online alternative to MasterCook?

[Guest guest]

Debbie wrote:

 

> I use Mastercook to store and organize my recipes, but am

> investigating switching to " the cloud " for this so I can use my

> netbook to accumulate and access recipes. Does anybody have an

> online recipe database they particularly like?

 

BigOven (bigoven.com). You can buy their software, too, for ease of

import/export, which is great and I recommend it, but you don't have

to. And their customer service rocks.

 

Serene

[Guest guest]

BigOven looks interesting, but I'm not clear if my recipes will be

stored online or on my computer. I really want my stuff stored online

-- my PC is windows based, but the netbook is (will be when it is

delivered) linux based. There's no linux software for this Big Oven,

but I really don't want to download software to the netbook anyway.

 

I suppose you can add recipes to the online database and then tag them

so you can sort of organize them online, but my trial recipe was

cumbersome to add. Am I missing something?

 

(Okay, I did download the trial version of the software and it does look

good, you're right. If I were looking to replace Mastercook with

another desktop program this would definitely be a contender. But it

does look like the recipes are stored on your computer, not on line,

unless you upload them and then they're dumped into the main database

without any way to organize them, other than by tags.)

 

I'll investigate this further, meanwhile other suggestions are still

welcome!

 

Debbie

 

Serene wrote:

> BigOven (bigoven.com). You can buy their software, too, for ease of

> import/export, which is great and I recommend it, but you don't have

> to. And their customer service rocks.

[Guest guest]

I don’t know if this is what you are looking for but I use “RecipeZaar”

to save recipes, they have free and premium service.

Like I said I’m late in the conversation, but worth a look at.

Chris

 

 

 

 

On

Behalf Of Debbie

Friday, July 03, 2009 1:44 PM

 

Re: online alternative to MasterCook?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BigOven looks interesting, but I'm not clear if

my recipes will be

stored online or on my computer. I really want my stuff stored online

-- my PC is windows based, but the netbook is (will be when it is

delivered) linux based. There's no linux software for this Big Oven,

but I really don't want to download software to the netbook anyway.

 

I suppose you can add recipes to the online database and then tag them

so you can sort of organize them online, but my trial recipe was

cumbersome to add. Am I missing something?

 

(Okay, I did download the trial version of the software and it does look

good, you're right. If I were looking to replace Mastercook with

another desktop program this would definitely be a contender. But it

does look like the recipes are stored on your computer, not on line,

unless you upload them and then they're dumped into the main database

without any way to organize them, other than by tags.)

 

I'll investigate this further, meanwhile other suggestions are still

welcome!

 

Debbie

 

Serene wrote:

> BigOven (bigoven.com). You can buy their software, too, for ease of

> import/export, which is great and I recommend it, but you don't have

> to. And their customer service rocks.

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Chris. I have been playing around with RecipeZaar for a couple

of days now and it looks like it will do the trick! Thanks for the

recommendation.

 

ChrisG wrote:

 

 

 

 

I

don’t know if this is what you are looking for but I use “RecipeZaar”

to save recipes, they have free and premium service.

 

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