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  • HP Touchsmart PC

    Almost a year ago we purchased a Touchsmart PC by HP for our kitchen to run my recipe software, Chef.  It has been a great addition to the kitchen and is a perfect match for the software. HP recently revamped the machine with the latest model, and it looks pretty darn cool.  If you’re looking…

  • Chef 1.3.20

    I just released the latest version, 1.3.20, tonight.  A few new things include: recipe rating; cooking times; preparation times; better search capability; ingredient preparations; bug fixes; and more bug fixes. If you’re a user, go upgrade!  If you aren’t a user, give it a try! www.ejichef.com And now it’s midnight, time for bed.

  • Some Chef Updates

    Just a few Chef notes… A couple weeks ago I reported that I had gotten rid of SWREG in favor of E-Junkie with PayPal and Google Checkout.  Since then I’ve processed a couple of orders successfully so it’s good to know I didn’t break anything.    That’s always a concern of mine when I make changes…

  • Bye Bye SWREG

    A little over a year ago I posted about Payment Processors for taking payment for Chef. Shortly thereafter I went ahead and signed up and integrated with SWREG.  Over the past year I have been pretty happy with them regarding the capabilities they provided, as well as their prices – I’ve been able to accept…

  • Chef 1.3

    Chef version 1.3 is released! The big change in this release was the conversion over to a tag-based system for Categories (both Recipe Categories and Ingredient Categories).  So now instead of going to a separate tab and drag-dropping a recipe into categories, you just type the categries in as a comma-separated list.  For example: “eric’s…

  • Visual Studio 2008 Setup Projects

    This is going to be fairly heavy on the tech side, so you’ve been warned… A couple weeks ago I converted the Chef code to Visual Studio 2008 – not a new .net version, just upgraded the solution and project files to the new format so I could start using the new IDE. I ran…

  • Tidbits

    With just over a day to go on the Poll to the right (The TV show ER: Should it stay or should it go?), it’s 8-3 in favor of getting rid of it! Too bad I don’t have any pull on the matter. This weekend I’m hoping to get version 1.3 of Chef posted on…

  • Visual Studio 2008

    Earlier this week I received a free copy of Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2008 by being an Action Pack subscriber and completing a short little web tutorial and quiz. I installed it last night and decided to get the Chef code/projects converted so I could start using it. The usual project conversion wizard popped up as…

  • Recipe Slideshows

    Chef has a feature called Recipe Slideshows which allow you to view a recipe fullscreen in a PowerPoint-like format that’s much easier to read while you’re cooking than the small text of a cookbook, or the regular view of a recipe in Chef for that matter. I’ve had that feature around for a while, but…

  • Chef 1.2 Available for Download

    Version 1.2 is now available; get the upgrade if you’re already a user, or give it a try for the first time! This release contains a few bug fixes and enhancements as requested by users.  The best new feature is Recipe Scaling, check it out. Also along with this release is a modified installation procedure. …