diff --git a/apps/web/components/recipe/recipes-grid.tsx b/apps/web/components/recipe/recipes-grid.tsx
index e371a58..5999798 100644
--- a/apps/web/components/recipe/recipes-grid.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/components/recipe/recipes-grid.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ type Recipe = {
 
 /** Stops the click from bubbling to the card's own Link/select handler. */
 function StopPropagation({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
-  return <div onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}>{children}</div>;
+  // preventDefault is required too — stopPropagation alone doesn't stop the ancestor
+  // Link's native anchor navigation, since that's the browser's default action for the
+  // click event reaching the <a>, not a bubbling JS handler stopPropagation can block.
+  return <div onClick={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); }}>{children}</div>;
 }
 
 type ViewMode = "grid" | "list" | "compact";