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Get the most out of Foyer

Small things that make a big difference — the shortcuts, automations and hidden features that save you typing and keep your kitchen up to date.

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    Cooking Mode reads your recipe for you

    Any step that mentions a time — “simmer for 10 minutes,” “bake for an hour” — gets an automatic, tappable timer. No more juggling your phone's stock timer app while your hands are covered in flour.

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    Scan it, don't type it

    Point your camera at a barcode and Foyer fills in the name, size, and category automatically — including sorting it straight into Freezer, Pantry, or wherever it belongs.

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    Found a recipe online? Just share it

    From Safari (or any browser), tap Share → Foyer, and it pulls in the title, ingredients, and steps for you to review before saving. No retyping.

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    A photo of a cookbook page works too

    Scan mode reads the page and sorts out ingredients from instructions — even on pages with no “Ingredients” heading at all.

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    “Surprise me” when you can't decide

    It only pulls from recipes you can actually make right now with what's on hand — no suggestions for things you're missing half the ingredients for.

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    Search finds more than titles

    Type an ingredient (“celery”) or a piece of equipment (“pellet grill”) and Foyer surfaces every recipe that uses it — not just ones with that word in the name.

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    Cook it, and Foyer remembers

    Finishing a recipe automatically subtracts what you used from Inventory — no manual bookkeeping, and every deduction is reversible with one tap if you change your mind.

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    Leftovers aren't an afterthought

    Tell Foyer how many servings you kept, and they show up as their own trackable item — ready to slot into tomorrow's lunch straight from the calendar.

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    “My Equipment” unlocks what you can cook

    Tell Foyer what you own once, and Foyer's suggestions only show what you can make — one tap filters the Recipes list the same way. No more scrolling past recipes that need a deep fryer you don't have.

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    Scale before you start

    Set the servings on the recipe first. Cooking mode, the timers and the inventory deduction all use that number.

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    Step out, come back

    Leaving cooking mode mid-recipe loses nothing — the recipe shows Resume cooking, with your step and any running timers right where you left them.

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    Cook from the calendar

    Open a recipe from a planned meal instead of from the Recipes tab: it starts at the servings you planned, and finishing marks that meal Cooked.