How Cook Mode works

Start Cook Mode

Open a recipe and tap Cook. If you saved a drink, the button says Make instead.

What you see

• One step at a time in big type. The screen shows where you are, like “Step 3 of 8,” and you swipe for the next step.
• Ingredients you tap to check off. They sit beside the steps and stay checked off where you left them.
• A screen that stays awake, so you’re not poking it with wet hands.
• On iPad, turn it sideways and the step sits next to the ingredient list.

Timers

When a step mentions a time, like “simmer for 20 minutes,” Cook Mode reads it and offers a one-tap countdown. If a step has no time in it, open the timer, pick the minutes (1 to 120), and start one yourself.

Pick up where you left off

If you leave a recipe partway through, a Pick up where you left off banner brings you back to the same step. Tap the close button on the banner to stop showing that cook.

After you cook

Open the recipe and answer How’d it go? Give it a rating out of 5, add a photo, and write what you’d change under Next time I’d… That note shows up under Next time the next time you open the recipe.

Change the servings or the units

On the recipe, change the servings and every ingredient rescales. Flip between Metric and US on the recipe or in Cook Mode and the whole recipe switches, steps included.