One million recipes indexed on EYB!

January 10, 2014 by
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Million recipes indexed

One million recipes – and every one added by a human being not a bot.  Because EYB is a database, not a word search, every recipe has to be entered manually.  For cookbooks and magazines, all details are typed in by an indexer.  I wouldn’t like to calculate how many keystrokes a million recipes required but let’s just say it’s a lot.

Here’s a breakdown of that million recipes (the total is more than 100% because there are book and magazine recipes available online):

Cookbooks – 86% of total recipes
Magazines – 8% of total recipes
Online – 12% of total recipes

The very first book that was indexed, back in 2008 when we were setting up the site, was Happy Days with the Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver. Since then 4,506 books have been indexed as well as almost 1,500 magazines and 71 websites and blogs.

And a big thank you goes to our EYB members who have contributed so much to that total – 20% of the indexed books have been done by members and 10% of the online recipes were added by members using the Bookmarklet.  We so appreciate all those contributions.  With your help it should take a lot less than 5 years to reach two million recipes indexed.

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  • adrienneyoung  on  January 10, 2014

    Congratulations, guys! It looks great on you!

  • Breadcrumbs  on  January 10, 2014

    Nice! Congratulations Jane & Fiona.

  • Waderu  on  January 10, 2014

    Wow, thanks!

  • boardingace  on  January 11, 2014

    That is sooooooooooooo cool! I love the book you indexed first – awesome title – lol. Congratuations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • sir_ken_g  on  January 11, 2014

    Congratulations! EYB has made my own books much more useful and made the internet recipe search so much more productive.

  • sgump  on  January 11, 2014

    Congratulations, indeed! So . . . what was this lucky one-millionth recipe?

  • Jane  on  January 11, 2014

    The millionth recipe put up on EYB was Rhubarb sauce (Koreshe rivas) from In a Persian Kitchen by Maideh Mazda http://www.eatyourbooks.com/library/recipes/1207290/rhubarb-sauce-khoreshe-rivas

  • sgump  on  January 11, 2014

    Thank you, Jane! I have this gem of a book–and I look forward to the day when EYB can plan a buffet or themed meal around its one millionth, two millionth, three millionth, etc. recipes!

  • Queezle_Sister  on  January 11, 2014

    Hard to do better than rhubarb. Many congrats, as well as a heart-felt thank you for making my cookbooks ever more useful.

  • PatriciaAnn  on  January 11, 2014

    Thrilled for you and me. Congratulations.,

  • ellemoro  on  January 12, 2014

    well done Team EYB – great website which we use almost every day.

  • ellabee  on  January 12, 2014

    Congratulations and thanks to all members who clip and index, and to the EYB staff. Thanks a million for being there! On to 2 million…

  • robinorig  on  January 30, 2014

    Congrats! So glad to be part of it! <3 rhubarb! I even have it growing in my garden… (can't wait for Spring!!!)

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