[ale] Automatic recipe downloads using Firefox

[Jim Philips]

On Thursday 28 December 2006 17:07, Daniel Howard wrote:
> OK, ready for a wild question?  My mother-in-law who lives with us is a
> French chef and watches the Food Network all day.  I spend countless
> hours printing out recipes from the food network web site for her (and
> more hours at the Gym working those recipes off of my waistline), most
> of which she can't recall the exact show or episode or even the right
> key words of the recipe she wants.  She gets all excited trying to
> recall the details and yells suggestions of key words to try.  Stress.
>
> There are only a few shows that she watches all the time and I can get
> the times they run from the program guide.  On the main page of the food
> network web site, there is a link to the current show and links to the
> recipes on that show.
>
> So, is there any way to set up a cron job or similar to go to the Food
> network's web site when her shows are on and search for the text
> "Featured recipes" and then automate the process of printing each
> recipe?  My cardiovascular system thanks you in advance.

I know I'm being declasse by not suggesting some totally scripted, 
programmed-out solution. But there are apps out there that let you create 
customer RSS feeds. If you combined that with a feed to Google Reader, or 
some other reader, it would serve the purpose pretty well, I think. See how 
to create custom RSS feeds here:

http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/03/09/how_to_create_a_rss.htm