Comments on: TasteBook Launches With Lots Of Help From Condé Nast

By: Ann Manby

Ann Manby — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:22:20 +0000

Hi, I work for SharedBook and I just want to let you know that we introduced Create-A-Cookbook with Allrecipes.com last week. You can upload your own photos and stories to the book if you like and it’s fully collaborative, meaning that anyone you invite into the book making space can create their own cookbook if they want. You can find more information at http://www.allrecipes.com if you’d like to take a look.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:51:36 +0000

$35 for a book of recipes that are already available free online??? Pssssh. For years I’ve been printing out recipes from Epicurious, putting the pages in clear plastic sheet protectors, and organizing them in a 3-ring binder. Much cheaper, you can add to it as you wish, AND it is splatter-proof!!

By: Pauly

Pauly — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:12:02 +0000

My wife will probably love this, but not allowing your own pictures is a big mistake. How will we ever know what grandmother’s barbequed pork is really supposed to look like?

By: TasteBook - ChefTalk Cooking Forums

TasteBook - ChefTalk Cooking Forums — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:18:56 +0000

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By: Erik Dungan

Erik Dungan — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:15:11 +0000

Ok, I was really excited about this when I read the post … as an amateur chef and food photographer, the idea of making a personal cookbook (for myself or as gifts) is appealing.

So, I made an account … and get this …

You CAN’T upload or use your own images. Not on the cover. Not on the inside. Is it that hard to allow image uploads? Integrate with Flickr streams? No.

C’mon, TasteBook … er … WasteBook

You lost me.

By: EH

EH — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:33:41 +0000

I have to wonder where they got the idea for the name.

By: steve Ballmer

steve Ballmer — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:36:40 +0000

Sumptuous idea!
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

By: agnieszka

agnieszka — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:04:02 +0000

Let the culinary misadventures begin.

Frankly, I am tired of splattering sauces on pages of dusty cookbooks when attempting to throw together a meal.

The name of the service is a winner, and the fresh and clean UI makes me want to actually try it. May learn to make a mean applesauce and porkchop dinner yet.

By: Chef Club

Chef Club — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:36:50 +0000

Sounds like a neat idea! I run Chef Club and we have a huge recipe section but giving the users a way to easily save/store their favorite recipes isn’t a feature at the moment. This website to book concept is pretty cool.

If you like cooking come by our site… we’re having a $50 Cookie recipe contest at the moment!

By: Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:46:00 +0000

The “book” bandwagon has already sailed I think.

Albeit over the course of 550 years or so.

By: Russ @ bombay potatoes

Russ @ bombay potatoes — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:31:31 +0000

I like it, it could be useful for sharing recipes and tips. But, as was said already there are dozens of recipe sites out there already and do we really need a “taste” book? I think not.

The “book” bandwagon has already sailed I think.

By: Adi Moga

Adi Moga — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:57:00 +0000

books, books and again books

By: YoDanny

YoDanny — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:32:36 +0000

It could be a nice peripheral compliment to a site. But as a stand alone it seems like a step backwards: Sure not everyone has a computer in their kitchen (expensive and messy for now), but the time will come … soon i imagine. It seems like manufacturing a material that contains the same thing as your computer is semi-wasteful. Smells like a dot.com boom idea.

By: iHero

iHero — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:32:15 +0000

I like using my laptop — well of course until I’m halfway through prep and my son runs off with the computer to watch transformer videos on youtube…..I think this concept will get traction.

By: Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:29:26 +0000

… And it turns out I can. Er, never mind.

By: Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:50:13 +0000

Having genuinely occasionally cooked with my laptop in the kitchen in the past, I have thoughts on this. It’s not a bad idea, and would be a service I’d use - if I could plug my own recipes into it too. What use is a custom cookbook if I can’t include my grandmother’s barbequed pork?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:39:58 +0000

Competition for Google?? This new “food graph” is going to completely change the way we eat! This thing is going to have hundreds of millions of users with an estimated future value of approx 1-5 bil.

By: magnusdopus

magnusdopus — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:20:06 +0000

I really like this. And Steven’s comment is way off. This is a new revenue model, something much rarer than another social network, search engine, etc.

By: Dan Ackerman Greenberg

Dan Ackerman Greenberg — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:13:38 +0000

Yeah, this could be an added feature to add to epicurious or foodnetworkbut they haven’t added it yet! This is a very cool idea, and though it will not be the next blockbuster, these guys will definitely make a nice chunk of change.

My girlfriend is going to LOVE this site.

Dan
http://www.ackermangreenberg.com

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:09:40 +0000

What the heck??!

This service/technology, albeit nice and even useful, is DEFINITELY an add-on to a recipe community site, like the nice and comprehensive vertical video-based social networking sites out there; iptvrecipes.com, cookshow.com…

C’mon guys, there are so many more worthwhile sites out there that deserve recognition.

Signed,
Sheeeeesh

By: Fake Michael Arrington

Fake Michael Arrington — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:47:49 +0000

Soon we will have eyebook, earboook, nosebook and nailbook