Compton's Complete Interactive Cookbook
Cookbook on CD: Recipe & Menu Planner Software Does It All!

Automatic scaling, shopping lists and  menu planners!

Software Information

All the ingredients for planning and preparing perfect recipes and meals are mixed into one complete program. More than 2,500 great-tasting recipes offer a wide variety of choices. Plus, every recipe comes with step-by-step instructions, color pictures, and detailed nutritional facts, as well as tips from top chefs. 

To make planning a snap, The Complete Interactive Cookbook includes automatic scaling, shopping lists, menu planners, and customization and printing capabilities. It's one program that's easy enough for every day yet sophisticated enough for entertaining.

Advanced search capabilities find the perfect recipe in seconds. Search by name, ingredient, category, nutritional value, preparation time, or any combination of these criteria.
 
Customization is easy and allows you to add your own recipes, substitute ingredients, scale servings, develop a menu, and prepare and print a shopping list.

Printing capability lets you use the recipe in the kitchen or share with friends and family. Print on full pages or 3" x 5" or 4" x 6" cards.

• The Complete Interactive Cookbook is a home resource that combines a comprehensive multimedia cookbook with special features to help you plan and prepare perfect recipes and meals. You can use the unique features to prepare a wide range of appetizing meals:

• Choose from more than 2,500 proven recipes for a wide variety of dishes. Lighter meals, vegetarian cooking, and dishes for special occasions are also included.

• View more than 8,000 full-color photographs that illustrate the finished product and preparation steps.

• Consult more than 2,000 Chef's Tips for useful information about ingredients, cooking terms, and cooking techniques. Fifty of the tips are presented in full-motion video.

• Choose from 50 suggested menus designed for a wide variety of occasions. You can also create your own menus and save them for future reference. If you need help choosing recipes for your menu, Menu Wizard guides you through the process of menu planning.

• Search for recipes by name, ingredient, category, preparation time, nutritional content, or any combination of these.

• Simply click on a button to scale or adjust a recipe to serve any number of people.

• Add an unlimited number of personal recipes or modify existing ones to suit your food preferences or health needs. All recipes you change or create are automatically stored in your own cookbook.

• Consult the comprehensive nutritional information accompanying each recipe.

• Print recipes on full-size paper or on index cards (3" x 5" or 4" x 6") for use in the kitchen or to share with friends and family.

• Consult a printable shopping list that includes all the ingredients required to prepare chosen recipes. The shopping list combines ingredients from groups of recipes and can easily be modified to delete ingredients on hand or add extra ingredients.

• Use standard text-editing procedures - such as cut, copy, and paste - to make text changes in your recipes and in the shopping lists.

FIND IT FAST
No matter what kind of recipe or menu you're looking for--crab and avocado salad, maybe?--advanced search capabilities give you a number of ways to find it. You can search recipes alphabetically by typing in a word. Or you can use the Find menu to search by ingredient, category, nutritional needs, preparation time, or any combination of these.

PREPARE IT EASILY
With everything planned so perfectly, preparation is a snap. Plus, The Complete Interactive Cookbook has features to make it even easier. 

Each recipe includes a full-color photo of the finished dish. And most recipes include photos of preparation techniques. There are more than 8,000 photos in all! 

In addition, you'll get more than 2,000 cooking, preparing, and storing tips from professional chefs, as well as specific tips related to every recipe.

PLAN IT OUT
Once you've selected your recipe, The Complete Interactive Cookbook gives you everything you need to plan it, shop for it, and even create meals around it. Plan a complete meal from appetizers to dessert with the Menu Wizard. Or choose from 50 preplanned menus developed by a top professional chef.

• Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me or XP
• CD-ROM drive
• Mouse (optional)
• Printer (optional)

Tips for XP USERS    Tips for VISTA USERS