What is more frustrating than agreeing to prepare a fabulous meal for a dinner party only to realize that the cook cannot locate the recipe for the main course? See if the following scenario sounds familiar:
Obtaining a Mouth Watering Recipe
While sitting in a sitting in the Doctor's office waiting room thumbing through a magazine, JoAnne finds an interesting recipe for making a delicious dish of beef stroganoff. She digs in her purse, finds a piece of paper and quickly jots the recipe down (she refrains from ripping the recipe out of the magazine for fear of being caught).
She gets home, types it up in her favorite word processing software so that she'll have it for safe keeping and files it on her hard drive. Several months later in preparation for Aunt Mary and Uncle John's visit JoAnne pulls up her computer program to print out the recipe for a quick and easy meal. Unfortunately, JoAnne cannot remember what she named the file or where she saved it.
In defeat and frustration she cooks one of her old standby meals. One that Aunt Mary and Uncle John has tasted several times before.
Software Solution to the Recipe Storage Problem
Too many cooks have suffered from a variation of JoAnne's frustration. Whether the recipes are stored on a computer's hard drive, a recipe binder or on an index card in a storage box, organizing and keeping track of them can be cumbersome.
The Living Cookbook takes the guess work out of locating and preparing recipes. It is a software program that assists the user in planning meals, organizing recipes, calculating nutrition information, create shopping lists and more. The Living Cookbook comes with over 1,000 recipes and is a recipe management software that makes it easy to locate recipes by name or by ingredients.
For the aspiring writing chef, Living Cookbook makes it easy to publish electronic or print cookbooks equipped with table of contents and cover page.
Living Cookbook Software Trial
The best way to become familiar with the features of the Living Cookbook is to download the 30 day trial version (http://www.livingcookbook.com/product/freetrial.aspx) . All but two of the features (file import and backup) are enabled. Be aware, however, that Living Cookbook is a Windows software (compatible with Vista) and cannot run on a Macintosh unless the Mac is equipped with one of the virtualization software programs such as VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop.
Other Recipe Organization Software
Living Cookbook isn't the only game in town when it comes to electronically tracking and managing recipes. Programs such as BigOven Deluxe Inspired Cooking and Master Cook Deluxe have been in the market for several years and have many loyal customers.
Chefs who find that they are spending more time locating recipes than cooking them should invest in a recipe software management program. It enables chefs to do what they do best and enjoy most…cook.
Felicia A. Williams - Felicia A. Williams is a full time freelance writer with over 20 years of business writing experience.
