MacGourmet News

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year! My thanks to everyone who purchased MacGourmet and made 2007 a great and successful year.

2007 saw a lot of activity. In early January, version 2 was launched, followed later by version 2.1, which added all sorts of new import options, including one-step web site importing. A complete site redesign showed up in March. Finally, version 1.0 of Nutrition, a new add-on plug-in and MacGourmet version 2.2 were released in September. Along the way there has been a lot of activity with regular updates, new recipe packs and new site and file format importers. Phew! That's a lot!

2008 is shaping up to be even more busy, if you can believe it. There will be lots of new MacGourmet features. With the release of the iPhone SDK coming in February, expect something along the lines of a MacGourmet:To Go at some point. I can't detail things yet, but I've also been working on some interesting and cool partnerships as well. So keep your eyes peeled, 2008 is shaping up to be an interesting year indeed!

FoodNetwork.com has this yearly 12 Days of Cookies email you can sign up for and it's well worth checking out. I imported the cookies from this year into MacGourmet and am making my export file available here, but if you like these, consider signing up for their service. I've found that it's well worth handing over an email address. On the main page, you can also find the cookies from the past 3 years as well.

(Note MacGourmet is not affiliated with Food Network in any way, I just really look forward to this every year and thought others here might like it too.)

Nutrition 1.1 is now available. The new version allows you to add your own nutritional items to the database, and it includes fixes for some calculation errors and a few other bugs. It also features an update to the latest data available from the USDA, SR20.

You can download Nutrition 1.1 here.

Note you could see some nutritional value changes if you recalculate, both because of updated information from the USDA, and the fixes added (if you happened to have data that hit the problems). Updated documentation is included on the disk image and will be available in MacGourmet 2.2.5, which will be available soon.

MacGourmet is one of the featured applications on MacSanta today. Today you can save 20% on your MacGourmet purchase using the coupon code MACSANTA07 when you make your purchase (Download edition only).

If you miss the deal today, you can still save 10% on MacGourmet until the end of December by using the coupon code MACSANTA07TEN when you order, so you can save on MacGourmet until the end of the month!

Check out MacSanta for great savings on MacGourmet and many other great Mac applications today!

Looking for great deals on Mac software? MacSanta is back with more big savings! Every day you can save 20% using the code MACSANTA07 on the products from a different set of companies. Every day you have to act fast though - the Featured Deals are good for one day only, and the next day MacSanta will have a whole new set of Featured Deals.

You can still save 10% off deals that have expired though by checking the full list of participants. MacSanta, a great way to save on Mac software for the holidays.

MacGourmet will be offered on a day in the near future, but I won't say when, because if I did, then you might miss out on the products from other great Mac companies that come before it. Be sure to check back every day and see what's available, the fun is in seeing what pops up! If you know someone who's been holding off on purchasing MacGourmet or might be interested in it, be sure to tell them about MacSanta!