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Show HN: Minimal Recipe – Recipes without the bloat

minimalrecipe.com

4 pointstodd-davies5 comments

Not much you can do about it, but when I saw the URL I thought it would be minimalist recipes, i.e. the "core" of a recipe like the ones in books like Ratio [1] where the author describes recipes simply in simple ratios of its main ingredients, and then only mentions how it can be customised in different ways.

[1] https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Ratio.html?id=yXwYoXm...

Yeah, I agree. We'd be open to re-branding the site at some point which wouldn't be too hard. We'll keep open eyes and ears for a potentially improved name!

And, whoa, I'll check out that book!

Some friends and I wanted to make a recipe website without cookie notices, ads, long descriptions, etc.

We focused on making it simple, privacy aware with no tracking (why should recipe websites need tracking cookies?), and accessible. It's our first time making something like this, feedback, suggestions for recipes and general advice is appreciated!

What is the model for sustainability?

I mean how does the project keep going. I love the idea enough to use it. Probably not enough to work on it because I have other things I love to do more. That's going to be typical of people visiting the site.

So basically, it's up to you and your friends to keep it going and my question is how do you plan to make that happen? If that's what you want to do of course. You're not obligated to continue making the site better. That makes sustainability harder because the work will be mostly thankless and by design, unpaid.

Good luck.

I love idea but basically you can use a Git repository with markdown files who represent a recipes. There are plenty of repository who represent this idea like this one : https://github.com/Donearm/Cooking-Recipes

You can also add a Jekyll static site generator if you want to publish on your website.

This seem nerdy but you can use all Github ecosystem to add or edit your recipes. I love this idea.

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