Paprika

[fzxdoc]

GolfGeezer I've never been able to figure out a way to directly import Word document recipes into Paprika. I use the old copy/paste routine for each individual Microsoft Word recipe.

Kathryn

[GolfGeezer]

fzxdoc So, is there any quick way to import recipes that I have saved either in text or Word format on my PC? Or do I have to open each one and copy/paste, then fill in all the "buckets"?

[Bruce Z]

Interesting that the original post of this thread was the first week of September. Now 2 months later as everyone (I think) is scanning recipes for the Holidays, the process sorting and saving precious files becomes more important. I know what I want to make I just can't find the frigging recipe. I wish I had saved it in a better place.

[Skip]

I just ordered it. Thanks for the posts...now for me to learn and install all the recipes I've collected.

[Mosca]

Ok, I figured it out! Just as I suspected, it was me all along.

[pkadare]

Discovered a little trick that the Paprika app can perform. Wanted a recipe from the NYT food section today but the paywall popup blocked the window. On a whim I imported the page into Paprika and it downloaded and stored the recipe I was trying to view. Tried it on a few other sites with paywalls, which I do have accounts for but didn’t log in, and it worked the same on them two. Just thought I would pass this discovery on.

Mosca here's how it works for me, after signing out of my NYT Cooking account:

[Mosca]

Just tried it, didn’t work. I’ll give it another go, might be a configuration issue.

[pkadare]

fzxdoc I'd go for a Dali myself, but I'm with you! Folks work hard on the recipes and if they want to charge for access, I'm either going to pay or pass. I don't give my expertise away for free either.

[fzxdoc]

Hmmm. Interesting, pkadare . So non-subscribers can download recipes into Paprika.

I have a subscription to NYT , CI, and Milk Street, so at least I'm not ripping those companies off when I put their recipes in Paprika. If I'm going to swipe something, it would have to be a whole lot more important (like a Monet from an art museum) than a recipe!


K.

[fzxdoc]

Bkhuna and pkadare , for some recipes like those on index cards or in cookbooks, I take a photo of them, insert that photo in the new recipe, and save. Works pretty well.

For web recipes that don't have photos like some of those on You Tube, I take a screenshot of the part of the paused You Tube video that I want, then copy and paste it into the recipe.

For those recipes in Word docs, I follow Paul's method.

Kathryn

[Bkhuna]

pkadare - That's what I thought. Oh well, it took me years to collect all those files to I'll just have to be patient. Good thing retirement looms in the near distance.

[pkadare]

Bkhuna - sadly there's no way to point to those types of files and import them to Paprika. While it does have an import function, the files need to have been generated by one of the supported recipe apps. In your case, it is going to have to be a process of creating a new recipe in Paprika, then copying and pasting from your docs. I usually copy the whole thing, paste into directions, and then cut and paste the ingredients to the right spot.

[RichardCullip]

Thanks for the heads up on the Paprika Recipe app. Just loaded it on my iPhone and downloaded my first recipe. Easy Peasy. Now to load up lots of recipes I have bookmarked in my browser over the years This should keep me busy for a bit.

[DTro]

Paprika is on sale right now for Black Friday for mac- $14.99

[Bkhuna]

I'm new to Paprika and would like to ask if you know of any work arounds for importing Word, Txt or pdf files. I have hundreds of recipes stored willy-nilly on a hard drive and I'd love to get them together. Thank you.