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| MasterCook Deluxe 8.0 | 
 enlarge | From: Value Software
Category: Software
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $4.10
You Save: $15.89 (79%)
New (13) from $4.10
Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 554
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.9 x 2
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 10358
Model: 10358
UPC: 755142103583
EAN: 0755142103583
ASIN: B0002BJRFQ
Release Date: August 6, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 bad software July 19, 2005
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
I purchased this software after doing much research and it worked fine for the first couple of times I opened it. On the 3rd time using the software, the program would not save lists (and deleted all the information I've put in) and started to get error pop-up windows. I've uninstalled the software and reinstalled it and had the same problem. I've contacted the manufacturing company and their opinion is that the computer has a problem. This seems to be the usual answer, when they don't know what the problem is. This software is aweful and will cause a lot of frustration.
Please give us back old Sierra product June 17, 2005
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
I can't imagine a groups of software writers putting out a product like this. It is slow, buggy, difficult to organize recipes. I spent a lot of time collecting recipes but they are so hard to find in this edition, the whole program is worthless. To those that give this a good product review, you didn't know the old Mastercook 3.0.
It looks like I am going to delete it and reinstall MC3.0 June 10, 2005
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I finally decided to buy the new edition because of XP and the nutritional information for fats. I love MC 3.0. I hate this one. It would get a 1 star except I like the web feature and the fact I can see the fats otherwise it is a loser in editions.
I have to use two to three steps more for everything and look thru things that I really shouldn't have to do simple chores that I could do in one click with Sierra's version. It also seems buggy. I entered my categories and suddenly when I opened the last time, the template is gone which means I have to redo the entire thing. It is bulky without very good organization. I will say that it is pretty but that is about it. It is coming out a loser and I am starting to look for my 3.0 which is old but fast and more reliable than this.
I use to swear by MC. Course I use to swear by Netscape too. It doesn't mean I can't change my choices. I just wish it was as good as Amazon's service in getting it to me.
Ok I edited this because I had my old MC3 disk shatter. That is another review of a different product. There was no way I wanted MC8 back. I bought MC5. NOT bad at all. It is not as bright an interface. MC8 is much brighter in color causing eye problems The Interface stays very much the same but the Sierra product functions much smoother and with less clicks than the Valuesoft 8.0. MC8 had more problems with crashes and as I said lost all the categories. It also caused major problems importing them. MC5 does the job MC8 claims it does and does fats and imports from the web. The MC5 version does not cause the keyboard/mouse conflict that I had with MC8 and cured by uninstalling. Can I get a -2 for MC8 in stars now?
 Good as a cookbook, not as a recipe organizer June 7, 2005
33 out of 34 found this review helpful
I purchased the MasterCook 8 software in part because of the great reviews it received and its PDA
support, but it isn't quite as good for me as it seems to be for most others. The overall design is
very nice, and it looks better than any other cookbook program that I've tried, and the recipes
look delicious. Unfortunately, it's not the program to use if you have a lot of recipes to import.
I've tried importing Meal-Master recipes, plain text recipes and even recipes exported then
reimported by MasterCook 8, but even though the recipes get imported all of the categories
disappear! Not only that, but there doesn't seem to be a standard set of categories for new
cookbooks -- you have to make your own category template. Another big issue for me is eliminating
duplicate recipes; MasterCook 8 checks for duplicates when you first import recipes, but there's no
way to simply check for duplicates in a current cookbook.
All in all, if you don't have many recipes of your own and you aren't inclined to download
thousands of new ones from the Internet the way I did then this is a good program. If, however, you
have a large collection of recipes or want to build one, this is not the best program with which to
organize them. I switched to AccuChef, which isn't as polished in some ways, but its much better at
organizing my recipes.
 The best recipe management software out there! February 17, 2005
94 out of 98 found this review helpful
I have used Master Cook for many years now, and I am very impressed with it's capabilities. I mainly use it for managing and nutritionally analyzing my own recipes, but the recipes that come with the program are also useful, and easy to customize to your own needs. There are many yahoo (and other) groups dedicated to sharing Master Cook recipes in a format that is very easy to download, and the recipe import feature makes it easy to copy and paste recipes in text format (or from websites - including pictures!) in just a few seconds. It can take a while to type in a lot of recipes from books, or initially typing in your collection if you choose to do it all at once, but I think it is worth the effort. I have tried a variety of other recipe software programs (Cook'n, ChefTec - EXPENSIVE, Meal Master, Instant Home Cooking, CookWare, among a few!) and I have found Master Cook to be by far the best value with the most customization abilities, ease of use, and user-friendliness.
Master Cook also has the capability to keep track of your pantry, create shopping lists, plan your menus, search for recipes based on very specific criteria (ingredients to avoid or include, single nutritional items, your personal rating or category, time to make, cost - if you use the shopping section, etc., and combinations of any of these things).
One thing that I don't like about Master Cook are that it *doesn't* include SUGAR or TRANS FATS in the nutritional information (or a custom nutrition capability - that would be handy for calculating weight watchers points!) I contacted ValuSoft about the possibility of adding these and was told that they do *not* expect to add these in the near future. I was disappointed by this because I think that sugar and trans fat are pretty basic items to nutrition - I hope they reconsider!
Overall, I highly recommend this product if you are interested in maintaining and sharing recipes and/or having control over your nutrition. I have enjoyed the ability to modify recipes so that they are healthier for me and my family, and have given this software (and my recipes/cookbooks from it!) to several family members as gifts.
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