COOKING SOFTWARE

We're using Living Cookbook and love it.

MOMPEAGRAM said:

I have used a number of cooking software and the new Big Oven
http://www.bigoven.com/

It is well worth the money and the support is awesome!

I just downloaded the demo, but it would not install. I have left a
message with tech support.

But, from what I saw on the web site, Big Oven does not have support
for volume-to-weight conversions. Is that true?

--
Hitachi HB-A101 bread machine, 1 pound
Email: Usenet-20031220 at spamex.com
(01/10/05)

Quoted post said:

We're using Living Cookbook and love it.

I downloaded the demo yesterday. Very nice interface. Far superior to
MasterCook.

But, it does not support volume-to-weight unit conversions. I left a
suggestion on the message board and got a terse reply. It doesn't look
like this is somethng they will look at seriously.

--
Hitachi HB-A101 bread machine, 1 pound
Email: Usenet-20031220 at spamex.com
(01/10/05)

Quoted message said:

But, it does not support volume-to-weight unit conversions.

One of the things that sold me on Living Cookbook (and other software
may have this) is the Capture function.

You can copy a recipe from a website, or any other document, paste it
into the software, then just highlight the various portions of text
(title, ingredients, procedure, etc) and it feeds the info into the
recipe and formats it.

This saved a TON of time for us, because all of our recipes (hundreds
of them) were in a Word document.

And it's also great because if we get a recipe from Allrecipes.com or
Epicurious.com that we want to keep, it just takes a few seconds to
capture it.

Quoted message said:

One of the things that sold me on Living Cookbook (and
other software may have this) is the Capture function.

You can copy a recipe from a website, or any other
document, paste it into the software, then just highlight
the various portions of text (title, ingredients,
procedure, etc) and it feeds the info into the recipe and
formats it.

This saved a TON of time for us, because all of our
recipes (hundreds of them) were in a Word document.

And it's also great because if we get a recipe from
Allrecipes.com or Epicurious.com that we want to keep, it
just takes a few seconds to capture it.

That's exactly the function I'm wanting. Can BigOven also do that ?
Also can Living Cookbook read other recipe formats to import from other
programs (Master Cook, Home Cooking, etc) ?

--
Pete Romfh, Telecom Geek & Amateur Gourmet.
promfh at hal dash pc dot org

Pete Romfh said:

Quoted message said:

One of the things that sold me on Living Cookbook (and
other software may have this) is the Capture function.

You can copy a recipe from a website, or any other
document, paste it into the software, then just highlight
the various portions of text (title, ingredients,
procedure, etc) and it feeds the info into the recipe and
formats it.

This saved a TON of time for us, because all of our
recipes (hundreds of them) were in a Word document.

And it's also great because if we get a recipe from
Allrecipes.com or Epicurious.com that we want to keep, it
just takes a few seconds to capture it.

That's exactly the function I'm wanting. Can BigOven also
do that ? Also can Living Cookbook read other recipe
formats to import from other programs (Master Cook, Home
Cooking, etc) ?

Answering my own question.
I looked at the demo of Living Cookbook. It imports info from most of the
major packages.

--
Pete Romfh, Telecom Geek & Amateur Gourmet.
promfh at hal dash pc dot org

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MOMPEAGRAM said:

I have used a number of cooking software and the new Big Oven
http://www.bigoven.com/

It is well worth the money and the support is awesome!

I just downloaded the demo, but it would not install. I have left a
message with tech support.

But, from what I saw on the web site, Big Oven does not have support
for volume-to-weight conversions. Is that true?

I believe you're correct. Metric to imperial, but not to weight.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

But, it does not support volume-to-weight unit conversions.

One of the things that sold me on Living Cookbook (and other software
may have this) is the Capture function.

You can copy a recipe from a website, or any other document, paste it
into the software, then just highlight the various portions of text
(title, ingredients, procedure, etc) and it feeds the info into the
recipe and formats it.

This saved a TON of time for us, because all of our recipes (hundreds
of them) were in a Word document.

