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For Importing Old, Hand-Written Recipes: BigOven If you're looking for a recipe organizer because you need something to bridge the paper and electronic divide, BigOven (Web/iOS/Android/Windows Phone) is the service for you. It's been around for a while, but it still boasts a recipe library over 250,000 strong, and it's still a fantastic way to combine recipes from around the web with those old, hand-written recipes you may have stuffed between pages in a cookbook. BigOven is free to join, but to get the best features out of it, you'll need to pony up $2.50/mo or $20/yr for a Pro membership. … [Read more...] about The Best Apps to Manage Your Recipe Collection

Paprika The only actual recipe management app in the top five, Paprika is available for Mac OS, iPad, and iPhone, and will set you back $19.99 for the Mac app, and $4.99 for the iOS app. Paprika is built to handle recipes, so the application has multiple views to help you see all of the recipes at once while you scroll through the steps, view large photos of the dish you're making, and a built-in web browser to scrub recipes from your favorite cooking and food sites. The app also helps you manage your grocery list, and can turn your recipes into a shopping list so you can pick up what you need to cook the meal you're planning. Plus, the app makes it easy to add and edit recipes, and will sync your recipes to the cloud so you can access them on other devices. … [Read more...] about Five Best Recipe Organization Tools

BigOven is an enormous, 170,000+ recipe database that plugs directly into the BigOven Windows and mobile software. If you read over the features of SousChef and muttered about how Mac folks always have the flashy toys, don't despair: BigOven is a recipe tool for Windows that stands quite strongly on its own. Even if you don't use the software, you can still search and browse the BigOven website for free. If you're serious about recipe organization, BigOven offers a host of features, including nutritional calculations, an integrated meal planning calendar, and easy capture for importing recipes you find on the web. Big Oven can also import recipes from other outside sources, including popular cookbook database formats. Its drag-and-drop shopping list generator will also save you time on your way to the grocery store. Apart from the online database and the Windows software, Big Oven also offers free companion applications that enable syncing with Windows Mobile, Palm OS, and the iPhone. … [Read more...] about Five Best Recipe Managers

Zest the lemon and mix with the minced anchovies (how many anchovies you use is up to you and your personal tastes), then spread over the endive. Fold the endive into thirds, like a brochure. Wrap in the paper towels and roll over it with a rolling pin or the side of a can to really tamp it down and squeeze out any water that’s been too stubborn to come out. Put the flour on a plate and dredge both sides of the endive in it, then set aside to rest. … [Read more...] about Curly Endive Piccata will make you believe in leaves again

I'll never forget when the car came off track around lunch time...not for a pit stop or a problem...but because it was lunch time and the food was done. I watched with my own eyes, guy take a piece of meat from the smoker and chow down. Greatest idea ever. … [Read more...] about The Ten Best Recipes For Cooking With Your Car