Skip to the search
RecipeDive A MooreMetrics tool

Recipe recommendations

Find recipes you'll savor.

17,882 recipes profiled on 17 dimensions, from the main ingredient and cuisine to complexity and cooking time. Describe the dish you want, or start from recipes you already love.

Start searching How the matching works
Recipes
17,882
Dimensions
17
Scale
−4 to +4

Search

Two ways to find your next dish

Set the dimensions that matter to you and switch off the rest. Zero is the average recipe; move toward either end to ask for more or less of a trait.

How much beef is at the heart of the dish.

0.00
From −4, None, to +4, Beef-centered. Zero is the average recipe.

How much chicken is at the heart of the dish.

0.00
From −4, None, to +4, Chicken-centered. Zero is the average recipe.

How much pork is at the heart of the dish.

0.00
From −4, None, to +4, Pork-centered. Zero is the average recipe.

How much lamb is at the heart of the dish.

0.00
From −4, None, to +4, Lamb-centered. Zero is the average recipe.

How much fish or seafood is at the heart of the dish.

0.00
From −4, None, to +4, Seafood-centered. Zero is the average recipe.

How Italian the dish is.

0.00
From −4, Not Italian, to +4, Italian. Zero is the average recipe.

How French the dish is.

0.00
From −4, Not French, to +4, French. Zero is the average recipe.

How Mexican the dish is.

0.00
From −4, Not Mexican, to +4, Mexican. Zero is the average recipe.

How Indian the dish is.

0.00
From −4, Not Indian, to +4, Indian. Zero is the average recipe.

How Chinese the dish is.

0.00
From −4, Not Chinese, to +4, Chinese. Zero is the average recipe.

How Japanese the dish is.

0.00
From −4, Not Japanese, to +4, Japanese. Zero is the average recipe.

How many steps, techniques, and ingredients it takes.

0.00
From −4, Simple, to +4, Elaborate. Zero is the average recipe.

How long it takes from start to plate.

0.00
From −4, Quick, to +4, Slow. Zero is the average recipe.

Sweets, cakes, and after-dinner treats.

0.00
From −4, Not dessert, to +4, Dessert. Zero is the average recipe.

Morning dishes and brunch.

0.00
From −4, Not breakfast, to +4, Breakfast. Zero is the average recipe.

Soups, stews, and broths.

0.00
From −4, Not soup, to +4, Soup. Zero is the average recipe.

Cocktails, smoothies, and other things you sip.

0.00
From −4, Not a drink, to +4, Drink. Zero is the average recipe.

How it works

Every recipe measured the same way

  1. 1

    Each recipe is profiled

    Every one of the 17,882 recipes was rated on a long list of questions about its ingredients, cuisine, and effort.

  2. 2

    17 dimensions

    A psychometric model condenses those ratings into 17 dimensions, each scaled from −4 to +4 around the average recipe. The sliders on this page set targets on those same scales.

  3. 3

    Two ways to match

    Describe what you want finds the recipes whose profile sits closest to your settings. Start from recipes you like finds the recipes whose full rating profile correlates most strongly with the ones you named.

The data behind RecipeDive is available through the MooreMetrics API.