from Tastebook.com
Two Christmas’ ago I was really at a loss for what to give everyone. It was the second holiday season that I would be spending with Brian’s family instead of my own and I really wanted to do something special for everyone. I decided I was going to collect all of our families best loved recipes from the past 3 generations and put them all in one place. Many of the recipes that I had from my grandmothers were written in pencil on scraps of paper, or in the margins of other cookbooks, it was impossible to keep track of what I had. Hit the Jump for more…
Epicurious Widget for the iPhone, Finally
After months of searching over and over for a widgit from Epicurious to come out one is finally here. The application is free and available for download at Apples iTunes Store. Once I finished downloading the program I was eager to check it out. It’s an easy to use interface with 10,000+ recipes, searchable by name or by choosing a chapter like ‘weeknight dinners’ and paging through each recipe one by one. I especially like the chapter’s titles such as ‘I cook like a Pro’ and ‘I can Barely cook’ so you can decide just how involved you really want to be in your kitchen that day. You can search by main ingredient, type of cuisine, dietary consideration, dish type and season, or occasion.
Probing deeper into the app, I’ve found that it is easy to make a shopping list, mark things as favorites, and even email the recipe to an unsuspecting boyfriend as an eHunnyDo. The only thing I have to gripe about, and its my main complaint with all cooking applications and magazines, what’s with all the deserts? There are more than 5,000 deserts and less than 700 weeknight dinners? Ummm, what happened to eat your dinner then you can have a desert.
<via Epicurious>