Ingredient queries yield unexpected experiences



WASHINGTON POST
NO TWO GOOGLE COOKS -- OR EXPERIENCES -- ARE ALIKE.
WHEN WASHINGTON POST STAFF WRITER DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD TYPED IN THE ITEMS FROM HIS FRIDGE, GOOGLE PRODUCED RECIPES THAT WERE BOTH OBVIOUS AND UTTERLY INDIGESTIBLE.
WORKING WITH MAPLE SYRUP, CARROTS, CRANBERRY JUICE, ASPARAGUS, CHICKEN BREASTS AND MAYONNAISE, THE SEARCH ENGINE OFFERED UP MAPLE-GLAZED CARROTS, CHICKEN IN CRANBERRY SAUCE AND, SAYS FAHRENTHOLD, "A ZILLION COMBINATIONS INVOLVING CHICKEN, ASPARAGUS AND CASSEROLE."
WHAT MADE HIM CONTEMPLATE TAKEOUT, THOUGH, WAS THE "MAYONNAISE OF CHICKEN." THE DISH WAS A HEART ATTACK DISGUISED AS A MEAL, THANKS TO A THICK TOPCOAT OF MAYO. THE HARD-BOILED EGG JUST ADDED TO THE INJURY.
CONVERSELY, JORDAN PARRILLO DID NOT HAVE TO FEAR FOR HIS CHOLESTEROL. WHEN THE 23-YEAR-OLD NATIONAL RESOURCE ECONOMIST FOR THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION PLUGGED IN "CHICKEN CORN MUSHROOM," GOOGLE DELIVERED A NUMBER OF CREAM OF MUSHROOM RECIPES, AS WELL AS CASSEROLES AND AN INVENTIVE MUSHROOM-STUFFED CHICKEN. HE FINALLY SETTLED ON CHICKEN WITH PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS AND BLACK BEAN CORN SALSA FROM FOODTV.COM.
"I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT TO COMBINE SALSA WITH MUSHROOMS AND CHICKEN," PARRILLO SAID. BUT GOOGLE DID.