Chronos Cookbook

The Chronos Cookbook is a niche web application inspired by the concept of temporal inversion in 'Tenet' and the assembly/creation process in 'Frankenstein'. Unlike traditional recipe sites that present ingredients needed for a dish, Chronos Cookbook allows users to input the ingredients they currently possess. The application then generates a list of recipes that can be made with those ingredients, but with a twist: the cooking instructions are presented in reverse chronological order. For example, instead of 'chop onions, sauté onions, add to pot,' the user would see 'add to pot, sauté onions, chop onions.' This forces a more mindful approach to cooking, encouraging users to think about ingredient combinations and culinary processes in a novel way. The 'Frankenstein' inspiration comes from the idea of assembling disparate components (ingredients) to create something new and functional, with the reverse cooking steps acting as the 'un-building' process that reveals the core elements. The web application would be built using standard web development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and a backend framework like Flask or Django for data handling and recipe logic). The 'Food Recipes' scraper project serves as inspiration for how to acquire a large dataset of recipes, which would then be processed and structured for the temporal inversion functionality. The niche aspect lies in its unique approach to recipe discovery and execution, appealing to adventurous home cooks, culinary students, or those looking for a mental challenge in the kitchen. The low-cost implementation comes from utilizing readily available open-source tools and cloud hosting options for small-scale applications. The high earning potential can be realized through several avenues: premium features like personalized ingredient-based meal planning, advanced recipe filtering, integration with smart kitchen devices, affiliate marketing with ingredient delivery services, or even selling themed recipe collections with a 'reverse-engineered' culinary philosophy.