Interesting, thanks for posting that John. Says in the review it lacks video recipe instructions. That's not necessarily true. If you download a recipe from a YouTube site (chef Jean Pierre for instance) not only do you get the written recipe but you can click on the source (usually just says YouTube) and it plays the original video.
The article also has one complaint that I do agree with, it could be a little more visually appealing. The ability to save images and recall them in full size is a bit clunky, I wish it were a little better. That said, there are so MANY advantages to using this app that I would recommend it for twice the price.
So I was concerned about multiple versions,. seems I had been told you had to pay for multiples. But if it's just a small add-on to get the Android on top of Windows, then I'll probably get it.
The Android version is not an add on to the Windows version - separate purchases. They all have the same full functionality. But they are all on sale. And it syncs between them throughout the cloud too, so it's worth doing both. I have iOS/Mac/Windows versions so I literally have Paprika everywhere.
Windows version on sale for $14.99.
Android is a whopping $2.99 and both are well well worth it.
Paprika does save recipes to the cloud (allowing it to sync between devices) but also saves them on each device. That way you don't have to have internet access to use it - except you clearly can't use the browser to find/download new recipes without internet access.
If you're one of those that plans ahead for meals, the option to add the ingredients of a recipe directly to your shopping list is another great feature that doesn't get talked about much.
I've just been keeping all my recipes and cooking notes in the Apple Notes App, which is free (and very freeform). But it does sync instantly across all my devices, including my personal and work Macs, and everything's shared with my family (wife, multiple daughters).
Apple's cloud is one I trust (enough, barely). On their site, I don't see who Paprika's cloud provider is, or if they're doing it themselves (not a good idea). This would make us dependent on Paprika staying in business, and not changing their licensing terms for the foreseeable future.
Also, it costs $18 (sale price) to get the apps for Mac and iOS, and my family would probably have to pay $15 each (sale price) to be able to share recipes across all their devices.
The big add here is meal planning and shoplisting, and that;s more up to my wife, who doesn't do much of that. I think that's the big value here.
I'll probably pop for the iOS app to see what it is, but might not go into the ecosystem too deep.
If you have other family in your Apple Family and allow shared purchases they all can download and install from your 1 purchase of the iOS purchase, and also share your 1 Mac purchase. That is how my wife and I do it. As to others in your family not added above, they can buy their own version and you can export and send any recipe to them so they can import directly it into their Paprika app.
If you use iCloud you can share app purchases across the family, up to 5 members. My wife has paprika, and I didn't buy it separately for her - just enabled purchase sharing with her. I signed all the devices in using the same Paprika account so that her phone and iPad use the same recipe database as me. Because I had already typed a number of her old index card holiday recipes into the app for her...
Large Big Green Egg, Weber Performer Deluxe, Weber Smokey Joe Silver, Fireboard Drive, 3 DigiQs, lots of Thermapens, and too much other stuff to mention.
I've just been keeping all my recipes and cooking notes in the Apple Notes App, which is free (and very freeform). But it does sync instantly across all my devices, including my personal and work Macs, and everything's shared with my family (wife, multiple daughters).
Apple's cloud is one I trust (enough, barely). On their site, I don't see who Paprika's cloud provider is, or if they're doing it themselves (not a good idea). This would make us dependent on Paprika staying in business, and not changing their licensing terms for the foreseeable future.
Also, it costs $18 (sale price) to get the apps for Mac and iOS, and my family would probably have to pay $15 each (sale price) to be able to share recipes across all their devices.
The big add here is meal planning and shoplisting, and that;s more up to my wife, who doesn't do much of that. I think that's the big value here.
I'll probably pop for the iOS app to see what it is, but might not go into the ecosystem too deep.
I NEVER use it on my laptop. This app is completely at home on tablets. 99% of my downloading of recipes is on the tablet (the other 1% on Android phone), and 100% of my cooking from Paprika is on the tablet. The app interrupts the screen sleep function and stays on while it’s open, so it’s just a big ol’ standup cookbook.
There are a couple ways to get recipes from hardcover cookbooks into Paprika. The first one uses the photo-to-text feature of iOS: line up the camera on the text, look for the yellow box to outline it:
Then you hit that little box on the upper right, above the shutter button, snap, and it converts it to text that you then paste into Paprika.
But, far easier? Just Google it. I have an old cookbook from my hippie college days, Recipes for a Small Planet. There are lots of dishes that use bulgur wheat and red lentils, but there is also the absolutely scrumptious Complementary Pie! I could try to hold that small paperback book open with one hand while trying to take an iPad photo with the other, or I could just Google “small planet complementary pie” and take my pick of sources:
That works for probably 75% of what’s in your hardcover cookbooks, as long as you aren’t collecting oddball stuff. I googled “silver palate yogurt chicken” looking for Chicken Marbella:
You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you’ll find you get what you need.
