5.5.10

CookThing: How to Cook Anything

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CookThing is like a recipe search engine with a few enhancements. First, you enter a general dish you might like to make, then you enter the ingredients you have on hand and it will spit out a list of recipes that you can make with those ingredients. This is such a lifesaver when you've drawn a blank in the kitchen. You know those days when you stand there, staring aimlessly into the refrigerator and you have no idea what to make for dinner and you sure as heck don't want to go grocery shopping? Most ingredient lists return a ton of recipes, some you'd never expect to find.

Bookmark this tool. Trust me. Go check it out: CookThing and be sure to follow them on Twitter: @CookThing



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28.4.10

Dinner Spinner: Let AllRecipes Decide What's For Dinner

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My iPhone has definitely changed the way I decide what's for dinner. There are so many apps out there to help you decide what to make for dinner, find recipes, reserve tables at restaurants, choose restaurants or even shake your iPhone and let it choose one for you. But one app sticks out as the best foodie app in my opinion, and that's AllRecipes' Dinner Spinner. Forget Paper Toss, Tap Tap Revenge and Scramble, this is my favorite game. Just shake the phone and let it choose what recipe you'll have for dinner. With Dinner Spinner you can also search the AllRecipes database by ingredient, nutritional info or by popularity. You can also let Dinner Spinner make your shopping list for you. You can email recipes to your friends and family, you can check out recipe reviews and rate them yourself and you can check out mouth-watering photos of what you are about to create. Dinner Spinner has a lite version which is free, or opt for a few more features for just $2.99. Go Check it out: Dinner Spinner




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21.4.10

Yumit: Foodie Heaven

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yumitYumit is not just a social network for foodies where you can share your favorite recipes, dishes and eateries, it also serves as an online service for food habits tracking. It asks you to post a yum, whether it be a recipe, a dish or a place to eat, along with a photo, a description and some tags. Your followers will see all of your yums and it basically turns into a constant stream of mouthwatering deliciousness. The integrated food habits tool is such a brilliant addition to something like this and hugely beneficial to those of us who want to lose a few pounds or start eating more healthily. It is so much easier to see where you need to make changes when you can see your habits laid out in front you like that. Think Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution only in a more personal, digital medium.

Your yums can also become featured yums and you are easily introduced to new like-minded foodies. You can login with Facebook connect and find Facebook and Twitter friends to follow. Go check out Yumit:

Yumit.com
Twitter: @yumit
Facebook: Yumit



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7.4.10

ImCooked - Share Your Video Recipes

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Some of us are visual learners and reading recipes is not always the best way to learn new culinary skills or try new dishes. For me, I know I work better when I understand the why as opposed to the how. Why do we need to add baking soda, why are we folding instead of stirring, etc. I find, that if I understand the reasons why we do certain things in the kitchen, then I can aplly those skills, techniques and ideas to more than just one dish. This is why video recipes work better for me, and also why I am hooked on the Food Network. It gives the presenter time to explain the why, as well as show you. Enter ImCooked : A network where chefs, cooks and foodies can share their video recipes. It is almost exactly like YouTube except it's entirely for foodies! Rate, comment on, embed and share videos with friends. You can even add videos to your favorites. Of course, it totally helps that Tyler Florence welcomes you! Check out my very boring, brand new profile: ImCooked

If there are any users out there reading this, post your profiles in the comments and we can be ImCooked friends!



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7.4.10

An App for Food & Wine Lovers

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“There’s an app for that.”

It’s a saying that is increasingly becoming more common. There are apps for music, stargazing, and bird watching. You name it, there’s an app for it. But as with food, and as with wine, quantity doesn’t always equal quality.

Not to say that there isn’t an abundance of great apps for food and wine out there, because there are.

Here’s one cool app that won’t disappoint - Nat Decants Mobile App. It’s charming, user-friendly, and has a ton of features. Among the most impressive:

There are 380,000 “professionally tested” wine/food pairings at your fingertips, done by real people for real people; all the wine lingo and definitions you could possibly want are easily accessible, so you will always be in the loop; and, my personal favourite, there are thousands (yes, you read it right, thousands) of recipes.

Oh, did I mention that it’s free?

This app is a wine, food, and entertaining-lover’s paradise. Check out Natalie MacLean’s website, Nat Decants, for more info (and wine, and food, and all the goodness that goes with it!).


So give it a try and let me know what you think. What other food and wine apps can you not live without?
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