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Cooking as a household
Practical writing on sharing recipes, planning the week, and keeping a family collection in order.
How Technology Can Preserve Family Traditions
"Grandma, can you teach me how to make your dumplings?"
Andrew Judd · 7 min read
Family Recipe Apps That Grow with Your Children
Sarah's 8-year-old daughter Emma had been asking this question for months. And every time, Sarah felt torn between wanting to encourage Emma's interest and dreading the chaos that "help" would inevitably create.
Andrew Judd · 8 min read
Why Coordination Beats Individual Apps
The Real Cost of Family Meal Planning
Andrew Judd · 8 min read
How Families Cook Together Despite Different Needs
Managing Multiple Dietary Restrictions
Andrew Judd · 7 min read
How TDD Development Creates Apps That Actually Work
"The recipe import failed again. Third time this week."
Andrew Judd · 9 min read
Why 14-Day Trials Beat 7-Day Trials
Seven days is not enough time for a family to evaluate a recipe platform together. This post makes the case for longer, credit-card-free trials and what they signal about a company's confidence.
Andrew Judd · 8 min read
The Math That Changes Everything
Sarah stared at her phone in disbelief. [Recime.app](/compare/recime) – the recipe platform she'd been considering for her family's meal planning – wanted $59.99 per year. For one person. Just one.
Andrew Judd · 8 min read
How Flour Power Puts You Back in Charge of Your Recipes
The Sustainable Kitchen: How Smarter Meal Planning Reduces Food Waste (And Why It Saves You $1,500 a Year) It’s Tuesday night, 6:00 PM.
Andrew Judd · 10 min read
Lessons from Data Pioneers: It's Time for Our Turn
If Music and Photos Can Be Free, Why Not Recipes?
Andrew Judd · 9 min read
How Data Freedom Can Revolutionize Your Cooking Apps
Vendor lock-in doesn't just trap your recipes. It slows down innovation across the entire industry. This post explores what becomes possible when recipe data flows freely between platforms.
Andrew Judd · 8 min read