Database design for Tagging multiple types of entities

Question

I\'m currently designing a database schema that\'s used to store recipes. In this database there are different types of entities that I want to be able to tag (ingredients, reci

Answer 1

make tables as normal for recipies, ingredients, etc.

then your tag table should look this like this: Id, Type, Tag

I'd recommend using an enum in code to distinguish the different "Types" (entities).