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The only thing missing would be a substitute... for example "vinegar or lemon juice" is impossible to describe in the current language spec.

You could be inspired by the link reference syntax from markdown, and use the following where subs are possible:

add @acid{1%tsp} to @milk{1%cup} to create acidulated milk

[acid]{lemon juice|apple cider vinegar}

Anyway great spec and language!

I'd suggest to open an issue for tracking in spec repo https://github.com/cooklang/spec, so people can discuss different options.

Lots missing really, you can add nutrition and scaling things to that list.

Good point, any idea how it could look like?

How about

  [@raw organic cane sugar, @honey]{3%tbsp}

Here square brackets indicate that the ingredient will have variations separated by commas.

Good idea. I'd prefer the at sign in front of the brackets, though.

  @[sugar, honey]{3%tbsp}

It should be easier to parse and allows for brackets to be used elsewhere without escapes.

Interesting idea, how about the case when quantity varies for different ingredient? For example 2 tbsp of raw organic cane sugar or 3 honey.