They really enshittified the internet so hard that it’s more convenient to have these bulky ass (expensive too if you don’t get second hand…) books that you have to flick through and find room to store and try not to spill shit on and stick little bookmarks in to save commonly used recipe, god damn.
For years I used a search engine, and used Pinterest a lot too to save recipes and categorise them. But the SEO slop, the AI slop, the ads…. It’s just become horrific half the time. I did try downloading a few eBooks and pdfs but the format is really not great for cookbooks.
If anyone has any recommendations for sites or apps that aren’t fucking terrible I would love that. Especially 
ones.
If you can get BBC Good Food outside the UK, it’s a fantastic source. Straight to the point, never had a bad recipe. My family have been referring to them for literal decades (though sadly, there’s creeping monetisation, it’s still 99% usable for now).
Not BBC .co.uk recipes, those frequently suck. BBC Good Food specifically, plenty vegan ones too.