Recipes

Adding a recipe by hand

Go to Recipes → Add a Recipe and fill in the form. Every field is optional except the title — add as much or as little as you like and fill in the rest later.

• Title & description — Give it a memorable name. If you leave the description blank, Sage will generate a short one based on the ingredients and steps.
• Ingredients — Enter each ingredient with an amount, unit, and name. Check "to taste" for seasonings without a fixed quantity. Drag the handle to reorder ingredients, or use the up/down arrows.
• Steps — Write each step in order. Think of it the way Grandma would explain it — "fry until golden" is more useful than "cook for exactly 4 minutes." Drag the handle beside any step to reorder it, or use the up/down arrows for keyboard-friendly reordering.
• Tags — Add tags to help you find the recipe later (e.g. "chicken," "Sunday dinner," "quick").
• Photos — Drag, drop, paste, or browse to upload images. On mobile, you can use your camera directly.

Adding a recipe from a URL

Go to Recipes → Add a Recipe and choose the Import from URL tab. Paste the link to any recipe page and Sage will fetch and extract the recipe details for you.

The original URL is saved so you can reference the source — but a full copy of the recipe is stored in From Our Table, so it won't be lost if the original site goes offline or changes.

• Review the imported fields before saving — Sage does a good job but the occasional tweak may be needed.
• Add your own notes, photos, and tags after importing.

Adding a recipe from a photo or PDF

Go to Recipes → Add a Recipe and choose the Photo / PDF tab. Upload one or more images or a PDF — Sage reads the text and populates the form automatically.

• Multiple photos: If a recipe spans multiple pages, upload all pages together before clicking Import.
• Multiple recipes: If your image or PDF contains more than one recipe, Sage detects them all and shows a picker. Select any or all to import.
• Review mode: Toggle "Review before importing" to inspect and edit each recipe individually before it's saved.
• Link recipes together: When Review mode is on, a "Link recipes together" toggle connects each saved recipe to the others in the same session — handy when a cake and its frosting are on the same page. See Linking recipes for details.
• Tips for best results: Good lighting, page lying flat, camera directly above. Avoid shadows across the text.

For more on Sage's photo import capabilities, see Sage AI → Photo & PDF Import.

Asking Sage to generate a recipe

Go to Recipes → Add a Recipe and choose the Generate with Sage tab. Type a dish name or a short description and click Generate. Sage invents a complete recipe — title, ingredients, steps, and description — ready for you to review and save.

• The recipe is filled into the form just like any other import, so you can edit anything before saving.
• Be as specific or as vague as you like: "chocolate chip cookies" and "a rich weeknight pasta with chorizo, smoked paprika, and cream" both work.

For more, see Sage AI → Generating a recipe.

Cooking Mode

Cooking Mode gives you a focused, distraction-free view of one or more recipes while you're at the stove. Recipes you add to Cooking Mode live in a persistent tab bar so you can flip between a main dish and its sauce without hunting through the rest of the site.

Adding a recipe to Cooking Mode

On any recipe detail page, click the Cook button. The recipe is added to Cooking Mode and the button changes to Cooking Mode, which takes you straight there.

In Cooking Mode

• Each recipe appears as a tab at the top of the page. Click a tab to switch to that recipe.
• Click × on a tab to remove that recipe from the list.
• Use the serving size controls (½×, 1×, 2×, etc.) to scale the recipe on the fly — ingredient amounts update instantly.
• Recipes persist between visits — close the browser and come back mid-cook and your list is still there.

Searching & finding recipes

The search bar in the navigation bar searches across your entire family recipe collection — titles, descriptions, ingredients, and tags all at once.

• Results are sorted by relevance by default. Use the sort controls to switch to Newest, Title A–Z, or highest Rated.
• Search works across all recipes your family can see, including recipes shared from other families.

Tags & filtering

Tags are short labels you attach to a recipe to make it easier to find and group. Any family member can add tags when creating or editing a recipe.

