Advenio LLC has announced the updated release of MacGourmet Deluxe, their popular cooking and recipe organizer, with changes to their Mealplan, Cookbook and Nutrition plug-ins.
This food and wine management software is a must for everyone from connoisseurs or those who just like to tinker in the kitchen. It lets you create, edit and share recipes with ease, organize your kitchen ventures, include wine notes, develop meal plans, and even print your own cookbook.
The new release features updates and bug fixes to its main sections: Mealplan, Cookbook and Nutrition.
Mealplan
Mealplan is the must-have tool for, well, meal planning. Just use a drag and drop to create your weekly meals and shopping list, which is automatically generated for your recipes. You can create menus with ease, and then print it out for the entire week, so you know what is to come, and import recipes from online sources if you don’t want to come up with your own. The new features include improved copy/paste access, and a new “day label” feature, letting you mark special days (like birthdays or dinner parties) and sync it with iCal.
Cookbook
Cookbook lets you organize your recipes into chapters, adding information and images, and, if you’d like to have a hardcopy, easy e-books or printable .pdfs. The updated version lets you add a “text blurb” and features improved .pdfs.
Nutrition
Nutrition gives cooks a database that lets you solve the nutrient values of all your meals. You can easily browse or search to figure out exactly what you and your family are consuming. The new version includes an update to all latest USDA information.
MacGourmet also features Wine Notes, which lets you catalog information about your favourite vino from winery to sub-region to taste. You can record all your tasting notes and add pictures and cellar information, so you never forget your favourites.
A free update for registered users, MacGourmet Deluxe costs $45 and is available here. System requirements include Mac OS X 10.4 or later.