diff --git a/frontend/composables/store/use-cookbook-store.ts b/frontend/composables/store/use-cookbook-store.ts
index cbcfb6d36..34e7522a3 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/store/use-cookbook-store.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/store/use-cookbook-store.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { useReadOnlyStore } from "../partials/use-store-factory";
-import { usePublicExploreApi, useUserApi } from "~/composables/api";
+import { useReadOnlyStore, useStore } from "../partials/use-store-factory";
 import type { RecipeCookBook } from "~/lib/api/types/cookbook";
+import { usePublicExploreApi, useUserApi } from "~/composables/api";
 
 const store: Ref<RecipeCookBook[]> = ref([]);
 const loading = ref(false);
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const publicLoading = ref(false);
 
 export const useCookbookStore = function () {
   const api = useUserApi();
-  return useReadOnlyStore<RecipeCookBook>(store, loading, api.cookbooks);
+  return useStore<RecipeCookBook>(store, loading, api.cookbooks);
 };
 
 export const usePublicCookbookStore = function (groupSlug: string) {
diff --git a/frontend/composables/use-group-cookbooks.ts b/frontend/composables/use-group-cookbooks.ts
index 681797c4a..0cdeee82a 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/use-group-cookbooks.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/use-group-cookbooks.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
-// TODO: this should be a part of use-cookbook-store, which does mostly the same thing but only for reads
-
 import { useAsyncKey } from "./use-utils";
 import { usePublicExploreApi } from "./api/api-client";
-import { useHouseholdSelf } from "./use-households";
 import { useUserApi } from "~/composables/api";
-import { useCookbookStore } from "~/composables/store/use-cookbook-store";
-import type { ReadCookBook, UpdateCookBook } from "~/lib/api/types/cookbook";
-
-let cookbookStore: Ref<ReadCookBook[] | null> | null = null;
 
 export const useCookbook = function (publicGroupSlug: string | null = null) {
   function getOne(id: string | number) {
@@ -25,153 +18,3 @@ export const useCookbook = function (publicGroupSlug: string | null = null) {
 
   return { getOne };
 };
-
-export const usePublicCookbooks = function (groupSlug: string) {
-  const api = usePublicExploreApi(groupSlug).explore;
-  const loading = ref(false);
-
-  const actions = {
-    getAll() {
-      loading.value = true;
-      const { data: units } = useAsyncData(useAsyncKey(), async () => {
-        const { data } = await api.cookbooks.getAll(1, -1, { orderBy: "position", orderDirection: "asc" });
-
-        if (data) {
-          return data.items;
-        }
-        else {
-          return null;
-        }
-      });
-
-      loading.value = false;
-      return units;
-    },
-    async refreshAll() {
-      loading.value = true;
-      const { data } = await api.cookbooks.getAll(1, -1, { orderBy: "position", orderDirection: "asc" });
-
-      if (data && data.items && cookbookStore) {
-        cookbookStore.value = data.items;
-      }
-
-      loading.value = false;
-    },
-    flushStore() {
-      cookbookStore = null;
-    },
-  };
-
-  if (!cookbookStore) {
-    cookbookStore = actions.getAll();
-  }
-
-  return { cookbooks: cookbookStore, actions };
-};
-
-export const useCookbooks = function () {
-  const api = useUserApi();
-  const { household } = useHouseholdSelf();
-  const loading = ref(false);
-  const cookbookStoreSidebar = useCookbookStore();
-
-  const i18n = useI18n();
-
-  const actions = {
-    getAll() {
-      loading.value = true;
-      const { data: units } = useAsyncData(useAsyncKey(), async () => {
-        const { data } = await api.cookbooks.getAll(1, -1, { orderBy: "position", orderDirection: "asc" });
-
-        if (data) {
-          return data.items;
-        }
-        else {
-          return null;
-        }
-      });
-
-      loading.value = false;
-      return units;
-    },
-    async refreshAll() {
-      loading.value = true;
-      const { data } = await api.cookbooks.getAll(1, -1, { orderBy: "position", orderDirection: "asc" });
-
-      if (data && data.items && cookbookStore) {
-        cookbookStore.value = data.items;
-
-        // The sidebar uses a different store, so we need to refresh it too
-        cookbookStoreSidebar.store.value = data.items;
-      }
-
-      loading.value = false;
-    },
-    async createOne(name: string | null = null) {
-      loading.value = true;
-      const { data } = await api.cookbooks.createOne({
-        name: name || i18n.t("cookbook.household-cookbook-name", [household.value?.name || "", String((cookbookStore?.value?.length ?? 0) + 1)]) as string,
-        position: (cookbookStore?.value?.length ?? 0) + 1,
-        queryFilterString: "",
-      });
-      if (data && cookbookStore?.value) {
-        cookbookStore.value.push(data);
-      }
-      else {
-        this.refreshAll();
-      }
-
-      loading.value = false;
-      return data;
-    },
-    async updateOne(updateData: UpdateCookBook) {
-      if (!updateData.id) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      loading.value = true;
-      const { data } = await api.cookbooks.updateOne(updateData.id, updateData);
-      if (data && cookbookStore?.value) {
-        this.refreshAll();
-      }
-      loading.value = false;
-      return data;
-    },
-
-    async updateOrder(cookbooks: ReadCookBook[]) {
-      if (!cookbooks?.length) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      loading.value = true;
-
-      cookbooks.forEach((element, index) => {
-        element.position = index + 1;
-      });
-
-      const { data } = await api.cookbooks.updateAll(cookbooks);
-
-      if (data && cookbookStore?.value) {
-        this.refreshAll();
-      }
-
-      loading.value = true;
-    },
-    async deleteOne(id: string | number) {
-      loading.value = true;
-      const { data } = await api.cookbooks.deleteOne(id);
-      if (data && cookbookStore?.value) {
-        this.refreshAll();
-      }
-    },
-    flushStore() {
-      cookbookStore = null;
-    },
-  };
-
-  if (!cookbookStore) {
-    cookbookStore = actions.getAll();
-  }
-
-  return { cookbooks: cookbookStore, actions };
-};