Right. Frying pan care. You’re doing it wrong. A thread 🧵

I know, I'm a bit old-school… maybe more than a bit 😅 cookcli now outputs recipes in LaTeX! Turn your Cooklang files into actual cookbooks: ⤵️

I recently opened my fridge and found three tubs of yogurt. None bought intentionally. One had expired in 2024. CookCLI now has Pantry Inventory. It exists so you don’t live like me.

🎉 Big updates at cooklang.org! ✨ Fresh new look 📚 Expanded documentation 🍳 Making recipe markup even better Check out what's new and let us know what you think!

1/8 Right, I've just read some chef's manifesto about cooking and I'm FURIOUS. Apparently I've been living a lie with my knife drawer that looks like a medieval torture chamber. This pompous git says I only need ONE good knife? I've got seventeen and can't cut butter with any of them.

🚀 CookCLI v0.15.1 dropped! The open-source recipe manager just got: ✨ Beautiful new UI 🩺 Recipe validation 🔄 Smart scaling 🛒 Pantry-aware shopping lists 📚 Real documentation Here's why your kitchen workflow needs this 🧵

Cooklang import library and cook.md recipe converter now understands metadata 🥞

Cooking isn’t hard. Which is why we invented delivery apps, meal kits, and frozen pizza.

Want people to contribute to your open source project? Step 1: Post the most unholy AI-generated solution imaginable. Step 2: Watch the experts crawl out of the woodwork, frothing with corrections. Congratulations. You’ve tricked them into caring.

Join us for a live coding session with @jacobbolda.com starting in 3 minutes!

It's been a while since we allowed referencing other recipes as ingredients into the spec. Now implemented it in Cook CLI. You can store your recipes in DRY fashion, have shared recipes like sauces, dough, etc. Release: github.com/cooklang/coo...

Right, let’s talk about something that’s been quietly ruining your five-a-day ambitions. How cooking can absolutely wallop the nutritional value of your food — a thread 🧵

EPUB cookbook generator from Cooklang files + GitHub actions github.com/pakohan/cook...

1/9 Let’s talk about batch cooking. Not the Instagrammable kind with mason jars and quinoa pyramids—real batch cooking. Done right, it saves you money, time, and your very soul. Done wrong, it’s fridge Tetris and tastebud despair. Here’s how to do it properly. A thread:

1/ Let’s talk copyright and recipes. Yes, that thing you frantically Google after copying Nigella’s brownie formula into your blog. Let’s break it down—like eggs, but legal.

I thought, “Today I’ll make crêpes.” Not pancakes. Not those thick, rubbery frisbees you flip on Shrove Tuesday while the dog judges you. CRÊPES. The elegant, wafer-thin trousers of the dessert world.

Fresh release of Android App: allows to use local device recipes, no more need for creating account. Also, app translations into German, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Another fix for the Obsidian plugin—editor mode should be working now.

The hardest problem in cooking isn't finding recipes or even the actual cooking. It's the clash between the ideal of perfectly planned, healthy meals and the reality of Tuesday night exhaustion. Cooklang, by making recipes truly machine-readable, offers a hope to bridge that gap.

The Cooklang ecosystem has many moving parts, which can feel intimidating. To help, I’ve created a getting started guide with basic tips for setting up your workflow cooklang.org/docs/getting...

Really cool CLI to work with Cooklang and Obsidian github.com/adamwild/ouv...

Fixed some issues in the Cooklang Obsidian plugin—it's now actually installable! On the way support for new syntax and fixes for a few more edit mode bugs. github.com/cooklang/coo...

Just spent 20 minutes in a shop panic-buying ingredients with no plan. I've essentially come home with the makings of a chaotic medieval feast. Who fancies an omelette with a side of existential crisis?

This parser release completes the preparatory work for recipe scaling in both the CLI and Android app, and implements the proposed recipe linking feature github.com/cooklang/coo...

Historic moment for Cooklang: I’ve finally calculated the cost of my favorite pancake recipe.

@cooklang.bsky.social Yes, but is it Turing-complete?

