RecipeBridge is a

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engine for

recipe A recipe is a set of instructions that describes how to prepare or make something, especially a dish (food), dish of prepared food. A sub-recipe or subrecipe is a recipe for an ingredient that will be called for in the instructions for the main r ...

s, founded by

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-based entrepreneurs Andy Theimer and Bill Brennan. It was established in December 2007 and a

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was launched in 2008 which makes it the oldest recipe-dedicated search engine on the

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. The full version was launched in April, 2009. As of July 2011, it searches through 350 different recipe sites and

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s with over 1.7 million recipes. RecipeBridge allows users to search and filter results by keyword, cuisine

ingredient In a general sense, an ingredient is a substance which forms part of a mixture. In cooking, recipes specify which ingredients are used to prepare a dish, and the term may also refer to a specific food item in relation to its use in different re ...

, meal, or occasion. The results page provides the brief description of the recipes and a number of ingredients needed. The search results can be narrowed down by adding other ingredients. In July 2011 RecipeBridge has been acquired by the global food advertising network Gourmet Ads with a goal "to build the largest recipe search engine, combining recipe sites, blogs, food brands and supermarkets into one destination".Capel, Claudin
"Gourmet Ads buys RecipeBridge"
''B&T'', Retrieved on 2011-7-23.

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* {{Official website American cooking websites Domain-specific search engines Internet properties established in 2008