# Recipes

Source: https://docs.gdc-world.net/recipe-book/recipes/

## Search

The **Recipes** tab shows your whole recipe book as cards. The number next to the tab name is how many recipes it holds.

*[Image: The Recipes tab with the search field, the category, status and tag filters and the recipe cards.]*

**1** searches your recipes. **2** filters by category. **3** filters by status. **4** filters by tags. **5** marks a recipe as a favourite.

To find a recipe, type into the search field at the top. The list narrows as you type. The search looks at:

- recipe titles,
- ingredient names,
- tags.

The search field sits in the header on all three tabs. If you start typing on the **Dashboard** or the **Planner**, the app switches to the **Recipes** tab, where the list is filtered.

## Categories

The first row of buttons filters by category, such as main dishes or desserts. One category can be chosen at a time.

- **All** shows every category.
- **Favorites**, at the end of the row, shows only recipes marked with the heart.

Your categories are set up in [Settings](https://docs.gdc-world.net/recipe-book/settings/#categories).

## Status

Every recipe has a status that shows how far it has come in your kitchen. The status decides whether the planning assistant suggests it.

*[Image: A recipe starts in testing, moves into the rotation once it has been cooked and judged, and can be archived later.]*

- **Testing**: every new recipe starts here, until you have cooked and judged it.
- **Active**: the recipe is in your rotation. Only active recipes are suggested by the planning assistant.
- **Archived**: the recipe stays readable and still shows in old plans, but is no longer suggested.

The **Status** row filters the list. **In use**, the default, shows testing and active recipes together; the other buttons show one status only. Choose **Archived** to find recipes you have put aside.

You change a recipe's status on its [recipe page](https://docs.gdc-world.net/recipe-book/recipe/#phase), or [after cooking it](https://docs.gdc-world.net/recipe-book/recipe/#after-cooking).

## Tags

Tags describe a recipe across categories, for example "quick" or "vegetarian". The **Tags** row filters by them.

- Tap a tag to select it; tap it again to deselect it.
- You can select several tags. The list then shows only recipes that have all of them.

Search, category, status and tags work together. If nothing matches, **Clear filters** resets them all. Tags are managed in [Settings](https://docs.gdc-world.net/recipe-book/settings/#tags).

## Recipe cards

Each recipe is shown as a card. Tap the card to open the [recipe page](https://docs.gdc-world.net/recipe-book/recipe/#overview).

A card shows:

- the picture, with a heart at the top right,
- the category and the cooking time,
- a **Testing** or **Archived** label (active recipes have none, as that is the normal case),
- the title, the star rating and the tags.

Two things work right on the card, without opening it:

- Tap the heart to add the recipe to your favourites, or to remove it again.
- Tap a star to rate the recipe from one to five. Tap the same star again to remove the rating.