Ladle

The Problem

You found the recipe three years ago. The one with the tahini dressing that made your roasted cauliflower unforgettable. You bookmarked it. You're pretty sure you bookmarked it.

Now you're standing in your kitchen, ready to make it again. You scroll through 847 bookmarks. You try the search bar. Nothing. You Google the site name plus "cauliflower tahini" and find... a 404 page.

The site redesigned. The recipe is gone. Or maybe it's still there — buried under a new navigation system, wrapped in autoplay video ads, hidden behind a subscription wall that didn't exist when you first found it.

This is how recipes disappear. Not all at once, but gradually — link rot, site redesigns, paywalls, SEO churn. The internet forgets.

A Sunday with Ladle

You open Ladle. Tap Plan. The week ahead is empty.

You remember the braise from last winter — saved in Ladle six months ago. Tap it, scale to four servings, drag it into Thursday dinner. The roast chicken your sister sent you as a Ladle Archive last week — drag it to Sunday. Two weeknight pastas for Tuesday and Wednesday. By the time the coffee's done, the week is sketched.

Tap Add to Grocery List. Ladle pulls every ingredient, merges the garlic, sums the olive oil, sorts everything by aisle. You scroll once, check what's already in the pantry, swipe the rest off the list.

Thursday night. Hands in the marinade. You tap Cook Mode. Big text, dimmed chrome, the screen stays on. You tap a step circle when it's done; the next one's easier to find.

Sunday again. Library tab. The recipes you cooked this week are right where you left them. Permanent. Yours.

That blog could disappear tomorrow. The link could break. The site could go behind a paywall. You'll never notice. You have the recipe.