Getting a recipe out of wherever it is

Recipes end up in places that were never meant to hold them: a Reel, a forty-second video, a blog buried under an anecdote, a card in a tin. These guides cover getting them out, including how to do it by hand if you’d rather not install anything.

• A shopping list for couples that actually stays in sync

  How a shared shopping list works when two people are adding to it, one of you is in the shop, and you're not both on the same kind of phone.

• How to save a recipe from a TikTok

  Save a recipe from a TikTok with real amounts: why the caption beats the voice-over, what gets read, and how to do it by hand.

• How to save a recipe from a YouTube video

  Turn a YouTube cooking video into a written recipe with separated ingredients and steps. What works, what doesn't, and how to do it by hand if you'd rather.

• How to save a recipe from an Instagram post or Reel

  Save a recipe from an Instagram post or Reel: what Fork & Spoon reads from the caption, what it cannot read, and how to do it by hand.

• How to save a recipe from any website

  Skip the life story and the ads. How to pull a clean ingredient list and steps out of any recipe website, with an app or by hand.

• How to turn a photo of a cookbook page into a recipe

  Photograph a cookbook page or a handwritten card and get a recipe with separated ingredients and steps. How to shoot it so it actually works.

• Turning a recipe into a grocery list

  How ingredients from a recipe end up on a shopping list without duplicates, sorted by aisle, and scaled to the number of people you're actually cooking for.

• Weekly meal planning without a spreadsheet

  How weekly meal planning works when the recipes are already yours: put them on days, adjust in plain language, and let the shopping list follow.