Recipe Managers for Apple Mac

If you have a Mac and you love to cook...well, the next step is to get a recipe manager exclusively for your Apple Macintosh!

There are many software options for someone looking to find a recipe manager for the Mac, but I've picked three which I like best.

YummySoup!

Best features:

Browse recipes with an adjustable full screen view.

If you have a Apple remote, you can flip through your recipes.

You can have your recipes read to you!

So called Smart groups: Basically, a clever search function. For instance, it will help you find all recipes with certain ingredients.

Online Library: From the start, you'll have access to many great recipes.

YummySoup! supports automatic web imports. Also, importing recipes from any website, text based PDF, and text files. And it really works!

YummySoup is extremely easy to use and the recipes look great on screen. A great software, highly recommended.

YummySoup! is from HungrySeacow and will cost you $20. It's a family-pack style license, which means you can use one license on all computers that belong to your family (and live in one household). You can try YummySoup! free for 15 days. System Requirements: OS X 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard

Dishbase

The best feature first: It's free!

Dishbase is a recipe sharing and cooking community.

What Dishbase cannot do:

You cannot store, save, or organize your own recipes.

Unlike YummySoup!, you cannot find recipes online and import them into your database.

Dishbase is a recipe browser powered by dishbase.com recipe database, and therefore, only recipes in Dishbase's database are accessible. While that is a drawback, Dishbase's database works very well. You can even submit your own recipes to Dishbase.

MacGourmet

Cool features:

An optional plug-in lets you calculate the nutritional information.

Free Recipes. You can download many easy-to-import recipe collections. You'll get a recipe pack for first time users of 80 recipes.

Just like YummySoup!, you can import recipes from popular recipe web sites.

Easier shopping through shopping lists.

Enter in your own recipes, using forms to guide you.

The Chef View. Enlarging your recipe so you can easily see it from across the room when you're in the kitchen.

MacGourmet Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later, full license $24.95. You can download a free trial. MacGourmet runs stable and the recipes look great on the screen.

Before you buy any software, always give the free trial a go. If you're serious about your recipes, maybe pass up Dishbase, because its features are too limited. But otherwise, Dishbase is a great software and one I use myself.