Monthly Food Recap: What You Ate and Tried

A monthly food recap is a one-screen look back at what you ate. In Mosey it shows the places you rated, your weeks in a row, new cuisines you tried, the badges you earned and a favorite dish, plus the friend you ate with most. You open it from your profile, and a Share my month button turns it into a picture.

What is a monthly food recap?

It is a summary the app builds from your own ratings. The title reads "Your recap," and the headline changes with what happened: "You tried something new," "Here is your month" or, at the end of the year, "Here is your year." Each recap carries the month or year as a caption, so you know what you are looking at.

Unlike the longer year story, which appears in December, the monthly recap is a lighter, always-available way to see your pattern. It is for people who like numbers about their own habits and want a quick reminder of what they enjoyed.

Mostly you. It is a private mirror that you can choose to share, and it is built for people who like noticing their own habits: how often they rate, how adventurous they were and which meal they would happily eat again. Some people open it on the last day of the month, and others glance at it a week later. There is no deadline and no notification pressure, and nothing in it changes how the app treats you.

Where do you find your recap?

On your profile, where a row reads "Your" and the month and "recap," with the line "See what you ate, tried and earned." For a year, the row says "Your Mosey year." Tap it and the recap opens. If the month is still going, a note says "This month is still going, so these numbers will keep moving," so an early look is never misleading.

What is the dish of the month?

The main numbers are labeled Places rated, Weeks in a row, New badges and New cuisines. A card named "Your dish of the month" shows one dish with the place it came from, taken from the dishes you rated, so naming dishes is what gives it something to say. A card called "Badges you earned" lists any levels you reached.

Which new cuisines count?

That figure counts kinds of food you rated for the first time, based on the cuisine tags on the places. Rate a Thai place when you have only rated Italian and Mexican ones, and the number moves. It is a gentle nudge toward variety, with no target and no penalty for staying with a favorite. Ten Italian meals count once.

Who do you eat most meals with?

A card called "Most meals with" names the person you tagged most often as company, with a count. It reads only from the friends you chose to tag when you rated, and it shows to you. If you never tag anyone, the card has nothing to show and is left out.

Every figure comes from your own activity. Nothing in it compares you with another person, and nobody is named except friends you chose to tag.

What if you had a quiet month?

The app is kind about it. A quiet month gets the title "A quiet month," with a line that says "Rate a couple of places and your next recap will have plenty to look back on." There is no penalty and no streak lost. A busy month is not the goal, and some months are for cooking at home.

If you want a fuller month next time, the quick questions in Best in town and the live rating at the table are the easiest ways to add a rating.

A monthly check-in on your own taste. If the dish of the month is something you ate three times, maybe that is your new favorite. If that cuisine count is zero, maybe it is time to try somewhere different. If you ate with the same friend most often, maybe send them a thank-you. The recap is a prompt for small decisions more than a report card.

How do you share your month?

Tap Share my month, or Share my year when it is a year, and the app makes a card you can send. Like the other share pictures, it is built from counts and dishes, and it ends with a prompt for friends to get their own recap. Choose Story or Post size, then Share image or Copy link. You can skip sharing and keep the recap for yourself.

How does the recap connect to badges and the year story?

The recap is the monthly rhythm behind the bigger story. Badges that you earned in the month appear on it, and the same ratings feed the story in December. If you would like the full tour, read about your year in food, and for the badge levels see the food badges guide.

A recap works best when your ratings name dishes, since that card is drawn from them. The dish rating guide shows how.

Does a recap help local places?

Indirectly, by rewarding the habit of rating. A person who sees their own pattern tends to rate more, and each rating helps the next diner. Mosey is free for a place to list, has no hidden fees and keeps its tools affordable, so a month of ratings supports local places at no cost. For more ideas, browse the US food guides.

Rate a dish in the Mosey app this week, and watch it appear in your recap at month end.