Crowdsourcing via social media is a useful method for creating innovative products, but the upcoming Tweet Pie Book takes this approach to a whole new level by also challenging its contributors with a 140 character limit.
Currently being compiled out of Twitter user submissions, the Tweet Pie Book will feature thousands of succinct crowdsourced recipes in an easy to read (though possibly quite harder to understand) format. The remarkable book is being created with the aim of helping a charitable food organization known as FoodCycle which helps feed those suffering from poverty via surplus food from major retailers.
In order to submit your own 140 or less recipe to the planned book, you can visit the Tweet Pie Book website.
Twitter Cookbooks
The Tweet Pie Book Offers Succint Recipes in 140 Characters or Less
Trend Themes
1. Social Media Crowdsourced Cookbooks - Creating a cookbook via social media raises the potential for more innovative and diverse recipes contributed by a wider community.
2. Micro-recipes - Challenging contributors to submit recipes in 140 characters or less could inspire new and novel ways of cooking and recipe creation.
3. Charitable Cookbook - Creating a cookbook for a charitable organization and donating a portion of proceeds could motivate others to create innovative products with social impact.
Industry Implications
1. Cookbook Publishing - Cookbook publishers could experiment with crowdsourced recipes from social media to offer new and unique books for their customers.
2. Food and Beverage - The food and beverage industry could capitalize on the popularity of crowdsource cooking by creating or promoting their own charitable initiatives that involve it.
3. Technology - Developing tools or applications that simplify crowdsourcing for recipe creation could revolutionize the convenience with which new recipes are conceived and tested.