MasterCook Deluxe 8.0

Your Complete Recipe and Nutrition Manager

In today's busy world, it's a challenge to find time to create new and delicious meals for you and your family. Now with MasterCook Deluxe 8.0, life in the kitchen just got a whole lot easier.  With more than 7,000 family-tested recipes, MasterCook 8.0 is the most powerful kitchen tool available. Plan meals, learn professional techniques, personalize and print cookbooks, and more. With the MasterCook easy-to-use interface, you can become the chef you want to be.  

Just because you're short on time, your meals don't have to be short on taste! Plan your menus instantly with thousands of recipes, learn time-saving tips and help keep your family healthy.

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Your invaluable kitchen resource from on the go to cooking like a pro!  Manage your recipes, manage your health!

• America's favorite #1 best selling cooking software
• 7,000+ delicious recipes  (400+ new baking recipes)
• Add your own favorite recipes
• Get expert nutritional analysis
• Helpful meal and menu planner - makes it easy to plan tasty meals for days, weeks, even months in advance.
• Recipes for special dietary needs - accommodates special diets and health conditions by searching for recipes with low fat, no sugar, low carbohydrates, no dairy, low sodium and more.
• Professional tips and techniques from the On Cooking culinary textbook and Food or Fifty cookbook to help cooks of every skill level.
• Party planning made easy for 5 to 50 guests with festive entertainment ideas to dazzle your guests.
• Download recipes and shopping lists to your PDA

Cookbook Categories:

• Casual Dining
• Delicious Desserts
• Deluxe Appetizers
• Food for Fifty
• Happy Hour
• Hot Off the Grill
• International Classics
• Kid Approved
• Mealtime
• Meat Lovers
• Morning Meals
• My Cookbook
• On Cooking
• Quick Fix
• The Art of Bread
• The Weekend Gourmet
• Vegetarian Favorites
• New Baking Recipes
  

Select Recipes based on:

• Low in Carbs
• Low Fat
• Low Calorie
• Low Sodium
• Low Cholesterol
• High Fiber
• With No Dairy Products
• With No Eggs

Search for Recipes based on:

• Category
• Cost Per Serving 
• Ingredients to use 
• Ingredients to avoid 
• Type of cuisine 
• Ratings 
• Cook time 

Spend Less Time Planning Meals and More Time Enjoying Them!

• Get your fill of 7,000+ delicious recipes, including mouth-watering appetizers, delicious entrees, tantalizing desserts, even experience the flavors of the world with hundreds of international recipes.
• Quick & Easy! Prepare hundreds of recipes in less than 20 minutes!
• Menu planning has never been easier! Plan your menu one meal or one week in advance.
• Never forget an ingredient again! Print out shopping lists for single recipes or entire menus, or download to your PDA. You can even email shopping lists for your partner to pick up on the way home!

Manage Your Recipes, Manage Your Health

• Search for the perfect recipe instantly based on ingredient, food type, cook time and more.
• Compile all of your favorite recipes from friends, magazines and other cookbooks in one convenient central place, add notes and photos, or even send via email.
• Pull recipes from the Web with our Internet Import Tool to add to your collection of mouth-watering mastercook8 recipes.
• Your Personal Nutritionist - Healthy eating has never been easier!
  • Keep track of fat, carbs, calories, cholesterol and more with expert nutritional analysis.
  • Filter recipes based on your own personal needs:  Low Carb, Low Fat, Low Sodium, Gluten Free, Kosher, Lactose free
  • Learn about healthy alternatives, even watch nutritional values change with each substitution.
    

Cook and Entertain Like a Pro

• Entertaining for 5 or 50?  mastercook8's recipe scaling will help you instantly adjust recipes to fit your family and entertainment needs.
• Learn the Tricks of the Pros. Culinary experts give you expanded information in step-by-step instructional videos that will take you through even the most complicated process.

• Learn critical cooking fundamentals, ingredient preparation and much more from On Cooking, the textbook of cooking students everywhere. Food for Fifty is an invaluable resource for every party planner with special tips for planning and serving to large groups.

Special Bonus! 400+ New Baking Recipes!
Mastercook Deluxe 8.0 now includes select portions of On Baking, the textbook of cooking students everywhere. Did you know the way baking ingredients are combined affects your final recipe? Step-by-step instructions take the mystery out of perfect flaky crusts and delightfully sweet concoctions. With 400+ savory baking recipes, there's a recipe for every sweet tooth!

• Windows 98, Me, XP
• Pentium 200MHz processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 4X CD-ROM Drive
• 75 MB free hard drive space
• SVGA 800x600 @ 256 Colors
• Sound Card for video tips
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater for integrated Web functionality

• Pentium 400MHz processor
• 64 MB of RAM
• 8X CD-ROM Drive
• 150 MB free hard drive space
• High Color
• QuickTime 4.0 or later (included) for viewing video tips
• Sound Card for video tips
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater for integrated Web functionality