Smarter Recipes - NYT Cooking Enhancer

Overview

The NYT Cooking Allergen Checker is a lightweight Chrome extension that enhances your experience on cooking.nytimes.com. It automatically scans recipe ingredients and highlights any of the 9 major food allergens: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soy, sesame Whether you're managing food sensitivities or cooking for someone with allergies, this tool provides fast, clear insight right where you need it — directly above the recipe's "Total Time" section. Key Features: - Displays intuitive allergen icons for easy visibility - Seamlessly integrates with NYT Cooking’s layout - Parses the recipe's ingredient list in real time - Uses the ChatGPT API to detect allergens with natural language understanding Notes: - Only works on NYT Cooking recipe pages - Requires a local backend (Flask) to handle API requests - Users must provide their own OpenAI API key Shrimp icons created by Good Ware - Flaticon https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/shrimp