Recipe card art

Home cooks, small cafés and food bloggers can use Raphael AI (free AI image generator, https://raphael.app) to draft recipe-card illustrations and menu backgrounds. This repo keeps the prompts that gave appetising, honest-looking results.

Two styles that work

Watercolour card

watercolour illustration of a bowl of tomato soup with basil leaves and a slice of bread, white paper texture, soft edges, no text

Overhead photo look

overhead photo of a wooden table with a skillet of roasted vegetables, linen napkin, natural daylight, shallow depth of field

Tips

• Name the dish and two visible ingredients; the model needs anchors.
• Say “steam rising” only for hot dishes — it is a strong cue and easy to overuse.
• Avoid “delicious” and “tasty”; describe texture instead (crispy edges, glossy sauce).
• Keep the plate simple; patterned crockery competes with the food.

For menus

Generate a background texture (flour-dusted board, chalkboard, kraft paper) in Raphael AI and set your menu text on top in a layout tool. Never rely on generated lettering for prices.

Illustrations drafted with Raphael AI — free text to image — https://raphael.app