-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Long post - Recipe Software
- From: Keyboard Cowboy <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:36:52 -0500
I'm glad you're back onboard Dave. Did you also note the site to download
thousands of recipes?
Regards,
Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy"
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Cincinnati, OH -- Scottsdale, AZ
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"There's a statistical theory that if you gave a million monkeys typewriters
and set them to work, they'd eventually come up with the complete works of
Shakespeare. Thanks to the Internet, we now know this isn't true."
-- Ian Hart
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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:16:49 -0500, David Weaver wrote:
| Just stumbed on this message. My wife and I have used this program
| in the past. We lost it for a while after we upgraded computer
| systems and it got lost in the shuffle. Contacted the developer
| with our old info and they gave us our info so we could download
| and register. They are really nice people and the program is a
| really nice piece of work. Started using it again and it's come
| along way since we started using it back in the 90s.
|
| Dave
|
|
| Keyboard Cowboy wrote:
| | Whelp!! I've been a busy beaver this week. As many of you
| | know, I love cooking, and collecting cook books. One of the
| | things that drives me nuts, though, is it's hard to remember
| | what cookbook what recipe was in. I'm crazy about tools that
| | give me power over tasks...........soooooooooooo.............I
| | went looking for a recipe program that would allow me to manage
| | a large number of recipes, be extremely stable, use little
| | overhead resources on my computer, and be FAST! Additionally,
| | it was very important to me to be able to copy recipes from
| | various sources like the internet, email groups, individual
| | emails, word files, etc. Having such a program would give me
| | access to a huge store of recipes, and allow me to exchange
| | recipes with friends and family too!
| |
| | I evaluated a half dozen programs, actually installing them on
| | my computer and then working with them. I also asked on
| | several of the email recipe forums I belong to what
| | recommendations people had - based on responses I added still
| | another program to the testing regimen. The struggle was to
| | find a program with a high degree of power, yet a relatively
| | fast learning curve - a program that didn't require a PHD to
| | operate <G>. After testing, I picked a program called Now
| | You're Cooking! You can find it here:
| |
| | http://www.ffts.com/
| |
| | When I test programs, I also like to talk to the developer to
| | see how the program is supported, and to determine a little of
| | the history of the program. I didn't want to invest a great
| | deal of time building a library of recipes to find the
| | developer abandoned the program. I looked at recipe programs
| | several years ago and most of them don't exist today. I've
| | spoken with the developer several times this week. His name is
| | Gary and he's truly helpful. Each time I've called, he's
| | answered the phone himself and been extremely helpful. He
| | started developing the program in the 90's and it's now a
| | mature program, though he still updates it regularly to make
| | improvements. His wife handles the registrations so it's a
| | family business - I like that!
| |
| | Here's an over view of the program features:
| |
| | # automatic categorizing of recipes (based on user-defined
| | keywords) # auto-find and delete empty categories; map one
| | category to another # fastest recipe import and search of any
| | recipe software # perform any of these power tasks across all
| | cookbooks in a single operation:
| |
| | * recipe search
| | * meal plan
| | * print recipes
| | * import/export recipes
| | * duplicate checking and deletion
| | * defrag cookbooks and image archives
| | * rebuild cookbook indexes
| | * auto-link recipe ingredients to nutrition items * untag
| | recipes * find and replace text strings * proper case recipe
| | names
| |
| | # Quick Web Recipes feature for automatic recipe download and
| | import # customizable Export-to-Web feature for automatic
| | recipe website creation # customizable multi-rater, multi-
| | criteria recipe rating system # nutrition analysis using USDA
| | database directly, including raw, cooked, canned, and processed
| | foods
| | # accurate nutrition analysis for any recipe from any source #
| | more nutrition constituents than other recipe software (now
| | with trans fats, vitamin K)
| | # nutrition analysis with %Daily Values based on your
| | calories/day # customizable diet calculations with nutrition
| | analysis # Fitness Calculator to track body fat %, BMI, waist
| | ratios, and other fitness metrics # consumer features (coupon
| | manager, automatic shopping list with coupons noted, shopping
| | list by aisle, cost of list across stores) # stable, robust
| | Meal Masterâ?¢ import/export with dupe checking and isolation of
| | problem recipes.
| | # multi-file importing of mixed format text recipes in a given
| | file # unlimited recipes in multiple cookbooks
| | # compatibility with Windows Vista/XP/Me/2000/98/95/NT4 #
| | registration options for FREE upgrades to future versions (so
| | you can pay once, not again and again) # tech support that
| | exceeds your expectations
| |
| | To me, the biggest deterrent to using a computer based program
| | is the time it takes to get recipes loaded in the program. I'd
| | rather be playing golf, shooting, working in the shop, or
| | taking pictures! What really impressed me was the ease with
| | which I can copy or import recipes in the program. This
| | program allowed me to create or copy recipes easier than any
| | other I tried. It's hard to explain the difference, but Gary
| | developed a truly simple method for inputting recipes, and he
| | also developed a really cool import system to download and
| | install thousands of recipes right from his site. Importing
| | recipes/cookbooks from other programs is a snap too. To give
| | you an example, I imported the entire MasterCook program (30
| | cookbooks and 8000+ recipes) in about 20 minutes.
| |
| | I've imported 56 cookbooks and set up one of my own for Bob's
| | Favorites for a total of 57 cookbooks. I've imported a grand
| | total of 297,927 recipes in the program so far...........you
| | read it right, 297,927!! As one of the performance
| | measurements, I did a search using the word Banana (title or
| | ingredient) and got over four thousand recipes <laugh> Even
| | with the huge number of recipes I have, it takes less than 11
| | seconds to search for a word in the titles. To search both the
| | title and the ingredients it took less than 1 minute, 27
| | seconds!! I've tested this program, beat it, loaded it to the
| | max and it hasn't skipped a beat - it's rock solid. There's so
| | much more in this program, there's simply not enough room here
| | to tell you all about the features.
| |
| | If you have an interest in managing recipes on your computer,
| | give a look at this program, I highly recommend it. I like it
| | so much, I bought the program to give to my daughters so we
| | could share easily.
| | Regards,
| |
| | Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy"
| | ,,,,,,
| | Ô¿Ô¬'
| |
| |
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