If not cooking outdoors, I am cooking on the stovetop with my 14" carbon steel wok, 12" CI skillet, or in the oven with my two Lodge CI pizza pans, or two dutch ovens. I've also got a nifty Lodge carbon steel grill pan that rocks for veggies outdoors.
I'm on the Paprika bandwagon as well, with it on Windows, Mac and iOS. It's on my iMac, my Windows laptop, my MacBook Pro, my wife's MacBook Pro, both our iPads and both our phones. Just bought it once for each platform (Mac, Windows, iOS).
Smokin-It 3D
Weber Kettle with an SNS
Masterbuilt kettle that I call the $30 wonder grill
Bullet by Bull Grills gasser
Anova WiFi sous vide machine
Thermoworks Thermapen and Chef Alarm
Grill/Smoke/Roast = SnS Grills Kettle + SnS Deluxe Insert & Drip n' Griddle
Grill/Smoke/Roast = Hasty-Bake Gourmet Dual Finish with HB rotisserie and Grill Grates
Smoke = Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5"
Pizza = Blackstone Propane Pizza Oven (Stacy's, but she let's me use it sometimes)
Indoor Cooking = LG Studio 30" gas range
Camp Cooking = Coleman 2 burner white gas stove
Thermometer = FireBoard FBX2 with 2 ambient and 6 meat probes
Thermapen Mk IV = Light blue
Thermapen Mk IV = Black
PID Controller = Fireboard Drive + Auber 20 CFM Fan (FB gen 1 fan)
PID Controller = Fireboard Drive + Fireboard 20 CFM Fan (FB gen 2 fan)
Knives
Wusthof Classic Ikon set: 9" carving knive, 2X 8" Chef's Knife, 7" Santoku and three utility knives
Kamikoto Kuro set: 7" Santoku, 6.5" Nakiri, 5" Utility
Amazing Ribs Brazilian Steak knife set
Favorite wine = whatever is currently in the wine rack
Favorite beer = Sam Adams Boston Lager or Shiner Bock
Favorite whisky = Lagavulin Distiller's Edition 16 year old single malt
Best Cookbooks - Meathead's "The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling", Chris Lilly's "Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Book", Aaron Franklin's "Franklin BBQ", Raichlen’s “Brisket Chronicles”
Current MCBS - Momofuku
Current fanboy cookbook - "Chasing Smoke: Cooking Over Fire Around the Levant"
I have a lot of recipes that are in free form binders, printed, written down on envelopes, and much more ...... they are slowly being added to Paprika. I use paprika on laptop, ipad, and iphone :-)
One of the things I love is the categories. I have them set up for Regions, types of meat, style of cooking, drinks and cocktails, specific holidays, and more.
Just for reference, here's the hand written, printed, binders, etc ..... plus about 50 cookbooks. I finally managed to move all my Google Docs recipes to Paprika. Next, tackling Evernote. Once that's done, then the physical stuff
Tempting but using Evernote for my mobile note taking, looking to move to OneNote which I’m using at work and for some personal stuff. Trying to go with fewer apps.
While Evernote lacks the kitchen specific tools of Paprika, it syncs across all platforms, and has really powerful free form note taking, which is why I like it.
I used Evernote for pretty much all notetaking for many years. I have ..... mostly ..... transitioned my note taking to Apple's Notes. But that left my recipes stranded in Evernote. Moving them to Paprika now.
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Well, OK, I bought it, at least for iOS. Now, should I tell my wife?
(Story behind that: she's been flooding our Photos Library for years with hundreds of pages of recipes and cookbook scans. I finally extricated her and her stuff off to her own Apple ID, but the threat will resurface now with Paprika). Sigh.
It's all too good. It can't last, this undiluted happiness.
I've been using Paprika3 for years, couple that with the Safari extension it makes importing recipes from the web easy. from the recipe webpage click on the share button in Safari (the square box with an. up arrow in it, pick Paprika3 and boom, it brings up Paprika3 with the recipe in it. You may ned to add it as an extension in System Settings->Extensions.
Well, I actually do that, SheilaAnn , when I search for recipes within the Paprika Browser.
But I'm talking about downloading recipes that I happen across on cooking websites while surfing on my phone or desktop computer. If the recipe is something I want to put in Paprika, I then copy/paste the URL into Paprika's Browser, then Download, etc.
Using Safari's arrow and selecting the Paprika app would be faster because it eliminates the copy/paste step. I think. Haven't tried it yet.
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