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Follow a cookbook

Following a public cookbook is like subscribing — when the creator adds a new recipe to that cookbook, you see it in your Explore feed (and optionally get a push notification). Following is one-way: the creator doesn’t see your followed list, just an aggregate follower count.

Follow a cookbook

Cookbook tiles in the Explore tab with Follow buttons.

  1. Open the Explore tab.
  2. Find a cookbook you want to follow (via trending, search, or category filter).
  3. Tap the cookbook to open it.
  4. Tap Follow in the cookbook header.

That’s it. The button changes to Following.

Where followed cookbooks appear

Followed cookbooks live in three places:

  1. Explore → Following tab — a chronological feed of new recipes from cookbooks you follow. Sorted newest first.
  2. Your Cookbook tab → “Following” section — a list of all cookbooks you currently follow. Tap any to open it.
  3. Notifications — if you have push notifications enabled, you get a notification when a creator you follow adds a new recipe (rate-limited so creators with many uploads don’t spam you).

Save a recipe from a followed cookbook

Saving works the same as from any public recipe:

  1. Open the recipe (from your Following feed or from the cookbook page).
  2. Tap Save to my cookbook.
  3. Pick one of your own cookbooks.
  4. Tap Save.

The recipe is now in your private cookbook. The creator gets a notification that someone saved it (anonymous — not your name).

Unfollow

  1. Open the cookbook.
  2. Tap Following (the button you used to follow with).
  3. Confirm Unfollow.

You’ll no longer see new recipes from that cookbook in your Following feed. The cookbook stays in Explore — you can find it again later if you change your mind.

To unfollow multiple cookbooks at once:

  1. Open Cookbook tab → Following section.
  2. Tap Edit in the top-right.
  3. Tap the − button on any cookbook you want to unfollow.
  4. Tap Done.

Follower limits

Free tier: follow up to 10 cookbooks. Pro: unlimited.

If you’re at the free limit, the Follow button shows the limit message and offers an upgrade prompt. See Free vs Pro.

Notifications

You can control follow-related notifications in Options → Notification settings:

  • New recipe from a creator you follow — default: on
  • Weekly digest of follow activity — default: off
  • Creator-published a new cookbook — when someone you follow starts a new cookbook

See Manage notifications for the full notification options.