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Make any recipe yours.

Nan's handwritten note, the splattered page in a book you've had for twenty years, the reel you saved and can't find. Bring them all in, keep them for good, and make every one of them yours.

An engraving of three old cookbooks stacked under a copper stockpot, with a sprig of rosemary laid across them

What it does

Cook on the shoulders of giants.

Paste a link, photograph a cookbook page, or drop in an Instagram reel or a YouTube video. Gastronomicon reads out the ingredients, quantities and steps, fills in what the page left out, and credits the source: the book, the site or the cook it came from. Then cook it step by step from your phone. No ads, no distractions, just the ingredients each step needs.

The import screen with a YouTube link pasted in, about to be turned into a recipe

Make it yours.

No recipe is perfect for you. Tell it what should change, in a sentence: “Add more spice.” “Swap the chicken for tofu.” “Half the sugar.” The recipe is rewritten to match your cooking, and each version is saved beside the original. Remix two or three recipes you like into one. Share the version you actually cook.

A vegetarian variation of a snail recipe, listing the swaps and the nutrition beside the original

Bulking, cutting, or just curious.

Every recipe has a nutrition panel, whether it came from a cookbook, a reel or a photo of last night's dinner, and you can correct any number. Use it to meal prep the week, set goals and keep yourself honest, or just understand what you're eating.

A planned week of meals with protein and energy tallied against a daily target

Shop smart.

Make a list for the week or for the dinner, from as many recipes as you like. Quantities merge, the same ingredient appears once, and the list is grouped by shop. Every ingredient carries buying and storage tips, and fruit and veg tell you what's in season. It works in the aisle with no signal, and syncs when you're back.

A shopping list grouped by shop, with what is already bought ticked off

Dinner for two or sixty.

Plan the courses, invite the guests, and share the kitchen with whoever's helping. Everyone sees the menu, their own courses and who's bringing which wine. Guests RSVP with their dietary needs, the recipes scale to match, and the printed menu looks the part.

An event overview for a twenty-one course dinner, with a photo for every course

Every ingredient, curated.

One shared list of ingredients sits under every recipe, each with its nutrition, buying and storage tips, seasonality and a bit of history. Anyone can add an ingredient that's missing or scan a barcode to add a product from the shelf. Reviewed entries are checked by hand. It's a pantry everyone curates together, and everyone's recipes get better for it.

A mosaic of ingredient photographs from the catalogue: asparagus, saffron, prawns, cardamom, lemons and more

Start with one recipe.

Sign in with Google or an emailed code, paste a link, and make it yours.