Hi! I've just started following these newsgroups and was wondering
about something. What is your favorite recipe database software that
you use on your PC? Myself I use Cookin' from DVO software. It's a
great little program that not only stores recipes, but also has a meal
planner, shopping list generator, and more.


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Windows 7-RC

On Jun 23, 10:25*am, Roy Smith > wrote:
> Hi! *I've just started following these newsgroups and was wondering
> about something. *What is your favorite recipe database software that
> you use on your PC? *Myself I use Cookin' from DVO software. *It's a
> great little program that not only stores recipes, but also has a meal
> planner, shopping list generator, and more.
>
> --
>
> Roy Smith
> Windows 7-RC

I have a bunch of cookbooks. More recipes than I'd ever use in a life
time.

Roy Smith wrote:
> Hi! I've just started following these newsgroups and was wondering
> about something. What is your favorite recipe database software that
> you use on your PC? Myself I use Cookin' from DVO software. It's a
> great little program that not only stores recipes, but also has a meal
> planner, shopping list generator, and more.
>
>

I use Gourmet Recipe Manager on Ubuntu. I especially like that I can
paste in a whole list of ingredients in one step, rather than inputting
them separately.

Serene

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Roy Smith wrote:
> Hi! I've just started following these newsgroups and was wondering
> about something. What is your favorite recipe database software that
> you use on your PC? Myself I use Cookin' from DVO software. It's a
> great little program that not only stores recipes, but also has a meal
> planner, shopping list generator, and more.
>
>
Is this spam? If it's not, I have been using Master Cook for 17 years.
I won't change.

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Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

Serene Vannoy wrote:

>
> I use Gourmet Recipe Manager on Ubuntu. I especially like that I can
> paste in a whole list of ingredients in one step, rather than
> inputting them separately.

Me too. And the fact that it's free doesn't hurt either ;-)
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ChattyCathy wrote:
> Serene Vannoy wrote:
>
>> I use Gourmet Recipe Manager on Ubuntu. I especially like that I can
>> paste in a whole list of ingredients in one step, rather than
>> inputting them separately.
>
> Me too. And the fact that it's free doesn't hurt either ;-)

True, true, but all of the software I run on Ubuntu is free. :-)

Serene

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example, your theory needs work." -- Aqua, alt.polyamory

Janet Wilder wrote:

> Roy Smith wrote:
>> Hi! I've just started following these newsgroups and was wondering
>> about something. What is your favorite recipe database software that
>> you use on your PC?

<snip>
>>
>>
> Is this spam?

Color me suspicious too...

> If it's not, I have been using Master Cook for 17
> years. I won't change.
>

FWIW, I use Gourmet Recipe Manager - I like it. Does what I need it to
do (and more) but best of all - it's free <grin>
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Serene Vannoy wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote:
>> Serene Vannoy wrote:
>>
>>> I use Gourmet Recipe Manager on Ubuntu. I especially like that I can
>>> paste in a whole list of ingredients in one step, rather than
>>> inputting them separately.
>>
>> Me too. And the fact that it's free doesn't hurt either ;-)
>
> True, true, but all of the software I run on Ubuntu is free. :-)

Quite so ;-)

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ChattyCathy said...

> Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Roy Smith wrote:
>>> Hi! I've just started following these newsgroups and was wondering
>>> about something. What is your favorite recipe database software that
>>> you use on your PC?
>
> <snip>
>>>
>>>
>> Is this spam?
>
> Color me suspicious too...
>
>> If it's not, I have been using Master Cook for 17
>> years. I won't change.
>>
>
> FWIW, I use Gourmet Recipe Manager - I like it. Does what I need it to
> do (and more) but best of all - it's free <grin>


I've never used a recipe manager. I snag and save recipes as text files.
Sure it's not as pretty or as organized but I'm OK with that. I have the
internet, half a dozen dedicated wireless recipe apps and all my saved
recipes on my cell phone in my pocket at all times. They're all free, too.

I DO miss a good index!

