A clean recipe library, free of clutter.
PicksByRecipe is a curated open recipe library. Every recipe on this site is pulled from TheMealDB and other open culinary sources, then presented without the popups, email walls, and 2,000-word prologues that plague most recipe sites.
Where the data comes from
Recipe data is sourced from TheMealDB, a community-maintained open database of recipes distributed under Creative Commons. We refresh the dataset regularly and credit original sources where provided.
Why no 2,000-word prologues
Every recipe site on the internet has been optimized for dwell time and ad impressions. That's why you scroll for five minutes past a food blogger's wedding story before the ingredient list. We took the opposite approach: ingredients first, instructions clear and short, zero popups. If you want to know more about the dish, we link to the original source.
No account required
No login, no newsletter wall, no "subscribe to see the full recipe." Every page is fully public and permanently accessible at its URL.