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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Free Cooking App

If, like me, you've been looking at the cookbooks that are eligible for the KSO $1 Book Offer, you'll want to be sure and pick up the free Android app today in the Amazon App Store: iCookbook The Complete Cooking Solution. I'm wondering how well this will compare to the How to Cook Everything app I have from iTunes (not optimized for the iPad, though).

As for those cookbooks, I'm looking at How to Cook Everything, Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition, Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook and Slow Cooker Revolution (from America's Test Kitchen) and would consider The South Beach Diet Super Quick Cookbook or The Cook's Illustrated How-to-Cook Library (also from America's Test Kitchen), but I have both from previous sales (and can definitely recommend the latter). Does anyone else have one of these titles and care to comment?

Book Description
Developed by Publications International, Ltd., publisher and seller of more than 9 million cookbooks a year, iCookbook includes more than 2,000 hand-selected recipes from your favorite brand name brands like Crock-Pot, KitchenAid, Swanson, Nestlé, and more! The app is even optimized for use on your tablet.

Handpicked, Attainable Recipes Meant to Inspire

The iCookbook team is comprised of accredited food experts and nutritionists who have selected recipes with you in mind! The recipes included in the app use readily accessible, and affordable, ingredients. The recipes are designed to inspire you but are simple enough to be attainable for the busiest cook who is just trying to solve the everyday problem of meal selection. All recipes have been rigorously tested, either by the iCookbook team or the extensive testing process of your favorite brands, so they will turn out perfect each and every time.

Stock Full of Features

  • Intuitive visual interface with easy-to-follow graphics and tools
  • Mouthwatering photography--cooks can view photos for easy recipe selection
  • Prepare Mode is unique to iCookbook and provides an enhanced display of a recipe for easy viewing when at a distance from your device screen
  • Feeling adventurous? Press Stir and iCookbook offers a selection of randomly selected recipes based on a particular search or filter criteria
  • My Recipe Box enables a cook to create a set of iCookbook favorite recipes for easy retrieval
  • Network with friends and family--go directly to an email provider for one-touch recipe sharing
  • Add your own personal touch to a recipe--the Notes feature allows you to record your ideas and comments about the iCookbook recipes
  • Tools! iCookbook includes multiple timers, substitution lists, and conversion charts
  • Use the superior sorting feature to find just what you need--iCookbook lets you sort and filter by ingredient, theme, cuisine, occasion, and brand