Andy
--
"I only know what I read, not what I'm talking about!"
--Andy

Janet Wilder wrote:
> Roy Smith wrote:
>> Hi! I've just started following these newsgroups and was wondering
>> about something. What is your favorite recipe database software that
>> you use on your PC? Myself I use Cookin' from DVO software. It's a
>> great little program that not only stores recipes, but also has a meal
>> planner, shopping list generator, and more.
>>
>>
> Is this spam? If it's not, I have been using Master Cook for 17 years.
> I won't change.

No it's not spam, I'm just curious to find out what others here use
that's all.

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Windows 7-RC

Roy Smith wrote:

> No it's not spam, I'm just curious to find out what others here use
> that's all.
>
So Roy, what kind of recipes do you save? And what are your food
likes/dislikes?

BTW, please don't forget to send Barb your r.f.c. membership fees. IIRC,
checks are acceptable...
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On 2009-06-23, Serene Vannoy > wrote:

> I use Gourmet Recipe Manager on Ubuntu. I especially like that I can
> paste in a whole list of ingredients in one step, rather than inputting
> them separately.

Cut n' paste and on linux, too. Looks like a recipe program I can finally
use. Thnx.

nb

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:37:15 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>I DO miss a good index!

That's what folders and sub folders are for, dude!

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

sf said...

> On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:37:15 -0500, Andy > wrote:
>
>>I DO miss a good index!
>
> That's what folders and sub folders are for, dude!


Too bad all the separate recipe websites don't play in the same index
"sandbox."

Andy

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:25:36 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>sf said...
>
>> On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:37:15 -0500, Andy > wrote:
>>
>>>I DO miss a good index!
>>
>> That's what folders and sub folders are for, dude!
>
>
>Too bad all the separate recipe websites don't play in the same index
>"sandbox."
>
I thought you were talking about organizing recipes on your computer,
Andy!

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:50:10 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2009-06-23, Serene Vannoy > wrote:
>
>> I use Gourmet Recipe Manager on Ubuntu. I especially like that I can
>> paste in a whole list of ingredients in one step, rather than inputting
>> them separately.
>
>Cut n' paste and on linux, too. Looks like a recipe program I can finally
>use. Thnx.
>
I got all excited with you three talking about it. Well, I need IT!
How on earth does this thing install (I downloaded the "stable"
version for windows). You'd think there'd be an exe file in there
somewhere... or the FAQ would include installation instructions.


--
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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

sf wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:50:10 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2009-06-23, Serene Vannoy > wrote:
>>
>>> I use Gourmet Recipe Manager on Ubuntu. I especially like that I can
>>> paste in a whole list of ingredients in one step, rather than
>>> inputting them separately.
>>
>>Cut n' paste and on linux, too. Looks like a recipe program I can
>>finally
>>use. Thnx.
>>
> I got all excited with you three talking about it. Well, I need IT!
> How on earth does this thing install (I downloaded the "stable"
> version for windows). You'd think there'd be an exe file in there
> somewhere... or the FAQ would include installation instructions.
>
>
You could try here for a Windows version, sf.

http://www.brothersoft.com/gourmet-r...er-166107.html
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sf said...

> On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:25:36 -0500, Andy > wrote:
>
>>sf said...
>>
>>> On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:37:15 -0500, Andy > wrote:
>>>
>>>>I DO miss a good index!
>>>
>>> That's what folders and sub folders are for, dude!
>>
>>
>>Too bad all the separate recipe websites don't play in the same index
>>"sandbox."
>>
> I thought you were talking about organizing recipes on your computer,
> Andy!


It's okay. I've got 700+ pages x 2 of cookbook volumes that will either
keep me alive OR kill me.

I can't win, somehow, I do believe!

