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Joy Of Cooking 2.0

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"Joy of Cooking" is one of the best-known cookbooks ever published, and for good reason. Like the print version, this CD offers some terrific recipes and excellent cooking advice. Unfortunately, the similarities ultimately extend too far. There's simply not enough new material here to warrant a hearty recommendation, particularly to those who already own a copy of "Joy."

A particular source of disappointment is the software's failure to tap the strengths of the form. For example, the box promises "100 illustrated, step-by-step techniques every cook should know." But these techniques rely far too heavily on written descriptions, wasting a perfect opportunity for helpful video files.

More irritatingly, many of the recipes do not even include pictures of the finished dishes.

Overall, this product is fine for those who are looking for a searchable copy of "Joy of Cooking." And there a few other features some will find helpful. But don't expect many extras.

I was looking for cook book software to enter all of my recipes into. I read all the reviews on all the different packages and non of them sounded perfect, one would crash due to errors, another was sold to another company and was only being supported so I decided to order the Joy of Cooking software and try it since there were no reviews and it wasn't too expensive. The recipes are great and modern so I will keep the CD for that but I will not waste my time entering my own recipes. Entering the recipes is like typing them on a recipe card, there is no nutritional analysis and I couldn't find a way to print my own book. If you are hoping this will allow you to organize your own recipes, don't buy it. If you want good recipes on your computer and not have to look up a book, I recommend it.

This software is mislabeled and does not run on a modern computer. The only way you can get it to run is to cripple your computer by turning down virtual memory to a level that will cause other applications like Microsoft Office to crash!
I bought this and was told by the store that they don't accept returns on opened software (which is somewhat reasonable since people would just make copies and return the software).
Don't get ...like me!

This software has a very cumbersome user interface - it's hard to navigate, searches are cumbersome, and the window is small and can't be resized. I once stumbled across an entry about homemade mayonnaise, but have been unable to find it since, because it's so difficult to navigate.

If you're willing to put up with the cumbersome software, you'll find useful information in here, and probably good recipes too - but I'd choose the book any day.

The cookbook is fantastic! The CD-ROM (version 2.0) is an unmitigated disaster. It will NOT run on your computer unless you tweak its innards to the point where other programs rebel. I tried for ten minutes and then unistalled it. I will stick with the book but the software is dismal.
T J Huber