The moleskine Planner is perfect for those small hand me down and internet downloaded recipes. The cover is a black soft leather with glossy imprints fg kitchen utensils. A black back -attached elastic band easily holds the book together.  The beginning pages include useful things like a planning section with events/dates/notes column, a food harvest calender for the chart for the northern and southern hemisphere, A food fact chart charting common foods, amt of one serving, calories/carbs/protein and fat, a measurement and conversion page and a small separate booklet that translates between English, French, German, Italian, Korean (I think) and Spanish. The pages are very detailed, yet sparse. In the 8" x 5" journal, you only have about a three by four inch rectangle to right down the preparation instructions. Each page has a separate recipe heading, ingredient and preparation block, on the side there is a column that allows you to rate the difficulty (by coloring in any of the 5 empty circles), servings indicator (again choosing the 2/4/6/8 or ... circle choices), a place to write preparation time, cooking time, cooking process (with a picture and space for a microwave, oven and stove, wine pairings, notes, and rating (where you color in the 5 outline of stars).