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We are getting there - you want some sort of peer review.

However, will you just go with a majority or would you prefer the positive reviews of a selected group? Tastes vary! Much as I love my visits to the USA I think US food is far too sweet so I would probably avoid the guidance of west Coast hackers. I also know that food styles vary - I live in France and here food tends to be simply prepared (well in the countryside anyway) and dishes concentrate on a simple combination of flavours - perhaps with more dishes served in succession during a meal than would be normal elsewhere. Thus a recipe suitable for my neighbours might fail if presented to some visitors from the UK.

So - back to my original response I think...

>>bdfh42+(OP)
Actually, I wouldn't worry too much about differing tastes. I think that there is some sort of semi-objectivity to food. A good recipe is a good recipe.

Accounting for tastes could be taken care of reasonably well in well named recipes: 'country style ratatouille' Thai style ratatouille, a new twist on an old favorite.'

But anyway, I think there's more to it then just recipes. I want to make pate. Could be trout, could be pork, could be goose. Where do I start. What kind of pate do i want. A really good solution would let you find new foods.

>>spice+p
Ah - I see. You are looking for a recommendation for an on line (presumably) recipe resource. Not quite the sort of thread for HN.

>>bdfh42+u
Is it not? I'm saying that the problem identified as the home computer's raison d'etre is not solved. Is it is, I want the solution (like I said, I want to make pate). If it isn't, I think working out why is an interesting sort of a thread.

maybe not.

Anyway, if you can come up with a way to recommend a recipe specifically for my tastes, available ingredients & all that Jazz, I'm in. But first I'd like to know why the simple solution isn't working.