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iOS 5 And What it Means for Cookbook+

Yesterday’s announcement of Apple’s newest iteration of iOS, the software that powers iPhones and iPads, solidifies Apple’s dominance in mobile computing both now and into the future. iOS 5 adds more than 200 new features with many of those targeting how people want to use their devices and content. What really stands out when reviewing [...]

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The Turkish Teapot — How to Make Strong, Delicous Tea

The Turkish may be well known for their unique style of preparing coffee, Turkish coffee, but in reality tea is more popular in Turkey, and they’ve got a special technique for that also. The Turkish teapot works much like a double-boiler where boiling water in the bottom kettle heats the contents of the top kettle. [...]

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Import Recipes From Epicurious.com

Did you know that the latest release of Cookbook+ for iPad lets you import recipes from top food sites, sites like Epicurious.com? Well it does. And it does so in a simple, uncluttered way. Just point the built-in browser to a recipe you like and if Cookbook+ can read it it’ll show you a preview [...]

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Cookbook+ Version 1.1 Released

It’s been just about a week since Cookbook+ for iPad went live on the App Store and we’re already pushing out our next update. There were a lot of features we just couldn’t get ready in time to ship the first release so our plan is to incrementally introduce those features in successive versions. Version [...]

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Sneak Peak: Cookbook+ for iPad

After four months of development we’re pleased to announce our very first iPad cooking app is almost ready to ship. We’re calling it Cookbook+ and in just a few days we’re sending it to Apple for approval and expect to go live about the middle of May. We’re pricing this app at only $4.99 or [...]

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Pizza Stone

A pizza stone is a flat stone or piece of ceramic or earthenware used to evenly distribute oven heat to pizzas or other baked goods, more or less mimicking the effects of cooking a pizza in a masonry oven. The thermal mass and porous nature of the stone used also helps absorb moisture, resulting in [...]

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