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New Features for Recipes
Ah, I should make it clearer, obviously. There is one line for each ingredient - the idea being that you put in something like: 1 | medium potato | 4 oz | 125g In many cases it would just be: 1/2 tsp | baking powder | | (the two last box…
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May 2011
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New Features for Recipes
Oops! That was a very large bug, not one of the small ones I was anticipating. It worked on my test machine, but there was a typo when I installed it on the production server. It works now, and as a bonus I've added a 'new line' but…
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May 2011
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April/May 2011 Challenge: Smitten Kitchen
And, picked by the random fluctuations of the Earth's atmosphere (yes, this is how the random number generator I used gets random numbers from) the winners are... AJ12754 ladotyk torismom I'll be contacting the winners about their lov…
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May 2011
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April/May 2011 Challenge: Smitten Kitchen
The challenge is now complete - we've got 212 reviews. I'll sort through them and post the winners tonight or tomorrow, depending on how long it takes to sort everything and run the random number generator.
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May 2011
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Recommended websites
Very interesting. There was a book in our best of 2010 cookbooks roundup with a similar idea, called the Flavour Thesaurus: http://www.flavourthesaurus.com/ - it also looks quite intriguing. I've created a 'websites' category now sin…
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May 2011
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Measurements
@friederike: sorry for the delay in replying to this; missed your question. In the search results you should see a little book icon instead of a green 'plus' icon for any books you own. However, I must admit that the search results display…
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May 2011
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baking powder
I'm thinking it may be related to your baking powder, but that more liquid would likely not hurt. I've looked at a few scone recipes and here are the ratios I found: Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything - 2 C flour, 4 tsp baking powder, 5…
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May 2011
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Measurements
@friederike - glad it worked out well! There are always scales in supermarkets here, but they are usually only roughly accurate. Many fruits and vegetables are sold by weight if you are buying them loose, but it's quite common for berries to be…
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May 2011
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Measurements
This is the bane of North American cooking - volume instead of weight. It's nice to see some cookbook authors are trying to add weights, but it's still woefully lacking. I would suggest taking a 1 litre container and putting strawberries…
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May 2011
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White Asparagus
Here's a link to the Bittman Asparagus article. I've been thinking asparagus lately as it's just coming into season where I am. This looks like a comprehensive guide... http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/magazine/mag-01Eat-t.html Oh,…
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May 2011
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April/May 2011 Challenge: Smitten Kitchen
Great idea, aj, to post the photo link. I also found Heidi's tips from 101 Cookbooks to be useful: http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/001451.html For my photographs, I use a Canon Digital Rebel with a 50 mm 1.8 lens, which allows for great l…
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April 2011
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April/May 2011 Challenge: Smitten Kitchen
Yes, please tell me - this is a duplicate as Friederike already entered orangette last year and reviewed it. I'll consolidate the two recipes into one under the existing orangette. Thanks!
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April 2011
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April/May 2011 Challenge: Smitten Kitchen
Don't worry - I've deleted it now! These things happen... We've made it so you can't delete a recipe itself because if there were any other reviews attached to it, they'd be 'orphaned'. If it happens again, just le…
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April 2011
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April/May 2011 Challenge: Smitten Kitchen
I only see one review - I presume you were able to delete it okay?
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andrew
April 2011
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Recipe Notebooks
The short answer is yes - we've already had a request to allow people to put in your personal recipes and it is a priority on my 'to program' list. I'm just finishing some new features which will allow people to add ingredients, …
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andrew
April 2011
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April/May 2011 Challenge: Smitten Kitchen
Thanks aj! I'm also going to ask her if she has time for a short email interview for the challenge. And I'm so glad the site continues to be helpful for you. I am (slowly) working some new features, which I hope to launch this spring.
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andrew
April 2011
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April/May 2011 Challenge: Smitten Kitchen
Hi @redjanet: you are eligible. I checked the Etsy shipping for the prints and they do ship anywhere in the world.
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andrew
April 2011
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Future Challenges
Thanks for the thought, Friederike. We have worked with publishers before for several challenges, including High Flavor, Low Labor, the Peter Reinhart Book, etc. They will mention us and the author mentions us, but in the grand scheme of things it h…
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April 2011
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Future Challenges
When I first came up with the idea for Cookbooker, I was convinced it was such a good idea, all I'd have to do is tell the world and it would spread like wildfire and we'd soon have thousands and thousands of users (naive of me, I now rea…
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andrew
April 2011
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Sign in time?
The only potential downside is if you're using a public computer to sign in and you don't log out afterwards. Then your account is live for anyone else who uses the computer and happens to go to Cookbooker. Though for security reasons you …
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andrew
April 2011
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my personal cookbooker challenge
I don't mind at all! Please, this forum is yours to use and develop. As long as you are not plotting bank robberies, anything about food, cookbooks - life, really - is fair game.
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andrew
March 2011
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Newest Challenge: The Moosewood Cookbook
Challenge Winners Announced I'm delighted to announce the winners of the Moosewood Challenge. Members Leeka, bab56 and Peckish Sister were all chosen by random, weighted draw (details below) and have been offered a prize of a current title by…
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March 2011
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Future Challenges
Hmm, I too am a fan of Smitten Kitchen, and have enjoyed several of Deb's recipes already. I'll get back to everyone on this one; perhaps I'll allow myself to be overridden...
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March 2011
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Future Challenges
I'm considering doing a website/food blog for the next challenge. Heidi, of 101 Cookbooks, has a new natural foods book out in April, so I'm thinking this might be a good tie-in. It is another vegetarian challenge, but a very different typ…
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andrew
March 2011
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Newest Challenge: The Moosewood Cookbook
Just to note, the challenge ends tonight, so if you have any more reviews to enter, now's the time!
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andrew
March 2011
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Modernist Cuisine
Thanks @aj - it's encouraging (well, if you want to be tempted even more) that she says "much of it is doable in your very own kitchen. I swear. There are workarounds for gear you don't want to, or can't, buy. But, trust me: y…
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andrew
March 2011
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Modernist Cuisine
@LazyLurker - the question of a divide is interesting. In his NYTimes review this week, Michael Rhulman wrote something about this, saying "Much of this revolutionary cooking is based on ingredients and techniques long fundamental to the proces…
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andrew
March 2011
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New Feature: Cover Uploads
There are a few possibilities for what might be causing this. The most common one is that the picture you select is too large or you are not waiting long enough after you hit the upload button. When you click upload, the file you selected from you…
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andrew
March 2011
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Site improvements & suggestions
@friederike: will do, and thanks for doing the website shots; that's excellent. @LazyLurker: why don't you just put 'borrowed' in a tag for those books? I'm going to (when I get to it on the list) look into doing some sort …
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andrew
March 2011
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Site improvements & suggestions
Okay @LazyLurker and @friederike - those reviews have been deleted / moved to their rightful cookbooks.
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March 2011
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