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Narrator: When I was little, my grandma was always cooking next to me. She showed me what to do. She answered every little question. And she always knew when it was ready. Then I grew up. I got busy. I saved hundreds of recipes... and cooked almost none. Once in a while, I'd try to cook. But it never felt easy. I'd forget what came next. I'd wonder, is this too much salt? Is it done yet? And my hands were always too messy to look. So we made Cook Along. Import any recipe you love. Cook Along turns it into steps you can really follow. Before you start, Coco tells you what matters most.
Coco: Hi, I'm Coco, your cooking assistant.
Narrator: Okay Coco, what's next?
Coco: Add chicken and sauté, stirring occasionally.
Narrator: Coco, I don't have mirin. What can I use?
Coco: No mirin? Use dry sherry, sake, or just extra one tablespoon water plus one teaspoon sugar.
Narrator: Coco, how do I know when it's ready?
Coco: The chicken is ready when no longer pink inside and juices run clear. Want me to take a look?
Narrator: Coco, look.
Coco: Let me see. I see the chicken pieces in the pan and they are ready for the sauce. Go ahead and pour it over now to coat them evenly.
Narrator: Find a recipe. Plan your week. Your shopping list writes itself. Little by little, I started cooking again. I brought back my grandma's recipes, and now I plan home-cooked meals for my family every week. Technology keeps changing. But cooking still brings us together. Now I'm the one cooking for the people I love. Cook Along. Make cooking simpler than ever.
A note from Sharon
Hi, I'm Sharon. I make Cook Along.
As a kid, I stood next to my grandma the whole time she cooked, asking questions. I still miss having someone right there to ask, "Is this enough?"
These days I save more recipes than I cook. When I do cook, I lose my place, can't tell if something's done, and my hands are too messy to touch my phone.
When I saw RevenueCat's Shipaton, I gave myself one week to build the hardest part first: a voice assistant you can talk to with flour on your hands. It worked well enough to convince me — the real bugs came later.
From the start, I knew one thing: I didn't want AI making up recipes. A recipe carries generations of people's knowledge, culture and experience. The recipes in Cook Along come from people who cooked and shared them. AI shouldn't replace that. Its job is to help you understand those recipes and actually cook them, especially when the recipe on the page stops being enough.
That's Coco. Bring in a recipe from a website, YouTube or Instagram, and Cook Along turns it into clear steps. Then start with "Coco" and ask what's next, how much goes in, or whether it looks done.
It's free to try. I'd love to hear what you cook: hello@cookalongapp.com.
— Sharon
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