Comments on: Cooking With Video on Cookshow.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/ Startup and Technology News Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: KitchenBug Brings the Ultimate Social Recipe Application, 1000 invitations http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1718551 KitchenBug Brings the Ultimate Social Recipe Application, 1000 invitations Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:41:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1718551 [...] (Like BakeSpace or OpenSourceFood), user created cook books, and even online video plateforms (CookShow, iFood or Rouxbe) not mentionning the hundreds of cooking blogs some of which attract thousands of [...] [...] (Like BakeSpace or OpenSourceFood), user created cook books, and even online video plateforms (CookShow, iFood or Rouxbe) not mentionning the hundreds of cooking blogs some of which attract thousands of [...]

]]> By: shaista http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1706583 shaista Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:52:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1706583 i love cooking and wants to learn moor recipies i love cooking and wants to learn moor recipies

]]> By: Steve Murch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1701075 Steve Murch Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:21:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1701075 We are now live with cooking videos on http://www.bigoven.com. We've only got a few of them up there, but will be adding more constantly as new submissions roll in. Tagging is supported in this initial release. We are now live with cooking videos on http://www.bigoven.com. We’ve only got a few of them up there, but will be adding more constantly as new submissions roll in. Tagging is supported in this initial release.

]]> By: Steve Murch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1681464 Steve Murch Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:52:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1681464 We just went to beta with cooking video submissions at <a href="http://www.bigoven.com" rel="nofollow">BigOven.com</a>. We'll be rolling out a cooking video section to accompany the 160,000+ recipe site and social network about food that we're rapdily building out. Cheers! We just went to beta with cooking video submissions at BigOven.com. We’ll be rolling out a cooking video section to accompany the 160,000+ recipe site and social network about food that we’re rapdily building out. Cheers!

]]> By: Grace http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1660749 Grace Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:27:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1660749 @ > Hari After reading your post I vsited your website (http://www.harinayak.com/haritv.htm) -- I sure hope your cooking is better than your web design, lol. Great reading. I really appreciated what ca-chef had to say. I live 1/2 in the kitchen, the other half dining out. I love cooking shows and appreciate the details (the how and why, as ca-chef puts it). I guess that other guy who loves the "straight to the point" cooking shows is a fast food kinda guy? :) Grace @ > Hari

After reading your post I vsited your website (http://www.harinayak.com/haritv.htm) — I sure hope your cooking is better than your web design, lol.

Great reading. I really appreciated what ca-chef had to say. I live 1/2 in the kitchen, the other half dining out. I love cooking shows and appreciate the details (the how and why, as ca-chef puts it). I guess that other guy who loves the “straight to the point” cooking shows is a fast food kinda guy? :)

Grace

]]> By: Ahh-non-a-mouse http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1659108 Ahh-non-a-mouse Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:55:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1659108 Trace, you should be at the improv... good one (and I'm 1/2 Indian, so don't label me either, lol). For the record, iFood.tv does does look like pac man designed it -- too many icons... looks like the old ICQ site :) Trace, you should be at the improv… good one (and I’m 1/2 Indian, so don’t label me either, lol). For the record, iFood.tv does does look like pac man designed it — too many icons… looks like the old ICQ site :)

]]> By: iFood.tv http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1659064 iFood.tv Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:30:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1659064 Regarding iFood.tv, sheeeeesh, looks like a dating site from the 90s. White page and icons - hardly appealing. Ummmmm, like the guy said before, 2/3 of all their recipes are from India.... not to sound racist (because i'm not!), but is their name short for IndianFood.tv? Trace Regarding iFood.tv, sheeeeesh, looks like a dating site from the 90s. White page and icons - hardly appealing.

Ummmmm, like the guy said before, 2/3 of all their recipes are from India…. not to sound racist (because i’m not!), but is their name short for IndianFood.tv?

