The only help in the kitchen that you will ever need!

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Spend less time planning meals and more time enjoying them!

In today's busy world, it's a challenge to find time to create new & delicious meals for you and your family. Now with MasterCook Deluxe 7.0, life in the kitchen just got a whole lot easier.

With more than 5,000 family-tested recipes, MasterCook is the most powerful kitchen tool available. Plan meals, learn professional techniques, personalize and print cookbooks, and more. With the MasterCook easy-to-use interface, you can become the chef you want to be.

• America's favorite #1 best selling cooking software
• 5,000+ delicious recipes
• Add your own favorite recipes
• Get expert nutritional analysis
• Helpful meal and menu planner - makes it easy to plan tasty meals for days, weeks, even months in advance.
• Recipes for special dietary needs - accommodates special diets and health conditions by searching for recipes with low fat, no sugar, low carbohydrates, no dairy, low sodium and more.
• New! Professional tips and techniques from the On Cooking culinary textbook and Food or Fifty cookbook to help cooks of every skill level.
• Party planning made easy for 5 to 50 guests with festive entertainment ideas to dazzle your guests.
• New!  Download recipes and shopping lists to your PDA

Cookbook Categories:

• Casual Dining
• Delicious Desserts
• Deluxe Appetizers
• Food for Fifty
• Happy Hour
• Hot Off the Grill
• International Classics
• Kid Approved
• Mealtime
• Meat Lovers
• Morning Meals
• My Cookbook
• On Cooking
• Quick Fix
• The Art of Bread
• The Weekend Gourmet
• Vegetarian Favorites
  

Select Recipes based on:

• Low in Carbs
• Low Fat
• Low Calorie
• Low Sodium
• Low Cholesterol
• High Fiber
• With No Dairy Products
• With No Eggs

Search for Recipes based on:

• Category
• Cost Per Serving 
• Ingredients to use 
• Ingredients to avoid 
• Type of cuisine 
• Ratings 
• Cook time 

Product Highlights

Experience New Flavors
With 5,000+ easy-to-follow recipes, you'll get your fill of mouth-watering appetizers, delicious entrees and tantalizing desserts.

Gather & Exchange New Recipes
Compile all of your favorite recipes in one convenient central place. You can add your own notes and photos, print out to share with friends or even send via email.

Create Healthier Meals
Keep track of fat, calories, sodium, cholesterol and more with the instant nutritional analysis. Even accommodate special dietary needs for vegetarians & diabetics, and those with hypertension, food allergies & low carb requirements.

Simplified Meal Planning
Now menu planning is as easy as clicking you mouse-whether you plan one meal or one week in advance! Recipe scaling will help you instantly adjust recipes to fit your family and entertainment needs. Best of all, the program automatically generates shopping lists for you to print out or download to your Pocket PC and Palm OS® handhelds. Never forget an ingredient again!

Learn from the Professionals
Professional chefs and culinary experts give you expanded information on cooking methods and fundamentals, time-saving tips, and even insight into special techniques in step-by-step instructional videos.

Add Bonus

MasterCook Deluxe 7.0 now includes nearly 1,000 new recipes from Food for Fifty Cookbook and On Cooking Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals.  A great bonus to this collection!

Food for Fifty
One of the top resources for quantity food preparation for 65 years, Food for Fifty can now help you prepare meals for large parties with confidence. In addition to quality recipes, expanded sections on planning and serving special meals, new temperature and safe food-handling guidelines make this an invaluable resource for every party planner.

On Cooking
MasterCook now includes select portions of On Cooking, the textbook of cooking students everywhere. Learn critical cooking fundamentals, ingredient preparation, cooking methods, food identification and much  more. Let the outstanding contemporary and classic dishes, recipe variations and stunning photographs inspire you in the kitchen!

Minimum Requirements

• Windows 98/Me/XP
• Pentium 90 or greater
• 24 MB RAM
• 2X CD ROM drive
• 75 MB free hard drive space
• SVGA 800x600 @ 256 colors
• Mouse or compatible pointing device