SousChef Help

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General

  • SousChef allows you to share your recipes via an online cloud database. You can switch sharing on and off by selecting Share my Recipes with other SousChef users.
  • To change your username click Edit UsernameÉ, if you have lost your username click Lost Uername.
  • SousChef keeps a list of ingredients you always have on hand to help it rank search results in a more intelligent manner. You can add and remove ingredients from this list by clicking the and buttons at the bottom of the window.
Substitutions
  • SousChef lets you perform substitutions on the fly. To add new substitutions, click the Add Substitution button. Then select an ingredient from the list and drag it to the appropriate area. By default, the top area is the ingredient you will be substituting into the recipe and the bottom area is the original ingredient. Make sure you define the correct amounts for each ingredient.
  • To add an ingredient that is not already in SousChef's ingredient library to a substitution, simply click the at the bottom of the ingredient list and enter the name of the ingredient. Then add it to the substitution as normal.
  • For the best results when creating a new substitution, try to use units that SousChef already knows about (you can check the list of these by going to the units preferences). Also, specifying quantified units such as "16 oz." is better than rough units like "1 can".
Units
  • SousChef uses units for converting amounts of ingredients and calculating substitutions. If you should need to add a new unit, click the at the bottom-left of the units pane. then specify the name type and any abbreviations that ingredient might have. Note: Substitutions based on user created units may have unexpected results.
  • To choose your preferred system, click Metric or US Imperial. Check "Automatically convert units to my measurement system" to convert search results.
Update
  • SousChef can automatically check for updates, and if you want, download and install them. Updates contain bug fixes and new features. SousChef will only download free updates automatically.

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