Friday, May 08, 2009

In the palm of my hand.....

...without having to own a Palm. BTW, does anyone still buy Palm pda's? How is it possible that company is still in business? Buying a Palm right now would be the equivalent of running out and buying a Pontiac, don't ya think? You're about to become irrelevant and don't even know it. Anyway, I digress. The point of this post is that last night I happened across what has instantly become the coolest app for the food obsessed iPhone owner (although using "obsessed" and "iPhone owner" in the same sentence is somewhat redundant). How would you like to have the entire contents of The Gourmet Cookbook in your hungry little hands? How about every recipe from virtually every back issue of Gourmet or Bon Appetit magazines? The newly released epicurious app has it all, and I am stoked. I've used epicurious for inspiration innumerable times, with usually more than a little success (hint: if it has less than 90% approval, skip it. and be ready to make adjustments). This app will also make a shopping list for you when you've picked your recipe, allows you to save your faves, and will even provide cocktail recipes because who really likes to cook sober? Best of all, due to the fact that it has hardly noticeable 5-second ads you get all this for the most reasonable price of ZERO DOLLARS!! Sorry crackberry owner, you don't get to swim in this pool, but hey, enjoy all that really fresh emailing you get to do!
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one year ago today @ E.D.T.: Grant Achatz of Alinea can cook...read all about him!!

3 comments:

Nico said...

Funny, I just picked this up this morning as well. Haven't played around with it yet, but huge fan of epicurious - having it around will be a big win. No more printing of ingredient lists before leaving work to stop by the grocery store!

dds said...

Ooo, handy.... Speaking of Gourmet, I stumbled across a cook-through blog of the Gourmet cookbook (estimated date of completion at current rate: 2021). A quick scan shows lots of flops but one must-do dish; check out that skin! When's the next party? http://www.gourmetproject.ca/?p=547

bb said...

nico...hope you have fun with it. I'm pretty intrigued. For me no more having to have my laptop open on our tiny kitchen counter!

dds....2021?? I can't even plan out what's happening next week!! But that pork shoulder looks mighty fucking inviting. I'm guessing we'll be eating that sooner than alter!