http://www.chefsfeed.com/ : Culinary dish review platform by famous chefs. There is a gamification aspect to the app in that one can check off dishes they have tried. When Chefsfeed first came out, there were approximately 100 dishes on the app and now there are thousands which changed the realistic nature of actually completing the list as an app user.
Jamie Oliver’s Recipes
If you want to learn to cook and think like a pro in the kitchen then you’ll want to check out the Jamie’s Recipes app. This one is filled with incredible recipes from Jamie Oliver and is updated with new recipes on a weekly basis. It’s not just the recipes, you can also learn skills, tricks, and flip through the how-to guides. With the help of this app it won’t be long before you start seeing some serious improvements in the kitchen. Each of the recipes features step-by-step instructions so that they are easy to follow, meaning any level of home cook can follow along with ease.
- Get all the best recipes from Jamie Oliver
- The app is updated on a regular basis with new recipes
- All the recipes are easy to follow and offer step-by-step instructions
- Any level of home cook can learn from this app
How to Cook Everything
Never be scared off by a recipe, dish, or ingredient again thanks to the How to Cook Everything app. This app features more than 2,000 mouth-watering recipes and more than 400 illustrations that take you through all the steps. You will learn about the ingredients you need, the equipment, the techniques, and more. Use the app in portrait and landscape mode and find what you want quickly with the search tool. Additional features include timers to make sure you’re staying on track, you can convert measurements and temperatures, you can bookmark recipes, print recipes, and even email recipes.
- There are more than 2,000 mouth-watering recipes
- There are 400 illustrations
- Learn about the techniques, equipment, and ingredients
- You can print and share recipes
- Bookmark recipes
- There are built-in timers
- Convert measurements and temperatures with ease
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Look&Cook
Launched in 2013 by Israeli startup Kinetic Art, Look&Cook is loaded with delicious and innovative step-by-step recipes, stunning photography and cool features like built-in timers and voice activation. The new version adds an in-app shopping experience, allo
wing you to combine two of your favorite activities: cooking and shopping.
The app includes only 44 recipes, divided into seven categories: everyday, breakfast, with the guys, barbecue, picnic, romantic, and dinner party.
The recipes themselves come with a visual overview of all the ingredients and the final product (the “Look” part), and a cook-book like step-by-step recipe (the “Cook” part).
The Look&Cook recipes are not necessarily for beginners, and are definitely not for the lazy. Even the so-called everyday recipes have long prep times. If you already have some experience cooking and want to bring yourself to the next level, Look & Cook is a beautiful and detailed way to do this, impressing all your friends along the way.
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Cooking Mama
Marketed as a free mobile game that is available on iOS and Android devices. The game boasts surpassing 20 million downloads worldwide. While the game is popularly known as an “app,” there is a version available to purchase for the Nintendo DS portable game system (approximately $15). In the game, players are tasked with “cooking” various meals using the device’s touch screen. The user follows instructions from a character, called “Mama,” who instructs the user to complete different tasks, from chopping, to mashing, to grating, to kneading, etc. Gameplay consists of a progression through a series of short minigames to achieve the title of “Special Chef.” When using Nintendo DS, players can cool down hot food by blowing into the device’s microphone.
Players expressed frustrated in the app versions due to the fact that, while it is marketed as a free game, in reality, it’s not. Users are forced to purchased “recipe packs” (approximately $4 per pac), if they want to advance from level to level at a steady pace. The in-app coins earned for completing a level are often not enough to unlock new recipes. A nintendo DS user commented, “Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great game-just nothing like the DS version. Personally I love the DS version, and while this one is great, I’d prefer it if it was more like the DS.” Another user said, “Prepare to spend money. Game not free.”