Trace

]]> By: ca-chef http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1657862 ca-chef Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:56:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1657862 @serguey, we all have our opinions (and needs), yours is equally valuable, so thank you :) i see other cooking professionals here are actively using other cooking sites, that's great -- whatever works for them :) as for being cooking videos being "straight to the point", i have yet to see a 3 minute cooking show on television, even with extended commercials. in the culinary world (the professional cooking community and those who love/enjoy cooking), I have yet to bump into any chef/home cook who would think of producing a recipe in 3 mins, unless a hard boiled egg or toast is the dish of the day. cooking is a process that involves food selection, prep work, actual cooking techniques, all the while educating the viewer - cooking is not plug-n-play :) aside from my professional cooking career i'm also passionate about other things, gardening is one of them. in comparison, as a beginner in this area, i prefer to watch an experienced gardener as s/he walks me through most (if not all) the steps in creating a healthy garden, from start to finish, educating me as to the why and how, rather than showing me snippets of this process. i believe we all can apply this to our own passions on some level. to learn properly i need the experience of the how and value the why. videos enhance this ability. if a cook wants the quick and dirty, just grab the text recipe under the recipe video :) lastly, i'm not a techie, but i'm told 3 to 5 mins is about all you can tape with a 100MB video upload, and this is the maximum file size most of the video cooking sites allow? maybe one can squeeze a 10 minute cooking show if the video resolution was low quality, but then we would see even lower quality video when we choose to view it enlarged (the enlarge button)? IPTVRecipes.com has the cook/chef in mind here, allowing us 1GB of video space per recipe. to me, the people at IPTVRecipes.com deliver form, function, and have thought through the individual needs of all its members' needs. ok, that's enough from me. again, to each their own :) thanks again for letting me share, ca-chef @serguey, we all have our opinions (and needs), yours is equally valuable, so thank you :)

i see other cooking professionals here are actively using other cooking sites, that’s great — whatever works for them :)

as for being cooking videos being “straight to the point”, i have yet to see a 3 minute cooking show on television, even with extended commercials. in the culinary world (the professional cooking community and those who love/enjoy cooking), I have yet to bump into any chef/home cook who would think of producing a recipe in 3 mins, unless a hard boiled egg or toast is the dish of the day. cooking is a process that involves food selection, prep work, actual cooking techniques, all the while educating the viewer - cooking is not plug-n-play :)

aside from my professional cooking career i’m also passionate about other things, gardening is one of them. in comparison, as a beginner in this area, i prefer to watch an experienced gardener as s/he walks me through most (if not all) the steps in creating a healthy garden, from start to finish, educating me as to the why and how, rather than showing me snippets of this process. i believe we all can apply this to our own passions on some level. to learn properly i need the experience of the how and value the why. videos enhance this ability. if a cook wants the quick and dirty, just grab the text recipe under the recipe video :)

lastly, i’m not a techie, but i’m told 3 to 5 mins is about all you can tape with a 100MB video upload, and this is the maximum file size most of the video cooking sites allow? maybe one can squeeze a 10 minute cooking show if the video resolution was low quality, but then we would see even lower quality video when we choose to view it enlarged (the enlarge button)? IPTVRecipes.com has the cook/chef in mind here, allowing us 1GB of video space per recipe.

to me, the people at IPTVRecipes.com deliver form, function, and have thought through the individual needs of all its members’ needs.

ok, that’s enough from me. again, to each their own :)

thanks again for letting me share,
ca-chef

]]> By: Joseph http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1657615 Joseph Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:04:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1657615 Check out Cucina.com - they launched awhile ago and have some great content. I think they are US based. Check out Cucina.com - they launched awhile ago and have some great content. I think they are US based.

]]> By: serguey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1657168 serguey Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:56:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1657168 @ca-chef, sorry to disagree with you, I went on IPTVrecipes but who wants to watch a 15 to 20 minutes cooking video ? How boring! At least on Cookshow most of the videos last 3 minutes. Straight to the point. I like that! @ca-chef, sorry to disagree with you, I went on IPTVrecipes but who wants to watch a 15 to 20 minutes cooking video ? How boring!
At least on Cookshow most of the videos last 3 minutes. Straight to the point. I like that!

]]> By: Jacques http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1656997 Jacques Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:47:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1656997 Hello - This is Jacques from Cookshow. Thank you for all the great discussion and suggestions - the success of the site depends on its users and we are grateful for the support. The concept of the site was simple: create a global web community to enable all those with a passion of cooking to connect with each other. We are very glad to see it take off as we continue to grow and improve the site. (Yongfook - we're happy to say that we're adding new users and content every day) And MarysHungry - glad to hear you enjoy the steak - it is also one of our favourites. Bon appetit :) Hello -

This is Jacques from Cookshow. Thank you for all the great discussion and suggestions - the success of the site depends on its users and we are grateful for the support.

