united states founder s barnaby dorfman sheri wetherell colin saunders slogan s the cooking encyclopedia everyone can edit website foodista.com type of site wiki encyclopedia of culinary information registration optional current status active foodista.com is an online recipe cooking and food news source . foodista is built by both registered community members and anonymous contributors through a structured wiki . with all content available under a creative commons attribution 3.0 license 1 the site contains articles on recipes foods cooking tools techniques and food news . contents 1 content 2 history 3 see also 4 notes 5 references 6 external links content edit having been compared to both wikipedia and the internet movie database in format foodista aims to be an open collaborative resource for information about all aspects of food and food preparation . rather than soliciting particular celebrity chefs to contribute their version of recipes and distributing them online the site creates recipes by allowing anyone to write them . 2 it also discourages multiple articles on the same subject instead asking that writers work together to create a single comprehensive one . some have criticized the site for its egalitarian user generated content approach to food information charging that it can produce inaccuracies in recipes . 3 the site s wiki is a custom one built on the django framework which also incorporates social networking features such as user profiles . rather than a free form page foodista articles are broken up in to topical sections such as ingredients upon creation which you can then edit though dedicated fields . foodista already has several hundred thousand entries and is coordinating with bloggers they have an embeddable widget for blogs and culinary school students to expand their content further . in addition to written content the site allows uploading of photos and also automatically draws in freely licensed images from flickr . history edit founded by barnaby dorfman sheri wetherell and colin saunders in february 2008 foodista s personnel primarily come from an internet enterprise background ; several have worked for amazon previously . dorfman also worked at portland oregon s marsee baking prior to entering the tech industry . foodista is based in seattle washington . the business model is first and foremost reliant on advertising but foodista hopes to incorporate coupons and other promotions from food companies in the future . despite heavy competition from a wide array of more popular culinary websites the founders assert that the audience for gastronomic information online has yet to be exhausted . 4 see also edit list of wikis notes edit foodista cc powered cooking encyclopedia creativecommons.org severson the new york times foodista tries to prove that more cooks in the kitchen will produce a better recipe techcrunch foodista a wiki for food lovers techflash references edit severson kim september 22 2009 . e kitchens can get crowded . the new york times . denn rebekah december 16 2008 . couple stirs the pot with collaborative cooking site . seattle post intelligencer . dudley brier december 17 2008 . ex amazon.com chowhounds launch foodista a wikipedia imdb for food . the seattle times . schonfeld erick december 17 2008 . foodista tries to prove that more cooks in the kitchen will produce a better recipe . techcrunch . foodista cc powered cooking encyclopedia . creativecommons.org . creative commons . january 23 2009 . foodista a wiki for food lovers . techflash . december 16 2008 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title foodista.com & oldid 737200859 categories companies based in seattlefood and drink related organizationswiki communitiesinternet properties established in 2008creative commons licensed websites navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 09 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view