![]() After that, anytime those ingredients appear in a recipe, the alternate ingredients are available to choose. For example, if you always use margarine instead of butter, or soymilk instead of cow milk, you can make those substitutions in the prefs. In the Preferences pane, you can designate universal ingredient substitutes. The only automatic, one-click import, ironically, is for competitor ( ). The program supports text, rich text, and text-based.pdf formats for both import and export (and, additionally.doc format for import). Sous Chef’s interface is pleasing and easy to understand but it still has some bugs. You can also designate the metric system for ingredient measurements, which is a huge convenience for anyone who doesn’t live in the U.S. Placing images couldn’t be easier: Just drag and drop an image from a Web site or your hard drive into the recipe template’s picture well. A recipe importer lets you copy and paste an entire file into an import template.įrom there, an innovative environment lets you select and tag text for sections like Ingredients, Directions, Notes, Time, Yield, Category, and more. Importing recipes is intuitive, and works the same way for all sources, such as Web sites or text. Interface SousChef opens to reveal a pleasant interface, and if you’re familiar with Apple apps such as iTunes and Address Book, you’ll immediately respond to its visual cues. However, it’s simple, friendly, easy on the eyes, and offers some appealing and practical capabilities. It’s not super automated, nor does it have an abundance of specialized sections. The programs I’ve seen recently vary according to how much detail the user wants, and how much customization and automation they require. Recipe programs cater to different types of cooks: Some are looking for ease of use in importing and exporting recipes from their favorite Web sites others are concerned with having a variety of import and export options available to view and share recipes while at friends’ homes still others want to record every detail down to the grocery store aisle where ingredients are available. 1.2 is a compact program with an iTunes-RSS feed sensibility that can help you get your meal off to a good start. As recipe collection moves out of the card box and into the computer, there has emerged a small cadre of Mac programs designed to help you find, categorize, share, display, and cook your food. Every day until the end of June 2009, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a favorite free or low-cost program. ***Gourmet Mobile is only compatible with MacGourmet Deluxe 4.Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s series. For your initial sync, we recommend disabling the auto lock on your device temporarily, and letting the sync complete overnight, or at another time when you are not using your device. Subsequent syncs will go much faster, as they sync only the items that have changed. This can be a lot of data, especially if your recipes and notes have photos. **Note: Your initial sync will sync ALL the recipes in your database to or from your device. Search the web for a new recipe and import it to add to your collection.Use the Chef’s View for undistracted cooking.Edit an Item, Amount, Units, and Aisles of a Shopping List.Social media sharing (pending) through Facebook and Twitter.New UI look including themes and colors.Other features of Gourmet Mobile include: Whether you are a foodie or a professional chef, Gourmet Mobile is the perfect app to help you manage and share your recipes! In short, you can carry your digital recipe box around with you wherever you go. You can create shopping lists and make and edit notes. When you’re shopping and you find that two more are joining you for dinner - don’t worry! You can scale a recipe for the number you need and then go back to the original setting. Find a recipe on the web and easily import it. You don’t need to have MacGourmet or MacGourmet Deluxe to use all the features of Gourmet Mobile. With the cloud syncing of Gourmet Mobile, you can sync with other Macs and iOS devices. Make a change, scale a recipe, or import a new recipe to your iOS device and sync it to your Mac. ![]() Add a recipe or make a simple edit on your Mac and sync just those additions or changes to your iOS device. The best part is that syncing is now two-way and incremental. ![]() Sync Recipes, Shopping Lists, Wine Notes, Cooking Notes and My Lists. You can add, edit, scale and import recipes.even when you’re away from your Mac.Ībsolutely! Use your FREE Mariner Cloud cloud to sync from MacGourmet Deluxe 4. ***(FEELS LIKE) SUMMER SAVINGS - ENDS THIS WEEKEND!!***Ĭompletely overhauled, Gourmet Mobile is now a UNIVERSAL app, optimized for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices. ![]()
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