I do want to mention how we're now in Phase 3 of online recipes.
Phase 1 was just putting up a recipe online without a giant preamble.
Phase 2 was adding a giant preamble to get that SEO.
Phase 3 is now having a "jump to recipe" button at the top of the page (I assume because, once again, it uses microdata or something and helps SEO)... but making that button incredibly unobvious. It's literally the opposite problem of those 2005 era sketchy "find the correct download button" sites.
When Chinese restaurant in my town closed down, I wanted to make my own Chinese spicy sour soup at home. I found a book with nothing but original Chinese soup recipes. Simplest recipe had 30 ingredients. I never heard about the first half of the ingredients and I couldn't buy anywhere most of the second half.
The main components are the vinegar, chili peppers, cornstarch, broth, eggs, soy sauce, and scallions. The mysterious components like all the different mushrooms and tofus you can substitute with your fav soup components.
