Add option to check for availability at local food pantries + local markets

[metasj]

Integration with food pantries would be good for those who order through them; some pantries offer ordering online. Having an enticing recipe-driven option may also encourage more pantries to move online.

Describe the solution you'd like

• Add a "include food pantries" and "include local markets" optional setting
• Indicate nearby options for each (from feedingamerica and others)
• total price may come out to ($ + points) rather than $

Availability data may be less granular than the ingredients list; fuzzy equivalence classes may be helpful.

[metasj]

Longer-term thought: fuzzy equivalence classes for substitute ingredients may help -- recipes that are very flexible about what greens or starches go into them are easier to match with what's available from a smaller or more-constrained local source.

[jayaddison]

@metasj Thanks for this; and sorry for not responding sooner (I missed this in my GitHub notifications).

This relates to some ideas in #54 - it'd be excellent to include local availability of ingredients and factor that into choices presented by the app.

A feature like this also definitely helps plan how 'ingredient substitutions' should work.

To make this possible, RecipeRadar should gather and update local availability of ingredients at local food pantries. Illinois' "My Pantry Express" looks like a well-designed service, and I've been taking a look into their site and workflow. NB: I haven't yet clicked through to any of the scheduled pick-up time slots they offer while looking for available ingredients, because I feared that doing so might hold reservations which someone else might really need.

Are you in contact with any online pantry services who could talk through what an integration of this might look like? From my side, I would want to make sure that RecipeRadar would be a genuine help to people seeking food options, and that it should never detract or get in the way of that process. That might sound like an unusual cautionary statement; but it is based on my sense that the UI needs a lot of work, and that poorly designed technology can cause problems. I want to improve the application and allow it to fit these use cases, but am wary of risk.

[jayaddison]

Hi @metasj - a note to let you know that I'm planning to migrate some git repositories to another provider, most likely Codeberg, in the not-too-distant future. This feature request is valid and yours, so I'd like to check whether you would prefer:

• For the feature request to be anonymised (no GitHub username) during migration (but perhaps with a reference back here in case you ever want to claim credit for it).
• To be migrated with a mention of your GitHub username
• To be migrated to a feature request under your user account (if you have one already / plan to create one) on Codeberg.

It'll likely take me a month or so to plan and arrange the migration.