Re: Looking for DOS based Recipe/Cookbook Software

Steve Wertz said:

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:28 GMT, "K3"

k3@(86_THE_SPAM)maine.rr.com said:

Back in 1987-1989 I purchased a series of cookbooks on diskette
called "America Cooks Chinese", "America Cooks Mexican", "America
Cooks Italian", etc. from the AAFES PX over in Heilbronn, Germany.
Since 5-1/4" diskettes and drives have become extinct, I don't what
the heck I ever did with the diskettes.

The software from Concept Development Associates was called "Great
Chefs" and was developed to contain the recipes from the Original
"Great Chefs" cooking show on PBS. The software was originally
written for the Commodore 64 and Apple, and was ported to PC-DOS,
Amiga, Mac and Atari.

PC INDUSTRY REFERENCE DATABASE
------------------------------
Copyright (c) 1994, BAKER ENTERPRISES
20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 USA

COMPANY: Concept Development Associates
Last Updated: 06-Sep-1989

Address: 63 Orange St
St. Augustine, FL 32084
Main Phone: 904-825-0220

Products: Software

America Cooks American
America Cooks Chinese
America Cooks French
America Cooks Italian
America Cooks Mexican
Great Chefs of PBS, Volumes 1-3
Holiday Best
Micro Kitchen Companion
Micro Wine Companion
Mr. Boston Micro Bartender's Guide
Wine Companion Program
World of Wines Collectors Series

================================

I checked a couple of the P2P networks and they list this
software, but everything I downloaded was just spyware. It
appears hackers generate these spyware packages dynamically based
on your search terms.

Unless someone here still has a copy, you'd probably be better off
looking for another DOS based recipe software package. Good Luck.

What's sad is that the company you spoke with *must* have a copy
of this software, they just don't want to go to the trouble of
giving it to you for various reasons. Companies don't just "lose"
their products, no matter how old they are.

-sw

YES, YES, YES!!! That was the software that I had. I'm certain because I
still have the Mr. Boston Micro Bartender Guide (which uses the same exact
format). I just couldn't remember the name of the software.

PLEASE... if anyone has (or can get) a copy of "Great Chefs" for DOS, PLEASE
share it with me. The folks at "Lifewire" consider it abandonware and don't
care if I obtain a copy from someone else.

Thank you Steve. I might have better luck searching for it now that I know
exactly what it was called.

To the others: Sorry I couldn't reply directly... I cleaned up my
newsreader before I replied.

* Hi Nancy... I don't spend as much time online due to the arthritis.
* Hi Jill... Nice to hear from ya. Thanks for the link, but I just want
"Great Chefs".
* Hi Charles... I've got MealMaster, but I just gotta have "Great Chefs".

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Kendall F. Stratton III
Fort Fairfield, Maine USA
k3@(86_THE_SPAM)maine.rr.com
http://home.maine.rr.com/k3

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