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Windows Gourmet 1.1 v CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 FINDING RECIPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PRINTING RECIPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PREFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CREATING RECIPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 EDITING RECIPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 EDITING INGREDIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CREATING A MEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 MEAL SERVINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 MEAL RECIPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SHOPPING LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Windows Gourmet 1.1 1 INTRODUCTION Windows Gourmet is an easy to use database designed to catalog recipes and plan meals. It can categorize and save hundreds of recipes, displaying them in a natural "recipe card"-like fashion on your screen. You may print out recipes or simply use your screen as a reference as you prepare them. You can easily adjust the size of the display so you can see the recipe on your computer screen from across the kitchen. Windows Gourmet also has a powerful Meal function which allows you to put together a family dinner or a brunch with friends. You may select several recipes, adjust their servings for the number of people you'll be having, and print out a shopping list of everything you'll need to prepare the meal. You can turn a recipe for a 2-person soup into a 40- serving feast, or reduce 12 servings worth of cookies to a manageable dozen. The interface is simple enough that an experienced computer user should be able to get around with little or no extra information. For those not quite so confident, this guide will take you step-by-step through creating your own recipes and meals. As the guide progresses you will get into more advanced feature such as preparing a Meal, adjusting servings, and creating a shopping list. On-Line help is available from almost anywhere within the program, so you may not need this manual. You can get a listing of all of the help topics by choosing Contents from the Help menu. I have put a lot of work into Windows Gourmet and I hope you enjoy it. And please, if it is something you would like to keep, please register. I'm also always looking for ways to improve Windows Gourmet so please give me any suggestions for enhancements that you may come up with. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To successfully use Windows Gourmet, you must have at least the following system configuration: IBM 386 or compatible computer Microsoft Windows 3.1 Hard drive with 1 megabyte of free space Windows Gourmet 1.1 2 FINDING RECIPES Before you begin entering your own recipes, you'll probably want to look around a bit and learn how Windows Gourmet functions with the recipes included. Windows Gourmet comes with a number of recipes already entered. To locate a recipe in the Windows Gourmet cookbook, select Find Recipe from the Recipe menu or press Ctrl+F. This option will take you into the "Find Recipe" dialog box. To locate a recipe, select the category to which it belongs from the Category box at the top. You may also obtain an alphabetical listing of all of the recipes by selecting All in the Category box. Once you have located the recipe that you wish to display, highlight that recipe with your mouse and click OK. You may also double-click on a recipe to select it. If you wish to leave the Find Recipe dialog box without selecting a recipe, click on CANCEL. If you currently have a recipe displayed on the screen, you can quickly browse through the other recipes using the "Next Recipe" and "Previous Recipe" options under the Recipe menu. You may also use your left and right arrow keys for the same purpose. PRINTING RECIPES If you wish to print out a recipe, you must first select the recipe as described under FINDING RECIPES. Then, simply select Print from the File menu or Ctrl+P to print the recipe out on your default printer. PREFERENCES Selecting Preferences from the File menu brings up the Preferences dialog box. In here you may set the default servings for new recipes and meals. You may also set the default category for all new recipes. Windows Gourmet 1.1 3 CREATING RECIPES To enter a new recipe for the Windows Gourmet cookbook, select New Recipe from the Recipe menu or press Ctrl+N. The Edit Recipe dialog box should then appear. Fill in this box with all of the appropriate information as described below: Field Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name This is just the name of your recipe, "Uncle Joe's Chili," for example. Source This describes where this recipe is from, "Church Picnic," is a good example. Category This determines what category of recipe you are creating. It is used mainly in the Find Recipe dialog box to sort your recipes. If you click on this box, you will be presented with a list of all available categories. To change the default category, see PREFERENCES. Servings Put here the number of people that this recipe, as it's described, will serve. This value will become important when you use the meal function later to adjust the ingredient portions for your recipe. Ingredients Here will be listed all of the ingredients included in your recipe. Use the Add, Edit and Delete buttons here. See EDITING INGREDIENTS for more detailed information. Directions