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Browsing & finding recipes ​

The recipe browser is where you start. It's built to scale from a handful of recipes to a very large library without getting in your way.

The recipe browser: search, the All recipes / My kitchen scope, and the Magazine / List view toggle

All recipes vs. My kitchen ​

At the top of the browser you can switch the scope:

  • All recipes — the broader catalog you can see.
  • My kitchen — just the recipes in your own household's kitchen.

Switching scope changes what the list, search, and filters draw from.

Magazine and List views ​

Two ways to look at the same recipes:

  • Magazine — a visual grid that leads with photos. Good for browsing and rediscovery.
  • List — a dense, text-first list. Good for scanning a lot of recipes quickly.

Search and filters ​

  • Search matches across recipe titles, ingredients, and steps — so you can find "that soup with the lentils" even if you don't remember its name.
  • Filters narrow the results by the facets that matter (cuisine, category, and more).

Tags ​

Any recipe can carry tags — your own labels like "weeknight", "gluten-free", or "mom's". Open a recipe and use the Add tag box to add one; click the ✕ on a tag to remove it.

The tag row on a recipe, with existing tags and an "Add tag" box

Tags are a lightweight way to slice your library the way you think about food, and they make recipes easier to turn up in search.

The three recipe views ​

Open any recipe and you can choose how much detail to show. There are three density views:

  • Minimal — the essentials only: a clean, stripped-back look at ingredients and steps.
  • Standard — the balanced, everyday view.
  • Cookbook — a richer, more editorial layout, closer to a printed cookbook page.

Switch between them with the toggle at the top of any recipe:

A recipe in Standard view, showing the Minimal / Standard / Cookbook toggle, Add to shopping list, and Edit

The same recipe in Minimal (left, essentials only) and Cookbook (right, editorial) views:

Recipe in Minimal viewRecipe in Cookbook view

Pick whichever suits what you're doing — a quick glance while shopping, or a relaxed read while cooking. From a recipe you can also annotate it, add ingredients to your cart, or edit it into your own copy.