Cook'n Recipe Organizer

by DVO Enterprises

Product Features

• Electronic Cookbook
• Recipe Manager
• Menu Planner
• Grocery Shopping Assistant
• Personal Home Nutritionist

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000Y55CWC
• Item model number: 149
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 31, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,391 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #34 in Software > Home & Hobbies > Cooking & Health

Product Description

DVO is dedicated to recipe software.1) Electronic Cookbook -Simply tell Cook'n what ingredients you have on hand and in seconds Cook'n will suggest several delicious recipes. Or use Cook'n's exclusive "Recipe Browser" feature and page through pictures of finished dishes to look for ideas.Download new recipes every week from the DVO website. You can also import recipes from other websites or other cooking software.2) Recipe Manager -Organizing your family recipe collection in the computer is easy with Cook'n. You already know how to put in your recipes that's because Cook'n's recipe window looks just like a recipe card. And "Quick-Fill" editing does much of the typing for you.Cook'n's Recipe Manager makes entertaining a snap. Simply select the number of guests you will be serving and enter it into your favorite recipe. Cook'n calculates the new ingredient amounts for you. No more of that measuring madness!Sharing recipes is easy. Print recipes on pre-formatted 3"x5" cards or just have Cook'n e-mail recipes to a friend. Cook'n can also share recipes with the Palm Pilot.3) Menu Planner -Combine recipes and food items to make complete meals. Then drag and drop meals to make your own weekly or monthly menus.Menu planning instructions teach you how to cut prep time in half by using dove-tailing techniques when preparing your menus.4) Grocery Shopping Assistant -Cook'n automatically combines the food on your menus and makes a grocery shopping list. It even converts tablespoons of tomato paste to 8 oz. cans! Cook'n organizes your shopping list by aisle to save you time at the store.Cook'n also calculates the approximate cost of your shopping list. You can download your shopping list to a PalmPilot organizer.5) Personal Home Nutritionist -Analyze the nutritional elements of recipes and menus. You don't have to be a nutritionist to understand it either -- that's because Cook'n

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid at all cost, February 24, 2008

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Matthew (Kennewick, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cook'n Recipe Organizer (CD-ROM)

I don't think I have ever had such a hard time trying to do something that should be so simple. I bought it to organize the family recipes I have, many of which are written on pieces of paper ripped out of notebooks or on worn and barely legible 4x6 cards. The instructions are muddled and unclear, the set-up is much more complicated than it really needs to be, and everything I try to enter gets deleted because it won't let me save. My advice? Save the money. You're better off keeping the stained and dirty 4x6's that your great-grandmother wrote out.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Program, April 14, 2008

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Georgia Vallejos (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cook'n Recipe Organizer (CD-ROM)

I was interested in using this program to organize my own family recipes, and not so much in the recipes it comes with. It has been great in that regard. Entering recipes is unbelievably quick and easy. The program has a glossary of ingredients, so fills in the ingredient as soon as you start typing it. It also knows to turn the ingredient to the plural if you are using more than one (will change "egg" to "eggs" by itself.) You can print recipes out on a number of formats, including recipe cards or special-size paper. It also has an extensive library of recipes of it's own, plus a feature where you can sign up to have the web site send you new recipes. I did not take advantage of that feature.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dreadful, March 21, 2008

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David Ruben (Lancaster, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cook'n Recipe Organizer (CD-ROM)

My wife received Cook'n Recipe Organizer as a gift. Unfortunately, the software is terrible. The interface is clunky and terribly frustrating (how do I get back to that recipe I was just looking at?). Evidently, the developer, who works from a garage in Utah, has never heard of the Windows Interface Guidlines. The UI looks like it's 10 years old and is in need of an update, if not a complete overhaul. Some export functions are on the File menu, others are on the Options menu for some strange reason.

If this was a freebie download, I could understand it. The fact that it's sold as a commercial product is inexcusable. It's not ready for prime time in my opinion.