# Building a Macedonian Recipe Dataset: Collection, Parsing, and Comparative Analysis

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14128 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2510.14128/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 6 of its 17 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 15 Oct 2025.

## Builds on (most cited first, 6 of 6)

- [Recipe1M+: A Dataset for Learning Cross-Modal Embeddings for Cooking Recipes and Food Images](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1810.06553/) (2018)
- [A Survey on Food Computing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1808.07202/) (2018)
- [Generating Personalized Recipes from Historical User Preferences](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1909.00105/) (2019)
- [Inverse Cooking: Recipe Generation from Food Images](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1812.06164/) (2018)
- [Food Recommender Systems: Important Contributions, Challenges and Future Research Directions](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1711.02760/) (2017)
- [Food Data in the Semantic Web: A Review of Nutritional Resources, Knowledge Graphs, and Emerging Applications](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2509.00986/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Computational gastronomy increasingly relies on diverse, high-quality recipe datasets to capture regional culinary traditions. Although there are large-scale collections for major languages, Macedonian recipes remain under-represented in digital research. In this work, we present the first systematic effort to construct a Macedonian recipe dataset through web scraping and structured parsing. We address challenges in processing heterogeneous ingredient descriptions, including unit, quantity, and descriptor normalization. An exploratory analysis of ingredient frequency and co-occurrence patterns, using measures such as Pointwise Mutual Information and Lift score, highlights distinctive ingredient combinations that characterize Macedonian cuisine. The resulting dataset contributes a new resource for studying food culture in underrepresented languages and offers insights into the unique patterns of Macedonian culinary tradition.