CookTime – Recipe index
Hi HN, COVID lockdowns made me and my wife cook a lot more at home, and we had a need to streamline our recipe management woes. These were some of the problems we identified: - Most recipe websites are what I call "mommy blogs", and the principal problem is that the recipe ingredient list and instructions are buried in a SEO-laden essay that we don't care about. We were sharing links to our favorite recipes, but links don't allow you to skip past the unnecessary essay prefacing the recipe. We knew we wanted a way to have recipes uncompromised by unrelated essays. - Popular recipe aggregating…
CookTime – Recipe index launched on April 29, 2022 with 73 votes, #543 of 2,974 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.
In plain words
CookTime is a recipe index designed for home cooks who want to organize and share recipes without the clutter of blog content. It addresses the problem of recipe websites burying ingredient lists and instructions beneath lengthy essays by providing a clean, streamlined format. The platform allows users to contribute their own recipes and share them with others, offering an alternative to traditional recipe aggregation sites that restrict user submissions. It targets people who cook at home frequently and want a simpler way to discover and manage recipes.
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CookTime - Discover and share delicious recipes
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN, COVID lockdowns made me and my wife cook a lot more at home, and we had a need to streamline our recipe management woes. These were some of the problems we identified: - Most recipe websites are what I call "mommy blogs", and the principal problem is that the recipe ingredient list and instructions are buried…
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