If I’m preparing a recipe for the first time, I like to study it on the iPad’s larger screen before I start. Paprika also features handy tools to aid in preparation, such as multiple timers and scaling options, and you can pin multiple recipes to switch between them quickly. Helpfully, Paprika keeps the screen from going to sleep while you’re viewing a recipe, so you don’t have to keep waking your device up while cooking. Tap one to view its ingredients and directions. Here you can view and sort your saved recipes. To work with your saved recipes, tap Recipes in the sidebar.
It offers 3 transcriptions for free, and if you’re happy with the results, you can get 25 more with an annual BigOven Pro subscription for $19.99 additional transcriptions cost $0.99 each, or as little as $0.59 if you Entering a handful of recipes takes only a few minutes, but if you have dozens you want to enter, you could instead try BigOven’s RecipeScan transcription service. How long it takes to enter a recipe depends on how much detail you need and how fast you type. This is easier in the Mac version, if you anticipate a lot of data entry.
If you have the iPhone or iPad version and a Bluetooth keyboard, you can type recipes in manually. In this case, you have two basic options. If you’re browsing in one of Paprika’s supported recipe sites and come across a recipe you’d like to add, you can do so by copying its URL and switching over to Paprika, which detects the URL and asks if you want to add it to your saved recipes.īut what if your recipes aren’t on a compatible Web site, or they’re not online at all? What if, like TidBITS publisher Adam Engst, you have years of paper recipes haphazardly written down or printed out and stored in binders? Or if, like many people, you have dozens of paper cookbooks, from which you cook on a regular basis? Paprika does the work of arranging recipe ingredients, directions, and metadata in the right places, but also gives you a chance to edit the details. Tap a recipe to view it, and then tap Save Recipe to add it to your saved recipes. Recipes, Paprika performs a custom Google search that’s restricted to the sites it supports. Hindsight Labs, Paprika’s developer, designed it to work with a number of cooking sites, including, AllRecipes, Bon Appétit, Cook’s Illustrated, and Food Network. Tap the Web browser and enter your terms into the search bar. If you cook mostly from online recipes, adding them to Paprika is fast and fun. A sidebar features buttons that display four sections: Recipes, Browser for finding recipes online, Groceries for building grocery lists, and Meals for planning menus. It’s iOS 7 style at its best: great typography surrounded by lots of white space, making for an interface that’s clean and easy to read. The first thing you’ll notice about Paprika is how well it’s designed. While it doesn’t actually make us dinner, Paprika has become an essential member of our household. It deftly stores recipes, maintains a shopping list, and can help you plan meals. Again.Įnter Paprika, available as separate purchases for iPhone ($4.99), iPad ($4.99), and Mac ($19.99). As such, we would often reach dinner time realizing that we had no idea what to cook and didn’t have much in the pantry, so we’d end up going out for dinner. Recipe management, grocery shopping, and meal planning aren’t our forte. My wife and I love cooking, but we stink at kitchen management. #1622: OS feature survey results, Continuity Camera webcam preview, OWC miniStack STX.
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