diff --git a/frontend/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeCardSection.vue b/frontend/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeCardSection.vue
index a77ddf0be521..5a6100e0877a 100644
--- a/frontend/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeCardSection.vue
+++ b/frontend/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeCardSection.vue
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <template #activator="{ on, attrs }">
           <v-btn text :icon="$vuetify.breakpoint.xsOnly" v-bind="attrs" :loading="sortLoading" v-on="on">
             <v-icon :left="!$vuetify.breakpoint.xsOnly">
-              {{ $globals.icons.sort }}
+              {{ preferences.sortIcon }}
             </v-icon>
             {{ $vuetify.breakpoint.xsOnly ? null : $t("general.sort") }}
           </v-btn>
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@
             event: 'toggle-dense-view',
           },
         ]"
-        @toggle-dense-view="mobileCards = !mobileCards"
+        @toggle-dense-view="toggleMobileCards()"
       />
     </v-app-bar>
     <div v-if="recipes" class="mt-2">
-      <v-row v-if="!viewScale">
+      <v-row v-if="!useMobileCards">
         <v-col v-for="(recipe, index) in recipes" :key="recipe.slug + index" :sm="6" :md="6" :lg="4" :xl="3">
           <v-lazy>
             <RecipeCard
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ import RecipeCardMobile from "./RecipeCardMobile.vue";
 import { useAsyncKey } from "~/composables/use-utils";
 import { useLazyRecipes, useSorter } from "~/composables/recipes";
 import { Recipe } from "~/types/api-types/recipe";
+import { useUserSortPreferences } from "~/composables/use-users/preferences";
 
 const SORT_EVENT = "sort";
 const REPLACE_RECIPES_EVENT = "replaceRecipes";
@@ -211,7 +212,8 @@ export default defineComponent({
     },
   },
   setup(props, context) {
-    const mobileCards = ref(false);
+    const preferences = useUserSortPreferences();
+
     const utils = useSorter();
 
     const EVENTS = {
@@ -223,8 +225,8 @@ export default defineComponent({
     };
 
     const { $globals, $vuetify } = useContext();
-    const viewScale = computed(() => {
-      return mobileCards.value || $vuetify.breakpoint.smAndDown;
+    const useMobileCards = computed(() => {
+      return $vuetify.breakpoint.smAndDown || preferences.value.useMobileCards;
     });
 
     const displayTitleIcon = computed(() => {
@@ -247,18 +249,20 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
     const page = ref(1);
     const perPage = ref(30);
-    const orderBy = ref("name");
-    const orderDirection = ref("asc");
     const hasMore = ref(true);
-
     const ready = ref(false);
     const loading = ref(false);
 
-    const { recipes, fetchMore } = useLazyRecipes();
+    const { fetchMore } = useLazyRecipes();
 
     onMounted(async () => {
       if (props.usePagination) {
-        const newRecipes = await fetchMore(page.value, perPage.value, orderBy.value, orderDirection.value);
+        const newRecipes = await fetchMore(
+          page.value,
+          perPage.value,
+          preferences.value.orderBy,
+          preferences.value.orderDirection
+        );
         context.emit(REPLACE_RECIPES_EVENT, newRecipes);
         ready.value = true;
       }
@@ -273,7 +277,12 @@ export default defineComponent({
         loading.value = true;
         page.value = page.value + 1;
 
-        const newRecipes = await fetchMore(page.value, perPage.value, orderBy.value, orderDirection.value);
+        const newRecipes = await fetchMore(
+          page.value,
+          perPage.value,
+          preferences.value.orderBy,
+          preferences.value.orderDirection
+        );
         if (!newRecipes.length) {
           hasMore.value = false;
         } else {
@@ -284,51 +293,39 @@ export default defineComponent({
       }, useAsyncKey());
     }, 500);
 
