! ! MacGourmet User Guide
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The Notes Tab 25 The Picture Tab 26 3. Creating and Editing Wine, Beer and Cheese Notes 27 Creating Wine, Beer, and Cheese Notes 27 Editing Wine, Beer, and Cheese Notes 27 The Info Tab 27 The Tasting Notes Tab 29 The Winemaker, Brewery, and Dairy Notes Tab 29 The Label Tab 30 The Cellar (Wine Notes) and More Info (Beer and Cheese Notes) Tab 31 4. Creating and Editing Cooking Notes Creating Cooking Notes 32 Editing Cooking Notes 32 The Info Tab 32 The Picture Tab 33 5.
Doing a Suggest Recipe Search 39 Finding Recipes, Wine, Beer, Cheese, and Cooking Notes 39 Finding recipes 39 Finding wine notes 39 Finding beer notes 39 Finding cheese notes 39 Finding cooking notes 39 Finding duplicate recipes 39 Creating Smart Lists from Find Results 6.
Adding a New Piece of Equipment 57 Adding a New Category 58 9. Relating Recipes and Notes Linking Recipes and Notes Creating relationships between two things 10. Creating and Using Shopping Lists Creating a Shopping List 59 59 59 61 61 Creating a new shopping list 61 Editing Your Shopping Lists 62 Maintaining the Shopping List Favorites List 63 Exporting a Shopping List as a Text File 63 11.
1 1. Getting Started Welcome to MacGourmet! In this chapter you will be introduced to the basics of MacGourmet, one of the most popular recipe management app for the Mac. Running MacGourmet for the First Time Assuming that you have installed MacGourmet (in either trial form or as a registered copy) and upon your first launch, you will be asked a few questions to get you started: Upgrading from MacGourmet 1 and newer versions If you are upgrading from MacGourmet 1, please contact support@marinersoftware.
This database file cannot be moved (without changing the location in Advanced preferences) or renamed. If this occurs, MacGourmet will think that it needs to create a new database upon your next launch. You can restore your information by just moving your MacGourmet 4 Database file back to the original location or by changing the name back to its original title. L TIP: Wherever you decide to create your database, all of your information will be stored in a file named MacGourmet4Database.mgdatabase.
Feature Overview Your recipe box has 6 main lists for cataloging and storing your items. This list is located on the left side navigation bar: Recipes, Cooking Notes, Shopping Lists, Wine, Beer, Cheese. Each of these lists holds the master copy of each respective item type in your database. You can easily put items in lists that you create, but they really just refer back to the master copy.
Recipes Your “Recipes” list shows you all of the recipes in your database. This list can only contain recipes. If you delete a recipe from this list, it will get deleted from your database. Cooking Notes Your “Cooking Notes” list are a lot like your “Recipes” list in that it shows all of your notes. Deleting and copying notes from this list works like deleting and copying recipes from your “Recipes” list. Shopping Lists This list shows you all of your current shopping lists.
Cheese Your “Cheese” list is similar to your “Wine and Beer” list, in that it shows all of your cheese notes. Deleting and copying notes from this list works like deleting and copying recipes from your “Recipes” list. Reference The “Reference” icon contains reference items and pairing guides to help you with cooking, wine, beer, cheese, meat, and other food and drink-related questions. The Reference lists are “read only” lists and cannot be deleted or edited.
Find Results The results of specific criteria searches you’ve done using the Find menu appear in this list. Last Import The "Last Import" list displays the items that were added to your database the last time you imported something. Every time you do an import, the current list items are replaced with any newly imported items.
User Lists User lists, unlike your master lists, can contain sub-lists, and any kind of item. Also, unlike your master lists, deleting an item from a user list doesn't remove it from your database. It only removes it from its user list. An item can be added to and deleted from any user list, or moved and copied to any location that you would like without fear of having it deleted from a master list. Removing an item from its master list however, will also remove it from any list that contains it.
Customizing Table Columns The table columns of each type of recipe box list is customizable. This lets you show only the columns you are interested in. It also allows you to display them in the order you desire. Accessing the list of columns to display Hold the right mouse button down (or press the ctrl key on your keyboard and hold down the mouse button) and click on any table column.
Creating and Editing Edit and view recipes and notes by double-clicking on an item in a list to open the editor. Creating an item is done by selecting the appropriate menu item from the File > New submenu. You can also use the “New” toolbar item, which will create a new item for the selected list. If you are in one of your user lists, which can contain different kinds of items, you will be prompted for the type of item to create. Double-clicking on a recipe opens the recipe editor.
