Cookbooks

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1. Cookbook picker Switching Cookbooks
2. Cookbooks, the current one ticked Switching Cookbooks
3. Share a cookbook Sharing a Cookbook
4. Manage Cookbooks Managing Cookbooks

Paprika 4 allows you to organize your recipes into multiple cookbooks. Each cookbook is a separate collection with its own recipes and categories. You might use one cookbook for everyday cooking, another for baking, and a third for recipes you're still planning to try.

Every account starts with a single cookbook named My Cookbook. If you never create another cookbook, Paprika works just like it always has. Your default cookbook cannot be deleted.

Switching Cookbooks

The name of the current cookbook is displayed at the top of the categories pane on the recipes screen. Click it to reveal the cookbook menu, which lists all of your cookbooks with a checkmark next to the current one. Select the cookbook you would like to view. The recipes list and categories apply to the currently selected cookbook. A search starts there too, but you can widen it to other cookbooks.

Adding a Cookbook Premium

To create a new cookbook, choose Manage Cookbooks... from the cookbook menu, then press the Add Cookbook button at the bottom of the Cookbooks dialog. A cookbook named New Cookbook will be added with its name ready to edit — type the name you would like and press Enter.

Managing Cookbooks

Choose Manage Cookbooks... from the cookbook menu to open the Cookbooks dialog, which lists all of your cookbooks. Use the sort menu at the bottom of the dialog to order the list by Name, or choose Custom to arrange the cookbooks yourself — when the sort is set to Custom, you can drag and drop cookbooks to reorder them. You can also switch cookbooks from here: select a cookbook and press Select.

Right-click a cookbook in the list to reveal its context menu, where you can choose Edit to rename the cookbook, Share… to send it to someone, or Delete to remove it. Paprika will ask you to confirm before deleting a cookbook.

Moving Recipes between Cookbooks

To move recipes into a different cookbook, select one (or more) recipes in the recipes list, then right-click and choose the destination from the Cookbook submenu. The cookbook the recipes are in now has a checkmark beside it. You can also change a recipe's cookbook with the Cookbook field when editing the recipe.

If the recipes have categories that the destination cookbook doesn't, Paprika asks whether to bring them along. Copy Categories creates the missing categories in the destination cookbook, and Don't Copy moves the recipes without their categories. Paprika doesn't ask when the recipes are uncategorized or the destination already has all their categories.

Sharing a Cookbook Premium

You can send a copy of an entire cookbook to another Paprika user. Click the cookbook name at the top of the categories pane and choose Share "My Cookbook" (the menu item shows the current cookbook's name), or right-click a cookbook in the Cookbooks dialog and choose Share…. Enter the recipient's email address and send — the cookbook is delivered as an in-app message, and the recipient can import all of its recipes in one step. See Sending Recipes & Cookbooks for details.