diff --git a/comfyrecipes/parsing.py b/comfyrecipes/parsing.py
index da2327b..49f6e9f 100644
--- a/comfyrecipes/parsing.py
+++ b/comfyrecipes/parsing.py
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ class Recipe(Element):
         self,
         ctx: Context,
         title: str,
+        description: Optional[SafeHTML],
         source: Optional[SafeHTML],
         ingredients: List[IngredientInstance],
         subrecipes: List["Recipe"],
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ class Recipe(Element):
         self.srcpath = ""
         self.outpath = ""
         self.title = title
+        self.description = description
         self.ingredients = ingredients
         self.subrecipes = subrecipes
         self.price = price
@@ -328,9 +330,14 @@ class Recipe(Element):
         if "source" in dct:
             source = SafeHTML.from_markdown(dct["source"])
 
+        description = None
+        if "description" in dct:
+            description = SafeHTML.from_markdown(dct["description"])
+
         return cls(
             ctx=ctx,
             title=dct["title"],
+            description=description,
             source=source,
             ingredients=ingredients,
             subrecipes=subrecipes,
diff --git a/comfyrecipes/schemas/recipe.json b/comfyrecipes/schemas/recipe.json
index e2220b0..0ca33bd 100644
--- a/comfyrecipes/schemas/recipe.json
+++ b/comfyrecipes/schemas/recipe.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "additionalProperties": false,
     "properties": {
         "title": { "type": "string" },
+        "description": { "type": "string" },
         "source": { "type": "string" },
         "ingredients": {
             "type": "array",
diff --git a/comfyrecipes/templates/recipe.html b/comfyrecipes/templates/recipe.html
index 0b1bde7..d7824cb 100644
--- a/comfyrecipes/templates/recipe.html
+++ b/comfyrecipes/templates/recipe.html
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 {{getrecipe(subrecipe)}}
 {% endfor %}
 <h1>{{rec.title}}</h1>
+{% if rec.description != None %}<p>{{rec.description.html|safe}}</p>{%endif%}
 {% if rec.source != None %}source: {{rec.source.html|safe}}{%endif%}
 {% if rec.ingredients|length != 0 %}
 <h3>Ingredients</h3>