In this box, you may enter the directions for preparing the recipe. After everything has been filled in, click OK to save the recipe to the Windows Gourmet cookbook. If you change your mind about creating this new recipe, click CANCEL and the recipe will be discarded. EDITING RECIPES To edit a recipe that's already created, you must first select it through the Find Recipe option on the Recipe menu. Then, with the recipe displayed on your screen, select Edit Recipe from the Recipe menu or press Ctrl+E. You will be taken to the Edit Recipe dialog. This functions the same as described under CREATING RECIPES except all of the boxes will be filled in with the current recipe's settings. You may make any chances you want and click OK to save your changes, CANCEL to abort them. Windows Gourmet 1.1 4 EDITING INGREDIENTS To edit ingredients, you must be in the Edit Recipe dialog box. For information on getting to the Edit Recipe dialog box see CREATING RECIPES or EDITING RECIPES. The are three options for editing your ingredient list: The ADD button brings up the Edit Ingredient dialog box and allows you to enter information for a new ingredient. The EDIT button will bring up the Edit Ingredient dialog box with the information for the currently highlighted ingredient. You may also edit an ingredient by double-clicking on the ingredient. The DELETE button will remove the currently highlighted ingredient from the ingredient list. The Edit Ingredient dialog box contains the following fields: Field Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quantity This is the quantity of the ingredient you are currently editing. You may enter any integer or fractions in the form "x/y." Some sample quantities are 1, 2 1/4, 2/3, and 5 3/4. You may leave the quantity box blank if it does not apply (for instance, "pepper to taste" would not require a quantity.) Unit Here, you would enter the unit of measure that is appropriate for your ingredient. If you click your mouse on the button next to this box for a list of predefined units. You may also type a unit into this box if the one you want is not in the list. Item This is the ingredient itself. As with other dialog boxes, you may click OK to save your changes, CANCEL to abort them. Windows Gourmet 1.1 5 CREATING A MEAL Before we get in to how to create a Meal, a quick definition is in order. A Meal, as Windows Gourmet sees it, is a collection of recipes. There is nothing special about these recipes except that they have been assigned to the meal. The capabilities of the meal come into play with its ability to convert the recipes you select to all reflect the same number of servings that you have specified for the meal. MEAL SERVINGS To set the number of servings for the meal, select Servings from the Meal menu. In the Meal Servings dialog box you may tell Windows Gourmet how many people the meal will be servings. The default is for the Meal to make no adjustment to the servings of each recipe. If you wish to make all of the selected recipes reflect one number of servings, you must un- check the box labeled "Use Individual Recipe Servings." Then in the box above, you may enter the number of servings you wish for the meal. For information on setting a default, see PREFERENCES. When you have decided on your number of servings, click OK to continue, or CANCEL to return to the previous setting. MEAL RECIPES Now that your servings have been set, you may select the recipes that you wish to include in your meal. First select Recipes from the Meal menu to bring up the Meal Recipes dialog. From here there are a few options as listed below: ADD activates the Find Recipe dialog box and allows you to select a recipe to be included in your meal. You may also add a recipe to the meal by checking the "Include in Meal" box when creating or editing a recipe. VIEW will display the currently highlighted recipe on the screen including any changes made to the ingredient quantities. Note: If you use the Previous/Next recipe commands while displaying a recipe with "adjusted" quantities, the recipe display will default back to the original servings for the recipe. The meal will not be affected, just the display. DELETE will remove the currently highlighted recipe from the meal. The recipe will still be in your cookbook, but will not longer be included in the meal. You may not abandon the changes you've made in the Meal Recipes dialog box. Click CLOSE to exit this dialog box. Windows Gourmet 1.1 6 SHOPPING LIST To access the shopping list choose Shopping List from the Meal menu. This will take you into the Shopping List dialog box. You should be presented with a listing of the ingredients for any recipe you have selected for your Meal. The ingredients will be adjusted to reflect the number of servings you have selected for the Meal. The options available in the Shopping List dialog box are listed below: ADD puts a new item at the end of the Shopping List. The Edit Ingredient dialog will come on the screen to enter the appropriate information. EDIT activates the Edit Ingredient dialog so you may change the currently selected item. DELETE removes the currently highlighted item from the shopping list. PRINT will print a list of all of the items in the shopping list to your default printer. RESTORE will clear the shopping list and regenerate it from the recipes and servings selected for the Meal. CLEAR removes all items from the shopping list. To exit the Shopping List dialog, click on CLOSE.