Hello Paul!



 AW>> I can't see this working for a number of reasons Paul. For

 AW>> starters, there's already at least one CD-ROM title

 AW>> available with thousands of recipes. And I don't think women



 PE> Can I get a copy of it for free, or do I have to pay for it?  If it isn't

 PE> PD, it effectively hasn't been done.



OK....so they aren't free. If you're interested, these are the ones

that Starvector software stock:

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CA16 COLOSSAL COOKBOOK - Over 4000 recipes! Far more than the Joy

of Cooking. Excellent cross-reference and search. Includes health

and nutrition guides, meal planning, etc. DOS



Colossal Cookbook.............13.00





CA176 COOKBOOK HEAVEN - Over 10,000 recipes, cookbooks, diet programs,

and other handy programs for anyone who's into cooking and/or dieting!

DOS



Cookbook Heaven (New!)........27.00







CA72  ELECTRONIC COOKBOOK - If you want online recipes with quick

search and user-friendly database features, this is your CD!  1000's

of recipes!  DOS



Electronic Cookbook (New!)....33.00





STARVECTOR SOFTWARE * PO BOX 8160 * YAKIMA WA 98908 * 509-457-2892 (VOICE)

VISA * MC * AMEX * DISCOVER * SHIPPING: $4 up to 5 pcs / $.50 ea pc over 5

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The Colossal cookbook is pretty cheap at 13 $US.



 AW>> be like. I can't see them trusting a recipe sight unseen

 AW>> from your archive which may have been put there by someone

 AW>> with a strange sense of taste or whatever. And lets face



 PE> You can say the same about commercial books.  You can't tell which

 PE> commercial book suits your taste.  If you find a contributor that has

 PE> something you like, you can try another one of their recipes.  That's one

 PE> reason for having the name of the contributor there.



Fair enough.



 AW>> it, if you want this thing to be spread all over the world,

 AW>> you'll have to realize that not all nationalities and races

 AW>> would agree on the things that tickle their tastebuds.



 PE> Of course, but most people prefer variety, even I have developed the urge

 PE> to try out stuff from other countries (I used to be the world's most

 PE> un-food-inspired person).  Once it's in the PD, it's done FOREVER.  BFN.



So how would this thing look. Do you intend adding a front end to

allow boolean searches or would it just be an unstructured collection of

recipes? If I looked in the fridge and found only 1/2 a kilo of chicken

wings left, it would be nice to have the capability of searching on

recipes that contain "chook wings" and "mustard" but
not "gluten"

(just a dumb example). I think if something is going to be computerised,

it should have at least one standout feature to encourage people to

use it rather than the more conventional format of cookbooks.



And what format and detail do you require recipes to be in? Maybe you want
everything metric and exact. A lot of old classic recipes have a vagueness

that don't really lend themselves to storage in a computer.





Alan...





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