When one realizes they are a Computational Gastronomist

Sometimes two passions collide. Sometimes interesting works result.

Nomnommer and the work we did on “Systems and Methods for Virtual Cooking” (Pandora for recipes) was very forward thinking for the time based on the available technologies.

Graph was young (Neo4j was in version 1.x), ML and NLP tools were only starting to evolve.

More recently Dr. Ganesh Bagler and his lab at IIIT-Delhi are at the forefront with their research into many important aspects of Computational Gastronomy. His lab’s contribution to this domain cannot be understated.

As recipes by their very nature are natural language, the advent of LLMs and other “modern” technologies present new opportunities in this domain.

Computational Gastronomy article here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41540-024-00399-5

Systems and Methods for Virtual Cooking: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/92/93/de/9b571f20dbdc8c/US20130149675A1.pdf