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Pick a dish that's special to you.
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Something that deserves to be shared with the world.
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Do a quick search for your chosen dish on the app to collect inspiration from similar recipes.
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Think about how you can offer a different perspective and make your recipe a valuable contribution to its class.
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Remember, we're all working as a team here, and if we work together effectively, we can build the greatest cookbook the world has ever seen.
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With your basic idea, head over to our recipe builder.
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On your mobile device, tap the little green circle.
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Online, find the compose icon at the top right side of the screen.
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A title is a great place to start.
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Keep it short and accurate.
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Extraneous information (emoticons, usernames, adjectives, ingredients, etc.)
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will bring down your recipe in our search results.
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When adding direction steps, try to include only one main action in each step.
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This will help your recipe display nicely on all of the screens and devices we support, and it will keep your readers from getting lost or confused while cooking.
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You'll also need some ingredients.
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Make sure to enter amounts and units as accurately and precisely as possible.
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Recipes with missing amounts may be flagged as incomplete.
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Important Note: Please don't plagiarize.
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We want to see what you made, hear how you did it, and maybe even ask you some questions or send a note of appreciation.
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Find inspiration in existing recipes, but tell the story in your own words, using your own images.
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There are a lot of places to find a good recipe, but this is the only place to find a Cookpad recipe.
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Specifying a serving size and a cooking time will go a long way in helping your recipe reach more cooks.
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Serving size helps us to accurately calculate nutritional data for your dish.
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Cooking time helps the cooks who will use your recipe determine if they have the time to recreate your dish.
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When you're done with your recipe, do a little proof reading.
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Make sure all of your ingredients are listed and used.
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Try to work through your recipe mentally or have a friend read it over to smooth out any points of confusion.
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To really sell your dish, make sure to include an awesome pic.
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Photos are your digital recipe's special sauce.
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A great photo will give your recipe a big advantage out of the gate.
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Click below for some tips and basic guidelines on food photography.
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When you're feeling pretty familiar with the system, you'll want to check out our attachment action.
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This feature allows you to link a direction step to any recipe in our database.
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Let's say you're making spaghetti, but there's already a sauce recipe on the app that you'd like to use.
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No need for repetition here.
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Just search on the app and open the recipe you have in mind.
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Then, head back to the recipe builder and click the attachment button within the direction step where the sauce will be used.
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Select the recipe from the list that appears to link to it from the current direction step.
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When you're ready to publish.
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Just tap the green button at the bottom of the recipe builder and your recipe is off to be shared with thousands of cooks all over the world.
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Just think, the smells that now permeate your home as you settle in for a meal may soon be wafting from kitchen windows all accross the globe.
