Figuring out what to make for dinner can be complicated when you're craving a
specific flavor combination, especially considering how hard it is to
keep Whoppers on a piece of pizza. Helping you sate all your desires in
one simple dish, Yummly.
A new offering from two eBay vets, Yum's a super-advanced search engine
that connects you to the perfect meal via a slick interface rocking
controls for everything from flavor profiles to nutrition specs,
perfect for those rocking no control for themselves. The headlining
aspect of their proprietary "FoodFinder" is the sliding scales
representing the amount of the five major tastes (sorry umami) you want
in your dish, used to filter a 500,000-strong recipe list aggregated
from Epicurious, Food Network, Chow, and beyond; each dish's profile is
determined by the flavors of its component ingredients, though given
the whole sometimes
isn't the sum of its parts,
you may end up supplying the "bitter" yourself. Simultaneous narrowing
can be accomplished by designating dietary restrictions (vegan,
wheat-free,...sulfite-free), preferred cuisine type (from Croatian to
Maltese), max prep time, and by restricting/mandating certain
ingredients, because
sometimes you feel like a nut, and sometimes one will totally kill you.
To round it out, users can modify any recipe by substituting suggested
ingredients, and endlessly scale each one to fit a specific number of
servings, letting you prepare so much food that the Whopper will be you.