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The Perfect Recipe Software |
September 8, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
K. Rodgers
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(From Amazon review found here.)
I am creating a family cookbook, and I have found this software to be
exactly what I was looking for! I started with recipes from parents and
grandparents, but I am having just as much fun getting recipes from my
kids. My sister and I are putting this book together to give to our
children this Christmas, and I am sure it will be a hit.
The software is very easy to use, yet it allows for many creative
options. One of the neatest options is the ability to include pictures
with each recipe. I have retrieved old pictures, going back several
generations, and combined them with pictures taken just last week with
the newest addition to the family. There is always room (as much as you
need or want) to include stories that relate to each recipe. The
cookbook then becomes a family history in recipes.
Another really important feature is that you keep the data on your
own computer. That allows you to make changes if you need to (no matter
how many times you proofread, someone will always find a mistake
somewhere.) You can then rerun a page whenever needed. You can also add
to the cookbook anytime a new family favorite recipe pops up.
The website for this software also has many ideas and examples. A
really nice feature is a blog for questions and ideas. The creators of
this software will respond to your questions and concerns quickly, and
I really appreciated that!
I highly recommend this software!!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: |
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Great Cookbook Software |
September 8, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
Marian R. Richards
from Littleton, CO USA
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(From Amazon review found here.)
I was looking for software to compile a cookbook for a school music
group. I didn't want one that already had 500 recipes in it; just
something easy-to-use to make my job easier! This is the one to get.
The customer service people are quick to respond and great to work
with.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: |
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ease of use? - TERRIFIC |
September 8, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
Sandie
from Westmoreland, TN United States
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(From Amazon review found here.)
First of all, I love this product! My hubby gave it to me for Christmas, and I am having a great time playing with it.
My usual method of keeping up with my recipes was keying into a
word processing program, printing them out and placing in a three-ring
binder in sheet protectors (to keep them clean!). I was looking for
something to key into, and maybe compile them into a cookbook for
others to use, and this seems to fit the bill! With this software, I
can print individual recipes for my binder as I go, and still have the
recipes together for use later. Nifty, huh?
And it's so simple to use, no complicated ingredient lists, etc. I
am using "cut and paste" to move my recipes from the word processing
program to this program; very simple, and quick too! I can also pick up
new recipes from the internet using the same method. Once I paste, then
I can clean up the formatting to suit myself. Easy, easy, EASY!
I like the section for "authors" of the recipes. A short biography
of each person is entered, then you can "give credit where credit is
due" for those wonderful recipes that have passed down through the
generations. Also, the "types" (i.e., dessert, main dish, etc.) of
recipes can be selected anyway I want them, then changed later if I
need to expand or delete.
They have a message board, for general chit-chat as well as where
problems are addressed. Also, suggestions are accepted from users to
help upgrade future editions to better meet the needs of the end-users.
Great suggestions are being offered, and it really makes me feel like
they are trying their best to make a good product better!
If you are looking for an easy "electronic" recipe box, this may be just the product for you. I know it's working for me!
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful: |
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Creating a Family Heirloom Cookbook |
September 8, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
Deidre A. Penrod "(Ah-Dee)"
from Austin, Texas
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(From Amazon review found here.)
All of you that know me know that I am committed to preserving recipes
and cookbooks of the past. This includes personal collections of
recipes, family heirloom recipes, older cookbooks from previous
centuries, and recipes from our current times. That is why I want to
tell all of you about a totally new and wonderful software that I have
discovered recently that will help you to put a cookbook together to
share or keep within your own family. These are the reasons I am
telling you about this product, and I am not affiliated in any other
way with them except to be a consumer. This is a relatively new
company, and you may not have heard about it yet.
http://www.cookbookpeople.com/index.htm
Have you ever had anyone suggest to you that you should write a
cookbook? I have, usually whenever I bring a recipe to a covered dish
luncheon, entertained at home, or whenever I share a recipe. All of us
that cook have learned through the years what works with what, and how
to take shortcuts with what we use in our culinary expertise.
There may be many reasons why you want to put together a group of
your personal recipes. You might want to gather up a loved ones
favorite recipes to save them for future generations, or you might want
to put together a special collection of your own recipes to share them
with various other members of your family and a select group of
friends, or you might just want to keep a "special" batch of recipes
handy in one place for the holiday cooking we all do. Whatever the
reason, push comes to shove, it is difficult to actually make a
cookbook actually happen.
After compiling a pile of recipes, then what do you do? By then,
the project seems to overwhelm you and it seems like too much work to
finish it, so it seems easier to just print out the recipes and hope
you do not lose them for the next time you need to refer to them. After
taking off the headers from whatever recipe program you are using,
going over the recipes again and again, changing your mind about what
to add or not...it hardly seems worth the bother, what with all of the
commitments we all have in day to day life.
