Re: [O] Using org-mode for recipes (i.e. cooking)

[Erik Hetzner]

At Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:57:31 -0500,
John Hendy wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Eric Schulte <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> […]
> 
> I wouldn't mind seeing this, either. I've looked for a while at trying
> to input my wife's recipes into something for her that would be
> printable/exportable into perhaps a small binder or card box or
> something. I've played around with gourmet with varying success but
> not been entirely happy. It's been buggy for me when it comes to
> printing.[1] At the very least, someone can try it out for it's
> converting/unit suggestions, as they are fantastic.
> 
> Most here may work directly from org, but if recipes *are*
> implemented, an exporter or two for half-page or index card sizes
> would be *phenomenal.*

Hi,

I can’t help with printing (which would be nice). But I have put my
code on gitorious:

  https://gitorious.org/org-cook/org-cook

It currently does metric/english conversion, and a few other
tricks. Basically I just use calc’s units code. I think scaling
recipes, or turning percentages into weights would be pretty easy.

There is also, for those interested:

  https://gitorious.org/org-brew/org-brew

for brewing beer. This is again, mostly just calc functions, including
hydrometer correction, abv calculation, priming sugar for a given CO_2
volume, etc. More integration with org-mode should be possible: for
instance it would be nice to be able to use a lookup table (of
ingredients) to calculate target original gravity, IBUs, etc.

Any thoughts or pull requests on either are appreciated!

(Please do continue to CC me, as I read the list via gmane and may
miss messages.)

best, Erik

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