Food, Food, and More Food Thread

bmwracer wrote:
Color IS extra. :hehe:

Hehe.

From HuffPo:

Foodily: A Social Search Engine Just For Food

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Part search, part sharing, Foodily is aiming to be the Facebook of food (with a little Google thrown in, too).

What it is: Foodily is a search engine just for food that aggregates over a million recipes from around the web and offers a slew of social sharing tools to enable users to trade cooking tips and recommendations.

The site's index has recipes culled from more than a hundred sources ranging from TV's top chefs to food bloggers with a knack for cooking.

How it works: The homepage has the slick simplicity of Google's front door, offering just two boxes to help users begin deciding what to cook: a search box into which they can enter the type of recipe they're looking for, and a second search box into which they can specify what ingredient they don't have or don't want to use (for example, you could search for "lasagna" without "meat").

The recipe search results are presented side-by-side with images, ingredients, and instructions, allowing users to scroll through and compare the dishes. Users are also able to share the recipe (on Facebook, Twitter, or via email); save the recipe in a folder on the site (a collection Foodily compares to food "playlists"); or click to read the full recipe on the site that originally posted it.

Why you'd use it: What sets Foodily apart from sites like Epicurious and AllRecipes is its emphasis on integrating search, food, and, via social networks, input from people you know. Using Facebook Connect, Foodily enables users to see what recipes their Facebook friends have liked and commented on. Users can also share recipes they've "liked" via Facebook, as well as create "events" on Facebook, to which friends can be invited, using the menus assembled from Foodily searches.

The idea is "retaining conversation with the content," explained Foodily CEO Andrea Cutright. "Lots of people, myself included, love to talk about what food they ate. Being able to see that information in the context of a recipe is something that's never been done before."

Full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/foodily-a-social-search-e_n_823665.html?ir=Food

bmwracer wrote:From HuffPo:

Foodily: A Social Search Engine Just For Food

[image]

Part search, part sharing, Foodily is aiming to be the Facebook of food (with a little Google thrown in, too).

What it is: Foodily is a search engine just for food that aggregates over a million recipes from around the web and offers a slew of social sharing tools to enable users to trade cooking tips and recommendations.

The site's index has recipes culled from more than a hundred sources ranging from TV's top chefs to food bloggers with a knack for cooking.

How it works: The homepage has the slick simplicity of Google's front door, offering just two boxes to help users begin deciding what to cook: a search box into which they can enter the type of recipe they're looking for, and a second search box into which they can specify what ingredient they don't have or don't want to use (for example, you could search for "lasagna" without "meat").

The recipe search results are presented side-by-side with images, ingredients, and instructions, allowing users to scroll through and compare the dishes. Users are also able to share the recipe (on Facebook, Twitter, or via email); save the recipe in a folder on the site (a collection Foodily compares to food "playlists"); or click to read the full recipe on the site that originally posted it.

Why you'd use it: What sets Foodily apart from sites like Epicurious and AllRecipes is its emphasis on integrating search, food, and, via social networks, input from people you know. Using Facebook Connect, Foodily enables users to see what recipes their Facebook friends have liked and commented on. Users can also share recipes they've "liked" via Facebook, as well as create "events" on Facebook, to which friends can be invited, using the menus assembled from Foodily searches.

The idea is "retaining conversation with the content," explained Foodily CEO Andrea Cutright. "Lots of people, myself included, love to talk about what food they ate. Being able to see that information in the context of a recipe is something that's never been done before."

Full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/foodily-a-social-search-e_n_823665.html?ir=Food

Sweet. I'm legally changing my name to Foodily.

Tu_triky wrote:Sweet. I'm legally changing my name to Foodily.

LOL. :rofl:

More than appropo. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
LOL. :rofl:

More than appropo. :victory:

Ya think? ;)

Already been to Foodily and checked it out. The only problem I can foresee is too many choices. :sweat:

Think you should make the change legal, Tu. ;)

Eve wrote:Already been to Foodily and checked it out. The only problem I can foresee is too many choices. :sweat:

Think you should make the change legal, Tu. ;)

:hehe: I'll see if I can do it on Legal Zoom.

