Food.com started with a simple idea: we wanted to collect recipes online, the same way we do offline. Most of us gather our recipes over many years, and from multiple sources. We then store them in one place from desktops, to kitchen drawers, to over stuffed shoeboxes, or meticulously organized file folders...
The functionality existed online, but it was all site specific. So what did that mean? It meant we needed to come up with a way to find recipes from across the web in one easy interface, a way to save some recipe info regardless of the site, and a single simple place to store the goods.
So that's what we've done:
- We make it easy to find the exact right recipe with the best ever online recipe search. Our search spans the best sites and sources across the Web; we're adding to our index all the time. And our search allows you to filter by ingredient, or technique, or cuisine, or specialized diet...
- We make it easy to store all your recipes in one safe place online. No more jumping from site to site, or riffling through faded and torn index cards. On food.com you can upload and store all your existing recipe heirlooms, collect new yummy finds from across the web, mark your favorites, create collections, and organize them all as much, or as little, as suits - you!
- We make it easy to collect recipes no matter what site you're on with the food.com toolbar. Even if you are drooling over a recipe on a site we don't currently search, with one click you can add a reference of that recipe to your own recipe box on food.com.
From that simple idea, we cooked up an innovative product. We hope you'll help us evolve it, and ultimately - enjoy!