what’s Recepie Star?

a small kitchen journal built around slow food, real ingredients, and the people we share them with.

how it started

Recepie Star began in a tiny apartment kitchen with a broken oven and a lot of determination. what started as a way to document experiments for friends slowly turned into a collection of recipes that felt like home — from golden braises to no‑fuss skillet cakes.

We believe that a good recipe should feel like a conversation. No stiffness, no perfectionism — just the smells, sounds, and tiny failures that make cooking human.

— m & j

our philosophy

🍋 cook what you have. We’ll always suggest swaps and simplifications.
🥣 low stress, high flavour. No twenty‑step techniques, just good intuition.
🌿 seasonal and imperfect. Wilted spinach? It’ll probably still be great.

Every recipe on this site has been cooked at least a dozen times — first for us, then for neighbours, finally for you.

the two behind the stove

jules rivera

recipe tinkerer · baker

Jules is the one who never follows a recipe twice — she’s responsible for the “optional but encouraged” notes. Loves burnt edges and salty sweets.

maya sterling

savoury queen · storyteller

Maya tests every recipe at least three times and writes the stories. She believes a good stew and a good anecdote should always be shared.

pickle

chief quality assurance

Retired street cat now in charge of counter supervision and knocking stray onions off the table. No one does it better.

no algorithms, just appetite.

We don’t track you, we don’t sell you — just recipes, one at a time.
(Okay, we might ask for your pepper preference.)

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✉️ say hello — hello@simmerandspoon.fake (we reply within a day, usually)
📍 based in portland & atlanta