🍽 Epicurious Recipe Scraper

🚀 Export Epicurious recipes to CSV, JSON, or Excel in seconds. No API key, no login, no code required.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-22 · 📊 17 fields per record · 37,000+ recipes · Global coverage

Epicurious is one of the internet's most trusted recipe destinations, curated by the editors of Bon Appetit and Conde Nast with over 37,000 professionally tested recipes spanning every cuisine, dietary preference, and occasion. This actor scrapes recipes directly from Epicurious using structured data - delivering clean, structured records with ingredients, ratings, cook times, author credits, and more. No account or API access needed.

Data is extracted in real-time from Epicurious's own JSON-LD structured markup, ensuring accuracy and completeness for every recipe field.

Coverage: Pasta, chicken, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, holiday meals, weeknight dinners, quick meals, slow-cooked recipes, and every category Epicurious supports - searched by any keyword.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Food bloggers, nutrition researchers, meal planning apps, AI and ML teams, grocery and retail, content marketers	Competitor analysis and trend research, large-scale ingredient datasets, recipe database population, training data for recommendation models, ingredient demand forecasting, recipe inspiration and gap analysis

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📋 What the Epicurious Scraper does

• Search any keyword (e.g. "pasta", "chocolate cake", "vegan dinner")
• Paginate through search results to collect as many recipes as needed
• Extract full structured data from each recipe page: ingredients, ratings, author, cook times, categories
• Export to CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML with one click
• Works without login or API key

💡 Why it matters: Epicurious has 37,000+ professionally edited recipes from Bon Appetit and Conde Nast editors. Unlike community-sourced sites, every recipe is tested and trusted - making this dataset ideal for high-quality meal planning, nutrition research, and AI training.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	string	No	Keyword to search for recipes (e.g. "pasta", "chicken"). Default: "pasta"
maxItems	integer	No	Max recipes to collect. Free users limited to 10.

Example 1 - Basic search:

{
  "searchQuery": "pasta",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example 2 - Broad search:

{
  "searchQuery": "vegan dinner",
  "maxItems": 100
}

⚠️ Good to Know: Free users are limited to 10 recipes per run. Create a free account w/ $5 credit to unlock up to 1,000,000 recipes per run.

📊 Output

Each recipe record contains the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
🖼 imageUrl	string	Main recipe photo URL
📌 title	string	Recipe name
📝 description	string	Short editorial description
⭐ rating	number	Aggregate star rating (1-5)
💬 reviewCount	number	Total number of ratings
👤 author	string	Recipe author or contributor name
🏷 categories	array	Recipe categories (e.g. "dinner", "vegetarian")
🔖 tags	array	Keywords and cuisine tags
🥕 ingredients	array	Full ingredient list with quantities
⏱ prepTime	string	Preparation time (e.g. "15 minutes")
🍳 cookTime	string	Cook time (e.g. "30 minutes")
⏰ totalTime	string	Total time from start to finish
🍽 servings	string	Number of servings
🔥 calories	string	Calories per serving (when provided)
🔗 url	string	Direct link to the recipe on Epicurious
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of collection
❌ error	string	Error message if scraping failed (null otherwise)

Sample record 1 - Fresh Pasta With Buttered Tomatoes:

{
  "imageUrl": "https://assets.epicurious.com/photos/6360f391a1c393ebdaf28aa7/16:9/w_2999,h_1687,c_limit/2022-VG-BA-PASTA-Buttered-Tomatoes-12671.jpg",
  "title": "Fresh Pasta With Buttered Tomatoes",
  "description": "Two-ingredient homemade pasta (no machine required!) meets a buttery yet fresh tomato sauce finished with a drop of umami-rich fish sauce.",
  "rating": 5,
  "reviewCount": 2,
  "author": "Shilpa Uskokovic",
  "categories": ["dinner", "main"],
  "tags": ["pasta", "cherry tomato", "semolina flour", "parmesan", "summer", "italian", "bon appétit"],
  "ingredients": [
    "2⅓ cups (300 g) semolina flour, plus more for dusting",
    "¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil",
    "4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced",
    "½ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes",
    "2 pints Sun Gold or cherry tomatoes, halved, divided",
    "Kosher salt",
    "4 Tbsp. unsalted butter, cut into pieces",
    "1 tsp. colatura (anchovy sauce) or fish sauce",
    "2 oz. Parmesan (about 1½ cups), finely grated, plus more for serving",
    "4 Tbsp. torn basil, divided"
  ],
  "prepTime": null,
  "cookTime": null,
  "totalTime": null,
  "servings": "4 servings",
  "calories": null,
  "url": "https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ba-syn-fresh-pasta-with-buttered-tomatoes-recipe",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-22T00:39:34.710Z"
}

