Guardian Feast

Seems to have some fun, if not too many practical, recipes. And who doesn’t love Yotam Ottolenghi? Like the big, bright pictures. Wish could organize the MyFeast section in folders. We use NYTimes and ATKitchen so will explore this more but really need customizable folders.

Six month free trial for Guardian subscribers. The filters allow specifying gluten and dairy free recipes and when both were set about half of the recipes were still available. The recipes themselves look good and the layout is nice and clear. I also liked the UK to US translation popup that explains the different names for some ingredients. The free recipe app I was using before is getting more and more adverts so I’m going to delete it and switch to this.

The app is free. If you want to look at ANY recipe in the app it requires a subscription. I have been a big fan of the Guardian news app for years. Thought I would give this a try. Calling this FREE is completely misleading. Do better Guardian.

A few suggestions: avoid resetting the app when you leave the app for a short while. Sometimes when I leave and return to the app, it reloads to the homepage rather than staying on the recipe I was using. Second suggestion: not sure how popular this would be, but a planner for when you are going to cook particular dishes? I have saved a lot of recipes and it’d be nice to organise these into a schedule. Rather than having to scroll through every time to find the recipe I want to cook.

Generally, the app is pretty good. Nice range of dishes and new ones being added regularly. The main complaint that I have is, despite needing an account to use the app, anything that you save as a favourite is not linked to that account. It is a small thing, but it means that the app I have on my phone, which i use for adding favourites things while I’m out and about, and for checking ingredients when doing the shopping, is not connected to the app on my iPad, which is much more usual in the kitchen, with the bigger screen. All it means in real terms is, I have to search for things I’ve already favourited, and add them again on my iPad, but it just feels like a bit of a misstep.

The app feels ‘cheap’ for lack of a better word. Animations are choppy, sometimes random things happen while scrolling, like opening a recipe or the keyboard popping up.

I’m already paying over £100 for the Guardian, why do I have to pay again for the same content?

Used a cookingwithZainab code and got 4 weeks for free. Lots of vegetarian friendly recipes I’m excited to try!

Wont be using the app, not user friendly. perhaps its designed primarily for use on a phone. It natural and prime home should be on an ipad. A single screen should suffice for image, ingredients and instructions in most cases,not over separate screens, the app graphic does not need to occupy so much of the screen. Poorly thought out, no doubt designed by individuals who don't cook. Duh!

I love Feast magazine but could not store and sort easily to hand all the wonderful variety of recipes. The app does it. Lots of recipes. Easy to find. Great variety of chefs.