Adding tags to a recipe

• Click the tag input and start typing — existing tags from your family's collection appear as suggestions so you can stay consistent.
• Press Enter or click a suggestion to add the tag. Press Backspace to remove the last one.
• Good tags: cuisine type ("Italian," "Mexican"), occasion ("Christmas," "weeknight"), main ingredient ("chicken," "salmon"), or dietary label ("vegetarian," "gluten-free").

Filtering by tag

On the Recipes page, click Filter by tag to open the tag panel. Tags are grouped by category. Click any tag to activate it — active tags turn green. You can select as many tags as you like.

• Multiple tags narrow results — selecting "chicken" and "weeknight" shows only recipes that have both tags.
• Active tags appear as chips at the top of the panel. Click the × on a chip to remove that tag, or click Clear all to remove all filters at once.
• The accordion header shows how many tags are currently active ("2 selected") so you can see at a glance that a filter is on, even when the panel is collapsed.

Adjusting servings

On any recipe detail page, use the Servings control to change the number of portions. Every ingredient amount scales automatically in real time — no mental arithmetic required.

• The original serving size is always stored. Adjustments are for display only and don't permanently change the recipe.
• When adding a recipe to a menu, you can also set a specific serving count for that event independently.

Rating recipes

Any signed-in family member can rate a recipe on three dimensions — Overall, Taste, and Ease of Prep — each on a 1–5 star scale. Ratings are personal; the recipe page shows the aggregated averages across all family members.

• Scroll to the Ratings section on any recipe detail page to rate or update your rating.
• On the recipe list, use the Sort by Rating option to surface the family's highest-rated dishes at the top.

Sharing recipes

Every recipe has a sharing level that controls who can see it:

• Family only (default) — visible only to members of your family group.
• Specific families — share with one or more families you've connected with. The receiving family's members can view (but not edit) it. You choose exactly who sees it.

To share a recipe with a specific family, select Share with specific families in the sharing dropdown when editing a recipe. You can then add families using their sharing code or by searching for connected families by name. Each shared family appears as a removable tag — remove one to stop sharing with them individually.

To stop sharing a recipe with a specific family, edit the recipe and click the ✕ next to their name in the shared-with list. To revoke sharing with an entire family at once, use Family → Sharing → Disconnect and choose to also remove all recipe sharing.

Version history

Every time you save an edit to a recipe, From Our Table automatically saves a snapshot of the previous version. You can browse this history, preview any past version, and restore it with one click.

• Scroll to the Version history section at the bottom of any recipe detail page and click to expand it.
• Each version shows the date and time it was saved. Click a version to preview its title, ingredient count, step count, servings, and tags.
• Click Restore this version to make a past version the current recipe. The version you're replacing is itself saved first, so nothing is ever permanently lost.

Publishing a specific version

If your recipe is shared with other families or publicly, you can control exactly which version they see. By default they see the latest version — but you can pin any past version as the published one while you continue editing privately.

• The publish status banner appears on the recipe page for any recipe shared outside your family.
• In Version history, click Publish this version on any past version to pin it as what outsiders see.
• Click Publish current version in the banner to switch back to always sharing the latest.

Linking recipes

Related recipes — a cake and its frosting, a broth and the soup it becomes, a marinade and the protein it's paired with — can be linked together so they're always one click apart.

Linked recipes appear in a Goes well with section on each recipe's detail page, shown as small cards with a photo, title, and description. The link is bidirectional: adding it on one recipe automatically makes it appear on the other, and removing it either way removes it on both.

Linking recipes manually

1. Open the recipe you want to link from and click Edit.
2. Scroll to the Linked Recipes section near the bottom of the form.
3. Type part of the name of the recipe you want to link in the search box — results appear as you type.
4. Click a result to add it. Repeat for additional links.
5. Save the recipe. The link appears on both recipe pages immediately.

Linking during photo or PDF import

When importing multiple recipes at once using Review mode, enable the Link recipes together toggle at the top of the import form. As you save each recipe in the session, it is automatically linked to every other recipe saved in the same session. This works well for recipes that appear together on the same page — a filling and its pastry, for example.

Turning the toggle off (or cancelling the session) does not affect recipes already saved.