Shared with me
Recipes other people have shared with you privately: view them, save them to your recipes, or edit them if you were given permission.
What it is
Shared with me is where the recipes other people have invited you to view privately show up. From here you view them, save them to your own recipes if they interest you and, if you were given edit permission, edit them. Receiving and saving shared recipes is free on any plan, including the free one.
How to get there
In the sidebar, under Formulation, click Shared with me. You can also go straight to https://app.areacacao.com/shared-with-me.
How to find a shared recipe
When someone shares a recipe with you:
- You get an email with the invitation.
- The recipe appears in your Shared with me section as a card with the recipe name, Shared by and the name of the person who shared it, the date and, if they wrote one, their message. If they gave you edit permission, the card carries the You can edit tag.
For a shared recipe to appear here, sign in with the same email the invitation was sent to. If you were invited before you had an account, create it with that email and the recipe will appear automatically when you sign in.
View and save
Open the recipe
On the recipe card, click View (or the recipe name). It opens in read-only mode, with the same presentation as a public page: composition, charts, method, allergens and, if it has them, its quality badge and tips. You'll never see the author's costs. Back to Shared with me takes you back to the list.
Save it to your recipes
If you want to work on it, click Save to my recipes. An editable copy is created in your account, named after the recipe followed by (shared), with its composition, parts, yield, and score, and it opens in the editor so you can adjust it to your taste. The copy is yours: the author doesn't see your changes.
If yours is one of the older free accounts (created before sign-up required choosing a plan) and you already have 5 recipes, you can't save more copies until you free up space or get a plan.
Edit a recipe shared with you
If the person who shared the recipe gave you the Can edit level, you'll also see the Edit button (on the card and in the recipe view). It opens the author's recipe in the editor, with the notice Your changes are saved into their recipe. You cannot delete, publish, share it or see their costs. The owner will see whatever you change in their recipe. See Recipe editor.
Access to a shared recipe depends on the author. If they revoke it or the expiry date they set passes, it no longer appears in your Shared with me and its link shows Recipe unavailable. Copies you've already saved to your recipes remain yours.