Although it feels shameful to admit it, I can no longer refer to myself as "Bread Flintstone" for resisting electric or electronic gadgets in the kitchen. I still prefer a chef's knife to a food processor, am proud to own three different sizes of hand-cranked Foley food mills, and will continue to spread softened butter with a wooden spatula. But the faculty of Saint Bede Academy were issued iPads this year, and once I discovered the wide variety of food apps available, there was no turning back.
So today I baked Monkey Bread Muffins with my friend Craig, plus a large Monkey Bread in a bundt pan---two recipes, same temp, different baking times. So I set two different timers with two different alarm sounds on my Timer+ app (Minama Sofware, FREE, with a couple of upgrades available for purchase). This morning I also entered several receipes into The Recipe Box (Corpus Collusion, $4.99) which allows me to import recipes instantly from dozens of websites like allrecipes.com and Betty Crocker. I looked at a LOT of recipe management apps in the iTunes App Store, some of which were free, but I liked the features and the good ratings The Recipe Box has. The keyboard for entering your own recipes has keys for "tsp", "Tbs", "minced" and other commonly used terms---really like that feature. The app also helps me generate shopping lists. Paprika Recipe Manager (Hindsight Labs LLC, $4.99) has similar features, does the "one tap" recipe download on over 190 supported sites, and has Cloud sync capability as well---I suspect I would have enjoyed using it, too. There are a number of free recipe manager apps out there, but I was willing to pay extra for the features I wanted. Many of these apps are available for smart phones as well. If you're new to the whole tablet thing, downlaod one or two free ones to get a feel for them before you decide to purchase one. And you can bet that if I find other useful kitchen apps I'll be sharing them. Have a favorite to suggest? Send me a message below, or tweet me @FrDomGarramone.
So today I baked Monkey Bread Muffins with my friend Craig, plus a large Monkey Bread in a bundt pan---two recipes, same temp, different baking times. So I set two different timers with two different alarm sounds on my Timer+ app (Minama Sofware, FREE, with a couple of upgrades available for purchase). This morning I also entered several receipes into The Recipe Box (Corpus Collusion, $4.99) which allows me to import recipes instantly from dozens of websites like allrecipes.com and Betty Crocker. I looked at a LOT of recipe management apps in the iTunes App Store, some of which were free, but I liked the features and the good ratings The Recipe Box has. The keyboard for entering your own recipes has keys for "tsp", "Tbs", "minced" and other commonly used terms---really like that feature. The app also helps me generate shopping lists. Paprika Recipe Manager (Hindsight Labs LLC, $4.99) has similar features, does the "one tap" recipe download on over 190 supported sites, and has Cloud sync capability as well---I suspect I would have enjoyed using it, too. There are a number of free recipe manager apps out there, but I was willing to pay extra for the features I wanted. Many of these apps are available for smart phones as well. If you're new to the whole tablet thing, downlaod one or two free ones to get a feel for them before you decide to purchase one. And you can bet that if I find other useful kitchen apps I'll be sharing them. Have a favorite to suggest? Send me a message below, or tweet me @FrDomGarramone.
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