If you subscribe to Apple News+, you can find personalized food content, including a large catalog of recipes with features like adjustable recipe yields, nutrition facts, customizable units, and easy-to-start timers.
Your recommendations get more personalized as you read more food content and recipes. You can search by recipe title, ingredient, or keyword, save a recipe, and prepare it. You can also look at other recipes or stories while you’re reading one, and filter recipes.
Note: Apple News, Apple News+, and food features aren’t available in all countries or regions.
Browse stories and recipes
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Open the News app on your iPad.
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Tap Food in the sidebar or tab bar and scroll down to see stories and recipes.
The more food content and recipes you read, the more personalized your recommendations become.
Tip: To look at other recipes or stories while you’re reading one, swipe left or right.
Search for and filter recipes
- Open the News app on your iPad.
- Tap Food in the sidebar or tab bar, tap Recipe Catalog at the top of the feed or the Recipe Catalog button in the top-right corner, and then do any of the following:
- Search by recipe title, ingredient, or keyword: Tap the search field, enter a term, and then tap the Search button.
- Filter by category: Tap a category, such as Vegetarian.
- Add and combine filters: Tap the Filter button and tap a filter. Then tap the Done button.
- Remove a filter: Tap the Remove button next to a filter below the search field.
Save a recipe
- Open the News app on your iPad.
- Tap Food in the sidebar or tab bar and scroll down to browse recipes, or search for and filter recipes, as above.
- Do one of the following:
- While browsing or viewing search results: Tap the Save Recipe button on the recipe you want to save.
- While a recipe is open: Tap Save.
- To revisit saved recipes, do one of the following:
- Tap Saved Recipes in the sidebar (below Library).
- Tap the Saved Recipes button in the Recipe Catalog.
To remove a recipe from your saved recipes, touch and hold the recipe, then tap Unsave Recipe.
Prepare a recipe
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Open the News app on your iPad.
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Tap Food in the sidebar or tab bar and scroll down to browse recipes, or search for and filter recipes, as above.
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To open a recipe, do one of the following:
- While reading a food story, tap the View Recipes button. If the story has multiple recipes, tap the View Recipes button, then tap the recipe you want to prepare.
- Tap a recipe in the search results.
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Scroll to see the recipe’s ingredients, directions, nutrition facts, and ratings.
Tip: You can add a recipe’s ingredients to your grocery list. While viewing the recipe, tap the More button, then tap Add to Grocery List. To access your grocery list in the Reminders app, see Make a grocery list in Reminders.
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To focus on the directions, tap Cook.
Steps appear in a larger font and the display stays on while you’re preparing the recipe.
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While viewing directions, do any of the following:
- Use a cooking timer: When a timer appears in a step, tap the Timer button, swipe up or down to adjust the timer duration, and tap Set Timer.
- View ingredient quantities: When an ingredient in a step appears in bold, tap the ingredient to view how much is used in the recipe without going back to the ingredients list.
- Keep track of which ingredients you already prepared or used: Tap an ingredient.
Quick tip: To keep track of the recipes you’ve prepared, tap the More button while viewing a recipe, then tap Mark as Cooked.
If you notice that a recipe is miscategorized, has incorrect ingredients or directions, or doesn’t display properly, tap the More button, tap Report a Concern, then follow the onscreen instructions.
Customize the units used in recipes
All Apple News+ recipes let you switch units from US to Metric and from Fahrenheit to Celsius. When you’re preparing baking recipes, ingredient measurements can show in weight, too.
- Open the News app on your iPad.
- Open a recipe, as above.
- Tap the More button and tap Customize Units.
Adjust a recipe’s yield
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Open the News app on your iPad.
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Open a recipe, as above.
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Tap the More button, then tap Scale Recipe.
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To adjust the recipe yield, tap the scaling buttons, or type the scale factor.
To reset the ingredients to their original quantity, tap the Revert button.
Note: Scaling a recipe won’t affect cook times, temperature, equipment, or cookware size.
Add notes to a recipe
You can add notes to a recipe to record your results, substitute ingredients or steps, or keep track of how long it took to complete a step on your stove or oven.
- Open the News app on your iPad.
- Tap Food in the sidebar or tab bar and scroll down to browse recipes, or search for and filter recipes, as above.
- Tap the More button and tap Add Notes.
- Add a note: Tap Add Notes.
- Edit a note: Tap Edit Notes.
- Enter your observations and then tap the Done button.
Rate a recipe
- Open the News app on your iPad.
- Tap Food in the sidebar or tab bar and scroll down to browse recipes, or search for and filter recipes, as above.
- Open a recipe, scroll down to Ratings, and tap a star to select a rating.
Access food content offline
You can make sure you can access the Food feed, Recipe Catalog, and Saved Recipes in Offline Mode.
- While you’re online, open the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Apps and tap News. Tap Automatic Downloads (below News+ Offline Mode).
- Turn on Food & Recipes.
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