If you want to really impress your lady, don't splurge on
some expensive restaurant that'll leave you half full. Take your ass to the
supermarket, do some grocery shopping, and cook her a meal. Trust us. Feeding
her food that was crafted by your hands will impress her more than a Michelin
star (most girls, anyway). Can't do more than boil an egg? No worries, if you
own an iPad, you can figure out how to cook nearly anything as some of the
world's best chefs and cookbook authors have taken their hustle to the digital
world.
Since it's Valentine's Day, we decided to hip y'all to a
some of the best cooking apps available in the Apple App Store. If you haven't
decided on what to do for your woman tonight, get one of these apps (some are
free) and get to cooking.
How to Cook Everything $10
While it's impossible for anyone app to teach you how to
teach everything dish in the world, this exuberantly titled tome attempts to do
jus that. Boasting over 2,000 recipes and 400 helpful illustrations, the How to
Cook Everything app has you covered when it comes to nearly every type of dish.
The instructions are easy to follow and the ingredients are all well laid out
for you. $10 may seem steep (if you think that's a lot wait for the next
slide), but the wealth of knowledge contained in this app is well worth the
price of admission.
The Professional Chef $50
Before you balk at the price, consider this: the
Professional Chef app is based on the heralded textbook that has been called
“the bible for all chefs”. Curated and written by the Culinary Institute of
America (Anthony Bourdain's almer mater) , The Professional Chef, brings
together a sick melody of instructional videos, high-res photos, and
interactive materials. And like it's paper-bound brethren, the app allows you
take highlight sections, search for keywords, and take notes which are saved in
the cloud. If you're serious about cooking, put this on your digital wish list.
Epicurious - Free
If you have an iPad, you should already have the Epicurious
app. It's that good. And it's free. Culling recipes from the award-winning
website, the Epicurious app (also available for the iPhone) puts 30,000 recipes
from Bon Appetit and Gourmet magazines, as well as a number
of popular cookbooks. The app will also handle more than dinner. Thinking about
whipping up dessert after your masterful meal? Epicurious has you covered. Even
if you only cook once a year, do yourself a favor and download this app.
Photo Cookbook - $5
We take that back. The hardest part of making a dish from a
cookbook is following the directions. The Photo Cookbook makes it simple by
providing you with high-res photos of every step of each recipe. First, all
your ingredients are laid out for you to see, then each step is broken down by
showing you exactly what the stuff on your countertop and stove should look
like. If you can't make a dish from this app, then, well, maybe you should make
some reservations instead.
Jamie Oliver's Recipes - Free
We're big fans of the Jamie Oliver's 20 Minute Meals iPhone
app, primarily because of the mind that if you can't make a meal faster than
the time it takes the local bistro to deliver, then it's just not worth it. For
the iPad, the popular British chef (that you may or may not hate) developed an
app with easy-to-follow recipes accompanied by decent photography. The app
comes with 10 free recipes, if you want more, you'll have to pay for he refers
to as recipe packs. For example: He has a Date Night recipe pack for
Valentine's Day. Not an essential cooking app, but a very cool,
easy-to-understand one.
source: http://www.complex.com/tech/2012/02/the-7-best-ipad-cooking-apps#1
by Damien Scott
http://www.buyetail.com
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