I've seen one of these websites in the media. It must be a PR hit because there is nothing new about storing recipes on a computer. It was a common vision of the future since the 1970s to have a computer in the kitchen which would retreive recipes. The Commodore VIC20 manual, circa 1982, had an example recipe program.
Also, this something that search engines could do for 10 years. I worked in a Internet cafe and I explained to a old woman that a search engine allowed you to search by content. She reponded "Does that mean if I search for a list of ingredients, I get a recipe?"
This was an absolutely geniusly insightful response. Indeed, I distinctly remember trying this technique with AltaVista at least 10 years ago. Of course, then, the number of webpages was sparse compared to nowadays. So, AltaVista allowed partial matches. Nowadays, you'd only get an exact match.
Also, this something that search engines could do for 10 years. I worked in a Internet cafe and I explained to a old woman that a search engine allowed you to search by content. She reponded "Does that mean if I search for a list of ingredients, I get a recipe?"
This was an absolutely geniusly insightful response. Indeed, I distinctly remember trying this technique with AltaVista at least 10 years ago. Of course, then, the number of webpages was sparse compared to nowadays. So, AltaVista allowed partial matches. Nowadays, you'd only get an exact match.