Andy

On 2009-06-24, ChattyCathy > wrote:

> You could try here for a Windows version, sf.
>
> http://www.brothersoft.com/gourmet-r...er-166107.html

CC, I still gotta get a pysqlite2 pkg b4 I can load it. Did you find you
needed the pyRTF library or is that just something I need only if I'm gonna
im/export from Windows.

nb

notbob wrote:

> On 2009-06-24, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
>> You could try here for a Windows version, sf.
>>
>> http://www.brothersoft.com/gourmet-r...er-166107.html
>
> CC, I still gotta get a pysqlite2 pkg b4 I can load it. Did you find
> you needed the pyRTF library or is that just something I need only if
> I'm gonna im/export from Windows.
>
> nb

I think it will need pysqlite, as it keeps its recipe database in sqlite
files. As you probably know, I'm a lazy Ubuntu/Debian user that lets
the package manager sort out dependencies for me. However, it tells me
it needs this:

$ dpkg -p gourmet
Package: gourmet
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 7264
Maintainer: Thomas Mills Hinkle >
Architectu all
Version: 0.13.4-1
Depends: python (>= 2.2), python-gtk2 (>= 2.3.92), python-imaging,
python-glade2, python-pysqlite2, python-reportlab
Recommends: python-gnome2
Suggests: libmetakit-python
Size: 2070442

pyRTF does not feature as a separate package, but I suspect that
functionality is included in python-reportlab because the blurb for
that mentions RTF files...

OBFood: The mussels we had for dinner were good ;-)

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Chatty Cathy

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:21:12 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

>You could try here for a Windows version, sf.
>
>http://www.brothersoft.com/gourmet-r...er-166107.html
>--
Thanks, Cathy... you saved me some time! I thought I'd downloaded the
Windows version from a different site.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:25:23 -0500, Roy Smith
> wrote:

>Hi! I've just started following these newsgroups and was wondering
>about something. What is your favorite recipe database software that
>you use on your PC? Myself I use Cookin' from DVO software. It's a
>great little program that not only stores recipes, but also has a meal
>planner, shopping list generator, and more.

I am showing up to the party a few months late but I have been a
die-hard mealmaster user even paid for it along the way. I have tried
just about everything else that has crossed my path and found one
thing or another not to my personal liking and gone back

Shortly after throwing Windows out the window I discovered "Gourmet
Recipe Manager" and have not looked back since. Imports nearly
everything I have thrown at it *except* unformatted text files which
can cause GRM to have a wee headache. It exports many of the same
formats it imports, uses a real database back end that makes other
things easier (for the frustrated geek inside) I do not believe it is
available for Windows yet but a good python programmer should be able
to correct that I **believe**.

GRM http://bit.ly/4oFKLD
Mealmaster http://bit.ly/1dbnmV
I will look through my notebook and link some of the others with
reviews (what I liked and didn't like etc.) soon. I assume that most
people would not be as picky as I am about features of a software
program as my pickyness has me in trouble with bosses and partners for
some time.

I may be late but I am not out LOL
Actual email is 'wblalok .at. xmission .dot. com' to reply

Will@Blaylock wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:25:23 -0500, Roy Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi! I've just started following these newsgroups and was wondering
>> about something. What is your favorite recipe database software that
>> you use on your PC? Myself I use Cookin' from DVO software. It's a
>> great little program that not only stores recipes, but also has a meal
>> planner, shopping list generator, and more.
>
> I am showing up to the party a few months late but I have been a
> die-hard mealmaster user even paid for it along the way. I have tried
> just about everything else that has crossed my path and found one
> thing or another not to my personal liking and gone back
>
> Shortly after throwing Windows out the window I discovered "Gourmet
> Recipe Manager" and have not looked back since. Imports nearly
> everything I have thrown at it *except* unformatted text files which
> can cause GRM to have a wee headache. It exports many of the same
> formats it imports, uses a real database back end that makes other
> things easier (for the frustrated geek inside) I do not believe it is
> available for Windows yet but a good python programmer should be able
> to correct that I **believe**.
>
> GRM http://bit.ly/4oFKLD
> Mealmaster http://bit.ly/1dbnmV
> I will look through my notebook and link some of the others with
> reviews (what I liked and didn't like etc.) soon. I assume that most
> people would not be as picky as I am about features of a software
> program as my pickyness has me in trouble with bosses and partners for
> some time.
>
> I may be late but I am not out LOL
> Actual email is 'wblalok .at. xmission .dot. com' to reply

I use GRM on Win XP... just make sure to save a copy of the database
file before any major imports. I loaded a couple different 1000 recipe
MM files, and corrupted the database file.

