See the latest Foodshake changes yourself!
š Happy April everyone!
I hope youāve all been having a great month!
This monthās newsletter is inspired by my brother! Heās a supervisor at a ski hill. He likes to play this game with the students at the mountain ā heāll say to them, āhey little Frankie, everytime your ski instructor says something, ask them but why!?ā Then the instructors have to deal with kids asking ābut why!?ā all day. š¤
āļø But Why? And How?
āBut Why?ā isnāt limited to just children on the ski hill.
Many people Iāve interviewed about Foodshake have said things to me like:
This looks good, but why is baking powder substituted for eggs?
This is an important question. To fully master vegan cooking and baking, itās important to know the function of each ingredient in a recipe.
Take eggs, for example. If you know that eggs are leavening, then youāll have a better idea why baking powder is suggested as a substitute. Foodshake now displays this information.
āļø Substitution Notes
In order to make Foodshake more educational, Iāve added a section with substitution notes that give further details into why we use certain replacements, and how to use them.
šŖ Multiple substitutes!
The final change for this month was based off of some user feedback:
I think it'd be cool to have possible substitutions. Like if it says "lentils" it could also show other options.
Ask, and you shall receive. I take user feedback very seriously, so let me know if you have any requests!
(For the more technically inclined: Iām lazy, and am giving myself a lot of tech debt :) I loop over my base ārecipe.to_vegan()ā function N times [N=2 in the below example] and reformat the output).
ā¦and thatās it for April!
Whenever I talk in a meeting at work I always end with āā¦ and thatās it!ā So why not continue the trend and end this newsletter the same way?
Iām always looking for more testers of Foodshake. If this is something that interests you, please reply to this email and let me know.
Thanks for reading, and have a great rest of your day!