Epicurious Recipe Scraper

Scrape recipes from Epicurious.com, the Conde Nast recipe database with 35,000+ tested recipes. Search by keyword, ingredient, or cuisine and extract full recipe details including ingredients, step-by-step instructions, nutrition info, ratings, prep/cook times, and dietary tags.

Features

• Search by keyword — Find recipes by name, ingredient, or cuisine (e.g. "pasta carbonara", "chicken tikka", "vegan dessert")
• Full recipe details — Ingredients lists, step-by-step instructions, prep/cook/total time, servings
• Ratings and reviews — Average rating (out of 4) and review count
• Dietary tags — Automatically classifies recipes (vegan, gluten-free, nut-free, etc.)
• Cuisine and course — Detects cuisine type (Italian, Mexican, etc.) and meal type (dinner, dessert, etc.)
• High-quality images — Recipe photo URLs from Epicurious CDN
• Fast listing mode — Get recipe summaries without visiting each page for quick discovery

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	string[]	["pasta carbonara"]	Recipe names, ingredients, or cuisines to search
maxListings	integer	100	Max recipes per query (0 = unlimited)
scrapeDetails	boolean	false	Visit each recipe page for full ingredients/instructions
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Optional proxy settings

Example Input

{
    "searchQueries": ["pasta carbonara", "chocolate cake", "vegan curry"],
    "maxListings": 20,
    "scrapeDetails": true
}

Output

Each recipe result includes:

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Recipe name
description	string	Short recipe description
ingredients	string[]	List of ingredients (detail mode only)
instructions	string[]	Step-by-step cooking instructions (detail mode only)
prepTime	string	Preparation time
cookTime	string	Cooking time
totalTime	string	Total time
servings	string	Number of servings or yield
calories	string	Calorie count if available
rating	number	Average rating (out of 4)
ratingCount	number	Number of reviews
author	string	Recipe author
cuisine	string	Detected cuisine type
course	string	Meal type (dinner, dessert, etc.)
dietaryTags	string[]	Dietary classifications
imageUrl	string	Recipe photo URL
url	string	Full Epicurious recipe URL
searchQuery	string	The search query that found this recipe
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of when the recipe was scraped

Example Output

{
    "title": "The Silkiest Carbonara",
    "description": null,
    "ingredients": [
        "1/4 pound guanciale or pancetta, cut into 1/3\" cubes",
        "7 large egg yolks",
        "1 large egg",
        "1 pound rigatoni",
        "Kosher salt",
        "1/2 cup finely grated Pecorino or Parmesan plus more for garnish",
        "3/4 teaspoon freshly ground green peppercorns",
        "3/4 teaspoon freshly ground pink pepper",
        "1/2 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper",
        "Freshly ground black pepper"
    ],
    "instructions": [
        "Put guanciale in a large skillet and place over medium-low heat...",
        "Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water...",
        "To egg mixture, immediately add rigatoni...",
        "Divide among bowls. Garnish with Pecorino."
    ],
    "prepTime": null,
    "cookTime": null,
    "totalTime": null,
    "servings": "4-6 servings",
    "calories": null,
    "rating": 3.8,
    "ratingCount": null,
    "author": "Barbara Lynch",
    "cuisine": "Italian",
    "course": "Main",
    "dietaryTags": ["Nut Free"],
    "imageUrl": "https://assets.epicurious.com/photos/...",
    "url": "https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/the-silkiest-carbonara-395077",
    "searchQuery": "pasta carbonara",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-26T12:00:00.000Z"
}

How It Works

1. Search — Queries the Epicurious search page and extracts recipe listings from the server-rendered __PRELOADED_STATE__ JSON
2. Paginate — Automatically follows pagination to collect up to maxListings recipes per query
3. Detail scrape (optional) — Visits each recipe page and parses ingredients, instructions, times, and tags from the HTML using data-testid selectors
4. Classify — Automatically tags recipes with cuisine type, course, and dietary information based on Epicurious tags

Tips

• Quick discovery: Set scrapeDetails: false for fast results with titles, ratings, and descriptions
• Full data: Set scrapeDetails: true to get ingredients, instructions, and cooking times
• Broad search: Use generic terms like "chicken", "vegan", "quick dinner" for diverse results
• Specific recipes: Use exact recipe names like "pasta carbonara" or "beef wellington"

Cost

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. Each recipe result costs a small amount of platform credits. Use maxListings to control costs.