add settings_example.py
update requirements.txt to include scrapy-mongodb
remove settings.py from version control

you should copy settings_example.py to settings.py and modify as needed
add settings.py to .gitignore
Merge branch 'master' into pipeline-mongodb
Merge branch 'master' into pipeline-mongodb
rewrite mongodb pipeline
update settings_example.py
add ISO Date parser
add allrecipes parser
Added spider for Chow.com

Unable to ascertain a reliable method for datePublished, unfortunately
:(
Adding basic 'working' version.
Functional.
Works.
grab text nodes instead of containing spans
lint cleanup
generalize ingredient handling and deal with encoding shenanigans
add cssselector
clean up utf-8 and image extraction
select from appropriate scope for fallback images