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Cooking Momma
Store my favourite recipes in one handy location? Love it. Would be even better if I could have my own categories (for jam and cordial recipes) and if it stayed open on the page I was editing whilst flicking backwards and forwards on my phone. Still love it though.Lizsum
So far so good
The only thing I could think off that is missing is the daily/weekly meal planner.
Can this be included please in the next upgrade.
Thank youCreamOnTop
Exactly what I was looking for
A great app that's easy to organize and can import recipes from MasterCook 9 (just be sure to select the right file extension). Online back-up and easy entry, perfect for cutting and pasting recipes off the web. This app will even recaluclate servings for you. I just wish I could view my recipes on the web without having my iPod connected. Other than that it is the ultimate private cookbook. Rock on.Show lessPyms Pen
Perfect
UPDATE: Any hope for an iPhone 4 update? Would love to see this program support multitasking and also have an option to prevent the phone from going to sleep while you are cooking. But I'll still love it even if the update doesn't come.
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This is a fantastic program with an extremely responsible developer who responds quickly to update requests. I am a professional chef with over 2000 recipes I like to carry with me and this is the best program to do that. No having to import someone else's crappy collection of cheeseball recipes or eighteen different things you have to enter about the nutritional analysis. Just enter your recipes on the phone or computer and you can search by name or ingredients, add a picture to the recipe, and most importantly, edit on the fly right from the phone.Show lessPuppet On A String
Great app!
I love this app! It does exactly what I want it to do. Stores all my recipes - which I can add from either my iPod or online. From online it immediately adds it to my iPod. I did have to keep the iPod on the connection page to sync it when adding recipes from online. I like that it will adjust quantities for me! I can email recipes to friends. The measurements are in fractions unlike some other apps. Just to comment on a couple of things - I see a review says you can't add recipes from the app, but that's not so. You CAN add recipes from the app. Also someone commented that you can't change/edit the categories. You CAN edit the categories though and they have different icons to choose from for the picture. To the developer - good job!Show lessSusiec1974
Backup issues...
I was using this app for a couple of months then my phone had to be reset. I was not able to sync my phone or anything. Once my phone was restored I went to resync my recipes to the phone, but they were gone. I had lost 70 recipes and there was nothing that could be done. I would love to continue using this app for the grocery feature and the number of servings, but until there is a way to store my recipes on a server that is not connected to an IP address I am afraid I am done. Take a look at how "myboxoffice" manages their information and take a page from his book and I will be back, until then, I will keep my recipes in the binder on my shelf. Good luck, and keep the improvements coming.Show lesssoxley75
Pleasantly surprised
I was pleased. Its simple to use, clear to read and exactly what i was needing. Would love to be able to download recipes found online but i havent played around with that yet. I wanted somewhere to keep my fave recipes handy without needing to go online. This is great.Kiri Kiri
Connection problem solved
As other reviewers have noted this app is the closest to PDA COOKBOOK that I loved and used on my treo. So thrilled when I found it, so disappointed when I couldn't connect my PC to the Handy Cookbook server to input my recipes. I read all the posts on the blogspot, reported a problem on the app store... But I kept at it because I'm not an intuitive computer user. The answer was right there. The key to pc connection to the server is the IP address. My PC is using a wireless network that has a 'GUEST' access point that my iPhone is connected to. The main (or host) network and the 'guest' access have different IP addresses. As soon as I changed my PC to the same 'guest' network I was able to connect.Show lessProdigalcat
Nice little app
A couple of things would make it perfect...
* Weekly menu plan
* Either a way to categorise shopping list ingredients or option to rearrange shopping list to make shopping easier, supermarket isn't organised alphabetically unfortunately LOL
I love the web interface so I don't have to enter all the recipes via the phone.Show lessCasperNZ
Wonderful App
I LOVE this app! Thank you for making it! It works very well. I read some reviews of people who didn't know how to stay connected to the internet. I found it was important to continually make sure you are in the connected mode,i.e. click on the internet icon on the bottom left of the main page. It needs to be in that position in order to function with the internet.
I love that it interfaces with Master Cook software that I have been using for years. It was very easy to download the recipes to my desktop into a separate folder [for easy finding] and then go to the website and browse for each recipe. It loaded instantly for me.
I was a little frustrated that I couldn't have more categories until I discovered that there is an 'edit' for the Cookbook itself on the first page. Once I discovered that, I could create all the categories that I wanted. I even changed some of the preset categories and can delete some if I want to.
I also figured out how to apply different pictures to the recipes in the edit mode. There are more graphics for other categories.
This is one of the best apps I have. This was very well worth the price. I now can always have my favorite recipes with me and have the shopping lists I need when I am out and about.
Thank you for making this!!!! I hope everyone learns to use it and enjoy it!Show lessCbmos
