I'm not a fanatic of Bravo's competition show Top Chef, but my colleagues Chuck and J.W. who both sit next to me are big fans of the show.  So, in honor of the show's fifth season premiere tomorrow and the likely endless commentary that I'll overhear at work for the next few months, I've decided to do a cooking related blog post today.

While I don't know if any of the Top Chef contestants, judges, or fierce fans, google or search Yahoo! for recipes, some people do use search engines to help plan a meal.  As the Food Channel explained in November 2005, search engines can help with meal planning.  You can type ingredients that you already have into a search engine to look up recipes using them.  I have never done this, but perhaps I'll give it a try someday to see what would come up if I use three ingredients that I do have — apple pie spice, microwave popcorn, and spinach…

My point is that technology influences our lives in interesting ways.  Who would have thought that Google or Yahoo! would help you cook dinner?  Well, maybe that doesn't sound that big of a stretch for Ask's mascot, Jeeves the butler. 

Has anyone had success with cooking with the help of search engines?

Is Jeeves Top Chef material?