The concept of the site was simple: create a global web community to enable all those with a passion of cooking to connect with each other. We are very glad to see it take off as we continue to grow and improve the site. (Yongfook - we’re happy to say that we’re adding new users and content every day)

And MarysHungry - glad to hear you enjoy the steak - it is also one of our favourites. Bon appetit :)

]]> By: Hari http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1656351 Hari Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:52:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1656351 I have been using www.ifood.tv for over 6 months and am very happy with the great community and nice site features they have. iFood.tv gives personal Food TV to each of its member and the beauty of this is that you can embed the entire TV on your site. I have my entire iFood.tv show on my site http://www.harinayak.com/haritv.htm The proof is in pudding not marketing mumbo-jumbo. I have been using http://www.ifood.tv for over 6 months and am very happy with the great community and nice site features they have.

iFood.tv gives personal Food TV to each of its member and the beauty of this is that you can embed the entire TV on your site. I have my entire iFood.tv show on my site http://www.harinayak.com/haritv.htm

The proof is in pudding not marketing mumbo-jumbo.

]]> By: ca-chef http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1656301 ca-chef Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:07:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1656301 (I reposted this because it didn't post the first time) Re; Form + Function's post: Form + Function, thank you! I've just checked out IPTVRecipes.com and have found exactly what I have been looking for. I have been looking for a cooking site that I can post my cooking recipes/videos and use as an extension of my own cooking video blog, but everywhere I looked the sites (including iFoods.tv) lacked design, were a mish-mash of cooking and other user interests, and lacked what I felt would be a good representation (ad) of my culinary art :) Finally, a site that offers form and function (nice tools and 2.0 functionality) -- thank you IPTVRecipes.com! Can you share what they plan on launching? I'll look for you on IPTV Recipes and add you as a contact. Thanks everyone for this thread - Ca Chef (I reposted this because it didn’t post the first time)

Re; Form + Function’s post:

Form + Function, thank you! I’ve just checked out IPTVRecipes.com and have found exactly what I have been looking for. I have been looking for a cooking site that I can post my cooking recipes/videos and use as an extension of my own cooking video blog, but everywhere I looked the sites (including iFoods.tv) lacked design, were a mish-mash of cooking and other user interests, and lacked what I felt would be a good representation (ad) of my culinary art :)

Finally, a site that offers form and function (nice tools and 2.0 functionality) — thank you IPTVRecipes.com!

Can you share what they plan on launching? I’ll look for you on IPTV Recipes and add you as a contact.

Thanks everyone for this thread -
Ca Chef

]]> By: User Generated Comments Are King! What happened to content being the king? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1654725 User Generated Comments Are King! What happened to content being the king? Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:43:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1654725 [...] night while trolling around TechCrunch I ran across Cookshow, a user generated site made up of videos created by the users. Cookshow is [...] [...] night while trolling around TechCrunch I ran across Cookshow, a user generated site made up of videos created by the users. Cookshow is [...]

]]> By: conrad http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1654159 conrad Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:33:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1654159 Can any of t hese food video sites please please please look at adding the archives of the old Discovery Channel show "Great Chefs" to their offerings. Amazing 8 minute clips of the best chefs in the world doing their thing. Can any of t hese food video sites please please please look at adding the archives of the old Discovery Channel show “Great Chefs” to their offerings. Amazing 8 minute clips of the best chefs in the world doing their thing.

]]> By: steveO http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1653618 steveO Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:42:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1653618 This is a great idea. Ifood.tv wants to make to many things and there's almost 2/3 of indian recipes. I'd rather watch a french website to get good UGc recipes... all the best! This is a great idea.
Ifood.tv wants to make to many things and there’s almost 2/3 of indian recipes. I’d rather watch a french website to get good UGc recipes…
all the best!

