MacGourmet Deluxe: A Chef's Dream Come True
My Mother had an old, dog-eared copy of The Joy of Cooking in our kitchen when I was growing up. At such a young age the book seemed huge and magical to me. Now, I am cooking my own meals when I have time. I don't have The Joy of Cooking, but I do have a laptop with MacGourmet Deluxe sitting at-the-ready when my culinary urges strike.
MacGourmet Deluxe combines the robust MacGourmet recipe organizer with the Nutrition, Mealplan, and Cookbook plug-ins. Here is a small list of what you can do with the Deluxe version of MacGourmet:
⃠Create, edit, and share recipes
⃠Add recipes from online sources easily
⃠Sync plans to/from iCal with one click
⃠Publish recipes to .mac or your web site
⃠Create and print your own cookbook
⃠Take notes on cooking, as well as notes on the perfect wine
⃠Plan meals by recipe or by the Weekly Meal Planner
⃠Organize your collection with SmartLists
⃠Calculate the nutritional content of your recipes with the included USDA database
My three favorite features are:
Generate shopping lists from ingredients. Once you've picked a recipe or made a meal plan for the day or the entire week, you can quickly generate a shopping list based on the ingredients in each recipe. MacGourmet Deluxe keeps track of quantities when they are labeled, and provides a list you can print out or put on your PDA and take to the supermarket. This feature is really handy when purchasing ingredients, and helps cut down on buying too much of something and having it go bad.
Plan a meal using the Cupboard Find or Potluck Find features. Do you have a hodgepodge of spices and other seemingly-unrelated ingredients sitting in your cupboard? Type them into the Cupboard Find in MacGourmet Deluxe, and it'll search through your recipes for anything that uses those ingredients. Can't decide what to make for lunch? Do a Potluck Find and have five random meal suggestions instantly.
Chef View. Ever tried to read your computer screen while you cook? It's definitely a challenge. With Chef View, you can easily set the recipe directions in a large font that is easily readable from a safe distance. This keeps your hands free to prepare the meal, and keeps the meal from getting on your keyboard and screen.
In all, MacGourmet Deluxe packs a whole lot of functionality into one application. While some of the additions are not for everyone (I won't use the Wine Notes, for example), the things you don't use stay out of the way, and the focus remains on recipes, ingredients, and preparationas it should. MacGourmet Deluxe is $44.95 for the digital download version from the Mariner Software website, and they offer a boxed version for $5 more. Also, if you bought a previous version of MacGourmet, you qualify for an upgrade price of $24.95.
A comparison between MacGourmet Deluxe and YummySoup would be helpful.
While this was a review rather than a comparison, you can compare the features described in my review with Connoisseur, Yum and YummySoup! here:
http://macapper.com/2008/02/09/yummysoup-vs-connoisseur/
http://macapper.com/2008/02/12/yum-recipe-management-for-your-mac/
http://macapper.com/2008/04/07/yummysoup-video-and-giveaway/
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