14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best recipe program I have found, 4 Feb 2010
By Colin Povey "cpovey" - Published on Amazon.com
As a professional cook that came from a computer background, I have used many different recipe programs. The Recipe Manager (TRM) is the best I have ever used. We use a different program at work, and it does not hold a candle to TRM.
I particularly love it's ability to import recipes from other sources. Find a recipe that you want to acquire, wether it is a Word or WordPerfect document, a Web page, etc. Highlight the recipe with your mouse, click Edit ... Copy, then switch to TRM and click File ... Import and you have imported the recipe. It works every time. Occasionally, on heavily formatted recipe, I get cleaner imports from Web pages by finding the 'Print this recipe' button, the importing from the page that the program is going to print.
I have created multiple cookbooks in my copy. I am always experimenting with new recipes and ideas, so I have a cookbook entitled 'Untried recipes' that I have seen but have not yet tried, and I have a cookbook entitled 'Work In Progress' where I keep recipes that I have tried and am still experimenting on. At the moment, I have about a dozen vegetarian egg roll recipes that I have drawn from, and about 7 different experimental versions of the one I am developing. Having separate cookbooks in TRM makes it easier to track recipe development. I also have cookbooks for appetizers, entrees, sauces, desserts, etc.
Anyway, the program is fast and stable, warns you if you are going to do something that cannot be undone, and has many, many other useful features, like a meal and party planner that lets you assemble a menu from recipes in TRM by simply dragging them to a box, create a shopping list, etc.
Highly recommended.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Huge waste of money, 25 Dec 2009
By Amy - Published on Amazon.com
I absolutely hate this software. I too experienced the Vista problems, but after finding their website, I downloaded the update. It worked perfectly from then on. The problem is in the program itself. My main purpose in finding a program such as this was to combine all of my recipes into a database that would allow me to create shopping lists. I cannot stand how you are unable to view the recipe on one page. Even in the recipe view, the screen is split, and the instructions are on one side with the ingredients on another. You cannot copy the recipes and post them into a Word document or email easily, which I do often, when sharing favorite recipes with friends and family. This thing will be headed to the trash immediately. I am just beyond disgusted.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't believe it's import capabilities., 5 Jan 2009
By RCM - Published on Amazon.com
I purchased this software from Sam's Club for about $20... not a huge loss of money. I have been looking for something that will allow me to import recipes I have saved over the years from many web sites. The container box regarding imports states: "The Recipe Manager allows you to import recipes from almost anywhere, including your current MasterCook collection or your favorite website."
Well, after installing it, I found it doesn't like Word or WordPerfect documents, nor Open Text. So I went to the help feature... and here is what it states: "Currently we import MasterCook .mxp and .mx2 formats. Any application that exports recipes in either of those two formats will be readable by TheRecipeManager."
I can't vouch for any other possible features it may have. My main purpose in buying this product was to be able to import files that I couldn't in MasterCook.