A bit too computerised?
I have miscellaneous recipes all over the place: saved from the net, cut out from a magazine, written down on a tissue.
So, I had an idea: I should start collecting them in a cookbook. But what is my first thought how to implement this? WordPress on a USB stick!
I didn’t think of a plain old notebook, binder or a card index. Nope, not I. I was already checking out USB sticks when I decided that maybe I’ll just make it a local installation of WordPress for now.
But I think it’s going to be great! WordPress 2.3, which should be released tomorrow, is going to have tags. Categories and tags will make for excellent browsing. Categories for appetisers, main meals (maybe divided into vegetable, meat, fish, soups, special e.g. Christmas), desserts (this might need subcategories, too), and drinks (coffee, fruit drinks… all non-alcoholic of course). Tags for the ingredients. So, whether I need a certain type of food or feel like a certain ingredient, it should be easy to find inspiration. A search box finds the ingredients of course, but sometimes it’s easier to pick from a limited list.
My recipe collection isn’t extensive yet but I think it’ll have to be unless I want to eat spaghetti bolognese (let alone tv dinners!) every single weekend…
That’s a really neat idea for recipes. Perhaps not for me though, I don’t know how many cookbooks I have, plus recipe cards, plus the magazines and cut-outs, bla, bla, bla.
I think it would take me years if I were to computerize all those things. I’d be better off to search them off the net.
If I ever used them. I may open a cookbook once or twice a year *sigh*.
Ooh, that’s good..I would certainly check it out ;)!!
I am totally behind the versions of WordPress…it keeps updating and updating – which is good – but takes awhile..