As a retired chef with a Mac, I consider this application to be by far the best available for the Mac. The developer is most responsive to feed-back, help requests and never cuts you short.

Having been an avid MasterCook Mac user in years past, I had more than 10,000 recipes on my Mac. A Cook’s Books imported them all almost seamlessly. It removed the shear panic I was experiencing with the discontinuation of MasterCook for OS X!

A Cook’s Books provides some features MasterCook never thought of and misses a few MasterCook had. Those that are missing, I do not notice.

For any serous recipe collector, from the person who only wants a reliable data base for their recipes to the professional chef who needs every detail of a recipe available and readable, A Cook’s Book handles the need.

I must wonder... when will A Cook’s Books get out of being “beta?” It seems in all respects to me, to have already moved out of the beta stag and in to the “released” versions... but, I am not privy to the “to do” list of the developer.

One thing I’d like to see attention given to is the On Line Help. Because of this I give the “Support/Documentation” field less than excellent.