What's the best recipe software on the market? I had thought it might
be the Joy of Cooking CD, but have read many negative reviews. I
realize, of course, that given the plethora of recipe sites on the
web, static software may not be the way to go at all. Still it would
be nice to have a comprehensive and easily navigable program,
especially one that would accept recipe updates from an associated web
site. Do any such offerings exist?

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Clarification of Question by nautico-ga on 10 Dec 2003 13:14 PST

But, Pink, isn't "Now You're Cooking" simply a database program that
one fills with one's own recipes? I looked at the site you cited (love
that)and that appears to be what it is. I'm looking for a database
program that's already loaded with recipes. The Joy of Cooking CD
would be perfect, if it were an easily navigable mirror image of the
print edition, but it's apparently a disaster.

I have a friend who is ecstatic about "Now You're Cooking."

You can read some reviews here:

http://www.ffts.com/nycawrd.htm

"Now You're Cooking" uses the Meal-Master recipe format. A gazillion
(give or take eleventy-seven) recipes in this format are readily
available:

http://www.ffts.com/recipes.htm

OK, I just downloaded and installed "Now You're Cooking," and although
I like the format and all the bells and whistles, it's not really what
I am after. What I want is a CD database that replicates the print
edition of a published classic. Being the cookbook non-afficianado
that I am, however, The Joy of Cooking is the only example that comes
to mind.

Here's a software version of the Betty Crocker Cookbook:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000C7GES/

What a coincidence! I had just done a search for cookbook software on
amazon and got the same hit. Betty Crocker is too grandmotherly for
me.

"Home Cookin" has some good reviews
http://www.mountain-software.com/hc_review.htm

None of these seems to be quite what you're looking for. The Truly
International Cookbook looks interesting but I haven't been able to
find any reviews.

http://www.cookbookinternational.com/index.htm
The Truly International Cookbook
International Cookbook on CD Rom with recipes from around the world -
by Cookbook International

http://www.cookscorner.com/product_list.asp?dept=344&last=274
One Million of the World's Best Recipes CD
The Seafood Chef CD Cookbook
Cooking Seafood CD Cookbook

http://www.proculture.com/cookbookac.htm
Today in Acapulco: Simple Mexican Cookbook
http://www.proculture.com/cookbookbg.htm
Today in Bulgaria: Everyday Regional Cookbook

http://books.grlap.com/audiobook/cd/cookbook.htm
Cookbook on CDs
Weight Watchers Walk! with Book audiobooks - cookbook on cd 
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal audiobooks -
cookbooks on cd
Wine for Dummies audiobooks - cookbook on cds 
The Apprentice: My Life In The Kitchen audiobooks - cookbooks on cd 
A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal audiobooks - cookbook on cd

I guess what I seek simply does not exist. Thanks for your comments.