Search Tips |
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| Entering
keywords or ingredients |
Use the Enter keywords or ingredients field to search for recipes that
contain specific words. When you enter keywords, the system searches through
all the fields in the database and displays a list of recipes that contain
the specified keywords.
When entering more than one keyword, you can perform an OR or an AND
search by combining the keywords entered with the "Any of these words" or
"All of these words" options.
Note: Do not connect keywords with AND or with OR. The
system ignores these connectors and uses the selected "Any of these words"
or "All of these words" option for the search. Type keywords using
these tips:
| To find... |
Type... |
Example/Results |
| One word |
All
or part of the word |
Keywords: pea
Results include recipes that contain pea and recipes that
contain all other words that begin with that string of letters,
such as peanut, peach, and pear. |
| Any search word |
Two
or more words and select the "Any of these words" option |
Keywords: green
pea
Results include recipes that contain green or pea
and recipes containing words that begin with green or pea, such
as greens, peas, peanut, peach, and pear. |
| All search words |
Two
or more words and select the "All of these words" option |
Keywords: green
pea
Results include recipes that contain both green and pea
and recipes containing words that begin with green and pea, such
as greens, peas, peanut, peach, and pear. |
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| Selecting from a list |
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To select items in the Fruits or Vegetables list, follow
these tips:
| To... |
Do this... |
| Include
all items |
Do not select
anything. Simply accept the default selection, i.e., Any fruit
or Any vegetable. |
| Select one item |
Click the item. |
| Select two or more items |
Click the first
item, and then press Ctrl and click to choose the other items. |
| Select a range of items |
Click the first
item, scroll to the last item, press Shift, and then click
the last item. |
| Clear one or more selections |
Press Ctrl and click each item you no longer want to include. |
| Clear all selections |
Select Any fruit
or Any vegetable at the top of the list. |
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| Selecting
a meal type |
To select a meal type, follow these tips:
| To... |
Do
this... |
| Select
an item
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Select the
check box for the item.
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| Include
all items |
Do not select
anything. Simply accept the default, i.e., leave all the check
boxes unselected.
Note: You can also select all the check boxes
to include all meal types in the search. |
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| Widening your search |
A wide search encompasses a range of recipes. Use this technique when you
want to browse through recipes or your original search did not yield any results.
To widen your search, follow these tips:
| Search Technique |
Example |
| Accept
all the defaults, i.e., leave the Enter keywords or ingredients
field blank, accept the "Any" selections for Fruits and Vegetables,
leave all the check boxes in the Meal Type section blank |
Fruits: Any
Vegetables: Any
Results include recipes that contain any fruit and any vegetable.
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| Type
only one word or part of a word in the Enter keywords or ingredients
field |
Keywords: pea
Results include all recipes containing words that begin with the
specified string of letters, such as peas, peach,
and pear. |
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| Narrowing your search |
Use a narrow search if you have a specific set of criteria to meet, or when
the original search displayed too wide a range of recipes.
To narrow your search, follow these tips:
| Search Technique |
Example |
| Type
more than one word in the Enter keywords or ingredients field and
select the "All of these words" option |
Keywords: apple bread
Select "All of these words"
Results include all recipes that contain the words apple
and bread. |
| Select
options in the Fruits, Vegetables, and Meal Type sections |
Fruits: Avocado
Meal Type: Finger Food, Appetizer
Results include all finger food and appetizer recipes containing
avocado.
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| Ignored
words and punctuation marks |
| The system ignores all numbers and punctuation
marks entered in the Enter keywords or ingredients field. For example,
if you enter "peach, apple; cobbler, 30 minutes" as your search criteria,
the system drops the comma, semicolon, and number, and treats the search
as if you entered "peach apple cobbler minutes."
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| Noise words |
| Words such as "and," "of," "after," "about,"
"where," "it," and "the" are regarded as noise words. These words are
used frequently and are likely to show up several times in the course
of a single written paragraph. To keep search time to a minimum, the system
ignores such words when searching.
Noise words are also not included at the top of the Search Results page
as part of your search criteria. For example, if you entered "peas and
onions" the system displays "peas onions" as your search criteria at the
top of the Search Results page and searches based on the option selected
for "Any of these words" or "All of these words."
- If you enter "peas and onions" and select "Any of these
words" (the default value) the system searches for recipes that
contain either peas or onions.
- If you enter "peas or onions" and select "All of these
words," the system searches for recipes that contain peas and
onions.
Note: Be careful when entering partial search criteria,
as the system may consider some partial search criteria as noise words.
For example, if you are searching for cantaloupe recipes and enter "can"
as the search criteria, the system considers the keyword as a noise word
and will not return results for cantaloupe. |
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