Comments on: YummySoup vs Connoisseur

By: Steve Jones

Steve Jones — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:18:30 +0000

Oops! Sorry, I meant version 2 (not 3).

By: Steve Jones

Steve Jones — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:10:22 +0000

Version 3 of YS, which is supposed to come out soon, is supposed to be loaded with many new features, too.

By: Jeanne Thelwell

Jeanne Thelwell — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:05:43 +0000

That’s good to know. I just dl’d the trial version of YS to try it for myself and compare them.

By: Steve Jones

Steve Jones — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:59:37 +0000

Too little, too late for me. I finally gave up on Connoisseur and migrated to YummySoup months ago. Its developer is very good at communicating with his customers and updating the app. He’s even working on an iPhone version to sync with the desktop app. After using it for a few months, I found that YS has an edge over Connoisseur anyway.

By: Jeanne Thelwell

Jeanne Thelwell — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:53:40 +0000

There is a new version of Connoisseur available as of April 20, 2009. I just downloaded it and haven’t tried it yet, but a new review might be in order.

Unfortunately, there’s still a problem with the contact page. It shows up as blank, but view source does show a contact form. The new developer is Concept Development. I haven’t found a way to get in contact with them.

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:47:19 +0000

That’s easy…YS is looking for a “Connoisseur” file. So export to a native Connoisseur file.

Larry

By: Steve Jones

Steve Jones — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:45:33 +0000

Larry,

Thanks, but Connoisseur asks me to choose an export format: Entourage, HTML, iPod, Connoisseur, Mail, Recipe or Text. (I’m waiting to hear back from YS’s developer, too.)

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:41:56 +0000

Steve Jones,

I don’t have Connoisseur, but I do have YummySoup! and it looks pretty straightforward. First, export your recipes FROM Connoisseur, then in YummySoup! go to File | Open Export File | Connoisseur Recipe Files.

By: Steve Jones

Steve Jones — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:04:48 +0000

Can someone poelase tell me how to transfer my Connoisseur recipes/database, which I cannot find, to YummySoup? I’ve read on this blog that YS can open Connoisseur recipes, but how?

Thanks.

By: David

David — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:21:14 +0000

former user of Connoisseur. when TLAF stopped updating the product and became unresponsive to support emails i went searching for another recipe app. tried YummySoup! but settled on MacGourmet as the latter fit my style better.

Connoisseur used to be a great recipe application but now i wouldn’t recommend it to anybody. test drive YummySoup! or MacGourmet instead.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:37:11 +0000

Found this at YS forum which YS developer says that YS will continue to coexist with CookBook.

http://hungryseacow.com/forum/forum.php?req=thread&id=224

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:29:43 +0000

A guy from Cookbook mentions in this post (user name: phillryu) http://www.macheist.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7476

that YummySoup is joining the Cookbook development team. If this is true, I doubt YS’s future is long.

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YummySoup Video and Giveaway | MacApper — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:00:24 +0000

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By: LarryMcJ

LarryMcJ — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:31:34 +0000

I have to chime in on this one…having used MacGourmet and others for a long time. A few days ago I switched to YummySoup! and actually tried to find a reason to dislike it so I could stay with MacGourmet. I simply could find nothing wrong with YummySoup! and felt it was miles ahead of MG, if for no other reason it’s ten times easier and faster to use. MG is loaded with extraneous information (what pan did you use, what did you stir it with, what sub-sub-sub region of lower Slobavia did the recipe emanate from).

YS! is truly a Mac app…not just an app that works on a Mac. Its interface smacks of familiarity and the folder tree structure is fully configurable if you want to change it.

I would guess that those who are anti-YS! simply don’t want to shell out for another product, having paid for an alternative already. And BTW, I just noticed you can purchase YS! for only $12 ($8 off) at MacZot. I don’t know anything about MacZot, having never purchased there before…but if you’re on the fence…it seems like a good deal.

LarryMcJ

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By: Dean W.

Dean W. — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:11:08 +0000

Like the other folks, I tried all the recipe programs and settled on YummySoup as the best of the best. Even before the “import from anywhere” feature was added, it still had the best combination of simple-to-grasp UI and practical utility. Other recipe programs have niche specialties (dieting, etc.), but YummySoup is an all-around champ. Consistent progress, too. I look very forward to future version of YummySoup and will not only pay to upgrade, but also purchase copies for my mom and my mother in law! Yes! It’s THAT easy to use!

By: Christiaan

Christiaan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:13:47 +0000

Yeah, bad review. You really need to take another look at YummySoup, which is streaks ahead of Connoisseur.

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By: Margit

Margit — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:02:45 +0000

Emily, you need to give YummySoup! another try. Your review says YummySoup! “gives you access to a small database of recipes from various websites.” How can the full database of Gourmet and Bon Appetit from Epicurious, and the similarly full database of Cooking Light, Southern Living, Sunset, Coastal Living, Cottage Living and Health ever be considered a “small database”? And that is without even considering the celebrity chefs on foodnetwork.com. Recipes from all these sources can be entered into YummySoup! with a mere drag ‘n’ drop of the URL. All the fields are automatically filled with no further effort.

I have spent literally years trying (and paying for) all the alternatives in Mac recipe software, including using free-form notebook applications such as Mori, and I have finally found the ideal application for my needs in YummySoup!

Granted, not everyone has the same needs, but when you consider that Connoisseur seems to have evaporated, and VersionTracker and MacUpdate both give YummySoup! a full 5 stars, it seems the answer is quite clear.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:44:01 +0000

To be fair, I haven’t tried Connoisseur. But I don’t see how importing could be easier than YummySoup. For supported sites, you just drag the URL into the YummySoup window. Done. For other sites, the AnySite Importer is basically flawless (since you tell it what’s what).

And also, yeah, adding a recipe’s ingredients to your grocery list is as Joe said.

Sounds like there’s some sequencing bias at work, understandably.

I’m on the ‘Soup trial, and plan on buying when the trial runs out in a few days. And I’m looking forward to them rolling out Apple Remote (!!!) and speech support (!!!) for Leopard soon.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:27:33 +0000

How is dragging and dropping a recipe URL “not quite as fast or simple”? That’s all there is to importing a recipe from any of the supported sites. Compare that to how Connoisseur does it:

“Open your web browser to the recipe you wish to import.

Select the text pertaining to the recipe (the less extraneous the text selected the more accurate it will be).

Select “Services” from your browser menu then “Import Recipe into Connoisseur”.

If this option is not available you will need to log in to your user account again as the “Services” menu needs to discover Connoisseur. The Connoisseur service can be used from any application, not just web browsers.”

YummySoup is way easier.

Also, to add all the ingredients of a recipe to your shopping list just right click on the recipe, select Add to Grocery List and then chose to either create a new list or use one that you’ve already started. It adds ALL the ingredients. You can also add individual ingredients as well.