Newsletter delayed one day. Building did not stop. We added the GIF button. We added polls. We’re making Nostr more fun, one feature at a time. Make Nostr fun again 🍳⚡️

Our Sous Chef dices this recipe up from All Recipes dot com and has it ready for Zap Cooking in under 30 seconds. View quoted note →

Zap Cooking isn't a food app. It's the internet rebuilt right. Integrated wallet, community-first design, group chats, peer-to-peer market (soon!). Everything you need in one open protocol. This is what wins in five years. We're just early. Join us

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Zap Cooking - Food. Friends. Freedom.

A place where food culture can live openly and grow naturally. Share recipes, support creators directly, no algorithms or ads.

#nourish View quoted note →

Food connects people. Nostr connects communities. Zap Cooking is where they meet. Share recipes, discover culture, pay with Lightning. Your gateway to a freer internet starts in the kitchen. 

zap.cooking

Zap Cooking - Food. Friends. Freedom.

A place where food culture can live openly and grow naturally. Share recipes, support creators directly, no algorithms or ads.

Fiber doesn't get the hype it deserves. It's not sexy. It's not trending. But it keeps everything running. Beans, oats, vegetables — the basics work.

We added the GIF button ✅

No VC money. No corporate sponsors. Just cooks sharing recipes and getting zapped directly. Grassroots isn't a marketing angle—it's how we're built.

Started in a kitchen, built by people who cook. No boardroom decided this should exist. Just creators, eaters, and Lightning payments flowing directly between them. That's grassroots.

Recipe sites hide the good stuff under life stories. We just give you the recipe and let you zap the cook if it's worth it. Simple.

Fish fry season is here. 🐟Every Friday during Lent, the question is the same: what's the best thing on the menu? Fried cod, walleye, mac and cheese on the side? Tell me your go-to. 👇

69% off sponsor slots. Nice. But also real — we're building Zap Cooking with support from people who get it. Join the party 🥳

zap.cooking

Zap Cooking - Food. Friends. Freedom.

A place where food culture can live openly and grow naturally. Share recipes, support creators directly, no algorithms or ads.

Please support our sponsor @Oshi (推し) who provides delicious and nutritious HODL butter and other great products. View quoted note →

Ever notice how the simplest ingredients make the best food? Salt, butter, garlic. That's it. That's the formula.

Ready to cook smarter? Zap Cooking membership gives you Zappy AI for personalized help, Sous Chef to turn any food photo into a recipe, and the ability to monetize your own recipes with Lightning. Check it out at zap.cooking/membership

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Zap Cooking Newsletter — Issue 6

Sponsors arrive, experiments continue, and we’re building new peer-to-peer tools as Zap Cooking grows in the open.

Welcome @Oshi (推し) as the first official Zap Cooking sponsor ⚡️ Real food. Real builders. Value for value. Appreciate you stepping up and helping support the open food web. Please check out

Oshi — Artisan Nut Butters & Chocolate

Handcrafted nut butters, chocolates and more. Small batch. No fillers. Pay with Bitcoin.

and try some of his delicious products (the Hodl Butter is amazing 😋) View quoted note →

Early March means planning season. What you plant now shapes what you eat all summer. Herbs, lettuce, peas — they're all ready to go.

Today we’re rolling out a couple new ways to improve your experience on Zap Cooking while also helping support what we’re building 🍳⚡️ We’re testing in public and trying some new ideas. Boost Recipe 🚀 Want more eyes on a recipe? You can now boost it and give it priority placement on the homepage and recipe page. Simple way to get noticed, and a simple way to support Zap Cooking while you do it. Paid Partnerships 🤝 We’re starting to explore ways for aligned brands, builders, and entrepreneurs to show up on Zap Cooking through featured placements. That can mean a spot on our Sponsors page, or headline placement on the landing page and Explore page for 24 hours, 3 days, 7 days, or 30 days. There are a lot of good people building good things on Nostr, and we think it makes sense to create space for others to discover products and projects inside the circular economy. You can check out the sponsor page here:

zap.cooking

Zap Cooking - Food. Friends. Freedom.

A place where food culture can live openly and grow naturally. Share recipes, support creators directly, no algorithms or ads.

This is new. We’re still learning. But we wanted to get it live, make it Lightning-enabled, keep it transparent, and start testing with real users ⚡️ That’s how this platform has grown from the start. Grateful for the early users and adopters who keep showing up and helping shape what Zap Cooking becomes.

We're open source because recipes should be too. Knowledge shared freely, improved by everyone. The best dishes come from communities, not corporations.