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Chef Sleeve Dishwasher Safe iPad Stand a welcome addition to the kitchen

by Steven Sande (Feb 8th, 2013)

Long-time TUAW readers may remember that spring day a few years ago when I cracked open an egg on my iPad. I wasn't worried -- the iPad was protected by a Chef Sleeve, an ultra-thin splash- and grease-proof reusable bag that keeps cooking goo from sullying your favorite kitchen device. The ...

CES Unveiled: The HAPIfork aims to help you track your eating habits with Bluetooth

by Mike Schramm (Jan 7th, 2013)

CES Unveiled was held last night in the Mandalay Bay conference center in Las Vegas, and served as the unofficial kickoff of one of the biggest gadget shows in the world. The Unveiled room was crowded with new product demos, but one product stood out: The HAPIfork. The HAPIfork, as you might ...

5 apps to help make your turkey tasty this Thanksgiving

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 21st, 2012)

Before you pop that turkey in the oven and start whipping those potatoes, you better make sure you have your recipes out and your ingredients in order. If you are hosting a big Thanksgiving meal and need some help in the kitchen, here are five apps that'll help save the day. You might also check ...

Platter: novel photo-sharing social network for keen cooks

by Richard Gaywood (May 24th, 2012)

How do you launch a social networking site in this day and age, long after the likes of Facebook and Twitter seized the world? One answer is "micro-social networks": designed with a clear and specific purpose in mind, they can fulfill that purpose better than any of the generalists like ...

Seamless brings food ordering to the iPad

by Mike Schramm (Feb 28th, 2012)

I've been a big fan of Grubhub for years -- it's a website (and an iPhone app) that allows you to search through delivery menus from your area, and then order food right there online (or just call up any places you find, and order your food up over the phone). When I lived in Chicago, I found so ...

Buffalo Wild Wings testing iPads for ordering

by Mike Schramm (Feb 8th, 2012)

While we were in San Francisco for Macworld | iWorld, I noticed that the wait staff at Mel's Drive-in were using iPads to take orders. I hadn't seen that before, but apparently the folks at Mel's have used iPads for a while. Now an even bigger restaurant chain, Buffalo Wild Wings, is planning to ...

Daily Mac App: Paprika Recipe Manager

by Chris Rawson (Aug 16th, 2011)

I've been using Paprika Recipe Manager from Hindsight Labs on my iPad for a couple of months, and I've found it's turned my iPad into an invaluable kitchen tool. The only drawback to the app has been that the iPad's touchscreen keyboard made entering recipes by hand somewhat cumbersome. That ...

Recco claims to provide hyperlocal restaurant savvy

by Mike Schramm (Jun 16th, 2011)

The New York Times recently profiled a new iOS app named Recco. It's yet another social network app, but this time one built around restaurant recommendations. Rather than a service like Yelp, Recco is attempting to be extremely local, picking up restaurant recommendations not from people in ...

Gourmet Live now available for iPhone

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 2nd, 2011)

Gourmet Magazine closed shop a few years ago and has lived on through its Gourmet Live app for the iPad. A little less than a year after its iPad app debuted, the company rolled out an iPhone version. Both the iPhone and iPad app lets you browse recipes and read articles from their large ...

Planning a Super Bowl party? Check out these apps

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 4th, 2011)

With the countdown to the Super Bowl underway, TUAW is here to highlight some apps that will help smooth out your party planning. Apple helped as well, releasing its own list of Super Bowl party apps. We'll share some of those with you, as well as a few of our own favorites. ...

iPad increasingly popular among restaurateurs, diners

by Michael Gray (Jan 5th, 2011)

We've been talking about the iPad in restaurants for a while, starting back when the Lecere Corporation began testing their FIRMS point-of-sale system. The iPad seems especially effective for wine lists, and we covered the story about Bones in Atlanta seeing an 11 percent improvement in their wine ...

TUAW's Daily App: Foodspotting

by Mike Schramm (Dec 29th, 2010)

We've been covering a lot of games lately (since those have been the main focus of the holiday season), so here's a non-gaming app that comes straight from Apple's best of 2010 lists. Foodspotting, free on the App Store now, actually reminds me a lot of Corkbin, except that instead of wines, you're ...

Holiday cooking with your iPad: be safer while you sauteé

by Erica Sadun (Dec 16th, 2010)

Flour belongs in cookies, not on your iPad. The same goes for butter, wine, eggs and oil. Your kitchen may be a treasure trove of cooking essentials, but iPads and food should never directly mix. That's why this cooking with your iDevice radio story over at NPR gave us a moment's pause at TUAW ...

iPad cutting board a good gift for foodies and techies alike

by David Quilty (Dec 10th, 2010)

Can't afford to get that special someone an iPad or a gift card good for the purchase of an iPad? Don't have a grandma that can quilt you an iPhone? Well, if your gift recipient happens to like spending time in the kitchen, they may appreciate this iPad Cutting Board. Laser cut from a chunk of hardy ...

iMac turned ant farm for sale on eBay

by Mike Schramm (Nov 29th, 2010)

We've seen lots of interesting ways to use old Macs, including the great Macquarium that pops up every now and again. But I think an ant farm is a new one -- that's what this 17" G5 iMac has been turned into. An eBay seller in Hawaii says he emptied out the Mac's insides and built a custom habitat ...