# Social Cooking Sites The Foodily Recipe Network Makes Cooking at Home an Online Social Experience By Summer Luu | Published 2011-02-03 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/foodily-recipe-network References: [mashable](http://mashable.com/2011/02/02/foodily/) & [foodily](http://www.foodily.com) The Foodily Recipe Network lets chefs at home browse through the world's largest [recipe search engine](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/niche-recipes) for that perfect home-cooked meal. The monstrous database pulls up recipes from all sorts of sites, from the Food Network to small foodie blogs. Foodily Recipe Network also lets users see what dishes friends like, making for a truly [social experience](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/recce). Cooks can even create [Facebook](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rival-peak) events around recipes and share their favorite meals. **Implications** - This is another example of how contemporary society is becoming increasingly Internet interactivity integrated. I'm not the biggest chef in the world, but a site like this seems perfect for the kind of group cooking environment any of my efforts in the kitchen would be. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.2/10 - Popularity: 17% | Activity: 11% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Social Recipe-sharing Platforms:** There is an opportunity to create more social recipe-sharing platforms that allow users to see what dishes friends and influencers like. - **Integrating Facebook Events with Cooking:** More cooking-related platforms could integrate Facebook events and sharing capabilities to foster social engagement around cooking and recipes. - **Curation of Recipes From Multiple Sources:** There is an opportunity to create recipe curation platforms that pull from multiple sources to create a comprehensive recipe database for users. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Food and Recipe Apps:** Food and recipe apps could integrate social sharing features, curate recipes from multiple sources, and create a more social cooking experience. - **Social Media Platforms:** Social media platforms could create event and recipe-sharing features to capitalize on the growing trend of social cooking and food experiences. - **E-commerce Platforms:** E-commerce platforms could integrate curated recipes and shopping lists to offer a complete cooking and meal-planning experience for users. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Food Sharing Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/totallychefs.md) - [Online Culinary Marketplaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/online-culinary-marketplace.md) - [Digital Recipe Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/recipe-hub1.md) - [Global Recipe Hubs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ive-been-cooking.md) - [Online Recipe Sharing Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/prepvil.md) - [AI-Powered Recipe Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cookaifood.md) - [Food-Focused Social Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/foodfocused-social-platform.md) - [Recipe Discovery Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/find-my-recipe.md) - [Clutter-Free Recipe Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/manna-cooking.md)