diff --git a/modules/allrecipes/backend.py b/modules/allrecipes/backend.py
index c588bf5ea5fd984e1fdc04ae50524e883499ae86..6d53fa4a7ade16a324ff013391cd0cbd93a966d9 100644
--- a/modules/allrecipes/backend.py
+++ b/modules/allrecipes/backend.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 from .browser import AllrecipesBrowser
 
+from urllib import quote_plus
+
 __all__ = ['AllrecipesBackend']
 
 
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ def get_recipe(self, id):
         return self.browser.get_recipe(id)
 
     def iter_recipes(self, pattern):
-        return self.browser.iter_recipes(pattern.encode('utf-8'))
+        return self.browser.iter_recipes(quote_plus(pattern.encode('utf-8')))
 
     def fill_recipe(self, recipe, fields):
         if 'nb_person' in fields or 'instructions' in fields:
diff --git a/modules/allrecipes/pages.py b/modules/allrecipes/pages.py
index c249043319e903a900162f043fcfbb8dbd0b817f..a0dc6a538835f9aca00ac7e1da1b0ffba618e9f6 100644
--- a/modules/allrecipes/pages.py
+++ b/modules/allrecipes/pages.py
@@ -92,12 +92,24 @@ def get_recipe(self, id):
             instructions += '%s: %s\n' % (num_instr, inst.text_content())
 	    num_instr += 1
 
+        prepmin = 0
+        emprep = self.parser.select(self.document.getroot(), 'span#prepHoursSpan em')
+        if len(emprep) > 0:
+            prepmin += int(emprep[0].text) * 60
         emprep = self.parser.select(self.document.getroot(), 'span#prepMinsSpan em')
         if len(emprep) > 0:
-            preparation_time = int(emprep[0].text)
+            prepmin += int(emprep[0].text)
+        if prepmin != 0:
+            preparation_time = prepmin
+        cookmin = 0
+        emcooktime = self.parser.select(self.document.getroot(), 'span#cookHoursSpan em')
+        if len(emcooktime) > 0:
+            cookmin += int(emcooktime[0].text) * 60
         emcooktime = self.parser.select(self.document.getroot(), 'span#cookMinsSpan em')
         if len(emcooktime) > 0:
-            cooking_time = int(emcooktime[0].text)
+            cookmin += int(emcooktime[0].text)
+        if cookmin != 0:
+            cooking_time = cookmin
         l_nbpers = self.parser.select(self.document.getroot(), 'span#lblYield[itemprop=recipeYield]')
         if len(l_nbpers) > 0:
             nb_person = int(l_nbpers[0].text.split()[0])