RecipeMaster 2.1

• License:

  Free

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  2.5 stars (out of 9 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  11,821

• Operating Systems:

  Windows XP, Windows 2000

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  March 22, 2006

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Publisher's description of RecipeMaster

From jimbooth:

A complete recipe cataloging database system. Features wine selections and database converter--converts pretty much anything to anything. Imports from popular formats MealMaster, CompuChef, MasterCook. Import direct from the clipboard. Email recipes direct from the program. Utilizes CookBooks so you can share your recipes with other users--for example create a cake cookbook. Features MealMaker--you type in the ingredients, it tells you what you can make.

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Editor's review of RecipeMaster

• 4.0 stars

• "RecipeMaster"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: RecipeMaster 2.1

This nicely designed program stores recipes and allows you to share them via e-mail. RecipeMaster's well-organized interface displays recipe categories on the left with entries displayed on the right. You'll first have to open Cookbook Manager to choose one of the two preloaded cookbooks to see recipes. You'll find five folders: Categories, Ingredients, Country, Recipes, and Favorites. A simple but effective search tool is offered. Recipes can be imported and exported in several formats and, with configuration, can be sent via e-mail. You can add or modify categories, ingredients, and units of measurement, but the program lacks features such as a meal planner or shopping-list manager commonly found in similar applications. At first, it seems as if the promised Favourite Wines, MealMaker, and Conversion features weren't included in the program, because you have to maximize the window to see those icons. Still, RecipeMaster has most of the basics down and it's offered free of charge.

User reviews

• Average user rating: 2.9 stars out of 9 votes
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• 2 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: RecipeMaster 2.1

  "A bit clumsey to use."

  by Frejole_Breeze on December 15, 2006

  Pros: Free. Multiple databases to keep cookbooks separate. Simple interface for BASIC recipes using common ingredients. Nice summary screen.

  Cons: Recipe builder is very clumsey. A great UI for the less technical, but very boxed in it's functionality. For example, once you add an ingredient with a unit of measure, all ingredients must then have units of measure (e.g. you can't just say Salt & Pepper without selecting a UOM - you must exit and re-enter the edit mode to blank the UOM field). If your ingredient isn't in the list, you have to save and exit your recipe, create it separately and return to recipe editing. No ability to add ingredients not in the list. No nutritional information.

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• 3 stars

  Version: RecipeMaster 2.1

  "Bit complicated"

  by tolsfal on June 23, 2007

  Pros: It's free and I didn't have any other.

  Cons: Just want a simple catalog software to load and catalog my own recipes - don't need all the extra stuff.

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• 4 stars

  Version: RecipeMaster 2.1

  "Imports large mealmaster files with ease. Easy to use."

  by maximusgringo on June 14, 2007

  Pros: Ability to import and export from several different formats. Can paste from the WWW and add images.

  Cons: Limit of 65K recipes per cookbook.

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• 1 stars

  Version: RecipeMaster 2.1

  "file would NOT load right to my computer, was corrupted"

  by kitiaraldy on June 15, 2009

  Pros: I don't know I couldn't use it

  Cons: I don't know I couldn't use it, was corrupted.

  Summary: the file would NOT load right to my computer, said it was corrupted. I have tried and tried. As a matter of fact I can download very little from CNET.

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• 4 stars

  Version: RecipeMaster 2.1

  "Good, stable application"

  by treazured on June 9, 2009

  Pros: Stable application. Intuitive interface, simple to use. Comes with recipes. Can add photo. Can give credit to originator of recipe. Is not a hugely clunky program. Can import and export recipes, print recipes.

  Cons: If you click on the amount button, you will have to go out of the application and restart the recipe in order to enter something like 1 head cabbage, sliced, because it will want to enter 1 head cabbage, sliced slice. Not a big deal.

  Summary: This is a stable application running on my Windows 2000 Pro OS. I deliberately stressed it by running other RAM hungry applications along with working on Recipe Master and it didn't crash after 48 hours. It is easy to use, has a very intuitive inter... read more >>

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