Our Commitments

Simple promises, kept in public. This page was simplified on 2026-06-11; every promise below stands, permanently, at this address.

To the people who download Sofra

Every recipe is free to read, always. On this website, all 214 — title, ingredients, full step-by-step instructions, photo and cultural context — are free to read, with no account, no sign-in and no paywall. In the app, 85 recipes are free to cook in full; every other recipe still opens its story and origin to everyone, and membership opens its ingredients and method.

Changed 2026-07-16, said plainly here as promised: this page used to say all 214 recipes were free inside the app, forever. When membership launched, that stopped being true of the app, and leaving the old sentence up would have been a lie. It remains true of this website, which is why every recipe stays open here. Anyone who installed Sofra before that change keeps full free access to everything, for life.

No third-party ads. Ever. No banners, no video ads, no sponsored recipes. Sofra is funded by an optional membership — current prices are shown on the App Store, on Google Play and inside the app, so they are never out of date here — and, where clearly marked, small affiliate commissions on ingredient links. Never by ads.

Your data stays minimal and is never sold. No advertiser sharing, no cross-app tracking. Privacy policy: sofrabeirut.com/privacy.

To the cooks behind the recipes

Sofra shares its earnings directly with the cooks who taught us these recipes. When Sofra earns, they earn. Contributors are credited by name where they wish; named or not, their privacy choices are respected — always.

We attribute, we do not invent. Heritage dishes carried by generations without a single author are credited to the tradition, not claimed by us. If your family cooks a dish differently, your version is also right.

If we got something wrong

Spotted an error — especially in the 49 Idlib dishes? Write to support@sofrabeirut.com. A real person answers every message. We correct, credit, and thank you publicly. And if any promise on this page ever changes, we say so here, with a date and a reason.