Recipes by allthecooks.com is a free Windows 8 recipe app that allows you to browse through over 150,000 recipes crafted by world-renowned cooks. This recipe app for Windows 8 brings all the recipes packed into the convenience of one little application that weighs in only at 1.12 MB. The app is highly optimized for all sorts of Windows 8 devices, and does not take up a lot of system space, and neither does it consume a lot of resources as well.
When you launch the app, you will be presented with a list of various categories of recipes. You can click on a category of your choice and select the recipe that you wish to view. You will also be able to see a list of Featured recipes on the main screen of the app. The featured recipes are the ones which are most popular and/or have received the highest ratings.
Recipes by allthecooks.com is available as a free download from the Windows App Store.
Features of this Recipe app for Windows 8
Recipes by allthecooks.com can be installed easily from the Windows App Store. When you launch the app, you will be presented with an interface that looks like the following screenshot.
In the above screenshot, you can see that you can either click on a category, or directly click on a particular recipe from the Featured list. Let us see what happens when we click on a particular category.
As you can see in above window, you are presented with a neat view of different recipes. What’s more, when you click on a category, you will be able to see several subcategories on the left side of the screen as well. Clicking on these subcategories will present you the recipes related to that subcategory. For example, if you click on the Breakfast recipes subcategory, you will be presented with the recipes that are suitable for being cooked and eaten during the breakfast time. Let’s see what happens when we click on a particular recipe.
You will be presented with a cover image, video of the recipe (that can be played back inside the app itself), and as you scroll further, you will be able to see step by step instructions accompanied by images on how to perform the same. (see screenshot below to know how the instructions look like)
In the above screenshot, you will be able to see the ingredients and the step by step instructions. As you scroll further, you will also be able to see the reviews of the recipe that you are viewing.
This is all that you need to know to get started with using the Recipes by allthecooks.com app for Windows 8. You can also check out 5 free cookbook software for Windows.
The Verdict…
Recipes by allthecooks.com is a good app to have on your Windows 8 machine if you are into cooking, as all the recipes in this app are pretty amazing, and are written by professional chefs. The picture-accompanied step-by-step instructions and video of the recipe that can be played back from right within the app makes the app all the more better. To top it all, the app is absolutely ad-free, making it truly a great download for any Windows 8 machine.