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Posted: 5/6/2012 12:28:03 PM

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I want to get my mom a program to enter in her on recipes, any opinions?
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Posted: 5/7/2012 10:21:37 AM
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My wife and I use Google Docs, and sort our recipes into folders. The quick search through the docs is helpful, and we can send the recipe to a friend if they're cooking with us pretty much instantly.
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Posted: 5/9/2012 12:07:25 PM
All of mine are in MS Word. At some point in time, I had enough to make a book out of them and used MS Word to assemble them, complete with index and such. You can easily save that as a PDF and have it transportable to all your devices.
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Posted: 5/10/2012 10:34:52 AM

Originally Posted By Zhukov:
All of mine are in MS Word. At some point in time, I had enough to make a book out of them and used MS Word to assemble them, complete with index and such. You can easily save that as a PDF and have it transportable to all your devices.

That was my starting point, and we transferred ours to Google Docs. Easy to pull up on our smartphones, or any PC when we visit family or friends.

I had written a quick and dirty HTML index on a thumb drive previously to a bunch of PDF's, so we could drop it onto our kitchen PC or any other machine and pull them up.

Otherwise, I still have a collection of notecard recipes in the kitchen.
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Posted: 5/10/2012 11:23:40 AM
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When I add a new recipe to the book, I also save it in PDF and upload it to Google Docs as well.

[ETA] I've also uploaded all the individual recipes to the SD card on my phone and my tablet so I don't have to open the entire recipe collection; this way, I can just pop open the one I want.
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Posted: 6/5/2012 9:48:24 AM
If your mom has internet this is all she needs.........http://allrecipes.com/
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Posted: 8/24/2012 11:48:24 AM



I use MasterCook 9.0 myself

First used it in some culinary arts classes - Very powerful and versatile program. It came with the book, On Cooking and the On Cooking recipes were included with the program.

Included in this version are several helpful instructional titles to help you learn to cook like a pro. With step-by-step instructional video from culinary experts, you can eliminate guesswork by watching complicated processes before you try them. On Cooking teaches you cooking and prep techniques. Food for Fifty will help you plan for the daunting task of entertaining large groups. And On Baking offers over 400 recipes that come with instructions and tips for mastering complicated baking techniques.

To try it for $5.75 you really can't go wrong.



The latest and greatest, below, seems to be plagued with upgrade issues.



MasterCook 11

In the latest edition, you can import recipes from the web and listen to talking instructions when cooking. More than 8,000 included recipes.

System Requirements
  • Windows® XP/VISTA/7
  • Pentium® 400MHz or faster processor
  • 150MB free hard disk space
  • 64MB RAM
  • 8X CD-ROM drive
  • Windows compatible video card
  • Windows compatible sound card for video tips
  • Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater for integrated web functionality