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A recipe.

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description	Text	A short description of the item.
image	URL	URL of an image of the item.
name	Text	The name of the item.
url	URL	URL of the item.
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about	Thing	The subject matter of the content.
accountablePerson	Person	Specifies the Person that is legally accountable for the CreativeWork.
aggregateRating	AggregateRating	The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item.
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comment	UserComments	Comments, typically from users, on this CreativeWork.
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copyrightHolder	Person or Organization	The party holding the legal copyright to the CreativeWork.
copyrightYear	Number	The year during which the claimed copyright for the CreativeWork was first asserted.
creator	Person or Organization	The creator/author of this CreativeWork or UserComments. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork.
dateCreated	Date	The date on which the CreativeWork was created.
dateModified	Date	The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified.
datePublished	Date	Date of first broadcast/publication.
discussionUrl	URL	A link to the page containing the comments of the CreativeWork.
editor	Person	Specifies the Person who edited the CreativeWork.
encoding	MediaObject	A media object that encode this CreativeWork.
encodings	MediaObject	The media objects that encode this creative work (legacy spelling; see singular form, encoding).
genre	Text	Genre of the creative work
headline	Text	Headline of the article
inLanguage	Text	The language of the content. please use one of the language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard.
interactionCount	Text	A count of a specific user interactions with this item—for example, 20 UserLikes, 5 UserComments, or 300 UserDownloads. The user interaction type should be one of the sub types of UserInteraction.
isFamilyFriendly	Boolean	Indicates whether this content is family friendly.
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mentions	Thing	Indicates that the CreativeWork contains a reference to, but is not necessarily about a concept.
offers	Offer	An offer to sell this item—for example, an offer to sell a product, the DVD of a movie, or tickets to an event.
provider	Person or Organization	Specifies the Person or Organization that distributed the CreativeWork.
publisher	Organization	The publisher of the creative work.
publishingPrinciples	URL	Link to page describing the editorial principles of the organization primarily responsible for the creation of the CreativeWork.
review	Review	A review of the item.
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text	Text	The textual content of this CreativeWork.
thumbnailUrl	URL	A thumbnail image relevant to the Thing.
version	Number	The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource.
video	VideoObject	An embedded video object.
Properties from Recipe
cookTime	Duration	The time it takes to actually cook the dish, in ISO 8601 duration format.
cookingMethod	Text	The method of cooking, such as Frying, Steaming, ...
ingredients	Text	An ingredient used in the recipe.
nutrition	NutritionInformation	Nutrition information about the recipe.
prepTime	Duration	The length of time it takes to prepare the recipe, in ISO 8601 duration format.
recipeCategory	Text	The category of the recipe—for example, appetizer, entree, etc.
recipeCuisine	Text	The cuisine of the recipe (for example, French or Ethopian).
recipeInstructions	Text	The steps to make the dish.
recipeYield	Text	The quantity produced by the recipe (for example, number of people served, number of servings, etc).
totalTime	Duration	The total time it takes to prepare and cook the recipe, in ISO 8601 duration format.

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Example 1

Original HTML:

Mom's World Famous Banana Bread
By John Smith, May 8, 2009
<img src="bananabread.jpg" />

This classic banana bread recipe comes from my mom -- the walnuts add a nice
 texture and flavor to the banana bread.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour
Yield: 1 loaf

Nutrition facts:
240 calories, 9 grams fat

Ingredients:
- 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup of sugar
...

Instructions:
 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix in the ingredients in a bowl. Add the
 flour last. Pour the mixture into a loaf pan and bake for one hour.

140 comments:
From Janel, May 5 -- thank you, great recipe!
...

With Microdata:

<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Recipe">
  <span itemprop="name">Mom's World Famous Banana Bread</span>
  By <span itemprop="author">John Smith</span>,
  <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2009-05-08">May 8, 2009
  <img itemprop="image" src="bananabread.jpg" />

  <span itemprop="description">This classic banana bread recipe comes
  from my mom -- the walnuts add a nice texture and flavor to the banana
  bread.</span>

  Prep Time: <meta itemprop="prepTime" content="PT15M">15 minutes
  Cook time: <meta itemprop="cookTime" content="PT1H">1 hour
  Yield: <span itemprop="recipeYield">1 loaf</span>

  <div itemprop="nutrition"
    itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/NutritionInformation">
    Nutrition facts:
    <span itemprop="calories">240 calories</span>,
    <span itemprop="fatContent">9 grams fat</span>
  </div>

  Ingredients:
  - <span itemprop="ingredients">3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed</span>
  - <span itemprop="ingredients">1 egg</span>
  - <span itemprop="ingredients">3/4 cup of sugar</span>
  ...

  Instructions:
  <span itemprop="recipeInstructions">
  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix in the ingredients in a bowl. Add
  the flour last. Pour the mixture into a loaf pan and bake for one hour.
  </span>

  140 comments:
  <meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserComments:140" />
  From Janel, May 5 -- thank you, great recipe!
  ...
</div>

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