Does anyone use a recipe/cookbook software?

I use blogspot.com so I can access recipes from anywhere, share with other people, etc. I have them tagged, so they can easily be searched. Blogspot will let you easily add photos as well; I just haven’t done it yet. It doesn’t do everything you’re asking, but it does allow me to gather, sort and share recipes with ease, and I don’t have to worry about backups, crashes, etc.

www.pleasefeedthebears.blogspot.com

I’m starting a second page just on the art of the cocktail party—how to make appetizers at the drop of a hat.

@AlfredaPrufrock I want an actual software and not use a ‘blog’. Thanks for letting me know about it though.

I use Now Your Cooking. When I got my new computer I found that my Master Cook program was not compatible there was no patch and no newer version. But my NYC program had an update and was vista compatible. I purchased a “hard copy” with book. Now I get free updates for life or so long as I have my code. It was well worth the $32 6 years ago.

@cooksalot Do you happen to know if you can use that one on Windows XP? That is what we have on our computer at the moment.

I haven’t read that much about that particular one, could you give me your likes and dislikes about it please? I imagine I can ‘google’ the name and search but it is also nice to hear actual people’s opinions too. Thanks

Works like a charm. That’s what I moved from was XP to Vista. To tell you the truth when another rec.food.preserving board member recommended it to me I was rather unsure myself. Well turns out it was similar to Master Cook which is what I had been using and the upgrades were much better. Unlike MC where if you needed and upgrade like to a new system I don’t need to buy a new program. That saved a ton of money! The menu planning was easier to understand, and the nutritional value bank was way more extensive than the MC one. Turns out good ol’ Dave was right great program.

@cooksalot Thanks, I had MC and actually had a lot of trouble with it so I quit using it. I found that when you move to a different computer you lose all your work, or I did somehow…ugh! I had that happen more than once. Plus to add my own recipes into that one I remember it NOT being easy at all! I did not like it.

Have you ever tried any of the other ones out there?

I have and so far I like NYC the best. Now you can export your cookbooks from MC in mcx form or something like that, and then you can import them into NYC. Only somewhere along the line in changing computers I had happen just what your talking about and that MC program lost some recipes. That’s why I use NYC.