It was during a recent cleaning session that I realized I've been employing nearly every possible method of cookbook. Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything sits next to a handful of crumpled recipes from Epicurious, and the only spotless place on the counter is reserved for the iPad (which I've been using more for cooking than I expected). I'm curious about your kitchens. Are you opting for paperless recipes or still working off a printout or book?
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I will put in a vote for my wife. Since we are vegan she often uses recipes from vegan/vegetarian web sites/blogs. Some recent cookbooks she keeps near the kitchen are Appetite for Reduction and the Happy Herbivore Cookbook.
I continue adding to an already decent sized collection of cookbooks because sitting down with five or six of them provides the most inspiration when I’m planning serious dinners or experimentation. From those I either jot down recipes or print the ones I want from the web, because anything entering the kitchen is subject to complete destruction . For recipes I use semi-frequently as well as those torn out of assorted food periodicals, I have several themed 3 ring binders where everything is placed in a sheet protector. That stuff is starting to get a little out of hand though….would love to go electronic as far as the often used recipes are concerned.
BTW, I don’t have a tablet but supposedly the CIA has put out a rather comprehensive recipe application that has pretty much everything you’d need from conversions to video demonstrations included. It’s somewhere in the $50-$75 range, but from the way it sounds if you’re phasing out paper altogether it is a great all in one solution.
I have both a folder full of printed out recipes (which gets cleaned out about twice a year, so I can make way for new ones that I find), as well as many books we refer to.
We don't have an iPad, or a laptop (that works), so we always have to use a print out/page in a book. Besides, my husband can make a big mess when he cooks. I'd be afraid to allow any piece of technology near that if we had the option!
As much as I love having cookbooks filling my bookshelf, that's all they're doing now. They're cumbersome, heavy, and don't stand up on their own -- and when I'm using every extremity available to attempt my culinary feats, I don't have any hands to spare to turn a page or to hold up a book.
I never thought I would use the iPad for 50% cooking (the other 50% for games), but it's so nice to just have it there and with the interwebs literally at your fingertips, I don't see a need for physical cookbooks anymore.
I love the Paprika App (recipe manager). I think I paid $5.99 for it, but it's worth every penny.
I copy recipes from cookbooks to a website so I can access them from my computer/phone while cooking.
Generally I'm consulting Evernote on my phone for recipes I've cooked before or found on the internets and want to try. I'm trying to use my extensive cookbook collection more, a task made easier by my recent discovery of eatyourbooks.com. If I cook a recipe from a book and like it enough to make it again, I'll add it to Evernote so I always have it with me.
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