Food category suggestion

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   Whitney05posted 13 years ago

   To make it more organized and easier to find stuff, could all the recipe categories be put together
   
   Food > Recipes >
   Beverage recipes
   Breakfast recipes
   Dessert recipes
   Main dish recipes
   Side dish recipes
   Quick and easy recipes
   Snack recipes
   Vegetarian recipes
   
   
   Also, what is "Cooking Ingredients" for?
   
   
   
   And, what about adding Salad Recipes (chicken salad, fruit salad, etc.) and Salad Dressing Recipes.
   
   
   Also instead of main dish and side dish recipes, why not have Meat Recipes; Casserole Recipes; Appetizer Recipes; Jams, Jellies, and Preserve Recipes; and Bread Recipes.

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      larryfreemanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Whitney,
      
      Thanks for your suggestions.  I really appreciate all your feedback about the categories!  :-)
      
      I think that there are many ways to organize Food and recipes so I can understand your view.
      
      We did originally try to keep Food focused on recipes but we found there were many topics that came up such as Food Safety and Ethics and Traditions which broke the recipe-only viewpoint. 
      
      We might in the future reorganize the food category but for now, it's probably best not to disrupt the existing categories too much.
      
      I like your idea of "Casseroles".  I've added that as a category to Main Dishes & Side Dishes
      
      "Cooking Ingredients" is the catch-all for the topics that didn't quite fit into Main Dishes or Starters.  If you have any suggestions for names for this category, I am open. With 585 hubs written in Cooking Ingredients, we don't have too many options in reorganizing it.

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         The Ropeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Larry,  I personally love the cooking ingredients category and have several sitting on my desktop right now that I'm working on, please leave it in.  Cooking ingredients to me means particular peppers, variations of like but different ingredients, etc.  Thanks for helping to give all of us such a terrific venue!

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      prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      hi, these suggestions of yours are okay, I am planning to write hubs about food, good job!

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   livewithrichardposted 13 years ago

   Is somebody hungry this morning?  lol
   
   Seriously, it's a good idea.

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   Whitney05posted 13 years ago

   Not really. Just had a few ideas that fell into the food category, so I was trying to find where to put them when setting them up.

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   Whitney05posted 13 years ago

   I don't mean to focus food on recipes only. I was more meaning add a sub category for recipes within the Food category, and move those recipe categories that are already there into that sub-category.
   
   
   Have all the other subcategories that you have- food safety, kids and food, etc. Just add a recipe parent category with the beverage recipes, breakfast recipes, etc as children categories, so to speak.
   
   Why not rename it to 'Miscellaneous recipes' instead of 'cooking ingredients' if it's for the recipes that don't quite fit in to the categories as is.
   
   
   I just hope I can help. I like the category idea, although it did get some getting used to.

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      larryfreemanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks very much, Whitney.   
      
      I appreciate your comments.
      
      -Larry

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   wyanjenposted 13 years ago

   oh no!
   Don't take away cooking ingredients, it's my main category.

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      Whitney05posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I'm not saying take it away but just rename it.  Unless I'm the only one who wasn't sure what the category was meant for. It's just not a clearly titled category.

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         wyanjenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         No, you're not the only one LOL I don't get much traffic.
         But, most of the hubs I write are about ingredients we cook with.
         
         Maybe I should put them in a different category? They don't have recipes.

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            Whitney05posted 13 years agoin reply to this

            It's possible. When I saw the category, my first thought was 'Huh?' Larry says it's for recipes that dont' go in the other categories, but I could see where you could write about herbs and stuff in that category. *Shrugs* It's not really titled appropriately if the intent was for miscellaneous recipes that don't have a place in the other recipe sections.
            
            Overall I think there could be more organization to the 'Food' category in general, especially by grouping all the recipe sub-categories under a main category 'Recipes' and of course still have all the others as main categories in the 'Food' secion.

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   Whitney05posted 13 years ago

   Well what about adding condiments to the cooking ingredient category..
   
   I have a new hub on mayonnaise recipes and it doesn't fit anywhere that I can figure out.
   
   I'm also working on one for salad dressing recipes. Both could technically go there I guess, but where? I don't see a good category for either.

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   Whitney05posted 13 years ago

   What about pizza in the main dish category?

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   larryfreemanposted 13 years ago

   Hi Whitney,
   
   Thanks for your suggestions. 
   
   I added a "Condiments" category to "Cooking Ingredients"
   
   I moved "Pizza" to "Main Dishes"
   
   -Larry

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   Whitney05posted 13 years ago

   What about soy products and beverages. Not necessarily recipes, but in general?
   
   Or would you put hubs that show pros/cons of eating/drinking these food/drink items be better in health.

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      larryfreemanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Anything about the enjoyment or the variety of soy products should be in a soy products section. 
      
      I've added two catgories for you.
      
      Soy Drinks in "Beverage Recipes"
      
      Soy in "Cooking Ingredients"
      
      -Larry

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    Whitney05posted 13 years ago

    What about beverages that aren't recipes. My new soda hub is in the soda category under beverage recipes, but it's not a hub for how to make soda.

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       larryfreemanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       If they're about beverages, than they "beverage recipes" is the right category.
       
       -Larry

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    Whitney05posted 13 years ago

    Hm... Why? Because they're not recipes on how to make drinks.

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       larryfreemanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Hi Whitney05,
       
       I agree that this category is not as clear as it could be.
       
       I'll bring it up with the team.
       
       -Larry

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