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Nonna's Bolognese

45 min · Italian
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Chocolate Chip Cookies

30 min · Baking
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Thai Green Curry

35 min · Asian
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Caesar Salad

15 min · Salads

Recipe software has an expiry date 📉

You spent years collecting, organizing, and perfecting your recipe collection. Then your software shut down.

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    Living Cookbook — Discontinued

    Thousands of users left with .fdx files they can't open anywhere else.

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    BigOven — Major Changes

    Feature removals and price hikes pushing long-time users to look elsewhere.

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    Paprika — Stagnating

    No meaningful updates in years. Users worry about the future.

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    Proprietary Formats

    Your recipes locked in formats only one app can read. Until it can't.

47+

Recipe apps discontinued since 2015

12M

Recipes trapped in dead formats

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Time to rescue your collection

100%

Your data. Always exportable.

Three steps. That's it. 🎯

No complicated setup. No manual data entry. Just drag, drop, done.

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Upload Your File

Drag and drop your export file — XML, JSON, .fdx, .mcx, whatever format you've got.

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Auto-Detection Magic

We auto-detect the format, parse every recipe, ingredient, and photo. No config needed.

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Cook & Enjoy

Browse your beautiful new cookbook. Edit, search, share, and cook from any device.

Everything you need, nothing you don't 🧑‍🍳

A modern home for your recipes — designed for people who actually cook.

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10+ Import Formats

Living Cookbook, MasterCook, Paprika, Recipe Keeper, Meal-Master, and more. We speak fluent recipe.

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Beautiful Browsing

Search, filter by category, browse by photo. Your cookbook, gorgeous on every screen.

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Full Recipe Editor

Edit ingredients, directions, notes, and photos. Make every recipe truly yours.

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Daily Suggestions

"What should I cook tonight?" We'll pick something from your collection you haven't made in a while.

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Share & Collaborate

Share single recipes or entire collections with family and friends via a beautiful link.

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Works Everywhere

Phone in the kitchen. Tablet on the couch. Desktop for meal planning. It just works.

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Your Data, Your Control

Export anytime in open formats. We'll never hold your recipes hostage. That's the whole point.

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Tags & Categories

Organize your way — custom tags, auto-categories, smart collections. Find any recipe instantly.

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Photo Support

Import photos from your old app or add new ones. Every recipe deserves a hero shot.

We rescue from everywhere 🛟

If your old app can export it, we can probably import it. And we're adding more every week.

Living Cookbook (.fdx)
MasterCook (.mcx, .mxp)
Paprika (.paprikarecipes)
Recipe Keeper
Meal-Master (.mm)
RecipeBox
Cookmate / CookBook
Recipe XML / JSON
Copy Me That
Pepperplate

Don't see your format? Let us know — we'll add it within a week. 🫡

Recipes rescued. Hearts warmed. ❤️

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"I had 800+ recipes in Living Cookbook and thought they were gone forever. RecipeRescue imported every single one in under a minute. I nearly cried."
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Margaret S.
Home cook since 1987
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"My MasterCook collection goes back 20 years. Family recipes from my grandmother. This tool saved memories I can't replace."
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David K.
Retired chef
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"Switched from Paprika and the import was flawless. The daily suggestion feature is genius — I'm actually cooking from my own collection again!"
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