-    /*
-    sortRecipes helps filter using the API. This will eventually replace the sortRecipesFrontend function which pulls all recipes
-    (without pagination) and does the sorting in the frontend.
-
-    TODO: remove sortRecipesFrontend and remove duplicate "sortRecipes" section in the template (above)
-    TODO: use indicator to show asc / desc order
-    */
-
+    /**
+     * sortRecipes helps filter using the API. This will eventually replace the sortRecipesFrontend function which pulls all recipes
+     * (without pagination) and does the sorting in the frontend.
+     * TODO: remove sortRecipesFrontend and remove duplicate "sortRecipes" section in the template (above)
+     * @param sortType
+     */
     function sortRecipes(sortType: string) {
       if (state.sortLoading || loading.value) {
         return;
       }
 
+      function setter(orderBy: string, ascIcon: string, descIcon: string) {
+        if (preferences.value.orderBy !== orderBy) {
+          preferences.value.orderBy = orderBy;
+          preferences.value.orderDirection = "asc";
+        } else {
+          preferences.value.orderDirection = preferences.value.orderDirection === "asc" ? "desc" : "asc";
+        }
+        preferences.value.sortIcon = preferences.value.orderDirection === "asc" ? ascIcon : descIcon;
+      }
+
       switch (sortType) {
         case EVENTS.az:
-          if (orderBy.value !== "name") {
-            orderBy.value = "name";
-            orderDirection.value = "asc";
-          } else {
-            orderDirection.value = orderDirection.value === "asc" ? "desc" : "asc";
-          }
+          setter("name", $globals.icons.sortAlphabeticalAscending, $globals.icons.sortAlphabeticalDescending);
           break;
         case EVENTS.rating:
-          if (orderBy.value !== "rating") {
-            orderBy.value = "rating";
-            orderDirection.value = "desc";
-          } else {
-            orderDirection.value = orderDirection.value === "asc" ? "desc" : "asc";
-          }
+          setter("rating", $globals.icons.sortAscending, $globals.icons.sortDescending);
           break;
         case EVENTS.created:
-          if (orderBy.value !== "created_at") {
-            orderBy.value = "created_at";
-            orderDirection.value = "desc";
-          } else {
-            orderDirection.value = orderDirection.value === "asc" ? "desc" : "asc";
-          }
+          setter("created_at", $globals.icons.sortCalendarAscending, $globals.icons.sortCalendarDescending);
           break;
         case EVENTS.updated:
-          if (orderBy.value !== "update_at") {
-            orderBy.value = "update_at";
-            orderDirection.value = "desc";
-          } else {
-            orderDirection.value = orderDirection.value === "asc" ? "desc" : "asc";
-          }
+          setter("updated_at", $globals.icons.sortClockAscending, $globals.icons.sortClockDescending);
           break;
         default:
           console.log("Unknown Event", sortType);
@@ -344,7 +341,12 @@ export default defineComponent({
         loading.value = true;
 
         // fetch new recipes
-        const newRecipes = await fetchMore(page.value, perPage.value, orderBy.value, orderDirection.value);
+        const newRecipes = await fetchMore(
+          page.value,
+          perPage.value,
+          preferences.value.orderBy,
+          preferences.value.orderDirection
+        );
         context.emit(REPLACE_RECIPES_EVENT, newRecipes);
 
         state.sortLoading = false;
@@ -379,17 +381,22 @@ export default defineComponent({
       state.sortLoading = false;
     }
 
