Advanced warning - these comments aren't particularly positive. If you're looking for a pep…
Tyrannosaurs on HNThanks for your feedback. I already added the exclusion list and definitely will be working on my design and screenshots. I did have plans to add vegetarian, vegan, and gluten…
kbrower on HN
Show ingredients to avoid as well as pairings
From 1 comment
Great idea, and nice execution. Feature request: it would be great if not only it told you what would work well, but also what to avoid.
dansingerman on HN
Link from an ingredient to related ingredients and recipes
From 1 comment
Very cool idea. Off to a good start. Suggestions: * I'd like an easy way to link to a related ingredient by itself. I.e., If I initially search for basil, I'd like to easily…
steamer25 on HN
Questions
What algorithm and data source produce the pairings?
From 1 comment
Wow, If it works well, it is a boon for people who are not natural cooks, who want to make something homemade, with the ingredients at home. (I suppose/believe/hope this is a…
random42 on HN
Alternatives named
The Flavor Bible
From 1 comment
I was curious about this as well, as it looked to me like a ripoff of "The Flavor Bible", by Page and Dornenburg (Same method of using bold all caps, then bold, etc for showing…
wvl on HN
Recipe Puppy
From 1 comment
Yes: http://www.recipepuppy.com/about/api/ If that doesn't fit your requirements: http://www.recipepuppy.com/about/contact
kbrower on HN