And it's also great because if we get a recipe from Allrecipes.com or
Epicurious.com that we want to keep, it just takes a few seconds to
capture it.

Big Oven does this.

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MOMPEAGRAM said:

I have used a number of cooking software and the new Big Oven
http://www.bigoven.com/

It is well worth the money and the support is awesome!

I just downloaded the demo, but it would not install. I have left a
message with tech support.

But, from what I saw on the web site, Big Oven does not have support
for volume-to-weight conversions. Is that true?

I believe you're correct. Metric to imperial, but not to weight.

I just got Cook'n and I like better than MasterCook, maybe you might want

to look at it: http://www.dvo.com/

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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:02:50 -0500, "MOMPEAGRAM"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>I have used a number of cooking software and the new Big Oven
>http://www.bigoven.com/
>
>It is well worth the money and the support is awesome!

I just downloaded the demo, but it would not install. I have left a
message with tech support.

But, from what I saw on the web site, Big Oven does not have support
for volume-to-weight conversions. Is that true?

I believe you're correct. Metric to imperial, but not to weight.

I just got Cook'n and I like better than MasterCook, maybe you might
want

to look at it: http://www.dvo.com/

Thanks for the info, but I'm happy with Big Oven and I get great support and
upgrades. I've been with them since inception.

Pete Romfh said:

Quoted message said:

One of the things that sold me on Living Cookbook (and
other software may have this) is the Capture function.

You can copy a recipe from a website, or any other
document, paste it into the software, then just highlight
the various portions of text (title, ingredients,
procedure, etc) and it feeds the info into the recipe and
formats it.

This saved a TON of time for us, because all of our
recipes (hundreds of them) were in a Word document.

And it's also great because if we get a recipe from
Allrecipes.com or Epicurious.com that we want to keep, it
just takes a few seconds to capture it.

That's exactly the function I'm wanting. Can BigOven also do that ?

Yes, BigOven allows exactly this via its "Screen Import" feature. (If
you are interested, you can visit www.bigoven.com for more details and
a 30-day free trial download.)

- Steve
(BigOven founder)

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Pete Romfh said:

Quoted message said:

One of the things that sold me on Living Cookbook (and
other software may have this) is the Capture function.

You can copy a recipe from a website, or any other
document, paste it into the software, then just
highlight the various portions of text (title,
ingredients, procedure, etc) and it feeds the info into
the recipe and formats it.

This saved a TON of time for us, because all of our
recipes (hundreds of them) were in a Word document.

And it's also great because if we get a recipe from
Allrecipes.com or Epicurious.com that we want to keep,
it just takes a few seconds to capture it.

That's exactly the function I'm wanting. Can BigOven
also do that ?

Yes, BigOven allows exactly this via its "Screen Import"
feature. (If you are interested, you can visit
www.bigoven.com for more details and a 30-day free trial
download.)

- Steve
(BigOven founder)

I DL'd it earlier today. I'll install it and give it a try. I've been
using Home Cooking because it's simple to import to but I've kind of
outgrown it. I don't think you can directly import the files but it can
export in MM or MC formats then I can import to move my recipes.

--
Pete Romfh, Telecom Geek & Amateur Gourmet.
promfh at hal dash pc dot org

sshay said:

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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:02:50 -0500, "MOMPEAGRAM"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>I have used a number of cooking software and the new Big Oven
>http://www.bigoven.com/
>
>It is well worth the money and the support is awesome!

I just downloaded the demo, but it would not install. I have left a
message with tech support.

But, from what I saw on the web site, Big Oven does not have support
for volume-to-weight conversions. Is that true?

I believe you're correct. Metric to imperial, but not to weight.

I just got Cook'n and I like better than MasterCook, maybe you might want

to look at it: http://www.dvo.com/

Are you saying that Cook'n can do volume to weight conversions?

That is, if I have a recipe that calls for 3 1/2 cups of flour, can it
convert that to 420 grams -- assuming that I have previously told it
that the flour I use is 30 grams to the 1/4 cup?

