A guide to what the world cooks with

GlobeCooks is a field guide to ingredients. Each page brings together what an ingredient is called in other languages and scripts, the dishes that use it from country to country, how it tastes and behaves in the kitchen, and what 100 g of it holds.

The guide is built from open sources and every fact keeps a record of where it came from. Names, scientific names and the dishes that use an ingredient come from Wikidata. Nutrition values come from USDA FoodData Central. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons and each one is credited to its photographer, under the licence they chose.

Descriptions and kitchen notes are written by GlobeCooks. Where two sources disagree, the page shows the value the guide trusts most and the disagreement is kept for review rather than hidden.

The guide is young and growing: some pages still have only a name, a photo and nutrition. More is being added all the time.