duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-spice — pull request #495 by ddsky (2014-04-05 23:23:00+00:00)
Title: spoonacular recipe search spice added

Spice Pull Request Template

What does your instant answer do?
The spoonacular instant answer searches recipes on spoonacular.com.

What problem does your instant answer solve (Why is it better than organic links)?
It shows actual recipes and ranks them according to the query. For example "popular pancakes recipes" will be ranked by how many people liked them while "cheap pancakes with berries" will rank the results by price per serving. Also, this information is directly visible in the instant answer.

What is the data source for your instant answer? (Provide a link if possible)
http://spoonacular.com/ which again uses https://www.mashape.com/webknox/recipes

Why did you choose this data source?
http://spoonacular.com/blog/what-is-the-best-recipe-search-engine-in-the-world says it all

Are there any other alternative (better) data sources?
Not to my knowledge.

What are some example queries that trigger this instant answer?
"popular cheesecakes recipes"
"cheeseburger with bacon but without gluten"
"dairy-free soup"

Which communities will this instant answer be especially useful for? (gamers, book lovers, etc)
foodies

Is this instant answer connected to a DuckDuckHack instant answer idea?
no

Which existing instant answers will this one supersede/overlap with?
yummly

Are you having any problems? Do you need our help with anything?

![screenshot-spoonacular-spice](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1111388/2623980/71d04434-bd16-11e3-9b6e-47a25e7674b4.png)

Checklist
Please place an 'X' where appropriate.

[X] Added metadata and attribution information
[X] Wrote test file and added to t/ directory
[X] Verified that instant answer adheres to design guidelines(https://github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo-documentation/blob/master/duckduckhack/styleguides/design_styleguide.md)
[ ] Tested cross-browser compatability (tested on Firefox in VirtualBox)