--
Hitachi HB-A101 bread machine, 1 pound
Email: Usenet-20031220 at spamex.com
(01/10/05)

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Top Spin said:

sshay said:

"MOMPEAGRAM" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Top Spin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:02:50 -0500, "MOMPEAGRAM"
> <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>>I have used a number of cooking software and the new Big Oven
>>http://www.bigoven.com/
>>
>>It is well worth the money and the support is awesome!
>
> I just downloaded the demo, but it would not install. I have left a
> message with tech support.
>
> But, from what I saw on the web site, Big Oven does not have support
> for volume-to-weight conversions. Is that true?
>
I believe you're correct. Metric to imperial, but not to weight.

I just got Cook'n and I like better than MasterCook, maybe you might want

to look at it: http://www.dvo.com/

Are you saying that Cook'n can do volume to weight conversions?

That is, if I have a recipe that calls for 3 1/2 cups of flour, can it
convert that to 420 grams -- assuming that I have previously told it
that the flour I use is 30 grams to the 1/4 cup?

--
Hitachi HB-A101 bread machine, 1 pound
Email: Usenet-20031220 at spamex.com
(01/10/05)

Shop'NCook can do that ( http://www.shopncook.com ).
It already knows the conversion factors between weight and volume units
for hundreds of ingredients. You can for example have the ingredients in
volume units in the recipe and add them to the shopping list in weight
units.

Mite
http://www.shopncook.com

In article said:

Quoted post said:

We're using Living Cookbook and love it.

I downloaded the demo yesterday. Very nice interface. Far superior to
MasterCook.

What limitations apply to the demo? It says "fully functional" at
<http://www.livingcookbook.com/features/free-software-downloads.htm>
but I assume there is some sort of "gotcha" such as can't save more
than five recipes, or only works for 30 days? (As a habitual
procrastinator, I have no use for time limitations in trialware. 8-)

Quoted message said:

But, it does not support volume-to-weight unit conversions. I left a

I'm curious as to why you want this? Seems to me it would be rather
difficult to implement given the varying specific gravities across dry
products (and even within them -- e.g. types of sugar).

Quoted message said:

suggestion on the message board and got a terse reply. It doesn't look
like this is somethng they will look at seriously.

Cheers, Phred.

--
[email hidden]

sshay said:

"MOMPEAGRAM" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:02:50 -0500, "MOMPEAGRAM"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>I have used a number of cooking software and the new Big Oven
>http://www.bigoven.com/
>
>It is well worth the money and the support is awesome!

I just downloaded the demo, but it would not install. I have left a
message with tech support.

But, from what I saw on the web site, Big Oven does not have support
for volume-to-weight conversions. Is that true?

I believe you're correct. Metric to imperial, but not to weight.

I just got Cook'n and I like better than MasterCook, maybe you might want

to look at it: http://www.dvo.com/

I checked out the Cook'n website. There's no demo to try so I can't
say how the software works, but from the web site it looks like they
are much more into selling additional recipe packages at $20 a pop
than in developing cooking software.

But then pretty much anything would be better than MasterCook.

--
Hitachi HB-A101 bread machine, 1 pound
Email: Usenet-20031220 at spamex.com
(01/10/05)

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:19:01 GMT, [email hidden] (Phred)

Quoted message said:

In article said:

Quoted post said:

We're using Living Cookbook and love it.

I downloaded the demo yesterday. Very nice interface. Far superior to
MasterCook.

What limitations apply to the demo? It says "fully functional" at
<http://www.livingcookbook.com/features/free-software-downloads.htm>
but I assume there is some sort of "gotcha" such as can't save more
than five recipes, or only works for 30 days? (As a habitual
procrastinator, I have no use for time limitations in trialware. 8-)

So, you want a free version of the commercial product with no
restrictions and unlimited use, right? If they did that, I bet an
admitted procrastinator, like you, would never get around to sending
in the registration fee. No?

