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DIY Cookbooks with MacGourmet and TasteBook

TasteBookAdvenio's MacGourmet is a perennial favorite for Mac owners who want to track recipes. TasteBook is the place to grab recipes from various online sites (think FoodNetwork. Epicurious, AllRecipes.com) and create your own cookbooks. Now MacGourmet and TasteBook have partnered to make creating your custom printed cookbook as easy as, well, making a photo book in iPhoto!

You'll need to create a TasteBook account, export your personal recipes from MacGourmet and then upload them to Tastebook.com. You can add recipes from those other online recipe sites, divide the book into chapters, then have the cookbook professionally printed. Changing the order of recipes in TasteBook is done via drag and drop, and you can upload your own photos to give your cookbook a personal touch.

The cost of the cookbooks is anywhere from $19.95 for 25 recipes to $34.95 for 100 recipes, with quantity discounts available. You can also get a 20% discount on orders of $34.95 or more between now and September 30th by using the code RECIPESW during checkout at TasteBook.

It may be September, but it might be a good idea to start thinking about Christmas gifts ... like a custom cookbook!

Advenio's MacGourmet is a perennial favorite for Mac owners who want to track recipes. TasteBook is the place to grab recipes from various...
 

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Meatleg

YUM!
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15593

September 10 2008 at 11:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
daenney

I prefer YummiSoup too though I do like MacGourmet's export to HTML feature. That I do still miss in Yummi but it is on its way :)

September 10 2008 at 2:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike

YummySoup! is way better then MG.

September 10 2008 at 1:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike

YummySoup! is way easier and better then MG.

September 10 2008 at 1:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim C.

I'd argue that MacGourmet is also the way to get recipes from online sources, and for making physical cookbooks. MG adds a handy shortcut to the OSX Services menu (and uses the key combo of Shift+Cmd+R), which directly imports from most of the major recipe sites (AllRecipes, Food Network, Epicurious, Yahoo! Food, etc.).

Visit the desired recipe page, press Shift+Cmd+R, and the recipe is imported and ready to go in MacGourmet.

For what it's worth, the "Deluxe" version of MacGourmet (distributed by Mariner Software), includes a make-your-own cookbook feature, along the lines of Tastebook. The added benefit, is that it generates a PDF which can be printed at home, or sent off to an on-demand publisher (local Staples store, or places like Lulu.com).

September 10 2008 at 1:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
artifex

I heard Delicious Monster is coming out with a recipe database, too.

Looks beautiful, can publish to your website... but only allows ingredients found on Amazon.

:P

September 10 2008 at 11:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SubGenius

What ever happened to My Dream App's Cookbook application? The last update on their blog was over a year ago. I've been waiting for their app, but I fear it is going to be either vaporware or a colossal let down like Disco.

September 10 2008 at 11:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Tony

Holy crap, I forgot about the My Dream App cookbook application! It sure looked promising. Oh well. Doesn't appear it'll ever happen if it hasn't had any movement for a year.

I just started using MacGourmet. I like it, but some things are very un-intuitive.

September 10 2008 at 11:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jon Conley

I feel your pain. I was eager to see several of those applications come to life and it has really been disappointing thus far.

September 10 2008 at 12:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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