The Chef View - Your Kitchen Cooking Helper If you prefer to have your laptop or computer in the kitchen while you cook (instead of Mariner’s Gourmet iOS), you can display any recipes you are working on in a Chef View. Chef Views are windows containing a view of your recipe that is optimized for use while cooking. The text is large enough so that you can read the ingredients and directions from a distance. This view displays only what you need to see while cooking-the list of ingredients and the directions.
Changing the Display of Recipes and Notes MacGourmet offers a wide variety of themes for displaying your recipes and notes. Just go to the General Preferences tab and select a theme. With a recipe selected, you can see how your recipe looks with different themes. Viewing Larger Versions of Your Images If the image for a selected item is too small to see, you can increase the size by clicking on the image in your recipe box (if there is one).
Recipe Box Toolbar Icons New - Add a new item Delete - Delete the selected item or items Get Info - Display the editor for the item Suggest Recipe - Displays random recipes to consider preparing Chef View - Display the chef’s view for the selected items Print - Print the selected items Export - Export the selected items Import - Import items into your library Library Browser - Browse the information in your library Send Mail - Email the selected items View List - Display the selected list in a separate win
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2 2. Creating and Editing Recipes This section describes creating and editing recipes. Creating Recipes To create a new recipe: 1. Choose File > New > Recipe (⌘-N). A new empty recipe in the currently selected list is created and the info window is displayed. Editing Recipes You can edit and view recipes simply by double-clicking on one in one of your lists or by selecting something in your recipe box and choosing File > Get Info. The Info Tab 1. The recipe name. 2. The source of the recipe.
you can enter any keywords or text that you’d like associated with the recipe. 5. The cuisine for the recipe, with up to 3 levels of specification. For example: Asian, East Asian, or Hunan. 6. The course in which the recipe would normally be served. 7. The yield of the recipe, such as 24 cookies. This is different from servings, which are used for nutritional calculation and which can only be a number. 8. The actual number of servings the recipe makes. 9.
The Ingredients Tab 1. The quantity needed for an ingredient. 2. The measurement of the ingredient. 3. What the ingredient actually is. 4. Any directions associated with the ingredient, like “chopped” or “diced.” 5. Whether or not an ingredient is a divider. A divider ingredient is one used only to separate ingredient groups from each other. 6. Whether or not an ingredient is one of the main recipe ingredients. Marking an ingredient as a “main” ingredient makes it easier to search. 7.
The Directions Tab The directions tab provides a place for the stepby-step how-to information about preparing the recipe. You can also add label text, notes, images, as well as an option to “highlight a step” so as it stands out from the other steps in your recipe. Press the Previous button arrow to go to the last recipe and Next arrow to go to the following button.
The Preparation Tab This tab defines the type of time, like “Start to Finish” or “Prep.” 1. The amount and units, for instance 25 Minutes, or 1 Hour 30 Minutes. 2. Add a new preparation time, or delete any selected times. 3. Any special equipment that is required by the recipe. Check any that are needed. Fields marked with a are equipment you’ve added. Fields marked with a are system equipment and equipment marked with a are locked and can’t be deleted.
The Notes Tab 1. Enter an introduction or summary here. This can be an introduction to the recipe, why it’s great, a little story associated with it, etc. 2. Enter any notes that would be helpful when making the recipe. 3. The Note details give you a section to drill down on specific areas of the recipe you want to showcase. 4. If you choose to, you can add an image here. 5. The drop down menu lets you link a recipe note as a specific category such as Chef, Cooking, Pairing, Prep, Serving, or Private.
The Picture Tab The area that displays the primary image for the recipe. You can drag and drop an image to this area to change the picture, or select it and choose Edit > Paste. 1. The Crop Box. Dragging this box around and pressing the “Crop” button allows you to save only part of the image as the primary image for the recipe. 2. The picture field.. In this example, Belize Beef on Spiced Potatoes, which is from the sample recipes included with MacGourmet. 3.
