From an article in E-Commerce Times. I must admit that I haven’t found an e-cookbook that will replace my printed ones. Much easier to flip pages in a book, and I also don’t want to spill chicken stock over the keyboard:
“The cookbook is an archaic medium that needs to be reinvented,” said Cookstr CEO Art Chang. “A cookbook is static, but technology enables recipes to come alive. It enables people to become an intrinsic part of somebody’s lifestyle. Recipes need to break out of the standard cookbook format, and technology is what’s going to enable that.”
Cookbooks have always been about sharing recipes, connecting with others and figuring out what to make for dinner. Now, however, digital cookbooks, apps and other new formats are bringing these activities into the 21st century.
Chefs and cookbook authors are starting to recognize that cookbooks — and along with them, how we think about food — are dramatically changing.
“In the future, more and more books will be available with digital content,” Charlie Ayers, author of Food 2.0: Secrets from the Chef Who Fed Google, told the E-Commerce Times. “Many homes now have small computer workstations in the kitchen. It’s not uncommon for a cook to have a computer on in the kitchen or have the laptop on the counter.”
