The NYT Cooking app is testing AI recipe modifications

October 29, 2026 Jess Weatherbed

Screenshots showing the NYT Cooking app’s new AI recipe modification tool.
The AI tool provides recommendations and adjusts the recipe accordingly. | Image: The New York Times

The New York Times is testing a new AI feature for its Cooking app that helps users to modify recipes, and it has sparked some drama among users. Last Friday, NYT Cooking senior editor Genevieve Ko announced the feature, which can be used to recommend substitutions for ingredients and cooking equipment, scale recipes to any number of servings, and "generally make our recipes work for what a cook needs at that moment."

One of the examples given in the article shows a user asking to use baby spinach instead of kale, with the Cooking app feature advising that because baby spinach wilts faster, it should be added during a later step of the reci …

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