Just the recipe: skip the life story, the ads and the pop-ups
You wanted to know how much butter. The page wanted you to read about a trip to Tuscany, accept cookies, close a newsletter pop-up and dodge three video ads. There's a faster way.
Why recipe pages are so long
Food bloggers write long introductions for real reasons — search rankings and ad revenue pay for the recipe development you're benefiting from. But when you're standing at the stove, you just need the ingredients and the steps. The good news: nearly every recipe site also publishes the recipe in a tidy, structured format for search engines. Table reads that.
How to get just the recipe
- Copy the link from your browser, or tap Share on the page.
- Paste it into Table with Add recipe.
- Done. You get the title, photo, servings, ingredients and steps — nothing else. A link to the original stays attached, so you can always visit the creator's page.
Better than a "jump to recipe" button
- It's yours. The recipe is saved in your collection, not in a pile of browser bookmarks.
- Grams or cups. US recipes are converted to metric on import, and you can switch back with one tap.
- Scale it. Change the servings and every quantity follows.
- Any language. A recipe from a Spanish or Japanese blog is translated, with the original one tap away.
- Organized. Put it in a book, add labels, and find it again with search.
Which sites does it work with?
Almost any site that publishes recipes: independent food blogs, newspaper and magazine recipe sections, supermarket recipe pages and the big recipe databases. The rare site that doesn't publish structured recipe data, or only shows a recipe after you log in, may not import — you can always type that one in.
Recipes from social media work too — see saving recipes from Instagram and from TikTok.