A simple, plaintext recipe database for hackers.
Be aware my version of chowdown has diverged from the orignal name sake by quite a bit as I have changed and modifided things.
The recipes are stored in the collection "Recipes" (the folder /_recipes).
They are written in Markdown and contain a few special sections:
- The frontmatter, which contains:
- Title, Image, and Layout (which is "recipe")
- Ingredients (a list of things in the dish)
- Directions (a list of steps for the dish)
- Body content (for intros, stories, written detail)
Below is an example of most of the options you can use
---
layout: recipe
title: "Recipe Title Here"
image: image-name.jpg or https://url.tld/image.jpg # Replace with the image file or URL to one
imagecredit: URL to image credit # Optional: link to source of the image
tags: tag1 tag2 tag3 # List of tags or keywords related to the recipe
servings: 4 # Optional: Number of servings
prep_time: "10 mins" # Optional: Preparation time
cook_time: "30 mins" # Optional: Cooking time
total_time: "40 mins" # Optional: Total time
ingredients:
- Ingredient 1
- Ingredient 2, with quantity and preparation details if needed
- Ingredient 3, etc.
directions:
- Describe the first step here
- Continue with detailed steps
- Additional steps if needed
- Final steps
---
Place any additional notes here, will be shown at the top of the recipe page
If you need help with Markdown, here's a handy cheatsheet.
A component recipe is a special recipe made up of other recipes. To make a new component recipe:
- place your smaller, single recipes into the /_components folder
- make a new recipe like normal in the /_recipes folders
- in the frontmatter of this new recipe, include your recipes from the /_components folder (instead of the usual Ingredeints list)