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Add recipes to a cookbook

Once you’ve created a cookbook, there are three ways to fill it with recipes.

During import

The fastest way to organize as you go.

Cookbook detail view — an opened cookbook with its recipe tiles.

When you import a recipe (URL, photo, text, anywhere), the final review screen has a Save to cookbook field. By default it shows Unorganized. Tap it to pick a different cookbook from a dropdown, or + New cookbook to create one inline.

The recipe lands in the chosen cookbook the moment you tap Save.

From a recipe screen (one at a time)

If you have an existing recipe and want to add it to a cookbook (or move it from one to another):

  1. Open the recipe.
  2. Tap More (…) in the action bar.
  3. Tap Add to cookbook.
  4. The cookbook picker opens. Check every cookbook the recipe should be in.
  5. Tap Done.

The recipe is now in those cookbooks. The same recipe can be in multiple cookbooks at once — you’re not moving a copy, you’re cross-referencing.

To remove a recipe from a cookbook (without deleting it from your account):

  1. Open the recipe.
  2. More → Add to cookbook.
  3. Uncheck the cookbook you want to remove it from.
  4. Tap Done.

If you uncheck every cookbook, the recipe goes back to Unorganized.

From a cookbook (bulk)

If you have a stack of recipes to organize at once:

  1. Open the cookbook you want to fill.
  2. Tap + Add recipes at the top.
  3. The recipe picker opens, showing every recipe across all your other cookbooks.
  4. Use the search bar at the top to find specific recipes.
  5. Tap recipes to check them — the count updates in the header (“3 selected”).
  6. Tap Add to [cookbook name].

The selected recipes are added in bulk. This is the fastest way to organize a big migration (e.g., after a Paprika import).

Drag and drop (web only)

On the web app at app.forktastic.com:

  1. Open your Cookbook tab.
  2. Drag a recipe tile from one cookbook into another.
  3. The recipe is moved (single-cookbook semantics on drag-drop, unlike the cross-reference behavior of the picker).

To copy a recipe between cookbooks on the web, hold Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) while dragging.

Default cookbook (Unorganized)

Forktastic automatically maintains a cookbook called Unorganized. Every new import without a chosen cookbook lands there. You can think of it as your inbox.

You can rename Unorganized to something else (e.g., “Inbox”), but you can’t delete it — Forktastic always needs a fallback cookbook for imports.