1/ Cooking is basically just heat, time, and patience. As I lack all three (especially heat), here some obscure facts about cooking I googled quickly. A thread. 🍳🔪

Recently we added a Mise en Place screen to the Android app—helping you prep ingredients before you start cooking. No more mid-recipe surprises! Check out the app play.google.com/store/apps/d....

Meal planning usually fails because people plan meals for their ideal selves—nutritionally virtuous, always in the mood to cook—rather than their real selves, who come home tired and just want a toastie. Plan like you know yourself.

1/ Right. Let’s talk about potatoes. The noblest of vegetables. The edible hug. The starchy cornerstone of civilisation. And yet, many of you are butchering them. A thread on doing them justice. 🏆🥔

Trying to find contributors for your open-source project is like hosting a party where everyone RSVPs ‘interested’ but nobody shows up. Just me, the snacks, and a TODO list longer than a Tolkien novel.

The US slaps a 200% tariff on EU alcohol. Meanwhile, Cooklang users smugly smuggle their own bootlegged cocktails across the Atlantic… in plaintext. Structured data has no import duty.

There's an alternative to CookCLI that 10x better. Check it out: github.com/Zheoni/cookl.... Nothing like a little competition to light a fire—might just have to rebuild CookCLI out of sheer spite.

Recipe apps are a trap. They lure you in, then jack up prices because you’ve built your entire collection there. Check the 1-star reviews. Cooklang fixes this. Open standard, no vendor lock-in, no ransom for your own recipes. Your kitchen, your rules.

Hey, I want to add support of referencing other recipes, check it out and share your thoughts github.com/cooklang/spe...

Realised creators have two modes: Spider – weaving intricate webs, crafting every connection with precision, pulling the world toward them. Explorer – roaming vast landscapes, gathering fragments, assembling meaning from what they find. Some switch modes. Some master just one. Both create magic.

Cooklang appeared in a research about LLM training, check it out arxiv.org/abs/2503.026...

My @fosdem.bsky.social sticker haul!

dev.to/dubadub/how-... - almost automated grocery shopping with cooklang, a markdown-like syntax to harvest ingredients from recipes.

processing workflows across industries. This study breaks new ground by systematically evaluating LLMs' ability to convert unstructured recipe text into the structured Cooklang format. Through comprehensive testing of four [3/8 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02650v1]

Cooklang was featured on The Bike Shed podcast! Check it out: youtu.be/o5fFRdWenB8?...

Recipes are merely guidelines – like a script for a comedy show. You’ve got to add your own twist (and maybe extra salt) to make it truly yours. If you follow it to the letter, you're missing the fun!

1/ I’ve been thinking about how we manage recipes—a surprisingly fertile ground for exploring ideas about software design. On one hand, there’s Cooklang and its ecosystem; on the other, Mealie, a more integrated, all-in-one approach.

Sous-vide? It’s just meat in a lukewarm plastic bath. If I wanted a limp, lifeless steak, I’d just order takeout. Give me a proper sear any day – personality matters!

Cooking is just another algorithm. Ingredients are inputs, techniques are functions, and recipes are executable code. Debugging? That’s just tasting. #CookingIsProgramming

While prepping supermarkets thread realised: supermarkets run on razor-thin margins (1-3%), yet a loyal customer spends $10k+ over a few years. The game isn’t making money on a single sale—it’s keeping you coming back, week after week. That’s why loyalty programs & refunds exist. Retention is king.

1/ Grocery shopping is full of hidden psychology and unexpected facts. Here are some surprising things you probably didn’t know about how you buy food. 🧵

Browned, not grey. Hot pan, no crowding—give your beef mince space like a Victorian schoolmaster enforcing personal boundaries. Let it sizzle, let it sear. Stirring too soon? Weak. Caramelisation is flavour. Be patient, be bold.

I always have this struggle between waste and desire. On one side: the moral duty to use up leftovers and aging ingredients. On the other: the craving for fresh, exciting meals. Which wins in your kitchen?