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Help & FAQ

Everything you need to know about preserving your family's recipes and stories.

Getting Started

Setting up your Family Kitchen and inviting relatives.

Recipes & Preservation

Adding recipes, preserving originals, and digitizing handwritten cards.

Deleting & Recovering Recipes

How recipe deletion works — and how to get a recipe back.

Family Tree

Building your family tree and adding relatives.

Memories

Capturing stories and moments behind the recipes.

Family Kitchen Dedication

Honoring the person or people behind your Family Kitchen.

Collections

Organizing recipes into themed groups.

Potluck

Searching for recipes across all your Family Kitchens.

Sharing an Individual Recipe

Sending a beautiful copy of one recipe to anyone — no account needed.

Single-Use Recipe QR Code

Giving one person a read-only copy of one recipe with a QR code.

Share to Family Kitchen

Copying recipes between your own Family Kitchens.

Family Kitchen Invitations

Inviting relatives to join your Family Kitchen with a link or QR code.

Family Kitchen Roles & Sharing Permissions

Who can invite, who can share, and what each role can do.

Privacy & Sharing

How sharing works — and what stays private.

Roles & Permissions

Understanding who can do what in your Family Kitchen.

Language

Using Kitchen Lineage in English or Spanish.

Community & Updates

Staying connected with Kitchen Lineage.

Add to Phone

Installing Kitchen Lineage on your home screen for quick access.

Beta Program & Allowances

How the public beta works — monthly limits and what to expect.

Admin Access

How Kitchen Lineage administrators manage the beta program.