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LakeLoon · 10-25-2010, 05:09 PM

Are you using your ereader to store recipes? If so, how do you manage your recipe collection?

I'm interested in the pros and cons of different approaches, because I'm considering creating a (modest) recipe file for my Kindle and would like to figure out a sensible way to do it.

I am envisioning something on my (Windows) PC--e.g. an HTML file, a word processing document, or some sort of database--that can spit out a Kindle-optimized file whenever I add a new recipe. HTML sounds simple, but I'm not wild about the idea of formatting each recipe individually, manually adding hyperlinks/TOC, etc. A recipe database with an export function might streamline things--bonus points if it's free and non-proprietary.

Web searches have turned up a plethora of recipe manager programs, many of them paid (e.g. SousChef, MasterCook, BigOven) and some of them free, such as the ones described on these pages:

Anyone have experience marrying one of these types of programs with an ereader?

Thanks in advance for your input!

10-25-2010, 05:09 PM	#1
LakeLoon Wanderer Posts: 49 Karma: 318 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New Amsterdam Device: Kindle 3	Recipe Management for Ereaders Are you using your ereader to store recipes? If so, how do you manage your recipe collection? I'm interested in the pros and cons of different approaches, because I'm considering creating a (modest) recipe file for my Kindle and would like to figure out a sensible way to do it. I am envisioning something on my (Windows) PC--e.g. an HTML file, a word processing document, or some sort of database--that can spit out a Kindle-optimized file whenever I add a new recipe. HTML sounds simple, but I'm not wild about the idea of formatting each recipe individually, manually adding hyperlinks/TOC, etc. A recipe database with an export function might streamline things--bonus points if it's free and non-proprietary. Web searches have turned up a plethora of recipe manager programs, many of them paid (e.g. SousChef, MasterCook, BigOven) and some of them free, such as the ones described on these pages: http://www.dmoz.org/Home/Cooking/Recipe_Management/ http://ostatic.com/blog/get-cooking-...anagement-apps Anyone have experience marrying one of these types of programs with an ereader? Thanks in advance for your input!