3 3. Creating and Editing Wine, Beer and Cheese Notes This section describes creating and editing wine, beer and cheese notes. Creating Wine, Beer, and Cheese Notes To create a new wine, beer, or cheese note, choose File > New > Wine/Beer/ Cheese Note. This will create a new empty wine/beer/cheese note in the currently selected list, provided it is editable and can contain wine/beer/cheese notes.
wine, beer, or cheese comes from. 4. Any subregion for the wine, beer, or cheese. 5. The wine vintage, the year brewed, or the date of the production of the cheese. 6. The wine, beer, or cheese style. For example: light, medium, full-bodied for wine, IPA or hoppy for beer, and soft or semi-soft for cheese. 7. The wine, beer, or cheese type, such as Red: Cabernet Sauvignon, German Ale: Hefeweizen, or Goat Milk: Blue. 8.
The Tasting Notes Tab 1. My Rating - A rating of how much you enjoyed the wine, beer, or cheese. 2. Notes area - Any notes or thoughts that you had about the wine, beer, or cheese - after you’ve tasted it. The Winemaker, Brewery, and Dairy Notes Tab 1. Record notes from the winemaker, brewery, or dairy about their product. 2. Enter the web address of the winemaker in the winemaker, brewery, or dairy URL field. This will be useful for future reference of the item.
The Label Tab The area that displays the primary image for the wine, beer, or cheese note. You can drag and drop an image to this area to change the picture, or select it and choose Edit > Paste. 1. The Crop Box area- Dragging this box around and pressing the “Crop” button allows you to save only part of the image as the primary image for the recipe. 2. Clear button - deletes the current picture, making it so that the recipe no longer has a picture. 3.
The Cellar (Wine Notes) and More Info (Beer and Cheese Notes) Tab Here is a spot for info about the purchase and storage of the wine, beer, and cheese. 1. Purchase location - The location where you purchased the wine, beer, and cheese. 2. Purchase date -The date you purchased the wine, beer, and cheese. 3. Maturation date - The date the wine, beer, and cheese matures. 4. Date opened - The date you opened the wine, beer, or cheese. 5.
4 4. Creating and Editing Cooking Notes This section describes creating and editing your cooking notes. Creating Cooking Notes To create a cooking note, choose File > New > Note (⇧-⌘-N). This will create an empty cooking note in the currently selected list, provided it is editable and can contain cooking notes. Editing Cooking Notes You can edit and view notes simply by double-clicking on one in a list or by selecting something in your recipe box and choosing File > Get Info. The Info Tab 1.
The Picture Tab 1. 2. For a description of each component, see the Picture tab of the recipe editor. Drag and drop image into box and edit to preference.
5 5. Searching This chapter describes ways you can find recipes and notes There are a variety of ways to find things in MacGourmet. You can quickly filter on certain fields, or all fields in your recipe box using the Search Field. You can search for recipes, wine, beer, cheese and cooking notes using the basic search functionality. You can create Smart Lists that search for items based on criteria you specify: lists that keep themselves updated as you add and delete items.
Using Basic Search Basic search allows you to search for recipes, wine, beer, cheese notes and cooking notes using the fields that correspond to each of those items. For instance, you can search for recipes using name, keywords, source, etc. You can search for wine notes using vintage, the region, or comments in a winemaker's note. You can even search for beer notes using brewery notes. When you search, your results are displayed in the “Find Results” list in your recipe box.
cause you don’t have any garlic. When your search is complete, your results are displayed in the Find Results list of your recipe box. Displaying the Cupboard Find window Choose Edit > Find > Suggest Recipe... (You can also press ⌘-F).
Creating and Using Smart Lists Let MacGourmet create recipe, note, wine, beer, and cheese lists for you automatically with Smart Lists. Simply specify your criteria — like recipes you have prepared or recipes with a rating greater than 3 or wine from the region of France — and MacGourmet will do the rest. MacGourmet finds the items that match the things you specify and creates a list that updates itself automatically.
L TIP: Because Smart Lists are updated each time something in the database changes, adding more and more lists can slow response times in large databases. Large databases will respond more quickly when there are fewer lists that need updating. Creating a new Smart Recipe List 1. Click on the view that holds all of your lists. 2. Choose File > New > Smart Recipe List.
Doing a Suggest Recipe Search Can't decide on what to make? Not a problem. Suggest Recipe is a fun way to search for 5 random recipes from your collection. To do a new Suggest Recipe search: Choose Edit > Find > Suggest Recipe. Suggest Recipe can be used as often as you want, returning a new, different list of recipes each time you use it. Finding Recipes, Wine, Beer, Cheese, and Cooking Notes You can search for each item type by selecting the appropriate command from the Find menu.
Creating Smart Lists from Find Results You can easily turn your find results into smart lists: 1. Select the Find result in the list 2. Choose File > New > Smart List From Find, to turn it into a Smart List. This will create a new Smart List that uses the criteria in the selected Find result.
