Welcome to Replay Recipes

Hello, I'm James. I created this app mostly as a love letter to my mother, Linda. She is the best chef, baker, and cookie maker of all time. She has been cooking heartfelt meals for me my entire life and now does the same for my kids. Her chocolate chip cookies are legendary, a local phenomenon for decades running. The gift of a lifetime of good food is one I'll never truly be able to repay. This app is not an attempt to repay an impossible debt but rather a way to empower her to make even more wonderful food without a few of the frustrations of modern cooking.

Many of her recipes were handed down on recipe cards from my grandmother, now graced with a flour patina. Other more recent recipes are on handwritten or printed pieces of paper from various sources. Some of her favorites are in the many cookbooks she owns and many more are on food blogs she frequents. I wanted a way for her to create her own collection of recipes from any source with as little friction as possible, and then to be able to cook the recipes in that collection with no ads and a simple screen lock feature. That’s the basis for the app.

Other features came along while building and the ‘app’ grew into, well, more of an entree. A few other important chefs in my life, including my sister and my brother-in-law, who have both cooked professionally, were more than happy to give me their constructive feedback (ah, the joys of working with chefs!). My wonderful wife, Emily, created the design and styling and continuously helps streamline both form and function. This passion project has been a wonderful way to connect with the people and that recipes that are important parts of my life. Please enjoy the app and if you have any issues, feedback or ideas about how to make it better, I’d love to hear them.

Thanks for your support.

Sincerely,

James

P.S. Love you Mom!