Holiday Cooking Applications: iPad in the Kitchen. Part 2

15 Nov 2011 | Apps | Ali Gorelova on Google+

Are you still worried about staining your iPad when you are cooking? There is no need to be afraid of using your device in the kitchen any more. There is a voice-controlled cookbook that can change your life and make it so much easier and fun.

Everyone’s kitchen is a messy place. You have all the ingredients, cups, pans and other things on the tablet. If you take your paper cookbook that one that you had used before you’ll notice how many stains it has.

Once you try to use your iPad to look up recipes, you’ll be amazed how great this tablet computer can be. You don’t have to touch it when you want to flip through the pages. Use voice-commands and keep your greasy hands away.

All you have to do is choose the right holiday cooking application for iPad. We’ll help you to make your choice. You can find some of the cooking apps in our previous part of Holiday Cooking Applications: iPad in the Kitchen.

1. iCookbook is the perfect app with voice control function. It is available for $4.99 on iTunes. It includes two thousands of great recipes, and it can help you to prepare Thanksgiving dinner. This app can also work on your iPhone, and it’s regularly updated.

You can always tell your gadget if you wish to cook from the small screen. It helps to check notes and timers when you go on with your recipe.

Sadly, the voice command don’t work that perfect. You can’t mumble or speak in a soft voice. iCookbook might not understand you and will not accept your voice orders.

This cooking application includes Prepare Mode. It allows you reading your recipe at a distance from your tablet computer or smartphone. Another cool feature is the ability to randomly choose a recipe for the day and surprise yourself and your family.

Like many other cookbooks, this one also has Shopping List, Printing feature, My Recipe Box (you can create s list of your most beloved recipes) and ability to add pictures to your personal recipes.

To use iCookbook, your iPad should run iOS 4 or later.

2. The Photo Cookbook – Baking is an-easy-as-pie application for cooking fans that is offered for $4.99 on iTunes.

It’s not voice controlled. But it’s awesome as it has 60 recipes of pies, cakes, cooking, pastries, and breads you can make following step by step photo instructions. At one glance, you are able to control whether you’ve got all ingredients required for each step of preparation.

This app is a part of The Photo Cookbook – Quick & Easy. You can either get it along or pay for it by in-app-purchase in its parent application.

All recipes are not complicated. They are tasty, and you can make them delicious with ease.

The Photo Cookbook – Baking is available in English, French, German, and Dutch. You can install it on the iPad that runs iOS 3.2 or later.