DatabaseDoc.txt

We have Users, who have a name and password:

{
  _id: PERSON_ID,
  name: "Mike Dirolf"
  pw: "Some Hashed Password"
}
We have a separate collection of Addresses, where each address maintains a reference to a single Person:

{
  _id: ADDRESS_ID,
  person: PERSON_ID,
  address: "mike@corp.fiesta.cc"
}
We have Recipes, each of which is basically just an ID (IRL there is some more group-specific metadata that would be in here as well, but we’re going to ignore it to focus on the relationships):

{
  _id: GROUP_ID
}
Lastly, we have RecipesToUsers, which associate a Person with a Group. Each Membership includes the list name that the Person is using for the Group, and a reference to the Address that they want to receive mail at for that Group:

{
  _id: MEMBERSHIP_ID,
  person: PERSON_ID,
  group: GROUP_ID,
  address: ADDRESS_ID,
  group_name: "family"
}

Tags

TagsToRecipes


User

name, pwd, email, list of contributed recipes, list of saved recipes, list of favorite categories

Recipes

name, tags, ingredients, instructions,
{
  name:"Stir Fry",  
  dateAdded: new Date('Mar 25, 2013')
  tags:["Dinner","Quick","Easy"],
  ingredients: [
                  {type:"Broccoli",quantity:"1",unit:"cup",prepType:"chopped"}
                  {type:"Carrots",quantity:"1",unit:"cup",prepType:"chopped"}
                {type:"Peppers",quantity:"1",unit:"cup",prepType:"chopped"}
                  item4:{type:"Shrimp",quantity:"2",unit:"cup"}
                ]
  instructions: [
                  step1:"Chop the broccoli, carrots and peppers",
                  step2:"In a wok or large frying pan cook the vegatables",
                  step3:"Add the shrimp and a terryaki sause of your choice"
                  step4:"Serve with rice, makes enough for 2-3 people"
                ]
}

Comments
ingredient and instruction objects have a comments object
the comments object cotains the user who made them and the comment