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  1. Since Mastercook seems to have vanished over the horizon
    somewhere, could anyone recommend a recipe software similar
    to that? I have a Mac, but run "virtual PC" so can use any
    platform. Thanks

  2. nck said:

    Since Mastercook seems to have vanished over the horizon
    somewhere, could anyone recommend a recipe software
    similar to that? I have a Mac, but run "virtual PC" so can
    use any platform. Thanks

    I never used Mastercook so I don't know what it's
    like, but I like Yum! very much. It is freeware
    developed for Mac OS X.

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    Marty zneglybcrm ng hpfq qbg rqh

  3. Marty Lopez <[email hidden]> wrote in
    :"]news:[email hidden]:

    Quoted message said:
    nck said:

    Since Mastercook seems to have vanished over the horizon
    somewhere, could anyone recommend a recipe software
    similar to that? I have a Mac, but run "virtual PC" so
    can use any platform. Thanks

    I never used Mastercook so I don't know what it's like,
    but I like Yum! very much. It is freeware developed for
    Mac OS X.

    versiontracker.com15593

    Marty zneglybcrm ng hpfq qbg rqh

    I like NYC Now Your Cooking...a shareware
    product....www.ffts.com loads of features and great tech
    support. but sadly a PC program.

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  4. I thought I had mentioned that I can run PC software? I
    checked out "Yum" and while I appreciate the input, it isn't
    quite up to the standard I am looking for. I really don't
    want share or freeware...Mastercook could not only scale
    recipes, use "smart typing" and analyze the nutritional
    content, but could generate shopping lists, wine suggestions
    etc etc etc. Quite powerful and complete. I am still using
    it, although it runs on the old Mac OS9 system. I am afraid
    that, once I upgrade to "Panther" I might have to leave it
    behind. Anyway, as I said before, either Mac or PC platforms
    are an option for me. thanks

    in article [email hidden],
    hahabogus at [email hidden] wrote on 3/24/04 19:58:

    Quoted message said:

    Marty Lopez <[email hidden]> wrote in news:zneglybcrm-
    [email hidden]:

    Quoted message said:
    nck said:

    Since Mastercook seems to have vanished over the horizon
    somewhere, could anyone recommend a recipe software
    similar to that? I have a Mac, but run "virtual PC" so
    can use any platform. Thanks

    I never used Mastercook so I don't know what it's like,
    but I like Yum! very much. It is freeware developed for
    Mac OS X.

    versiontracker.com15593

    Marty zneglybcrm ng hpfq qbg rqh

    I like NYC Now Your Cooking...a shareware
    product....www.ffts.com loads of features and great tech
    support. but sadly a PC program.

  5. Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    nck said:

    Since Mastercook seems to have vanished over the
    horizon somewhere, could anyone recommend a recipe
    software similar to that? I have a Mac, but run
    "virtual PC" so can use any platform. Thanks



    MasterCook is available here:

    valu-soft.commastercook7.html

    --
    Donna A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist
    hopes they are.

  6. Apparently the last versions of mastercook are still around
    and a bargain..I found the PC version at bigdaddy software.
    If you feel like checking this excellent program out, do a
    Yahoo search on "mastercook" the sierra link is a dead-end.
    (they used to make it. It was then bought by a company
    called "valusoft" and they never really did anything with
    it. Pity, it's a great program.

    in article [email hidden], nck at
    [email hidden] wrote on 3/24/04 20:09:

    Quoted message said:

    I thought I had mentioned that I can run PC software? I
    checked out "Yum" and while I appreciate the input, it
    isn't quite up to the standard I am looking for. I really
    don't want share or freeware...Mastercook could not only
    scale recipes, use "smart typing" and analyze the
    nutritional content, but could generate shopping lists,
    wine suggestions etc etc etc. Quite powerful and complete.
    I am still using it, although it runs on the old Mac OS9
    system. I am afraid that, once I upgrade to "Panther" I
    might have to leave it behind. Anyway, as I said before,
    either Mac or PC platforms are an option for me. thanks

    in article [email hidden],
    hahabogus at [email hidden] wrote on 3/24/04 19:58:

    Quoted message said:

    Marty Lopez <[email hidden]> wrote in news:zneglybcrm-
    [email hidden]:

    Quoted message said:

    nck <[email hidden]> wrote:

    > Since Mastercook seems to have vanished over the
    > horizon somewhere, could anyone recommend a recipe
    > software similar to that? I have a Mac, but run
    > "virtual PC" so can use any platform. Thanks

    I never used Mastercook so I don't know what it's like,
    but I like Yum! very much. It is freeware developed for
    Mac OS X.

    versiontracker.com15593

    Marty zneglybcrm ng hpfq qbg rqh

    I like NYC Now Your Cooking...a shareware
    product....www.ffts.com loads of features and great tech
    support. but sadly a PC program.