+    function toggleMobileCards() {
+      preferences.value.useMobileCards = !preferences.value.useMobileCards;
+    }
+
     return {
-      mobileCards,
       ...toRefs(state),
-      EVENTS,
-      viewScale,
       displayTitleIcon,
+      EVENTS,
       infiniteScroll,
       loading,
       navigateRandom,
+      preferences,
       sortRecipes,
       sortRecipesFrontend,
+      toggleMobileCards,
+      useMobileCards,
     };
   },
 });
diff --git a/frontend/composables/use-users/preferences.ts b/frontend/composables/use-users/preferences.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12d82b4639b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/composables/use-users/preferences.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { Ref, useContext } from "@nuxtjs/composition-api";
+import { useLocalStorage } from "@vueuse/core";
+
+export interface UserRecipePreferences {
+  orderBy: string;
+  orderDirection: string;
+  sortIcon: string;
+  useMobileCards: boolean;
+}
+
+export function useUserSortPreferences(): Ref<UserRecipePreferences> {
+  const { $globals } = useContext();
+
+  const fromStorage = useLocalStorage(
+    "recipe-section-preferences",
+    {
+      orderBy: "name",
+      orderDirection: "asc",
+      sortIcon: $globals.icons.sortAlphabeticalAscending,
+      useMobileCards: false,
+    },
+    { mergeDefaults: true }
+    // we cast to a Ref because by default it will return an optional type ref
+    // but since we pass defaults we know all properties are set.
+  ) as Ref<UserRecipePreferences>;
+
+  return fromStorage;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 4f7afb5c64ec..a23b52fb10d5 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "@nuxtjs/proxy": "^2.1.0",
     "@nuxtjs/pwa": "^3.3.5",
     "@vue/composition-api": "^1.6.2",
-    "@vueuse/core": "^8.5.0",
+    "@vueuse/core": "^9.0.2",
     "core-js": "^3.23.1",
     "date-fns": "^2.28.0",
     "fuse.js": "^6.6.2",
diff --git a/frontend/plugins/globals.ts b/frontend/plugins/globals.ts
index 554a9f8c2d10..4fe5642f60f2 100644
--- a/frontend/plugins/globals.ts
+++ b/frontend/plugins/globals.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { Plugin } from "@nuxt/types"
+import { Plugin } from "@nuxt/types";
+import { Framework } from "vuetify";
 import { icons } from "~/utils/icons";
 import { Icon } from "~/utils/icons/icon-type";
 
@@ -15,13 +16,14 @@ declare module "vue/types/vue" {
 declare module "@nuxt/types" {
   interface Context {
     $globals: Globals;
+    $vuetify: Framework;
   }
 }
 
 const globalsPlugin: Plugin = (_, inject) => {
   inject("globals", {
-    icons
+    icons,
   });
 };
 
-export default globalsPlugin
+export default globalsPlugin;
diff --git a/frontend/utils/icons/icon-type.ts b/frontend/utils/icons/icon-type.ts
index e34a677858d0..a33776204631 100644
--- a/frontend/utils/icons/icon-type.ts
+++ b/frontend/utils/icons/icon-type.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ export interface Icon {
   shareVariant: string;
   shuffleVariant: string;
   sort: string;
+  sortAscending: string;
+  sortDescending: string;
+  sortAlphabeticalAscending: string;
+  sortAlphabeticalDescending: string;
+  sortCalendarAscending: string;
+  sortCalendarDescending: string;
+  sortClockAscending: string;
+  sortClockDescending: string;
   star: string;
   testTube: string;
   tools: string;
diff --git a/frontend/utils/icons/icons.ts b/frontend/utils/icons/icons.ts
index afee11b860e0..41a45e02bb9a 100644
--- a/frontend/utils/icons/icons.ts
+++ b/frontend/utils/icons/icons.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ import {
   mdiCodeJson,
   mdiCog,
   mdiSort,
+  mdiSortAscending,
+  mdiSortDescending,
+  mdiSortAlphabeticalAscending,
+  mdiSortAlphabeticalDescending,
+  mdiSortCalendarAscending,
+  mdiSortCalendarDescending,
+  mdiSortClockAscending,
+  mdiSortClockDescending,
   mdiOrderAlphabeticalAscending,
   mdiStar,
   mdiNewBox,
@@ -194,6 +202,14 @@ export const icons = {
   shareVariant: mdiShareVariant,
   shuffleVariant: mdiShuffleVariant,
   sort: mdiSort,
+  sortAscending: mdiSortAscending,
+  sortDescending: mdiSortDescending,
+  sortAlphabeticalAscending: mdiSortAlphabeticalAscending,
+  sortAlphabeticalDescending: mdiSortAlphabeticalDescending,
+  sortCalendarAscending: mdiSortCalendarAscending,
+  sortCalendarDescending: mdiSortCalendarDescending,
+  sortClockAscending: mdiSortClockAscending,
+  sortClockDescending: mdiSortClockDescending,
   star: mdiStar,
   testTube: mdiTestTube,
   tools: mdiTools,
diff --git a/frontend/yarn.lock b/frontend/yarn.lock
index bc6da871ecde..4d49267888a1 100644
--- a/frontend/yarn.lock
+++ b/frontend/yarn.lock
@@ -2227,6 +2227,11 @@
   dependencies:
     source-map "^0.6.1"
 
