About this Cookbook
A shared, searchable place to collect recipes and turn them into reliable cooking workflows.
Why this project exists
This cookbook keeps recipes portable, readable, and easy to scale. Instead of locking data inside a proprietary editor, every recipe lives in a plain-text format that can be stored in git, shared by email, or used in any tool.
You can highlight ingredients, scale servings, build shopping lists, and keep notes without losing the original source.
Open format: Cooklang
Cooklang is an open-source recipe format that stays readable in plain text while still being machine-friendly.
- Project: cooklang.org
- Specification: cooklang.org/docs/spec
- CLI: cooklang.org/cli
What you can do here
- Store recipes in a future-proof format
- Highlight ingredients and cookware while you cook
- Scale recipes without rewriting the source
- Generate a shopping list across multiple recipes
- Keep private notes and ratings per recipe
Why Cooklang matters
Because the recipe is plain text, it is readable in any editor and resilient to tool changes. The syntax lets us parse ingredients, quantities, timers, and cookware, enabling features like scaling and shopping lists without locking you into a single app.