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Google Mobile Search Shows Recipe Suggestions When You Look For Food (engadget.com)
In the past few years, Google has used its so-called "knowledge graph" to make search results far more useful than just a list of links -- you can get lots of info on a variety of topics right in Google without having to click on any search results. The latest addition to Google search is something foodies should take note of. Now, when you search for food on mobile, you'll see a carousel of recipes at the top of the results page. From a report on Engadget: Google also added some filters to those recipe results -- right below the search bar are additional suggestions you can use to refine your results. Searching for "fried chicken" gave me the option to add "oven-fried," "buttermilk," and "southern fried" filters to narrow down the recipes. You can also tap "view all" to move out of the standard search page and see bigger, more detailed recipe cards that show a picture and quick preview of the recipe.
Or at the least once was.
Back when Fidonet was as close to the Internet as one could get (affordably). It was evident that one of the most popular subject within the Usenet were the trading of recipes. Something I never expected, the popularity and the amounts (recipes) available in that area were just vast.
I never followed the subject further than that spending my time in other areas; but still curious that while Usenet sex/files/hacks/banter went hand in hand, never once heard of areas trading recipes other than being just another newsgroup. It was something one (I) stumbled across, as if many participated yet dare not talked about it.