Thanks so much for the tips Erik i will explore the ingredients in table idea as suggested. do you know perhaps of a way to quick format online recipes to an org table (that is webpage html to org table) or perhaps a way to convert already entered recipes in my org files to tables
kind regards Z. On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Erik Hetzner <e...@e6h.org> wrote: > At Sat, 15 Mar 2014 09:24:23 +0200, > Xebar Saram wrote: > > > > Dear Eric and org users > > > > i am a new(ish) org user and an avid cooker. i have started using > > orgmodeas my recipe notebook and stumbled upon the old org-cook > > thread. > > Is there so documentation on this? do you still use it? > > are there any other ideas/suggestions on using orgmode as a recipe > notebook? > > what i would mainly love is a way to "scrape" recipes off websites into > org > > Hi Xebar, > > I still use org to manage my recipes, but I don't use the org-cook > features. It was kind of a proof of concept, and I think it could > prove useful, but it turns out I don't often need to convert between > units. > > I have been trying out the format described in [1]. I used to use a > format like: > > Grate zest from 3 of them. Combine. Add: > - 2 tbsp peanut oil > - 2 chicken bouillon cubes, crumbled > - 5 onions, thinly julienned > - salt and pepper > > But the new one looks like: > > Grate zest from 3 of them. Combine. Add: > | 2 tbsp | peanut oil | | > | 2 cubes | chicken bouillon | crumbled | > | 5 | onions, | thinly julienned | > | | salt and pepper | | > > I think the table structure should make it easier to manipulate, > change units, or create shopping lists. (But I create shopping lists > by hand.) > > One hack I do use is the following function: > > (defun org-random-element () > "Choose a random element from the buffer." > (interactive) > (let ((element-start -1) > (count 1)) > (while (not (org-first-sibling-p)) > (org-goto-sibling t)) > (save-excursion > (while (org-goto-sibling) > (setq count (+ 1 count)))) > (org-forward-heading-same-level (random count)))) > > This chooses a random element from a list of headings. I use this to > plan meals. I just keep running the function until I see something > that I feel like cooking. > > Hope that helps! > > best, Erik > > 1. > http://sachachua.com/blog/2012/06/emacs-org-grocery-lists-batch-cooking/ > > -- > Sent from my free software system <http://fsf.org/>. >