Sample record 2 - Easy Pasta Salad:

{
  "imageUrl": "https://assets.epicurious.com/photos/62cc51a0b3e29ef577b0ce52/16:9/w_6391,h_3595,c_limit/PastaSalad_RECIPE_070722_36875.jpg",
  "title": "Easy Pasta Salad",
  "description": "This classic pasta salad full of bright, tangy flavor and fresh vegetables is the perfect summery meal for any barbecue, picnic, potluck, or light dinner.",
  "rating": 4.4,
  "reviewCount": 16,
  "author": "Kelly Janke",
  "categories": ["side", "dinner", "vegetarian"],
  "tags": ["pasta salad", "orecchiette", "summer squash", "cherry tomato", "mozzarella", "easy", "quick", "summer"],
  "ingredients": [
    "1 medium red onion, thinly sliced",
    "Zest and juice of 1 lemon",
    "1 garlic clove, finely grated",
    "1 lb. summer squash and/or zucchini, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise",
    "½ cup coarsely chopped pickled banana peppers",
    "3 Tbsp. red wine vinegar",
    "1 lb. orecchiette or other small pasta",
    "2 pints cherry tomatoes, halved",
    "1 cup halved pitted Kalamata olives",
    "½ cup finely grated Parmesan, plus more for serving",
    "⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil",
    "8 oz. fresh mozzarella, torn into small pieces"
  ],
  "prepTime": null,
  "cookTime": "15 minutes",
  "totalTime": "35 minutes",
  "servings": "6-8 servings",
  "calories": null,
  "url": "https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pasta-salad-recipe",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-22T00:39:35.398Z"
}

Sample record 3 - Baked Pasta alla Norma:

{
  "imageUrl": "https://assets.epicurious.com/photos/5bc4da220c9ded2dc1a08e23/16:9/w_3488,h_1962,c_limit/baked-pasta-alla-norma-recipe-BA-101518.jpg",
  "title": "Baked Pasta alla Norma",
  "description": "Cheesy, saucy baked pasta is even more fun when you can slice it into wedges.",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "reviewCount": 14,
  "author": "Claire Saffitz",
  "categories": ["main", "dinner", "vegetarian"],
  "tags": ["casserole", "pasta", "spaghetti", "sicilian", "eggplant", "cherry tomato", "parmesan", "cast iron skillet"],
  "ingredients": [
    "1 medium globe eggplant, peeled, cut into 1/2\" pieces",
    "2 pints cherry tomatoes",
    "8 garlic cloves, smashed",
    "1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for skillet",
    "1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes",
    "Kosher salt",
    "2 large eggs",
    "2 Tbsp. tomato paste",
    "4 oz. finely grated Parmesan, divided",
    "1 lb. spaghetti",
    "2 Tbsp. drained capers",
    "1/2 cup torn basil"
  ],
  "prepTime": null,
  "cookTime": null,
  "totalTime": null,
  "servings": "8 servings",
  "calories": null,
  "url": "https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/baked-pasta-alla-norma",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-22T00:39:42.931Z"
}

✨ Why choose this Actor

Feature	Detail
🚀 No login required	Scrapes public Epicurious data without any authentication
📊 Full structured data	Ingredients, ratings, author, categories, cook times - all in one record
⚡ Fast extraction	Uses JSON-LD structured data for reliable, fast parsing
🔍 Flexible search	Search any keyword or phrase across Epicurious's 37,000+ recipe library
📦 Multiple export formats	CSV, Excel, JSON, XML - download instantly
🆓 Free tier available	10 free recipes per run to test before upgrading

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Feature	This Actor	Manual scraping	Epicurious API
No API key needed	Yes	Yes	No public API
Structured output	Yes	No	N/A
Bulk export	Yes	No	N/A
Ingredients + timing	Yes	Manual	N/A
Ratings + reviews	Yes	Manual	N/A
Free tier	Yes	N/A	N/A

🚀 How to use

1. Go to the Epicurious Recipe Scraper page on Apify
2. Click Try for free
3. Enter your search query (e.g. "pasta", "chicken dinner", "vegan cake")
4. Set maxItems to control how many recipes to collect
5. Click Start and wait for the run to complete (usually under 2 minutes for 50 recipes)
6. Download results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML

💼 Business use cases

Nutrition and Health Research

Track ingredient patterns across thousands of professionally edited recipes. Build datasets for dietary analysis, identify trends in low-carb or high-protein meals, or compare nutritional content across cuisine types sourced from Bon Appetit's editorial team.

Meal Planning Applications

Populate a meal planning app with structured recipe data including cook times, servings, and full ingredient lists. Epicurious's curated library ensures every recipe in your database has been professionally tested.

