The NYT Cooking app is testing AI recipe modifications

<figure> <img alt="Screenshots showing the NYT Cooking app’s new AI recipe modification tool." data-caption="The AI tool provides recommendations and adjusts the recipe accordingly. | Image: The New York Times" data-portal-copyright="Image: The New York Times" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/NYT-Cooking-AI-recipe-modification-feature-hero.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> The AI tool provides recommendations and adjusts the recipe accordingly. | Image: The New York Times </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <em>New York Times</em> is testing a new AI feature for its Cooking app that helps users to modify recipes, and it's sparked some drama among users. NYT Cooking senior editor Genevieve Ko <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/insider/cooking-recipes-ai.html">announced the feature</a> last Friday, which can be used to <a href="https://help.nytimes.com/360011047512-New-York-Times-Cooking/customize-nyt-cooking-recipes">recommend substitutions</a> for ingredients and cooking equipment, scale recipes to any number of servings, and "generally make our recipes work for what a cook needs at that moment."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">One of the examples given in the article shows a user asking to use baby spinach instead of kale, with the NYT Cooking app feature advising that because baby spinach wilts faster, it should be added during a later step of the rec …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1022193/nyt-cooking-app-ai-recipe-modification-tool">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>