Off-Topic Friday Post: Recipe App Recommendations

As a Canadian, you might want to check out Loblaw's recipe app. It's a free app. TGIF

Nicole,

I do believe Microsoft OneNote has an app for that. You can create a awesome recipe page with OneNote. I've started one on my desktop for the wife....

For recipes...if I have scraps of paper, (and I have one great heirloom pickle recipe taped in a front cover...), I stick them into the appropriate recipe book.

Books just seems to go with the whole "slow food" idea for me.

I spent 2-3 hours a night for 10 years immersed in the world of cooking, and investigated many ways to find and keep recipes, and books by chefs, (not "celebrity chefs"...) was the way I ended up going. I has the same quandary as you at the start - too many scribbled notes.

I found that recipes collected on bits of paper were great places to start, as word-of-mouth cooking is often wonderful. If you cook from a book written by a chef, very often you will go "Wow - that tastes like restaurant food!", which is a different and more rewarding experience completely.

They also specialise, so you will get a "fish" book, or a "Chinese" book, where the depth and breadth of facts as well as recipes will help you develop your knowledge and understanding.

It's one area of life where "rapid learning" is not necessarily the nest way to go, (in my experience).

Have fun.

Bruce

Thanks for all the great suggestions, guys!

@Michael Hinze: I like the Loblaws app idea a lot.. I'm a PC fan and shop there quite a bit... and free is always awesome!!

@Paul S.: I'm a bit embarrassed to admit i haven't yet used OneNote... but several people have told me I should, so maybe this is a good reason to get started in there!! Thanks for the tip!

@Bruce Graham: I do agree that books and food go well together! That's a good tip about the cookbooks by chefs... I actually don't yet own a single cookbook. Every time I want a recipe I either get it from friends or family, or I go online... Maybe I should invest in a coupe of good cookbooks... Thanks for sharing your experience

If you are looking for a great cookbook then I  recommend La Varenne Pratique by Anne Willan.

It is more of a reference book than a recipe book and focuses on cooking techniques.

In that case Nicole - I recommend this. A fabulous culinary concept, designed to develop your technique and experience, and it works when designing eLearning courses too! 

Bruce

Nicole _ I've been trying out Evernote Food - seems to give a decent combo of sourced recipes and my own that I clip through evernote on all devices. Since I'm an evernote user, it seemed like an easy one to try. So far, it's working out well.

http://evernote.com/food/

@Nancy and Bruce -- thanks for the two recommendations. I actually like learning about the techniques of cooking (Along with recipes). Matter of fact, I just googled "How to chop an onion" last night and found an awesome Jamie Oliver YouTube clip and now Im chopping onions like a pro. There's a technique for everything !! My birthday is in a few weeks so I'm going to ask my folks/sister for both of those books thanks for helping me start my collection!

@Holly - thnks for the tip about Evernote.. i had heard the name mentioned before, but wasn't 100% sure what it was, so I just googled it and it actually looks pretty awesome... thanks for letting me know about that!!