Dish & Share
The code is public and free to copy. No shared public board.
A recipe board for a neighborhood or a group of friends, with no hosting bill. Everyone drops in a link to a recipe they love and a note on how they actually make it. Other people tap a heart for "made this" instead of leaving a comment. It runs entirely on a Google Sheet.
- Why
- I had an old recipe app sitting around and wanted to share it, so I cleaned it up and put the code out for anyone to copy.
- How long
- Setting up your own copy takes 10 to 15 minutes.
How I built it
- I made a Google Sheet with one row per recipe.
- I put the whole page in one file: the feed, the filters and the "Add a recipe" form.
- I wrote three small functions in Apps Script: read the recipes, add one, add a heart.
- I deployed it as a web app set to run as me, so visitors never touch the Sheet itself.
- I had it pick an emoji from the recipe name. Tacos get a taco.
- I published the code with step-by-step setup instructions.
- To copy it you need
- Claude, or the AI of your choice, and a Google account. The gotcha: there are no accounts and no moderation. Anyone with the link can post, which is fine for a group you trust.
Try it yourself
Copy this prompt and paste it into ChatGPT or Claude to try it yourself.
I want to copy Dish & Share from Frances Tang's What Are We Building profile. It is a recipe board for a neighborhood or friend group that runs entirely on a Google Sheet: people add a recipe link and a note on how they really make it, and others tap a heart for "made this." No accounts and no hosting bill. Her code is public at github.com/frantang3/dish-and-share. Her gotcha: anyone with the link can post, so it only suits a group you trust. Help me set up my own copy with my Google account, step by step, and change the categories to suit my group. Start by asking who the board is for and what categories we'd want. Ask me for anything you need.
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