6 6. Importing and Exporting This chapter describes ways of importing and exporting your information. MacGourmet provides a variety of ways to get information into and out of your recipe box. L TIP: If you do not see the “Clip Recipe” menu item in the Services menu, try copying MacGourmet to the system Applications folder. You can also try logging out, and rebooting if that still doesn’t work. In rare cases you might have to reboot twice.
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(shift-⌘-T). Doing this will add a text clipping of the recipe to the Clippings list in your Recipe Box. L TIP: Not all web browsers support the Services menu. Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera all support the Services menu. 3. Double click your new clipping to bring up the Recipe Import Assistant. Copy or drag the text from the top text area into the appropriate fields and text areas. Make any corrections or modifications you desire.
Making clippings (Alternate options) In addition to using the Services menu item to create and add clippings to your recipe box, you can also create clippings by either dragging and dropping text from another application to the Clippings list, or by copying text from another application, selecting the clippings list in MacGourmet and choosing Edit > Paste. Once you’ve made a clipping, you can import it using the Assistant, the same as you would a web clipping, which is described above.
Using the MacGourmet Recipe Web Page Import Service MacGourmet makes it super easy to import recipes from certain, supported web sites including allrecipes.com, epicurious.com, foodnetwork.com, williams-sonoma.com, cookinglight.com, food.yahoo.com, plus many more. 1. Go to the recipe page on your favorite, supported web site. Note that you have to go to one of their standard recipe pages for the importer to work. Recipes on featured pages, special pages, etc. are not usually supported by the importer. 2.
Using File Import and Export You can choose to import existing files in various formats, described below: Importing Recipes: The image below shows a MasterCook import file selected. While you should make sure that you select the correct file format for your import, MacGourmet will verify that the file you selected matches the selected format before your import starts. To import CookWare Deluxe files: 1. Choose File > Export from the menu bar. 2. Choose export type: Tab-Separated Text. 3. Click Save. 4.
4. Choose the XML file you created, and select Yum XML for the format of the file to import. To import Cook’n text files: 1. Export 2. Using MacGourmet, choose File > Import... 3. Choose the text file you created, and select Cook’n for the format of the file to import. To import Recipe ML, MasterCook MXP and Meal-Master files: 1. Using MacGourmet, choose File > Import... 2. Choose the file you want to import and choose the appropriate file format, RecipeML, MasterCook MXP or Meal-Master.
You can also drag and drop an import file into your Recipe Box! Just select an import file in the Finder and drag it into one of your lists, or onto one of your lists. That's all there is to it. Once imported, your new items can be found in both your appropriate "My" list, and in your "Last Import" list. Exporting Recipes and Notes Exporting items is as easy as importing them.
MasterCook, MasterCook Mac and Meal-Master 1. Choose the list or set of recipes in your recipe box that you’d like to export. 2. Choose File > Export... and choose MasterCook MXP, MasterCook Mac or Meal-Master as the format. Note that you can only export recipes when a format other than one of the MacGourmet formats is selected. Wine and general notes will be ignored. Creating text versions of your recipes and notes Additionally, you can select one or more items and choose Edit > Copy.
7 7. Publishing Recipes and Notes to the Web This chapter describes using the Web Publishing features. MacGourmet allows you to publish your recipes, wine, beer, or cheese notes and general notes to the web, or to your local file system. This allows you to easily share what you've created, entered, etc. with others. You create and modify web site publications by going to the Publish panel in Preferences, and selecting the Sites tab.
Create export files for published items - Checkbox that allows you to create MacGourmet export files as part of your publication, so that importing your recipes by other users can be as simple as just dragging the image of an export file from a web page into MacGourmet. Finally, the Template and Style pop up menus allow you to pick one of the included MacGourmet themes for your publication. After creating the specification for your publication, you can publish it by choosing Share > Publish.
Publishing Your Recipes and Notes to your Blog In addition to being able to use MacGourmet to create websites for your recipes and notes, you can also publish them to your blog, if you have one. To do that you first need to create a new blog definition. To do this go to the Publish panel in Preferences. Title - The title of your weblog settings. Service - The service that your weblog uses. Currently supported are Blogger, Blojsom, MovableType and TypePad. URL - The URL to the atom.xml file on your server.