Bob

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:26:29 -0500, Bob Muncie >
wrote:

[deletia]

>>
>> I may be late but I am not out LOL
>> Actual email is 'wblalok .at. xmission .dot. com' to reply
>
>I use GRM on Win XP... just make sure to save a copy of the database
>file before any major imports. I loaded a couple different 1000 recipe
>MM files, and corrupted the database file.

FWIW I just imported my mealmaster text export (all combined into one
huge text file) on two different machines. Nice round figures 35
thousand recipes. Both into an existing database I use for temporary
stuff. (I have a script set up to launch GRM with command line
parameters so I have several databases all available from my menu this
way). This DB is usually pretty messy and prone to needing to be
restarted fresh periodically. Last fresh start was 2009/08/22.

#1) AMD Athalon-64, Ubuntu 9.04-64, 8GB RAM, 2.0 GHZ
#2) Inten Celeron, Ubuntu 9.04, 0.75GB RAM, 1.2 GHZ

Both with version 0.15.0 of GRM #1 imported fine, #2 left pieces on
the floor. *I* suspect that memory may play a big part in things
working or not working when importing large files.

It could also be version issues though when I originally imported this
file as a stack of individual MM exports (one for each restaurant,
friend, etc. which had it's own MM folder previously) I ran
GRM-V0.12.2 and 32-bit Ubuntu 7.04 (on the #1 machine above which was
shiny and awesome then LOL...) and for this test I am running V0.15.1.
The Windows .EXE I find is V0.13.4

>
>Bob
Actual email is 'wblalok .at. xmission .dot. com' to reply

In article >, Will@Blaylock wrote:
>On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:26:29 -0500, Bob Muncie >
>wrote:
>
>[deletia]
>
>>> I may be late but I am not out LOL
>>> Actual email is 'wblalok .at. xmission .dot. com' to reply
>>
>>I use GRM on Win XP... just make sure to save a copy of the database
>>file before any major imports. I loaded a couple different 1000 recipe
>>MM files, and corrupted the database file.
>
>FWIW I just imported my mealmaster text export (all combined into one
>huge text file) on two different machines. Nice round figures 35
>thousand recipes. [snip]

How many have you tried? (How many will you *ever* try?)

Cheers, Phred.

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On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12:50 GMT, (Phred)
wrote:

>In article >, Will@Blaylock wrote:
>>On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:26:29 -0500, Bob Muncie >
>>wrote:

[deletia]

>>
>>FWIW I just imported my mealmaster text export (all combined into one
>>huge text file) on two different machines. Nice round figures 35
>>thousand recipes. [snip]
>
>How many have you tried? (How many will you *ever* try?)
>

Since many of them were the collections of restaurants I worked for,
and others are friends collections.

Surprisingly many have been cooked by me, thus tasted at minimum,
again a surprising number have been eaten when the friend cooked it.
Another large contingent are from a "self catering" business I was
involved with where we supplied the ingredients and recipes and the
end client cooked it up and put it all together, with the ability to
call for help if needed. (I wish we had the idea to do the "my
girlfriends kitchen" ~20 years ago when we did our little thing).

I suspect many more were gathered in the little game I used to play
when traveling... I would take some of my recipes on 4x5 cards and
always carried a pad of paper... then I would eat in a restaurant and
trade with the chef for a recipe just to add it to my collection. At
one time I had "secret" recipes before many chef's wrote cookbooks
containing those secrets LOL.

The mousse on my blog is a prime example of one of the more popular
outgoing recipes.

Unless the recipe contains citrus as I am allergic and have had
anaphylaxis over it twice. Small amounts of some fruits like lemons
and oranges I can take, grapefruit are evil and sadly my favorites as
a child when I didn't care if I felt a little funny after eating
them..

These days I mostly use the collection for ideas, or to help someone
out who is a fellow foodie "Will do you know how to make ____" "not
off hand but I will find out" etc.

I have no idea how many recipes came from where and no simple way to
find out at this point in the game (and only then if my antique
windows machine will boot and cooperate would I be able to get valid
numbers).

