Data analysis of spaghetti with tomato sauce recipes – Using food blogs as a media and market intelligence source
Are there unexplored data sources beyond surveys? Yes. By using techniques such as web scraping to collect data, blogs become valuable sources of information about consumer tastes and trends. This analysis of a simple recipe like spaghetti with tomato sauce reveals the preferences of the users who follow different blogs and shows how the recipes…
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More Than Just a Sauce: The Evolution of Bolognese Ragù Article (with Data!)
Ragù alla Bolognese has become one of the preeminent symbols of Italian cuisine. When people ask me where I am from, I often respond, “I am from Ravenna, near Bologna, the city where ragù alla Bolognese originated.” In fact, ragù alla Bolognese is more than a recipe — it is like a megaphone that announces…
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The hunt for the perfect focaccia carries on—this time, with American-style recipes. Data analysis.
Statistical Analysis of American Focaccia Recipes (Hollywood Focaccia, Part 2) For this analysis, I used R software (The R Project for Statistical Computing). For the figures, I mainly used the packages Tidyverse and Tidyplots. My previous analysis of focaccia recipes began after watching an Instagram post where a famous Hollywood actress was making focaccia. Some…
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A Foolproof Focaccia Recipe
I recently analyzed focaccia recipes (here) from 14 Italian Authors and Cooks. I checked the most common ingredients, the amount of oil, and the ratios between water and flour. I then computed the averages of the fractions and ratios, and the Euclidean distances between the various recipes, to find which recipe seemed the most “balanced”…
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The recipe for focaccia and Hollywood’s focaccia. How much oil? Data Analysis
For this analysis, I used R software (The R Project for Statistical Computing). For the figures, I mainly used the packages Tidyverse and Tidyplots. The other day, I was scrolling through an Instagram post where a famous (and talented, and simpaticissima) Hollywood actress was preparing focaccia. In the video, she seemed to add a lot…
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Tortellini: A Culinary Icon of Emilia-Romagna
You’ve decided to make tortellini and wonder what the traditional recipe for the filling is. But with so many online, how do you choose? Tortellini are a legendary filled pasta from Emilia-Romagna. If you’ve ever tasted them in Bologna or had them prepared by relatives (often grandmothers) or friends, you know what I’m talking about.…
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Analyzing the Cost of Pasta alla Carrettiera Ingredients
Pasta alla Carrettiera is a delightful and straightforward recipe known for its deliciousness and simplicity. One of its great advantages is that it can be prepared using common pantry ingredients* found in most households. Total Cost and Cost per Portion: The total cost for preparing “Spaghetti alla Carrettiera” for 4 people is 8 dollars and…
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Recipe Costing of Gluten-Free Raspberry Frangipane Tart with Buckwheat and Almonds
If you’ve ever wondered about the perks of cooking at home, our “Gluten-Free Raspberry Frangipane Tart with Buckwheat” is a great case in point. While it’s not an everyday dish – it’s more of a treat – it’s a fantastic way to whip up a classic patisserie delight right in your kitchen. Especially perfect for…
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Exploring the Art of Crafting an Authentic Neapolitan Pizza: Distinguishing Tomato Pizza Sauce from Other Tomato Pasta Sauces
During a recent investigation into food.com’s repository of pizza recipes one particular recipe, the “Ultimate Pizza Sauce” piqued my curiosity. This recipe uses 15 ingredients and requires 1 hour and 20 minutes to prepare. This is different from what I remember since I was a child. While I was growing up, my parents owned restaurants…
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Analysis of Food.com recipes – the most popular ingredients of tiramisù, pizza, and carbonara
Imagine you want to prepare a food recipe, but you’re unsure which one to choose. You decide to search the web and find yourself overwhelmed with numerous options, particularly for famous recipes. In this situation, I suggest utilizing the power of R and the incredible “treemapify” package to visually represent the most commonly used ingredients.…
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Tiramisu, analysis of a recipe
With so many recipes posted on the web, how can you tell if a recipe is good?
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Carbonara and similar things
How can you tell which recipe is good when so many recipes have high ratings?
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Analyze pizza recipes using R for customer insights and forecast trends
Presentation made with Canva, click on the image below to access Executive Summary or see it on Canva. Analysis of pizza recipes by anrimissor Full R script available on my GitHub profile. I used R to filter all the recipes containing the word “pizza” from a data set scraped from “Food.com” (retrieved here). The original…
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Predicting coffee quality using R and machine learning
A different approach to customer insights
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Machine learning project with the MovieLens dataset (Capstone of the HarvardX Data Science Professional Certificate)
Machine learning project with the MovieLens dataset and feedback about the HarvardX Data Science Professional Certificate
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Customer segmentation using R
R is a versatile software for statistical computing and graphics that can be used for countless projects including market research. Customer segmentation is an important process used in market research (and other business planning such as marketing or investment strategies) requiring a deeper understanding of customers. Market segmentation groups customers depending on characteristics they have…
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