2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
 Very nice recipe archiver!, 2006-07-27
I bought this version of MasterCook a few years ago upon the recommendation of friends. I cannot thank them enough!
It works smoothly with both Windows 98 and XP, I can assure you (I use it most every day), even on my laptop, which makes easy work of bringing the recipes near the cooking area.
The software comes equipped with lots of Betty Crocker recipes already installed. No matter. Soon you will find yourself with a MasterCook full of many more recipes.
You can create your own custom cookbooks, sort them by your own categories, and rate them by your own judgement (no more relying on websites which offer reviews that "may" or "may not" be true, or sorting through recipes in categories they should not be. Ever look for pot roast recipes only to find that category filled with cake recipes? No more, with MasterCook!)
Recipes are easily added from the internet, either by importing recipes already formatted for MC, or for those recipes which are already on regular webpages, it is a simple task to copy and paste them with the import assistant.
If you have friends you can email each other recipes and import them into mastercook with just a couple of clicks.
If you like to take pictures of the food, that is easy to paste the digital image into the little picture box when adding a recipe. I bought a digital camera just for the task so my children and grandchildren could have a family cookbook with pictures included.
Yes, you can print your own cookbooks!
I am amazed that there are cooking enthusiasts still who may not have MasterCook. I can assure you, once you have it you will never go back.
Happy cooking!
16 of 16 customers found the following review helpful:
MasterCook is an excellent program..., 2002-06-08
I am a housewife and I also have a small catering service. I received this at my wedding shower a few weeks ago. I was very disorganized and often could not find the recipe I was looking for among my stacks of cookbooks and recipe boxes. I still mostly use my own recipes but this has been good for organizing my things and I have found some dishes in here that I really like to make at home. I definitely recommend this product for anyone.
14 of 15 customers found the following review helpful:
 It's good for beginners, 2001-12-13
I'm new to cooking so I wanted to buy some cookbooks that would show me the basics as well as give me some variety to choose from. I would have had to buy several books that would have amounted to a lot of money. This software is great because it has so many recipes to choose from and they are so easy to find. This is a really wise investment for a beginer cook because it puts so much valuable information right at your fingertips.The only thing I would have changed is the organization. It can be a bit confusing when you first start using the software. Once you're used to it you'll find the information is worth the effort you have to make at the beginning navigating around. Also, for those who do not want to have 1000 cookbooks hanging aroung their kitchen, this works out really well. Everything is stored in your computer. There is no clutter.
38 of 38 customers found the following review helpful:
What a bargain!, 2001-11-24
This release of Mastercook comes with the recipes of nine popular Betty Crocker cookbooks, as well as at least ten other collections of recipes from various sources, such as food manufacturers and industries. Many of the recipes have pictures as well. One of the cookbooks is "Betty Crocker's Cooking Basics" which would make this a great gift for a newly married couple. I have entered all of my recipes I use on a regular basis, even those with only a few ingredients that I have in my head. Then I select which recipes I want to make for the week, and generate a shopping list. Makes planning my shopping trip quick and easy. It's very easy to use, from searching for recipes to entering your own. My only gripe is that the interface is overdone, I prefer just a traditional interface without all the pretty graphics. For this reason you might find it sluggish on older computers. But, all in all, this is a program I've bought and use very frequently. BTW, I have used it before and after I installed Windows XP and it works just fine.
17 of 19 customers found the following review helpful:
 how did you get it to work with XP?, 2001-11-20
I agree, it's a great software, but after having updated to XP I have been unable to load the software. If you were successful, could you please let me know if there are any tricks? Sierra told me it was not compatiable with XP and there were no plans to update.
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