FoodPair

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FoodPair
Type of site
Recipe Search Engine
Available in English
Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
URL www.foodpair.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional, Free
Launched2011
Current statusOnline

FoodPair is a recipe search engine based in San Francisco, California. It was founded by former Google employee Raj Irukulla in 2010 and is privately held. [1]

Contents

Features

FoodPair allows users to find and filter recipes based on ingredient, keyword, diet, course, number of ingredients and source site. [2] The site's faceted search interface gives users with the ability to refine search criteria incrementally. [3]

Reception

In August 2010, PC Magazine included FoodPair in its Top 100 Sites of 2010. [4] Other food related websites included in the list were AllRecipes and Epicurious. FoodPair was also named a Good Online Cooking Guide for the Beginner Cook by MakeUseOf.com. [5] Trend Central featured FoodPair as a site that helps home cooks streamline their online recipe searching. [6]

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References

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  2. "Save Money By Using All Your Ingredients". Archived from the original on 2010-07-20. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
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