How to save a recipe from any website

Paste the page's link into Panwich. Most recipe sites publish each recipe in a standard format that software can read, and Panwich takes the recipe from that: the ingredients, the steps, the servings, the times and the photo, without the story above them.

What you need

  • 1link to a recipe pageA food blog, a magazine, a supermarket's recipe pages.
  • 1Panwich accountA name, an email and a password. Free while Panwich is in its early days.
  • 1phone or computerPanwich opens in a browser. There is nothing to install.

Method

  1. Copy the page's address

    On a phone, tap Share in the browser and choose Copy. On a computer, copy the address from the top of the browser.

  2. Paste it into Panwich

    In Panwich, press + and choose Paste a link. Paste the link and press Import recipe. If you saved that post before, Panwich says so and offers to open the one you have.

  3. Look it over and save

    Panwich opens what it read in its editor before anything is kept. Change a name, fix an amount, add a step, then save it.

  4. Cook from it

    Change the servings and every amount follows. Add to list puts the ingredients on your shopping list, and Cook step by step shows one step at a time with the timers it found in the method.

What it reads, and what it cannot

Panwich takes

  • The ingredients and the steps, as the site wrote them.
  • Servings, prep time and cook time.
  • The photo, copied into your Panwich so it does not vanish if the site changes.
  • The link back to the page.
  • On a page without the standard format, Panwich reads the page's text and looks for an ingredient list and a method.

It cannot read

  • A site that turns automated readers away. A few large publishers do.
  • A page behind a login or a paywall.
  • A recipe that is only in a video on the page.

If it does not work

The site refuses, or Panwich finds no recipe
Open the page yourself, copy the ingredients and the method, and paste them under Paste a caption. Panwich reads pasted text the same way.
It read the wrong thing, or half of it
Everything opens in the editor before it is saved, so you can fix it there.

Questions

Which sites work?
Any site that publishes its recipes in the schema.org Recipe format. Most recipe sites and food blogs do, because search engines ask for it.
Does it keep the photo?
Yes. The photo is copied, not linked, so it is still there if the site moves or removes it.
Can I save a recipe from a cookbook or a magazine?
Yes, from a photo of the page. The screenshot guide has the steps.
Is it free?
Yes. Free while Panwich is in its early days.

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