How it works

BabelCook builds a dish from whatever you have. Swipe a word right (or double-tap) to change an ingredient or the method, swipe left to delete it; tap to pin something you like, + to add, and pull down to re-roll the rest. Keep going until it sounds tasty.

Stuck on the gestures? show the change, pin & re-roll guide.

Free vs. the full write-up

Browsing, building and bookmarking dishes is completely free -- spin as many as you like, no account needed.

Have a code? Hit "write the recipe" on any dish and you'll be asked for it once -- it's then remembered on your device.

About BabelCook

BabelCook is a small experiment in cooking from what's already in the kitchen. Instead of starting from a recipe and shopping for it, you start from your ingredients and let the app suggest a dish worth making.

Under the hood it's a hand-built model of how ingredients, methods and flavours actually go together, so the suggestions are plausible rather than random. When you want the full recipe, a language model writes it up with hints on how to improve it.