Tu_triky wrote:

:hehe: I'll see if I can do it on Legal Zoom.

:rofl: And get a Do IT Yourself Will at the same time. ;)

Eve wrote:


:rofl: And get a Do IT Yourself Will at the same time. ;)

I'm going to get Robert Shapiro to fill in the blanks for me. No mustard for that sucka if he makes any typos.

Eve wrote:Already been to Foodily and checked it out. The only problem I can foresee is too many choices. :sweat:

Wow, you're ahead of the game, Evie. :victory: :applaud:

Tu_triky wrote:

I'm going to get Robert Shapiro to fill in the blanks for me. No mustard for that sucka if he makes any typos.

:rofl: Im sure he spellchecks each one personally. To ensure a steady mustard supply.

bmwracer wrote:
Wow, you're ahead of the game, Evie. :victory: :applaud:

We are all born trendsetters, Beem! :victory:

Thanks for the info Beemer,

Foodily, FB with a purpose for online interaction, now that is useful.

Making Chinese Char Siu Pork or Ribs at Home

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-goldwyn/char-siu-pork-ribs-recipe_b_824703.html

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^ The sure would go great with ramen at home... Or homemade fried rice. :drooling:

bmwracer wrote:Making Chinese Char Siu Pork or Ribs at Home

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-goldwyn/char-siu-pork-ribs-recipe_b_824703.html

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^ The sure would go great with ramen at home... Or homemade fried rice. :drooling:

Char Siu is one of the great foods this earth has ever seen.

You're right, beem--char siu with ramen is great; that's how I eat it when I make ramen at home. Much better than the roast pork that ramen restaurants typically use.

Speaking of roast pork, Chinese roast pork is another one of the great foods on earth. FYI beem, there's a deli in Little Saigon that's run by ethnic Chinese from Vietnam that has great roast pork. They also have good char siu, but their roast pork is something else.

shin2 wrote:Speaking of roast pork, Chinese roast pork is another one of the great foods on earth. FYI beem, there's a deli in Little Saigon that's run by ethnic Chinese from Vietnam that has great roast pork. They also have good char siu, but their roast pork is something else.

Hmm, in Little Saigon, eh?

My brother lives in OC... I'll have to ask him if he knows of it... He's a Foodie. :)

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm, in Little Saigon, eh?

My brother lives in OC... I'll have to ask him if he knows of it... He's a Foodie. :)

Lien Hoa deli. Haven't popped in there for a couple of years, but it was a popular place (long lines) so it should still be around.

Oh yeah, beem, since your brother's in OC--when I used to live in Anaheim, there was a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant I frequented all the time: Ho Toys on State College (between Ball and Lincoln). Most of their business is take-out, and while everything I've eaten there is good, their char siu is just outstanding.

How outstanding? Well, I make any excuse I can to drive all the way up there to Anaheim to visit relatives just so I can get my char siu fix. :mrgreen:

shin2 wrote:Oh yeah, beem, since your brother's in OC--when I used to live in Anaheim, there was a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant I frequented all the time: Ho Toys on State College (between Ball and Lincoln). Most of their business is take-out, and while everything I've eaten there is good, their char siu is just outstanding.

How outstanding? Well, I make any excuse I can to drive all the way up there to Anaheim to visit relatives just so I can get my char siu fix. :mrgreen:

So ka.

There was a place in Chinatown we used to always go to for char siu when we lived in L.A... Can't remember the name, though. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:Making Chinese Char Siu Pork or Ribs at Home

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-goldwyn/char-siu-pork-ribs-recipe_b_824703.html

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^ The sure would go great with ramen at home... Or homemade fried rice. :drooling:

Whip out the golden chopsticks...

Tu_triky wrote:

Whip out the golden chopsticks...

It looks delicous!!! I've already bookmarked the Chinese & Vietnamese places for the future. :D