  7. On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 02:09:17 GMT, nck <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    I thought I had mentioned that I can run PC software? I
    checked out "Yum" and while I appreciate the input, it
    isn't quite up to the standard I am looking for. I really
    don't want share or freeware...Mastercook could not only
    scale recipes, use "smart typing" and analyze the
    nutritional content, but could generate shopping lists,
    wine suggestions etc etc etc.

    Then you'd probably like Now You're Cooking. It will do all
    of the things you list above, and do them quite well. Well,
    it doesn't do wine suggestions. It does do menus, scaling
    recipes, shopping lists, auto fill-in of ingredients and
    preps, nutrition info, conversion from and to metric, etc.
    It is shareware, but it's quite a complete program.

    Regards, Tracy R.

  8. Though what you say may be true, Mastercook is still being
    updated, with v7 being the most current. Sierra sold
    Mastercook to ValuSoft and ValuSoft now enhances, provides
    support and sells at a quite reasonable price.

    I have owned Sierra version 4, 5 and 6. Bought ValuSoft
    version 6.2 to get a version that would install under Win/ME
    and have been very pleased with
    it.

    nck said:

    Apparently the last versions of mastercook are still
    around and a bargain..I found the PC version at bigdaddy
    software. If you feel like checking this excellent program
    out, do a Yahoo search on "mastercook" the sierra link is
    a dead-end. (they used to make it. It was then bought by a
    company called "valusoft" and they never really did
    anything with it. Pity, it's a great program.

  9. In article <[email hidden]>,

    nck said:

    I thought I had mentioned that I can run PC software? I
    checked out "Yum" and while I appreciate the input, it
    isn't quite up to the standard I am looking for. I really
    don't want share or freeware...Mastercook could not only
    scale recipes, use "smart typing" and analyze the
    nutritional content, but could generate shopping lists,
    wine suggestions etc etc etc. Quite powerful and complete.
    I am still using it, although it runs on the old Mac OS9
    system. I am afraid that, once I upgrade to "Panther" I
    might have to leave it behind. Anyway, as I said before,
    either Mac or PC platforms are an option for me. thanks

    Yum! is still in development, but it looks like it's shaping
    up as the best MC-Mac replacement. Features are being added,
    and smart typing is in the current version, 0.5.3 (if by
    that you mean it it autocompletes units and ingredients--and
    both are editable, like a user dictionary). I wasn't crazy
    about the other recipe software I've tried, mainly because
    it wasn't enough like MC-Mac.

    Yum! also scales recipes, BTW.

    I've played with some of the bells-and-whistle featutes of
    MC-Mac, and stopped using most; I made much better wine
    suggestions myself, and I often found the nutritional
    analysis of MC-Mac to be flat-out wrong.

    Remember, this is version 0.5.3; the author looks like he's
    interested in developing it. I already like how it works, so
    I've moved my Mastercook recipes over to it (importing was
    very easy); I anticipate great things for this application.

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    please mail OT responses only

  10. That's good to know! I followed the link to valusoft but
    didn't see anything about MC. I went ahead and bought 6.2.
    It's so great to be able to run ANY software! I still like
    my ancient MAC version. Being required to constantly monitor
    my food intake, it means a lot to have something that does
    such an excellent job of nutritional analysis, and MC makes
    it so easy to tweak recipes to my own requirements. (Low
    fat, no sugar etc)

    in article [email hidden],
    LAllin at [email hidden] wrote on 3/24/04 21:25:

    Quoted message said:

    Though what you say may be true, Mastercook is still being
    updated, with v7 being the most current. Sierra sold
    Mastercook to ValuSoft and ValuSoft now enhances, provides
    support and sells at a quite reasonable price.

