Comments on: CyberNotes: Recipe Managers http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-recipe-managers/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:53:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-recipe-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-139718 Ryan Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:32:18 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13179#comment-139718 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-139706" rel="nofollow">b22 wrote:</a><blockquote>I use Evernote to manage all my recipes. I just tag the recipe to make them easy to find. By using Evernote, I can clip the recipe, including any pictures. But the best part is I have access to my recipes even when I’m at the grocery store.</blockquote></div> I was going to include that in the list actually, but I wasn't sure what the service was going to be like once it left the beta stage. And coincidentally it was released today, and if you don't pay for the service you're quite limited in how much data you can store. b22 wrote:
I use Evernote to manage all my recipes. I just tag the recipe to make them easy to find. By using Evernote, I can clip the recipe, including any pictures. But the best part is I have access to my recipes even when I’m at the grocery store.

I was going to include that in the list actually, but I wasn’t sure what the service was going to be like once it left the beta stage. And coincidentally it was released today, and if you don’t pay for the service you’re quite limited in how much data you can store.

]]> By: b22 http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-recipe-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-139706 b22 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:45:37 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13179#comment-139706 I use Evernote to manage all my recipes. I just tag the recipe to make them easy to find. By using Evernote, I can clip the recipe, including any pictures. But the best part is I have access to my recipes even when I'm at the grocery store. I use Evernote to manage all my recipes. I just tag the recipe to make them easy to find. By using Evernote, I can clip the recipe, including any pictures. But the best part is I have access to my recipes even when I’m at the grocery store.

]]> By: raindog http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-recipe-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-139704 raindog Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:04:22 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13179#comment-139704 Gourmet Recipe Manager is a great app for both Linux and Windows. I've been using it for a long time. Gourmet Recipe Manager is a great app for both Linux and Windows. I’ve been using it for a long time.

]]> By: onlineapps http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-recipe-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-139700 onlineapps Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:29:15 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13179#comment-139700 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-139699" rel="nofollow">Ryan wrote:</a><blockquote> Huh… it didn’t cross my mind to look for a Linux alternative. KRecipes looks pretty nice, but it’s too bad that it hasn’t been updated in two years.</blockquote></div> Yeah, real shame. It looks like the RPM folks have created a KDE 4 port (kde4-krecipes), but I'm running Kubuntu, so I can't tell. Ryan wrote:
Huh… it didn’t cross my mind to look for a Linux alternative. KRecipes looks pretty nice, but it’s too bad that it hasn’t been updated in two years.

Yeah, real shame. It looks like the RPM folks have created a KDE 4 port (kde4-krecipes), but I’m running Kubuntu, so I can’t tell.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-recipe-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-139699 Ryan Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:26:54 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13179#comment-139699 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-139680" rel="nofollow">satur9 wrote:</a><blockquote>What makes it more difficult to find something good though is that all my recipes are in Dutch. And even though my English is OK, I like recipes in Dutch, as it’s sometimes hard to find the translation of an ingredient, or ingredients are being used that we don’t use here. It’s nice that this Recipe Center also has a unit conversion tool, because that’s also always something hard to get by!</blockquote></div> If I recall correctly both applications will also let you specify auto-complete words of your own. So you could go through and add frequently used ingredients in your own language so that they will be auto completed. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-139692" rel="nofollow">Kate wrote:</a><blockquote>I store a lot of recipes as text files on my computer. I’ve tried several recipe applications but I find the main problem is the tediousness of importing all your existing recipes into it. As for recipes from the web, I’d love an application that would allow you to keep the pictures and formatting intact when you save a recipe from a website. Sort of like a recipe “clipper”.</blockquote></div> I couldn't agree with you more, but I would say that Yum for Mac does a fantastic job of simplifying the copy/paste process. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-139694" rel="nofollow">onlineapps wrote:</a><blockquote>How about KRecipes for Linux?</blockquote></div> Huh... it didn't cross my mind to look for a Linux alternative. KRecipes looks pretty nice, but it's too bad that it hasn't been updated in two years. satur9 wrote:
What makes it more difficult to find something good though is that all my recipes are in Dutch. And even though my English is OK, I like recipes in Dutch, as it’s sometimes hard to find the translation of an ingredient, or ingredients are being used that we don’t use here. It’s nice that this Recipe Center also has a unit conversion tool, because that’s also always something hard to get by!

If I recall correctly both applications will also let you specify auto-complete words of your own. So you could go through and add frequently used ingredients in your own language so that they will be auto completed.

Kate wrote:
I store a lot of recipes as text files on my computer. I’ve tried several recipe applications but I find the main problem is the tediousness of importing all your existing recipes into it. As for recipes from the web, I’d love an application that would allow you to keep the pictures and formatting intact when you save a recipe from a website. Sort of like a recipe “clipper”.

I couldn’t agree with you more, but I would say that Yum for Mac does a fantastic job of simplifying the copy/paste process.

onlineapps wrote:
How about KRecipes for Linux?

Huh… it didn’t cross my mind to look for a Linux alternative. KRecipes looks pretty nice, but it’s too bad that it hasn’t been updated in two years.

]]> By: onlineapps http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-recipe-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-139694 onlineapps Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:44:52 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13179#comment-139694 How about KRecipes for Linux? How about KRecipes for Linux?

]]> By: Kate http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-recipe-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-139692 Kate Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:40:40 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13179#comment-139692 I store a lot of recipes as text files on my computer. I've tried several recipe applications but I find the main problem is the tediousness of importing all your existing recipes into it. As for recipes from the web, I'd love an application that would allow you to keep the pictures and formatting intact when you save a recipe from a website. Sort of like a recipe "clipper". I store a lot of recipes as text files on my computer. I’ve tried several recipe applications but I find the main problem is the tediousness of importing all your existing recipes into it. As for recipes from the web, I’d love an application that would allow you to keep the pictures and formatting intact when you save a recipe from a website. Sort of like a recipe “clipper”.

]]> By: satur9 http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-recipe-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-139680 satur9 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:17:19 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=13179#comment-139680 Recipes are still being kept the oldfashioned way here: on paper. I even print out recipes from the internet :oops: But I've been looking around for a while now for a good recipe manager, so thanks for this article! I'm sure going to try out this Recipe Center! What makes it more difficult to find something good though is that all my recipes are in Dutch. And even though my English is OK, I like recipes in Dutch, as it's sometimes hard to find the translation of an ingredient, or ingredients are being used that we don't use here. It's nice that this Recipe Center also has a unit conversion tool, because that's also always something hard to get by! Recipes are still being kept the oldfashioned way here: on paper. I even print out recipes from the internet :oops:

But I’ve been looking around for a while now for a good recipe manager, so thanks for this article! I’m sure going to try out this Recipe Center!

What makes it more difficult to find something good though is that all my recipes are in Dutch. And even though my English is OK, I like recipes in Dutch, as it’s sometimes hard to find the translation of an ingredient, or ingredients are being used that we don’t use here. It’s nice that this Recipe Center also has a unit conversion tool, because that’s also always something hard to get by!

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