One of my favorite things to do on the weekend is cook for my family using a Pinterest recipe
I love using Pinterest to find recipes!  It's interesting that Pinterest was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp. 
I did not realize they were the founders.  It is a very neat way to learn new things and is the fastest growing member network currently.
rather than as an image-based social network.
History.
History 2009–2011: Founding.
Development of Pinterest began in December 2009, and the site launched as a closed beta in March 2010. Nine months after the launch the website had 10,000 users. Silbermann said he personally wrote to the site's first 5,000 users offering his personal phone number and even meeting with some of its users. The launch of an iPhone app in early March 2011, brought in a more than expected number of downloads. The Pinterest iPad
Pinterest
Pinterest, Inc. is a social media web and mobile application company. It operates a software system designed to enable discovery of information on the World Wide Web using images and, on a smaller scale, GIFs and videos. The site was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp. Pinterest has reached 291 million monthly active users as of May 2019.
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann summarized the company as a "catalogue of ideas" that inspires users to "go out and do that thing",