Apple is expanding its Food topic in Apple News into a full-blown section with recipes, restaurant reviews, kitchen tips, and more with the upcoming iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 software updates. The new Food section will be exclusive to Apple News+ subscribers, but nonsubscribers can still view select stories and recipes.
Apple News+ Food will hit the Apple News app on iPhone and iPad in April when the iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 updates are released to the public. Until then, you can test the new Food section as a beta user if you’re comfortable running beta software on your devices. Apple News+ Food is currently unavailable on macOS Sequoia 15.4, and whether Apple intends to add it at a future date is unknown.
To start, you’ll find recipes from notable food publishers such as Allrecipes, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Good Food, Serious Eats, and EatingWell, and more will likely come in future updates.
Finding the Apple News+ Food section
You can find it on an iPhone via the Following tab in the News app, but it will be in the sidebar on an iPad. On iPad, you can tap Edit in the sidebar and drag Food to your tab bar for quicker access.
Food will be at the top, sharing the same area as Puzzles, Shared with You, Saved Stories, and History. Tap that to open Apple News+ Food. Near the top are large buttons for Recipe Catalog and Saved Recipes, giving you quick access to hunt for new dishes from various publishers.
In the top right, you’ll see the More (•••) icon, where you can quickly share or copy the link to Apple News+ Food. Beside it is the fork-and-knife icon, which opens the Recipe Catalog like the large button does. Below the large buttons is a featured recipe selected by Apple News editors, which may appear further down the page to make room for recipes you recently viewed and saved.
The Apple News+ Food homepage not only shows articles with recipes but also written news stories and Apple News+ Audio stories in sections for Healthy Eating, Tools & Techniques, For You, and more. So News+ Food is not just recipes — you get restaurant reviews, kitchen tips, kitchen essentials, and other interesting reads.
Browsing, searching, and filtering the Recipe Catalog
After opening the Recipe Catalog, you can browse topics like Weeknight Chicken Dinners, New Recipes, Popular Recipes, and sections from publishers like Real Simple and EatingWell. You can use the circular icons near the top of the Recipe Catalog to filter by topics such as Dinner, Easy, Vegetarian, Dessert,
You can use the search bar at the top to find something specific or hit the Filter button at the top right of the Recipe Catalog to narrow down to specifics like time, dish type, dietary preferences, and other topics. When you select one or more filters, the number of recipes available with those filters will show at the bottom. You can unselect filters, hit Clear All to start over, or choose Apply to see the results.
Viewing recipe directions, ingredients, and details
Once you find a recipe you want to check out, tap it to view the recipe card. It will show you the recipe’s servings, a link to read the story by the publisher, and buttons for Cook, Save, and Share. Scroll down to see the ingredients list, recipe directions, and more details, the latter showing suggested recipes and topics. You can tap ingredients to gray them out on the ingredients list so you know what you have and need.
When viewing an article with an associated recipe, you’ll see a giant Recipe button that will take you to the recipe card. So, you don’t necessarily need to open the Recipe Catalog to find recipes — you can open a new story with a companion recipe card from anywhere, like on the Today tab, then hit the Recipe button.
Tap the More (•••) button on the recipe card to view quick links for Save Recipe, Read Story, and Share Recipe. Hit the Cook button above the recipe’s description to open a full-screen view of the ingredients and directions, which looks best on an iPad’s large display. This is helpful when shopping or cooking, and you can tap ingredients to mark what you already have. When following the step-by-step instructions, you can swipe to view the other steps or tap a step directly to pull focus to it.
Ingredients and measurements will appear in bold in the full-screen directions. Tap one to view the ingredient involved as pulled from the ingredients list. Touch a timer in the directions to quickly set a timer. When you start it, it will be labeled with whatever step it appeared in, helping you to remember where you left off.
Saving recipes and finding them later
There are various ways to save recipes you like, and anything you save will be available offline. From a recipe card, you can tap the large Save button or Save Recipe from the More (•••) menu. Alternatively, when viewing a list of recipes in the Recipe Catalog, touch and hold the recipe and hit Save Recipe from the contextual menu.
You can find your saved recipes on the Recipe Catalog’s homepage. There will be a section for Saved Recipes visible, where you can quickly scroll to find the one you want. You can also tap the recipe card box icon next to the Filter button or the large Saved Recipes button further down the page to see your saved recipes.
There doesn’t appear to be any syncing between a recipe card’s ingredients and your shopping list in the Reminders app, but that could be a possibility in a future update.
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