The Video Cookbook
By Futura Group
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Description
Access over 200 easy to follow video recipes on your iPad/iPhone. Created by current industry professionals with years of experience training chefs in licensed culinary schools around the globe. Now you can learn the same exciting recipes – but at a fraction of the cost!
Perfect for chefs, home cooks, foodies and students on the go. Add your recipes to your shopping list, pick up your supplies and start cooking!
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What's included
• 240 recipes complete with professional HD videos and photography
• Choice between USA/Imperial or International/Metric cookery measurements
• All new Smart Steps. You won't lose where you're up to with our easy-to-read smart steps that highlight the step you are up to
• Ability to change the serves to any number you like
• Add ingredients to a shopping list
• Save your favourites
• Glossary of terms with audio for difficult to pronounce terms
• Ability to delete individual videos from your device to save room. Don't worry – you can download them again any time you like
• 4 new recipe packs available for purchase
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About Futura Group
Futura has a reputation for providing the highest quality resources for chefs and culinary students around the world. With years of experience and a focus on professionalism and innovation, you can be assured you are learning the correct techniques every time.
What's New in Version 1.2
Added Sauces #2 recipe pack
Removed "checking for updates" dialogue that was causing some users issues
Minor bug fixes
Customer Reviews
Great idea...
...but a bit lacking. I'm not a big fan of in app purchases for apps like this. Just charge me what you need to and I'll buy it or not. In this case, it's a pretty expensive app, with a relatively small number of recipes, so it's frustrating to get nickeled and dimed to death after you've bought it. Others may feel differently.
On the recipes themselves, I do like the video content, but their descriptions are written for professionals, using terms without explanation that everyday people may not know. For example, One recipe just says 'french the lamb shanks' and cut some vegetables 'into paysanne'. Well that's great, but what does that mean?
I found out by Googling it, but that rather defeats the purpose of an app that is supposed to teach you how to cook these dishes. Each term could easily have been explained in a single sentence. The irony is that anyone who knows all these professional chef's terms doesn't need videos to show them how to make a dish. Write for your audience.
All that said, there are some excellent recipes in the app, and it is helpful to watch the videos. I don't regret buying the app, but I'm not ecstatic either.
Good idea, where are the recipes?
So this app, and the photo cookbook and photo baking app have something in common: cool idea, not many recipes. These apps aren't all that expensive, but at the same time the content is very limited for the price. And the Australian app pack looks gross. Add Italian, Hispanic. and Asian dishes and it will be worth it. These recipes are kind o f similar and of the same variety. I was also surprised at how limited the desert section was.
Awesome!
Really good app
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- $5.99
- Category: Lifestyle
- Updated: Feb 27, 2012
- Version: 1.2
- Size: 124 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Futura Group Pty Ltd
- © Futura Group Pty Ltd
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
Top In-App Purchases
- Sauces #1$0.99
- Sauces Pack #2$0.99
- Canapes and Hors d'Oeuvres$0.99
- Australian Native Cuisine$0.99
