Recipe cook mode for Chrome, beside the page you found.

How it works

1. 1

   Pin it to your toolbar

   Add StoveTab to Chrome, then click the puzzle piece and pin it so it's one click away.

2. 2

   Open a recipe you love

   A dot on the icon means StoveTab found a recipe on the page. Click it and cook mode opens in the side panel.

3. 3

   Cook one step at a time

   Each step comes in large type with the ingredients it uses, and is outlined or highlighted on the author's page so you can see where you are.

4. 4

   Scale, convert and time it

   Change the servings, switch to metric, and start a timer from any step that mentions one. More on scaling

Questions cooks ask

• Which recipe sites does it work on?

  Most food blogs. StoveTab reads the recipe markup sites publish for search engines, and its icon shows a dot when a page has one. A page without that markup has no recipe for it to open.

• Does it change the recipe page?

  Only with a highlight. The step you're on is outlined or highlighted on the author's page, and one tap scrolls the page to it. Nothing is hidden, blocked or rearranged, so the page, its ads and its comments stay as the author built them.

• What if I close the tab halfway through?

  Your place is saved in your browser. Open the same recipe again and cook mode picks up at the step you were on, with your finished steps still checked off.

• Do timers keep running if I switch tabs?

  Yes. Steps that mention a time get a timer button, and you can run several at once. A timer rings in the panel while it shows the recipe, and if the panel has moved on to another tab, Chrome still shows a notification when it's done.

• Is StoveTab free?

  Yes. Cook mode is free in Chrome and on iPhone: steps one at a time, timers, scaling, unit conversion and your saved place. StoveTab Pro, $29 a year, is for cooks who keep a lot: more than 3 boards and 10 of their own recipes, one shopping list across recipes, and photos on the cooks they log.