+"@types/web-bluetooth@^0.0.15":
+  version "0.0.15"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/web-bluetooth/-/web-bluetooth-0.0.15.tgz#d60330046a6ed8a13b4a53df3813c44942ebdf72"
+  integrity sha512-w7hEHXnPMEZ+4nGKl/KDRVpxkwYxYExuHOYXyzIzCDzEZ9ZCGMAewulr9IqJu2LR4N37fcnb1XVeuZ09qgOxhA==
+
 "@types/webpack-bundle-analyzer@3.9.3":
   version "3.9.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/webpack-bundle-analyzer/-/webpack-bundle-analyzer-3.9.3.tgz#3a12025eb5d86069c30b47a157e62c0aca6e39a1"
@@ -2550,24 +2555,25 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@vue/shared/-/shared-3.2.37.tgz#8e6adc3f2759af52f0e85863dfb0b711ecc5c702"
   integrity sha512-4rSJemR2NQIo9Klm1vabqWjD8rs/ZaJSzMxkMNeJS6lHiUjjUeYFbooN19NgFjztubEKh3WlZUeOLVdbbUWHsw==
 
-"@vueuse/core@^8.5.0":
-  version "8.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@vueuse/core/-/core-8.5.0.tgz#2b7548e52165c88e1463756c36188e105d806543"
-  integrity sha512-VEJ6sGNsPlUp0o9BGda2YISvDZbhWJSOJu5zlp2TufRGVrLcYUKr31jyFEOj6RXzG3k/H4aCYeZyjpItfU8glw==
+"@vueuse/core@^9.0.2":
+  version "9.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@vueuse/core/-/core-9.0.2.tgz#e6e59c45b43c1ffe4ad5149853a1ea4e8f1e3b12"
+  integrity sha512-kOIqaQPSs7OSByWg1ulEKRUJbsq3FmbJiUr0RhEKpt3O1Uhl4DrDj85DUbQBABVYgPvSaY6AE/fP3/FOcRIOoQ==
   dependencies:
-    "@vueuse/metadata" "8.5.0"
-    "@vueuse/shared" "8.5.0"
+    "@types/web-bluetooth" "^0.0.15"
+    "@vueuse/metadata" "9.0.2"
+    "@vueuse/shared" "9.0.2"
     vue-demi "*"
 
-"@vueuse/metadata@8.5.0":
-  version "8.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@vueuse/metadata/-/metadata-8.5.0.tgz#1aaa3787922cfda0f38243aaa7779366a669b4db"
-  integrity sha512-WxsD+Cd+bn+HcjpY6Dl9FJ8ywTRTT9pTwk3bCQpzEhXVYAyNczKDSahk50fCfIJKeWHhyI4B2+/ZEOxQAkUr0g==
+"@vueuse/metadata@9.0.2":
+  version "9.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@vueuse/metadata/-/metadata-9.0.2.tgz#373fdeb552f2a002ddc1f36c4027c936d78f8cb5"
+  integrity sha512-TRh+TNUYXiodatSAxd0xZc7sh4RfktVVgNFIN7TCQXKyancbCAcWfHvKfgdlX8LcqSBxKoHVa90n0XdUbboTkw==
 
-"@vueuse/shared@8.5.0":
-  version "8.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@vueuse/shared/-/shared-8.5.0.tgz#fa01ecd3161933f521dd6428b9ef8015ded1bbd3"
-  integrity sha512-qKG+SZb44VvGD4dU5cQ63z4JE2Yk39hQUecR0a9sEdJA01cx+XrxAvFKJfPooxwoiqalAVw/ktWK6xbyc/jS3g==
+"@vueuse/shared@9.0.2":
+  version "9.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@vueuse/shared/-/shared-9.0.2.tgz#d3fb03594a9482d264702c67efe71d691ce67084"
+  integrity sha512-KwBDefK2ljLESpt0ffe2w8EGUCb3IaMfTzeytB/uHHjHOGOEIHLHHyn8W2C48uGQEvoe5iwaW4Bfp8cRUM6IFA==
   dependencies:
     vue-demi "*"