]]> By: Form + Function http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1653249 Form + Function Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:32:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1653249 Great idea, but from what I can see it trails behind... IPTVRecipes.com has *form* and 2.0 functionality. As a cooking professional I want to present my cooking channel (business) in a UI that has some pleasing aesthetics. Home cooks are going to want the same thing. YouTube is a horizontal for the masses and lacks FORM. Personally, iFood.tv is a cookie cutter site of YouTube (plus, iFood.tv lacks form altogether [sorry guys, but you do]... does anyone read cooking newspapers? no, we read beautiful cooking magazines). GroupRecipes.com isn't too bad, but I think it trails too. Of course form is not everything, a good cooking site will need great value-add tools and *differentiation*, yes? I've been talking to one of the news article writers for the IPTV Recipes site, she informs me the new tools they are about to launch will catapult IPTVRecipes.com beyond these other sites -- can't wait! Bring it on, form + 2.0 function :) Great idea, but from what I can see it trails behind…

IPTVRecipes.com has *form* and 2.0 functionality. As a cooking professional I want to present my cooking channel (business) in a UI that has some pleasing aesthetics. Home cooks are going to want the same thing. YouTube is a horizontal for the masses and lacks FORM. Personally, iFood.tv is a cookie cutter site of YouTube (plus, iFood.tv lacks form altogether [sorry guys, but you do]… does anyone read cooking newspapers? no, we read beautiful cooking magazines). GroupRecipes.com isn’t too bad, but I think it trails too.

Of course form is not everything, a good cooking site will need great value-add tools and *differentiation*, yes? I’ve been talking to one of the news article writers for the IPTV Recipes site, she informs me the new tools they are about to launch will catapult IPTVRecipes.com beyond these other sites — can’t wait! Bring it on, form + 2.0 function :)

]]> By: Niall Harbison http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1653034 Niall Harbison Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:05:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1653034 This is a concept that was launched a long time ago at www.ifoods.tv and it is a lot more advanced there! Thought techcrunch would have picked that up earlier! This is a concept that was launched a long time ago at http://www.ifoods.tv and it is a lot more advanced there! Thought techcrunch would have picked that up earlier!

]]> By: Steve Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1652138 Steve Ballmer Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:54:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1652138 MSNVideo Gormet is coming soon, forget this stuff! MSNVideo Gormet is coming soon, forget this stuff!

]]> By: dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1651976 dave Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:01:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1651976 brilliant idea!! now, what will be great is when they have a breakout section like "cook for your kids in 10 minutes or less" (or something like that) ...oh, or just a "what you can do with nutella" section... brilliant idea!! now, what will be great is when they have a breakout section like “cook for your kids in 10 minutes or less” (or something like that)

…oh, or just a “what you can do with nutella” section…

]]> By: Amy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1651947 Amy Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:33:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1651947 I looked at ifood.tv since there seems to be some support for it and I think they still need to do some work around their site layout and presentation. They have quite a bit of content and the social networking features are good but the site still needs some work i think. I looked at ifood.tv since there seems to be some support for it and I think they still need to do some work around their site layout and presentation. They have quite a bit of content and the social networking features are good but the site still needs some work i think.

]]> By: Robert Einspruch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1651885 Robert Einspruch Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:04:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1651885 As a user above put it, I am kicking myself for not acting on this one. This is a great idea. For the web-savvy foodie, the offerings are unbelievably thin. And Food Network has decided to become the Middle-Age, White, Fat, Suburban Mom That Does Not Cook But Wants to Watch People Cook Network (long name, I know, that is why they shortened it to the Food Network ;-) And has anyone watched the ads they run - they are almost entirely for pre-prepared foods or for the Olive Garden! As a user above put it, I am kicking myself for not acting on this one. This is a great idea. For the web-savvy foodie, the offerings are unbelievably thin. And Food Network has decided to become the Middle-Age, White, Fat, Suburban Mom That Does Not Cook But Wants to Watch People Cook Network (long name, I know, that is why they shortened it to the Food Network ;-) And has anyone watched the ads they run - they are almost entirely for pre-prepared foods or for the Olive Garden!

]]> By: Petter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1651873 Petter Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:42:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1651873 Wow.. Very nice site. Wow..
Very nice site.

]]> By: Prashant http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1651428 Prashant Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:11:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1651428 Nice, there's a similar website here http://www.ifood.tv & it's for everyone, not just chefs. Nice, there’s a similar website here http://www.ifood.tv & it’s for everyone, not just chefs.

]]> By: B.Ackles http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1651422 B.Ackles Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:07:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/28/cooking-with-video-on-cookshowcom-2/#comment-1651422 This just in... http://mashable.com/2007/09/28/youtube-adsense/ This just in…

http://mashable.com/2007/09/28/youtube-adsense/

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