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Cookware Deluxe 3.0 
- Version: 3.0, 5/17/2007 02:33PM PST
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judygruhn
Cookware Deluxe 3.0 - Version: 3.0, 5/17/2007 02:30PM PST
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judygruhnWhile I still have some problems with this version, on the whole I can do nothing but praise it. Recipes are imported into it from previous versions almost effortlessly. You can now have more than one choice in any category - for example, a recipe can be listed as party, company, poultry or whatever in the cookbook category, can have multiple major ingredients, etc.
You can create market lists, create menus and save menus and search sets so that the next time you need to look for, let's say, chicken salad recipes, you can just pull up that set. And as you add new recipes in that category, they will automatically be added to the saved set.
There is spell checking and automatic formatting - though this can cause some problems as there are times the program needs to search through multiple databases which can be frustrating as you type and wait.
Using Find to bring up a recipe is a breeze!
It is a snap to drag or cut and paste recipes from the web into the program; you can drag photos right to the recipe page as well.
I do feel there are some problems to be worked out in subsequent versions- at times the program can seem painfully slow; typing in a recipe is slower than copying or pasting and it doesn't seem to matter if you have formatting turned on or off. However, much of the frustration I felt at first has disappeared as I have used the program and I feel there will be much improvement in subsequent versions. As always you can great support from the author
Includes a very basic meal planner (Review and product comparison) - Version: 2.1, 4/25/2006 09:40AM PST
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kalstaBad:
- Predictable database interface — doesn't feel like a real application
- Clumsy navigation and search interface
- Shopping list feature (called Market List) is difficult to find and cumbersome to use
- no automatic serve scaling
- meal planner is only very basic
The programs I tested, roughly in order of preference were:
- Connoisseur 1.1.7 (great interface)
- A Cook's Books 0.9.19 (feature rich)
- Shop'NCook 3.1 (includes nutritional database)
- Organized Gourmet 1.2 (calendar based meal planning)
- MacGourmet 1.1.7 (attractive interface, includes wine notes)
- iCuistot 1.1.1 (includes nutritional database — sort of)
- Kitchen 1.0 (simple interface)
- Yum 0.7.8 (simple recipe manager)
- Measuring Cup 1.1.1 (simple interface)
- CookWare Deluxe 2.1 (includes a very basic meal planner)
- The Computer Cookbook 3.1
Note: There are many others that I didn't test at all because they looked less promising, based on their descriptions and other people's reviews. There is one commercial product (TheRecipeManager) I refuse to test because of the developer's crazy policy of buy before you try. While I have tried to give a fair and honest appraisal of each product, I don't pretend that each review is exhaustive or totally without error. If I have overlooked any feature, it's possibly an indication that the feature was difficult to find or unintuitive to use.
While I still have some problems with this version, on the whole I can do nothing but praise it. Recipes are imported into it from previous versions almost effortlessly. You can now have more than one choice in any category - for example, a recipe can be listed as party, company, poultry or whatever in the cookbook category, can have multiple major ingredients, etc.
You can create market lists, create menus and save menus and search sets so that the next time you need to look for, let's say, chicken salad recipes, you can just pull up that set. And as you add new recipes in that category, they will automatically be added to the saved set.
There is spell checking and automatic formatting - though this can cause some problems as there are times the program needs to search through multiple databases which can be frustrating as you type and wait.
Using Find to bring up a recipe is a breeze!
It is a snap to drag or cut and paste recipes from the web into the program; you can drag photos right to the recipe page as well.
I do feel there are some problems to be worked out in subsequent versions- at times the program can seem painfully slow; typing in a recipe is slower than copying or pasting and it doesn't seem to matter if you have formatting turned on or off. However, much of the frustration I felt at first has disappeared as I have used the program and I feel there will be much improvement in subsequent versions. As always you can great support from the author