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Yesterday all of a sudden I had a crave for Asian dessert “Mochi” and I decided to make some.

I was digging into my memory and was looking for recipes online, trying to find a perfect recipe. I noticed most recipes are “step by step” format and in some cases the recipe can be incredibly long.

I devised another format of recipe, mainly in Grid. See the image below, it’s pretty self-explanatory.

Recipe Design - Wenbo

Recipe Design - Wenbo

I like this grid style, cuz:
1 – in terms of length, it’s not that daunting
2 – it gives u a hint of “which ingredient interact with which” in neighboring blocks.
3- it offers multi-tasking possibilities.

However, during the real cooking process, I found it not optimal. The underlying reason is: It’s not as straightforward as the step-by-step style;

User wants simple no-brainer instruction during cooking and user’s need determines everything. That’s why step-by-step instruction flourishes.

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  1. Mathew Sanders on Saturday 20, 2010

    You should check out “Cooking for Engineers” — they’ve adapted a similar grid approach to communicating the ingredients and the method:

    e.g.
    http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/104/Kelloggs-Rice-Krispies-Treats

  2. Wenbo on Saturday 20, 2010

    WoW this is a really helpful link! Thanks for sharing.