    I have owned Sierra version 4, 5 and 6. Bought ValuSoft
    version 6.2 to get a version that would install under
    Win/ME and have been very pleased with
    it.

    nck said:

    Apparently the last versions of mastercook are still
    around and a bargain..I found the PC version at bigdaddy
    software. If you feel like checking this excellent
    program out, do a Yahoo search on "mastercook" the sierra
    link is a dead-end. (they used to make it. It was then
    bought by a company called "valusoft" and they never
    really did anything with it. Pity, it's a great program.

  11. Mastercook is still out there. Do a Google search for it. I
    use Mastercook
    7.0 Warning: If you use an older version of Mastercook, read
    the directions-there is a certain procedure you have to go
    through(I can't remember what it is) to meld an old
    cookbook into the new program.

    "nck" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Since Mastercook seems to have vanished over the horizon
    somewhere, could anyone recommend a recipe software
    similar to that? I have a Mac, but run "virtual PC" so can
    use any platform. Thanks

  12. Oops-there is a valu soft website listed in another
    post for ya.

    "nck" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Since Mastercook seems to have vanished over the horizon
    somewhere, could anyone recommend a recipe software
    similar to that? I have a Mac, but run "virtual PC" so can
    use any platform. Thanks

  13. "nck" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Since Mastercook seems to have vanished over the horizon
    somewhere, could anyone recommend a recipe software
    similar to that? I have a Mac, but run "virtual PC" so can
    use any platform. Thanks

    Hi, I've been using BigOven since the beta version came
    out and I like it a lot. It even automates nutritional
    info lookup and allows you to store a nutrition label with
    each recipe. It also has a feature called Screen Import
    that allows you to paste a recipe that you copy from
    somewhere else, designate what each part of the recipe is
    (title, notes, instructions, etc), and import it into your
    recipe box. You can email recipes to other BigOven users
    easily. Hmmm...what else...you can paste or browse for a
    photo to associate with the recipe; automatically create
    an .html page of the recipe. It includes creating shopping
    lists, meal plans, and a lot more. Check it out, I think
    you'll like it!

    Mia

  14. Mia said:


    "nck" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Since Mastercook seems to have vanished over the horizon
    somewhere, could anyone recommend a recipe software
    similar to that? I have a Mac, but run "virtual PC" so
    can use any platform. Thanks

    Hi, I've been using BigOven since the beta version came
    out and I like it a lot. It even automates nutritional
    info lookup and allows you to store a nutrition label with
    each recipe. It also has a feature called Screen Import
    that allows you to paste a recipe that you copy from
    somewhere else, designate what each part of the recipe is
    (title, notes, instructions, etc), and import it into your
    recipe box. You can email recipes to other BigOven users
    easily. Hmmm...what else...you can paste or browse for a
    photo to associate with the recipe; automatically create
    an .html page of the recipe. It includes creating shopping
    lists, meal plans, and a lot more. Check it out, I think
    you'll like it!

    Mia


    I have MasterCook and got it at www.valuesoft.com

  15. nck said:

    Since Mastercook seems to have vanished over the horizon
    somewhere, could anyone recommend a recipe software
    similar to that? I have a Mac, but run "virtual PC" so can
    use any platform. Thanks

    I've been using Living Cookbook (www.livingcookbook.com). So
    far so good!

    --
    jmk in NC

  16. Mia said:

    "nck" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Since Mastercook seems to have vanished over the horizon
    somewhere, could anyone recommend a recipe software
    similar to that? I have a Mac, but run "virtual PC" so can
    use any platform. Thanks

    Hi, I've been using BigOven since the beta version came
    out and I like it a lot. It even automates nutritional
    info lookup and allows you to store a nutrition label with
    each recipe. It also has a feature called Screen Import
    that allows you to paste a recipe that you copy from
    somewhere else,

    Living Cookbook has a similar feature. They call it
    "capture." Quite handy.

    --
    jmk in NC

  17. Quoted message said:

    On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:43:15 -0500, jmk
    <[email hidden]> wrote: I've been using Living
    Cookbook (www.livingcookbook.com). So far so good!

    I also have Living Cookbook, and like it a lot.

    One nice thing about recipe software is that many of them
    allow you to have a free trial before you purchase. I
    downloaded several different recipe softwares and tried them
    out before finally settling on Living Cookbook.

    Terrel

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