RFA Ethanol Podcast

Cooking With Your iPad

Chuck Zimmerman

Got iPad? Want to use it in the kitchen more? Get the Cookineo App.

A recent study (OTO Research Fullsix November 2010) covering user interest for iPad content, has reported a paradox : although the kitchen is the room where we spend most of our time every day, it is not a spontaneous answer to the question “where do you use your iPad?” This would suggest that browsing a recipe website on iPad does not completely fill the need. This is why the creators of Cookineo have revolutionised kitchen assistance by inventing a new “cooking experience”.

It involves using technology with a unique obsession: to make life easier for those who prepare meals daily. This means:

1. Recipes illustrated step by step with a very few words.
2. Navigation through the steps of the recipe is done by clapping hands and without touching the screen.
3. A pictorial summary in order to access data only in case of blackouts.
4. Amounts calculated by the number of guests.
5. An indicator, “4 square balance nutrition”, which makes allowances for choice and reminds you to balance your diet over time.
6. Converter of menu into a shopping list to avoid any forgotten ingredient.
7. Mailing and printing of a shopping list.
8. A service available everywhere, even without WiFi access.

Apps, Food