Here is where "Matilda's Fantastic Cookbook Software" comes to the
rescue. It is an extremely easy and versatile software product to use
to gather up those old index cards, newspaper clippings, recipes from
the back of used envelopes, hints and ideas you have been saving for
years, etc. With this software you will be able to organize all of your
recipes in a short period of time. Before I purchased a copy, I found
out that "Matilda's Fantastic Cookbook Software" is the best selling
Cooking and Health software on Amazon, and is always in the top 3 under
Genealogy Software.
Using it is simple. First you pick out a cover page, using any of
the already 27 templates in the program, or design one of your own
using a custom made template. Add your own photo, and any text you want
to the cover. The software also features six half-page templates, which
far more people than you'd think are looking for. You can also mix and
match the templates to use for each the sections in your cookbook, or
you can have all of them the same background. But if you decide to
change your mind before you are finished, you can change the background
pages again with no harm to your recipes.
After you have made your decisions on your cover and background
pages, then just start adding in your recipes. If you have already been
storing your recipe collection in one of the recipe software products
available, you will find that getting them into actual cookbook format
will be simple, and you will not have to type in and recipe at all to
use the product. Just use a simple cut and paste method.
As you enter each recipe into "Matilda's Fantastic Cookbook", you
simply put the recipe into one of the categories that is already in the
program, or add your own unique category name. You can add as much
information as you want with the recipe, all of your notes, and
personal changes you have made, etc. Every recipe can also have its own
photo added. The nice thing about this feature is that if you are
working on a heritage or family cookbook, you can add a photo of the
person or relative who gave you the recipe, or a photo of the family
eating around the table, or a photo of the food itself. The choice of
photos is up to you and you are unlimited in what you want to add. It
is YOUR cookbook.
As your add your recipes, they also are automatically going into a
Table Of Contents, with each category, so you are able to check on your
progress. The table of contents will also show the photos you have
attached to the recipes, or you can tell the program not to show them.
My choice is to keep the photos with the contents, so you can take a
quick glance at the recipes listed and see what you are searching for
quickly, but it YOUR choice. If you are entering a lot of recipes, then
you may not want to have the photos show up in the contents to have
more text on the pages, but the photos will still show up in the
recipes themselves.
The spell checker that is included with the program is a very good
one, similar to the one in WORD. You can add words that may be missing
to the dictionary, or see different variants of the spelling you are
using.
There is also a section of biographies for whomever you want to
include in your family cookbook. In this section you can put in a
genealogical note regarding family members and friends of the family
who contributed the recipes. Photos again are included in this section
to add.
In the Contributor area, names and addresses are added in order for
family members to keep track of each other. Phone numbers and e-mail
addresses can also be included in the address book. This is a wonderful
section to use later for holiday mailings, and family reunions. A
birthday section keeps track of birthdays and is arranged by month to
help you remember to send birthday greetings. The address book and the
birthday page do not have to have information added separately, as it
only has to be added once to the contributor section, and that is only
if you want it to show up in the finished version of the book. Plus,
since it is in a cookbook that will be used again and again, if you
should need any information from these sections, you will probably be
able to get your hands on it quickly.
Matilda's Fantastic Cookbook Software will allow you to make small
cookbooks for family and friends, larger cookbooks for family reunions
and other purposes, yet you can also make a huge cookbook for a church
or school fundraiser. The choices are unlimited as to size.
When you are completely satisfied that you are finished with your
cookbook, you can then put it into PDF format and keep a copy, bring it
to a copier such as Kinko's, and then either you or they can print it
off, or you can send it to the CookBook People and have them print it
for you. You choices are unlimited! And it is YOUR cookbook, and
reflects YOU, not what anyone else thinks you should have done.
Go to the software site for more information and examples of what
the software can do for YOU. If you have been putting off compiling
your cookbook, believe me, now is the time to start. With this
software, you will be finished quicker then you can imagine, and if you
are like me, you will be already planning your future cookbooks. The
other thing that I can appreciate about the software, is that if you
should change your mind about the recipes, or need to add more recipes
later on in time, it is a very simple matter to do that. YOUR cookbook
is never "set into stone", so to speak.
Deidre-Anne Penrod
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Great Software |
September 8, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
Kathryn M. Carriere
from Houston, Texas USA
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(From Amazon review found here.)
Like one of the other reviewrs, I had tried not only a couple of other
cookbook programs, but many. I was beginning to become very frustrated
because either I couldn't find what I was looking for in a product or
the product wasn't what it was advertised as or just didn't work. I was
about to give up in finding "that product." I did one last search on
the internet and found this product by accident. I ordered it and after
a few attempts at loading onto my computer (needless to say, my
computer was having an attitude problem), I finally got the program
loaded and fell in love with the product. I don't know how I managed
before I found it. I am a published author of one cookbook that really
didn't come out well because of the other programs that I was using.
Now, with this program, my cookbooks will be so much better. Thank you
so much Cookbook People.
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