Food AI and Machine Learning

Build training datasets for recipe recommendation engines, ingredient substitution models, or cooking time predictors. The structured format - with tags, categories, ingredients, and author attribution - is ideal for NLP and ML pipelines.

Recipe Content Analysis

Benchmark your own recipe content against Epicurious's editorial standards. Analyze which ingredients, cuisines, and prep times correlate with the highest ratings, or discover gaps in your coverage.

🔌 Automating Epicurious Scraper

Connect the Epicurious Scraper to Make, Zapier, or Slack to automate your recipe data collection workflow:

• Make (formerly Integromat): Trigger a scrape on a schedule, then send results to Google Sheets, Airtable, or a Slack channel
• Zapier: Create a Zap that runs the scraper and routes new recipes to your CMS or email list
• Slack notifications: Get a summary of the latest scraped recipes delivered to a channel automatically
• Webhooks: Use Apify's built-in webhook support to push data to any endpoint the moment a run completes

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research and Academia

Food scientists and nutritionists can use this dataset to study ingredient trends, portion sizes, and recipe complexity over time. Epicurious's decades-long archive makes it valuable for longitudinal food trend research.

Creative Projects

Writers, chefs, and food historians can explore Epicurious's full recipe archive to discover forgotten dishes, trace culinary traditions, or find inspiration for new recipes.

Non-Profit and Community

Community meal planners, food banks, and nutrition education organizations can use bulk recipe data to design affordable, nutritious meal plans at scale.

Experimentation

Developers and data scientists can use the recipe dataset to experiment with clustering algorithms, NLP ingredient parsing, or recipe difficulty classification models.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

You can ask any AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.):

"I have a dataset of Epicurious recipes with fields: title, description, rating, reviewCount, author, categories, tags, ingredients, prepTime, cookTime, totalTime, servings, calories, url. Help me analyze which ingredients appear most frequently in 5-star recipes."

The structured JSON output from this actor is ready for direct AI analysis, spreadsheet pivot tables, or database ingestion.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔍 What can I search for?

Any keyword or phrase Epicurious's search engine supports: ingredient names ("saffron"), dish types ("risotto"), dietary preferences ("gluten-free"), occasions ("thanksgiving"), or chef names.

📄 How many recipes can I scrape per run?

Free users: up to 10 per run. Paid users: up to 1,000,000 per run. Epicurious has 37,000+ publicly accessible recipes.

⏱ How fast is the scraper?

Roughly 9-12 recipes per page, with each page taking 3-5 seconds to load. A 100-recipe run typically completes in under 3 minutes.

🔐 Do I need to log in or have an Epicurious account?

No. All data is extracted from publicly accessible pages. No account or API key needed.

💲 Is the data free to use?

The scraper is free to try (10 recipes). Larger runs require a paid Apify plan. Always check Epicurious's Terms of Service for your specific use case.

📦 What export formats are available?

CSV, Excel (XLSX), JSON, XML, and JSONL. All formats are available from the Apify dataset download interface.

🥗 Does it capture ingredients with exact quantities?

Yes. Ingredients are extracted exactly as written on the recipe page, including fractions and measurements (e.g. "2⅓ cups semolina flour").

⭐ Are ratings always populated?

Ratings are populated when available in the recipe's structured data. Some newer or less-reviewed recipes may have low review counts but valid ratings.

🍳 Are prep time and cook time always available?

These fields are populated when Epicurious includes them in the recipe's structured data. Some recipes omit them - in that case the field is null. This is source data behavior, not a scraper limitation.

🔄 Can I scrape by category or cuisine?

Currently the scraper uses keyword search. To target a category, include it in the search query (e.g. "vegetarian pasta", "italian dinner", "quick dessert").

🔁 Can I run this on a schedule?

Yes - use Apify's built-in scheduler to run the scraper daily, weekly, or on any custom cron schedule.

🏷 What are the categories and tags fields?

categories contains meal-type and dietary classifications extracted from the recipe's keywords (e.g. "dinner", "vegetarian", "side"). tags contains all other keywords including ingredients, cuisines, and cooking methods.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Epicurious Scraper results can be connected to:

Tool	Use case
Google Sheets	Live recipe database
Airtable	Recipe CMS
Notion	Editorial recipe planning
Slack	New recipe notifications
Make (Integromat)	Automated workflows
Zapier	No-code recipe automation
REST API	Custom app integration
BigQuery	Large-scale analytics

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Disclaimer: This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Epicurious, Conde Nast, or Bon Appetit. It extracts publicly available data from Epicurious.com for research and personal use. Always respect the site's Terms of Service and robots.txt. Do not use scraped data for commercial purposes without proper licensing.