7.5. Syncing your MacGourmet Data with the MacGourmet cloud server This chapter describes how to configure MacGourmet settings to connect to the cloud server and sync your data to the server where it can be read by other Macs and iOS devices. MacGourmet allows you to create an account on the MacGourmet cloud server.
as you will need that information later. 3. After signing up for a new account or signing into an existing account, you’ll see the following. At this point, you can click Sync Now to sync your data to the server. 4. When you sync, you will see the Sync Manager window. You can also access this any time by selecting Sync Manager from the Window menu.
SyncManager The Sync Manager shows the current sync status of your data, and provides you with a few options, Synchronize Manually/Automatically - If you opt to synchronize manually, then none of the new or edited content will be sent to the sync server, and no new and edited content on the sync server (for example, changes or additions you have made on your other Macs or iOS devices) will not be read from the sync server unless you manually sync it by clicking the Sync Now button.
8 8. Using the Lists Editor This chapter describes adding, modifying, and searching your information, like categories, equipment and recipe ingredients. L TIP: The Lists Editor is a VERY powerful tool and caution should be exercised when using it to modify your information. Make sure you check your changes before pressing “Yes” when you are asked to confirm your change. The Lists Editor allows you to view and edit information in your database.
library browser to display items that use the selected value. To go to the item in your recipe box, double-click on the item in the “Used By” table. Some lists, like categories, are lists you can directly modify, and some, like Ingredient Descriptions, are built from the information you have entered into your database. Because of this, items in a list like “Ingredient Descriptions” can only be “deleted” by removing the values from any items that are using them.
Adding Categories Sometimes you’ll find that the provided category list doesn’t have every category to suit your needs. In these instances, you can add new categories to your database. Adding a New Category To add a new category, from the library browser, select the Recipes tab and choose Category from the pop-down list. A list of categories appears. To add a new item, click the (Plus) button and type the name of the item.
9 9. Relating Recipes and Notes This chapter describes making links between recipes and notes. Linking Recipes and Notes Link recipes and notes to remember recipes that go well together, wines, beers, or cheeses that go well with recipes, and notes that are useful when preparing certain recipes. Creating relationships between two things 1. Select an item in your Recipe Box and select Window>Relationship Manager...
You can add more relationships or delete relationships by selecting the relationship in the "Related Items" table of the Relationship Manager and pressing the Delete key. Double-clicking on an item in the relationship manager will select that item in your recipe box.
10 10. Creating and Using Shopping Lists This chapter describes ways to create, use and export shopping lists. Creating a Shopping List MacGourmet allows you easily to create shopping lists. Creating a new shopping list 1. Select one or more recipes. 2. Next select “Shopping List From Selection” from the File > New menu. You can also select “Shopping List From Selection” from the “New” contextual menu by right clicking or command clicking on one of your selected recipes.
Editing Your Shopping Lists Like recipes, wine, beer, and cheese notes, you can edit and view shopping lists simply by double-clicking on one in a list. Double-clicking on a shopping list will open the shopping list editor which allows you to specify the name, and the items for a shopping list. The editor allows you to also specify fields like aisle and store for each item on your list. The editor also allows you to add nonrecipe items to your list.
Maintaining the Shopping List Favorites List Every shopping list displays a master Favorites list, shown above in the bottom section of the shopping list editor window. The favorites list is a place to keep often used items, such as pantry staples, so that they can be quickly added to any shopping list. To add one or more favorite items to a shopping list, just drag and drop the rows from the favorites list to the shopping list.
11 11. Printing Recipes and Notes This chapter describes how to print on regular paper. MacGourmet offers you many printing options. You can print one item or many items. You can print one item per page or many to a page. To print, you just need to select one or many items in your recipe box and press the Print toolbar item, or select Print... from the File menu. Either action will cause the Print window to be displayed.
button. This will bring up up a sheet that allows you do set the top, bottom, left and right margins.
A Appendix A Backing Up Your MacGourmet Data We can’t stress how critical it is to have a backup plan. While we can retrieve lost serial numbers, we can’t retrieve lost data due to hard drive failures or other such catastrophes. Files can be accidentally deleted, or corrupted too, so it’s always a good idea to make copies of your information from time to time. If you are someone who updates your recipes daily, you may want to consider backing up your data even more frequently.
Note that you need to quit and restart MacGourmet for this change to take effect. Changing your database location at launch You can select an existing library other than your default library at application launch time by holding down the option key while the application is starting up. This will display an open dialog that lets you choose an existing MacGourmet Database file to load. This feature allows you to have multiple recipe libraries if you desire.