Let be conservative and say that I have tasted maybe 5% but I suspect
closer to 10% since a quick wild card search of my GRM collection
shows nearly two thousand from the six restaurants (I am sure some are
not related hits from similar names, sure some do not have notes,
etc.) another 150 in my personal collection, and ~500 each for two
friends known to be by far the largest contributors. So I have ~3000
I have probably been in the same room as at least once.

P.S. to the geekier among you this is one of the advantages to Gourmet
Recipe Manager... it uses a "real" database engine which one addresses
in SQL and using one of the real SQL interfaces one can do cool
searches like ::select count(`id`) from `database` where `notes` like
'%restaurant name%' or `notes`like '%other restaurant name%':: and get
a count of the number of recipes containing either of those names in
the notes field... and on that note I will stop geeking up the food
group for today LOL.


>Cheers, Phred.

Actual email is 'wblalok .at. xmission .dot. com' to reply
http://bit.ly/IJoTf holds my food blog, feel free to throw tomatoes

In article >, Will@Blaylock wrote:
>On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12:50 GMT, (Phred)
>wrote:
>
>>In article >, Will@Blaylock wrote:
>>>On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:26:29 -0500, Bob Muncie >
>>>wrote:
>
>[deletia]
>
>>>FWIW I just imported my mealmaster text export (all combined into one
>>>huge text file) on two different machines. Nice round figures . [snip]
>>
>>How many have you tried? (How many will you *ever* try?)
>
>Since many of them were the collections of restaurants I worked for,
>and others are friends collections.
>
>Surprisingly many have been cooked by me, thus tasted at minimum,
>again a surprising number have been eaten when the friend cooked it.
>Another large contingent are from a "self catering" business I was
>involved with where we supplied the ingredients and recipes and the
>end client cooked it up and put it all together, with the ability to
>call for help if needed. (I wish we had the idea to do the "my
>girlfriends kitchen" ~20 years ago when we did our little thing).
>
>I suspect many more were gathered in the little game I used to play
>when traveling... I would take some of my recipes on 4x5 cards and
>always carried a pad of paper... then I would eat in a restaurant and
>trade with the chef for a recipe just to add it to my collection. At
>one time I had "secret" recipes before many chef's wrote cookbooks
>containing those secrets LOL.
>
>The mousse on my blog is a prime example of one of the more popular
>outgoing recipes.
>
>Unless the recipe contains citrus as I am allergic and have had
>anaphylaxis over it twice. Small amounts of some fruits like lemons
>and oranges I can take, grapefruit are evil and sadly my favorites as
>a child when I didn't care if I felt a little funny after eating
>them..
>
>These days I mostly use the collection for ideas, or to help someone
>out who is a fellow foodie "Will do you know how to make ____" "not
>off hand but I will find out" etc.
>
>I have no idea how many recipes came from where and no simple way to
>find out at this point in the game (and only then if my antique
>windows machine will boot and cooperate would I be able to get valid
>numbers).
>
>Let be conservative and say that I have tasted maybe 5% but I suspect
>closer to 10% since a quick wild card search of my GRM collection
>shows nearly two thousand from the six restaurants (I am sure some are
>not related hits from similar names, sure some do not have notes,
>etc.) another 150 in my personal collection, and ~500 each for two
>friends known to be by far the largest contributors. So I have ~3000
>I have probably been in the same room as at least once.
>
>P.S. to the geekier among you this is one of the advantages to Gourmet
>Recipe Manager... it uses a "real" database engine which one addresses
>in SQL and using one of the real SQL interfaces one can do cool
>searches like ::select count(`id`) from `database` where `notes` like
>'%restaurant name%' or `notes`like '%other restaurant name%':: and get
>a count of the number of recipes containing either of those names in
>the notes field... and on that note I will stop geeking up the food
>group for today LOL.

Interesting. I might give GRM a try one day -- at the moment I rely
on an out-of-control hard copy collection! 8-)

Your reference to "35 thousand recipes" was too tempting to let pass.
Especially given the current film "Julie and Julia" where one a day
was quite a challenge. [Or was that "Julia and Julie"?]

Cheers, Phred.

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