Cooklang
Cooklang is a markup language for recipes. It is described as a simple, human-readable text format for writing recipes that can be understood by both cooks and computers.
The Cooklang manifesto further describes its purpose: "Cooking is one of the oldest human skills, yet the way we store and share recipes is broken. Recipes are trapped in ad-ridden websites, locked inside proprietary apps, or written in ways that computers can’t understand. Cooklang is here to change that."
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Specification
A specification is described on the Cooklang website and on GitHub:
- Cooklang spec on the Cooklang website.
- Cooklang Spec on GitHub.
Details
Cooklang provides an entirely new syntax for marking up documents. There are inline and metadata elements created for:
- Ingredients.
- Steps.
- Comments.
- Metadata.
- Cookware.
- Timer.
There are further specifications for:
- Shopping Lists,
- Pantry Configuration,
- Scaling and Servings.
As well as support for adding images to recipes.
Basic example
An example recipe on the Cooklang website looks as follows:
Crack the @eggs{3} into a #blender, then add the @plain flour{125%g},
@milk{250%ml} and @sea salt{1%pinch}, and blitz until smooth.
Example files
Example files can also be found on GitHub:
Application support
Cooklang has been developed in concert with its own ecosystem applications.
With syntax highlighting available for different code editors.
