About Dish Rolodex
A personal recipe library and dinner wheel—save what you cook, tag it, and let Olga pick tonight's meal.
Dish Rolodex is for anyone who has a stable set of recipes they return to again and again—and who is tired of scrolling feeds or generic "what should I make" lists. You build a personal recipe rolodex in the browser: names, ingredients, steps, photos if you like, and tags so you can filter before you spin.
The Tonight tab is a dinner decision wheel. It picks fairly from your dishes (with optional tag filters and favorites weighted on the wheel) so dinner gets chosen without another group chat debate. More on that in our guide to what to cook tonight.
Because data stays on your device, Dish Rolodex works as a private recipe organizer and offline-friendly companion once loaded. Use Settings for JSON backup and restore when you change phones or browsers. Prefer a deep dive? Read how we think about a recipe organizer app and the dinner wheel.
Common questions
- What is Dish Rolodex?
- Dish Rolodex is a free web app that works like a personal recipe rolodex: you save dishes you actually cook, add ingredients and steps, tag them (weeknight, comfort food, date night, and so on), then let Olga spin a fair wheel and pick what's for dinner from your own recipes.
- Is my recipe data private?
- Yes. Your dishes live in your browser's local storage on your device. There is no account required for the library itself, and your recipes are not uploaded to our servers for normal use. You can export a JSON backup from Settings if you want a copy or to move to another device.
- How does the spin wheel work?
- Tonight is the spin wheel tab. Olga randomly selects one dish from the list you are spinning against (optionally filtered by tags or favorites). It is a fun, low-friction way to decide dinner when you already know you want something from your own collection.
- Can I use Dish Rolodex for meal planning?
- Many people use it as a lightweight meal planning companion: keep a curated set of go-to recipes, log what you cooked with Cooked it, and spin when you do not want to decide. It complements calendars and grocery apps by focusing on the decision of which saved dish to make tonight.
- Who built Dish Rolodex?
- Dish Rolodex was dreamed up by Olga and built by Hankified. It is a small, opinionated tool for people who want a personal recipe library and a bit of whimsy when choosing dinner.