Hello... It's a "trial" version. It's not a way for you to get
something for nothing. Look up trial in the dictionary.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

But, it does not support volume-to-weight unit conversions. I left a

I'm curious as to why you want this?

As I already explained, weight measurements are often much more
accurate than volume units and they scale far more easily. But most
recipes come with volume units only. So, a built-in conversion would
be a helpful utility. That is what comnputers are for.

Quoted message said:

Seems to me it would be rather
difficult to implement given the varying specific gravities across dry
products (and even within them -- e.g. types of sugar).

Yes, it is a bit difficult to implement. MasterCook has done it (sort
of). But that has nothing whatsoever to do with why it is useful.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

suggestion on the message board and got a terse reply. It doesn't look
like this is somethng they will look at seriously.

Cheers, Phred.

--
Hitachi HB-A101 bread machine, 1 pound
Email: Usenet-20031220 at spamex.com
(01/10/05)

Mite said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Top Spin said:

sshay said:

"MOMPEAGRAM" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>
> "Top Spin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:[email hidden]...
> > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:02:50 -0500, "MOMPEAGRAM"
> > <[email hidden]> wrote:
> >
> >>I have used a number of cooking software and the new Big Oven
> >>http://www.bigoven.com/
> >>
> >>It is well worth the money and the support is awesome!
> >
> > I just downloaded the demo, but it would not install. I have left a
> > message with tech support.
> >
> > But, from what I saw on the web site, Big Oven does not have support
> > for volume-to-weight conversions. Is that true?
> >
> I believe you're correct. Metric to imperial, but not to weight.
>
> I just got Cook'n and I like better than MasterCook, maybe you might want
to look at it: http://www.dvo.com/

Are you saying that Cook'n can do volume to weight conversions?

That is, if I have a recipe that calls for 3 1/2 cups of flour, can it
convert that to 420 grams -- assuming that I have previously told it
that the flour I use is 30 grams to the 1/4 cup?

--
Hitachi HB-A101 bread machine, 1 pound
Email: Usenet-20031220 at spamex.com
(01/10/05)

Shop'NCook can do that ( http://www.shopncook.com ).
It already knows the conversion factors between weight and volume units
for hundreds of ingredients. You can for example have the ingredients in
volume units in the recipe and add them to the shopping list in weight
units.

Mite
http://www.shopncook.com

Personally, I found the ShopNCook interface awkward and
counter-intuitive. I also didn't like that it installed the Java VM on
my computer. It never warned me that that would be a requirement.

I says that it will do volume to weight conversions, but I couldn't
get it to work. It also seemed that it was mainly for shopping lists
and not for cooking.

--
Hitachi HB-A101 bread machine, 1 pound
Email: Usenet-20031220 at spamex.com
(01/10/05)

Are there any good programs that fall into the freeware category? Not that I
have room for another program....

--

Just Brew It!
Johnny Mc

To E-mail me, just cut the "[censored]"!
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Quoted message said:

I have used a number of cooking software and the new Big Oven
http://www.bigoven.com/

It is well worth the money and the support is awesome!

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I would like some suggestions for cooking software for Windows. I am
currently on Win 2000 but will be moving to WinXP soon. It can be
shareware or commercial. I don't have complicated needs. It will be
used mainly for home cooking and just to keep track of things.

I just bought MasterCook and I really hate it. The interface is awful.
It's almost unusable.

Here's what I need it to do:

1. Scale a recipe without changing the original. If I ask it to double
the recipe, it would remember the original and indicate that this is a
double-size version.

2. Show ingredients in both volume (tsp, cup) and weight (ounces,
grams) units. Ideally, indicate which is the original.

3. Provide a usage log where I can enter the results of each time I
try the recipe. Keep track of these by date.

4. Allow me to rate each recipe and sort by rating.

5. User interface that is similar to the Windows standard. Not the
kludge that is MasterCook.

Thanks. Any suggestions or pointers appreciated.

--
Hitachi HB-A101 bread machine, 1 pound
Email: Usenet-20031220 at spamex.com
(01/10/05)