Recipe Box 1.0a review

Recipe Box is the easiest to use, most practical electronic recipe book application on the market.

License: Demo OS: Mac OS X File size: 4945K Developer: Sonora Graphics Buy Now Price: $24.00 Updated: 19 Dec 2006

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Recipe Box is the easiest to use, most practical electronic recipe book application on the market. It maintains not only a database of your favorite recipes that can be displayed or printed scaled for any number of servings, but also of the ingredients, units of measure, and preparations methods used to ensure minimal typing and maximum consistency.

Here are some key features of "Recipe Box":
Stores thousands of recipes
Filter recipe list by meal course (salad, main dish, etc.)
Associate multiple courses to a single recipe
Recipe titles show original source credit, if provided
Store preparation time, number of servings, source, notes and more!
Automatically scales recipes up or down for the number of servings needed
Maintains ingredient, measures, and preparations database for consistency and quick data entry
Automatically checks instructions for completeness
Sophisticated algorithms automatically correct entry errors
Generates shopping lists for an entire meal (scaled for the number servings needed)
Allows easy management of ingredient, measures, and preparations databases
Print recipes or display them on screen while cooking
Easily share recipes with friends who use Recipe Box!

Limitations:
Printing disabled
A maximum of 10 recipes may be stored.

What's New:
Redesigned windows use less space and are more attractive.
Exports shopping lists as text files for iPods and PDAs.
New, large format view for using the computer in the kitchen.
New "shortcuts" window for quick access to common tasks.
New "menus" window allows recipes to be grouped for meal planning.
Ingredient lists allow entry of "divider" headings to separate groups of ingredients.
Shopping lists allow manual entry of items not included in the selected recipes.
Contextual menus available in most windows (right-click or CTRL-click).
Easy switching between edit and view windows.
Anticipates recipe source entries on-the-fly.
Create and edit meal courses.
Uses the course filter selection of the main window as the default course for new recipes.
Corrected file mappings so recipe books open the application properly.
Corrected file types in open and save dialogs boxes.
Improved processing of imported files and recipe books.
New recipe book format prevents loss of ingredients in certain circumstances.
Shopping list windows no longer display zeros for all ingredients in certain circumstances.
Edit windows correctly prompt to save changes when closed.
View windows scroll properly when the mouse wheel is turned.
Properly supports the right-delete key in entry fields.
Uses the measurements dictionary to resolve plurals when possible.
Initial release for Microsoft Windows.