Cooking Recipe Features

Learn more about New York Times Cooking recipe features, including how to search, print, and share recipes. 

With New York Times Cooking, you can search for new recipes, share recipes with others, print recipes and find nutritional information. 

Select an option below to learn more: 

Search for Recipes

Search and filters differ slightly between a web browser and the iOS and Android Cooking apps. 

Web Browser

To search for Cooking recipes on a web browser: 

  1. Type your desired recipe or ingredient into the search bar at the top of any Cooking page. 
  2. Recommendations will surface in the search bar as you type. You can either select one of these recommended recipes or, select Enter on your keyboard to see a full list of results. Search using keywords
  3. Select filters from the left hand side to narrow your search results.

Cooking App

To search for recipes in the Cooking app: 

  1. Select the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of the app on iOS devices or the top right on Android devices. 
  2. Type your desired recipe or ingredient into the What would you like to cook? search field at the top.
  3. Recommendations will surface in the search bar as you type. At any time you can select one of these, or select Search to view the full list of search results.

Note: You can filter search results by selecting a filter before you search or after searching by selecting the + Filter icon under the search bar.

 
 

Cooking Guides

Cooking offers something for everyone! Our Cooking Guides ​and Cooking Substitution Guide offers techniques and tips for novices and advanced cooks to expand their knowledge. With Cooking Guides, you can master the fundamentals , like  making recipe substitutions and basic knife skills or jump into more complex topics, like the essentials of French cooking.  

For step-by-step guides, watch our contributors make their recipes on the New York Times Cooking’s Youtube Channel youtube.com/c/NYTCooking

 
 

Marking Recipes as ‘Cooked’

Once you have made a recipe you can mark it as ‘Cooked’ so you can locate it in your Recipe Box in the future.

Marking a recipe as ‘Cooked’ differs slightly between a web browser and the Cooking apps.

Web Browser

To mark a recipe as Cooked on the web, follow these steps:

  1. Select a recipe to view.
  2. Scroll down below the Ingredients and Preparation sections.
  3. Select Mark as Cooked in the Ratings section.

Mark as Cooked button within the Ratings section

Cooking App

To mark a recipe as Cooked on the Cooking app, follow these steps:

  1. Select a recipe to view.
  2. Select Mark as Cooked below the recipe description, and to the left of the star rating

You can find recipes you’ve marked as Cooked in your Recipe Box in the Cooked Recipes section.

 
 

Printing Recipes

Printing differs slightly between a web browser and the iOS and Android Cooking apps. 

Web Browser

To print recipes on a web browser, select the Print icon from the actions panel at the top of any recipe page. After selecting the print icon you can choose to include the recipe image before printing. To include the image select Include recipe photo and then Print Recipe.

Select the print icon to print

Cooking App

To print in the Cooking app, select the Share icon and then Print

 
 

Sharing and Gifting Recipes

Sharing

To share a recipe: 

  1. Select the Share icon in the top right corner of the mobile apps or in the recipe actions panel in your web browser.
  2. Select your sharing platform (Facebook, Instagram, link, etc.). 

Share button on the Android Cooking app, web browser, and iOS Cooking app

Recipients of a shared recipe will need to have a subscription that includes Cooking. Recipients without a Cooking or All Access (included with Home Delivery) subscription will have access to a limited number of recipes. Consider gifting a recipe instead!  

Gifting

Cooking subscribers have the option to gift recipes. When a recipe is gifted to a recipient, they can read it with or without a subscription for up to 30 days.

To gift a recipe: 

  1. Select the Gift (present) icon in the top right corner of the mobile apps or in the recipe actions panel in your web browser.
  2. Select your sharing platform (Facebook, Instagram, link, etc.).

Each time you select the Give button the number of gift recipes will automatically decrease by one article—regardless of whether or not you ultimately share the article.

To learn more about how to share a gift article visit, Gift Articles for New York Times Subscribers

 
 

Nutrition Facts

Our nutritional analysis provides a rough estimate only. If you must know the precise nutritional analysis of a recipe, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.  

To view the nutrition facts on a recipe, select Nutritional Information beneath the ingredients on a recipe. This is not yet available on all recipes.

Nutritional information

 
 

Metric Conversion

New York Times Cooking now offers the option to see ingredient measurements in metric units (grams and liters) as well as U.S. standard (imperial) measurements. To learn more about this feature, review the Help Center article Metric Conversions

 
 

Shop Ingredients on Instacart

New York Times Cooking has partnered with Instacart to offer the ability to shop a recipe’s ingredients and get them delivered same-day via Instacart.

For more information on this feature, please review Shop Ingredients on Instacart.

 
 

Licensing Cooking Content

To license New York Times Cooking recipes and guides for your print publication, blog or other communication channels, contact NYTLicensing.

 
 

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