A recipe can be scaled to a different serving size by changing the number in this field. If the serving size for a recipe is not set then it
cannot be scaled. In order to allow scaling of a recipe, edit it and set the serving size information.
The dish name is the name that the dish will be call by. Simply this is the name of the recipe. The name should be a unique name that can be easily
remembered later and make some sense.
The source is where the recipe was found. This can be a website, some persons name or a cookbook, or whatever your want. This is useful so that you can later go back and find similar recipes from the same source.
The course is the time that the dish is typically served in a meal. Pick the appropriate selection, if none match then you can customize this field by inserting or deleting rows from the database.
The base of a recipe is the item that the recipe is based off of. Pick the appropriate selection, if none match then you can customize this field by inserting or deleting rows from the database.
The ethnicity of a recipe is what country the recipe has origins in. This makes sorting for recipes a lot easier, you can select what type of food you like based on what ethnicity it is, such as Chinese or Mexican.
This is the time that it takes to prepare the recipe.
The difficulty of a recipe is the skill that is requires to make. This is also an indicator of the amount of work involved in making a recipe.
The approximate cost of the recipe. This should be an estimate, the exact price of a dish will of course vary from week to week depending on specials at the grocery store.
The serving size is the amount of people that the recipe will feed. This number is also used when viewing a recipe to determine how to scale it.
This field is for any general comments you wish to make about the recipe, anything goes.
You can optionally select to upload a picture of the recipe. The picture can be any type that you wish (jpeg, png, gif...), though it should be a decent size. I would recommend 200x267 to try. The image will be not resized automatically or
have any thumbnail used, so it is up to you to make the image the right size. If you wish to remove the picture check the "Remove Picture" checkbox and the picture will be
removed from the recipe.
You can add as many ingredients as you wish in this section. In order to show more fields to add ingredients to display change the value in the
"Number of fields to display" text box and press the refresh button next to it. The ingredients currently entered in the text boxes will be preserved during the refresh so
loss of data should not occurr.
[ Quantity ]
The quantity can be either enter as a fraction such as 1/2 or as a decimal. If a fraction is entered the fraction will be converted to a decimal when the cursor leaves the field.
You can enter your own fraction approximations but it is best if you enter a fraction as x/y format in order to get the best precission. The converting back from fractions can be disabled
in the configuration file (for countries that only use the metric system).
[ Units ]
The possible units that can be used can be selected from the drop down menu. If you need a unit that is not present in the list ask the maintainer of this PHPRecipeBook to insert the value you want
into the database. This is a customization that can be easily done to locale the RecipeBook.
[ Ingredient ]
The ingredient is the name of the ingredient that you wish to have in this recipe. If you are consistent in the naming of ingredients for this field then it will be more likely that when using a shopping list identical
ingredients will be combined (good thing). You can also put in quanitifiers to the ingredient in this field, such as large, half... etc...
[ Type ]
Type is used to sort ingredient in the shopping list. These options should correspond to the sections that you would find in the grocery store when you go shopping. Depending on what section of the
store you would find the ingredient you are entering select the matching type. For example onions would be found in 'produce' and tomato sauce would be found in 'dry goods'. This will make the use
of the shopping list more powerful, it will not effect any other part of the PHPRecipeBook view of the recipe.
Related recipes are recipes that are either required by this recipe in order to make or recipes that compliment the one you are currently entering. The related recipes are
not automatically put in your shopping list when you select their parent. You can increase the number of related recipe pull down menus by changing the value of the
'Number of fields to display' field and pressing the refresh button next to the field. You can delete a related recipe by selecting the blank entry in the dropdown.
If the required checkbox is selected for a related recipe than the recipe is considered to be needed to make the parent recipe. This would be check for recipes like pie crust for a recipe for some type of pie.
When the checkbox is selected this causes the related recipe to be added to the shopping list when the parent recipe is added to the shopping list. This will make sure you don't have a shopping list at the end without
important parts of a recipe that were broken up into subrecipes.
Directions in order to make the recipe. HTML will be converted to safe characters so that it will not be displayed. Enters in the text area
will be converted to breaks so there is no need to use html.