Serious Eats API: Search recipes
Finds Serious Eats recipes and cooking guides for a dish or technique, in site search order. Results can also include related articles; times appear only when the site shows them.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 31, 2026, shown under Output.
- Query, required
query Dish or cooking technique to search for, for example pizza dough.
pizza dough
- Max Results optional
max_results Most results to return, for example 20.
20
Whole number from 1 to 50. Default
20.
Input as JSON
{ "query": "pizza dough", "max_results": 20}Output
{ "results": [ { "title": "Outdoor Pizza Oven Pizza Dough", "author": "Andrew Janjigian", "summary": "A pizza dough that can be used for any kind of pizza you like, one that's specifically formulated for a high-temperature tabletop pizza oven.", "page_link": "https://www.seriouseats.com/basic-pizza-dough-for-high-temperature-outdoor-pizza-ovens-5211302" , "photo_link": "https://www.seriouseats.com/thmb/QF9tjbu6KDocoiYiLebMSRIaWwc=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/20211115-OONI-PIZZA-ARMENIAN-ANDREW-JANJIGIAN-23-5447ecc61b12450d9a09f38cca67c19c.jpg" , "total_time": "1 day 5 mins", "total_time_minutes": 1445 }, { "title": "Basic Neapolitan Pizza Dough", "author": "J. Kenji López-Alt", "summary": "The best Neapolitan pies should have a thin layer of crispness to the crust, followed by an interior that is moist, poofy, and cloud-like.", "page_link": "https://www.seriouseats.com/basic-neapolitan-pizza-dough-recipe" , "photo_link": "https://www.seriouseats.com/thmb/9DJad9pJjqNA6KLWyVL8pRg66EQ=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/__opt__aboutcom__coeus__resources__content_migration__serious_eats__seriouseats.com__images__2017__04__20170411-pizza-oven-testing-roccbox-best-c7f2acbecbb047c0b3b74e…" , "total_time": "2 days 10 hrs 10 mins", "total_time_minutes": 3490 }, { "title": "Basic Square Pan Pizza Dough Recipe (Sicilian-Style Dough)", "author": "J. Kenji López-Alt", "summary": "A basic recipe for party-style Sicilian square pizza dough.", "page_link": "https://www.seriouseats.com/basic-square-pan-pizza-dough-recipe-sicilian-recipe" , "photo_link": "https://www.seriouseats.com/thmb/zICraGPUnjnoJMXc-_GA9uqEm6w=/282x188/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/__opt__aboutcom__coeus__resources__content_migration__serious_eats__seriouseats.com__recipes__images__2012__07__20110114-square-pie-pizza-primary2-192cd0baf39c421eb35…" , "total_time": "2 hrs 45 mins", "total_time_minutes": 165 } ]}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"seriouseats.com/search_recipes","input":{"query":"pizza dough","max_results":20}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "seriouseats.com/search_recipes" , "input": { "query": "pizza dough", "max_results": 20 }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "seriouseats.com/search_recipes" , "input": { "query": "pizza dough", "max_results": 20 } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run seriouseats.com/search_recipes# with {"query":"pizza dough","max_results":20}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "query" ], "properties": { "query": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Dish or cooking technique to search for, for example pizza dough." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 20, "maximum": 50, "minimum": 1, "description": "Most results to return, for example 20." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "results" ], "properties": { "results": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "title", "author", "summary", "total_time", "total_time_minutes", "photo_link", "page_link" ], "properties": { "title": { "type": "string", "description": "Title of the recipe or article." }, "author": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Author when shown." }, "summary": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Short description from the page." }, "page_link": { "type": "string", "description": "Link to the recipe or article." }, "photo_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Photo shown in the search result." }, "total_time": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Total time shown in the search result." }, "total_time_minutes": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ], "description": "Total time converted to minutes when available." } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "description": "Matches in the same order as the search results." } }, "additionalProperties": false}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
seriouseats.com/search_recipes- Returns
- title, author, summary, total time, photo link, page link
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method seriouseats.com/search_recipes with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
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