Simply Recipes for iPhone

Simply Recipes for iPhone

Do you have an iPhone? Or a web-enabled cell phone? If so, you can now browse Simply Recipes with your phone, in a custom-built site, designed specifically for the itsy bitsy screens on mobile phones.

When Apple came out a few months ago with their latest "3G" iPhone, I finally bit the bullet and bought one. I love this phone. If I could marry a phone, it would be the iPhone. Favorite feature? The built-in GPS that shows you exactly where you are on a map, and gives you directions to where you want to go. I've also loved having the Internet so available. If I'm in a grocery store and can't remember the specific ingredients needed for a recipe, I can look it up on the phone. With this new Simply Recipes iPhone app, looking up ingredients just got a whole lot easier.

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Want to take a peek? Point your iPhone (or other cel phone) internet browser to http://elise.com/recipes/m/.

The most recent recipe is featured at the top, with links to more recently posted recipes. You can use the search bar to look for any recipe on the site. Recipes are also arranged by type, the same categories that are on the regular website.

If you are using an iPhone, you can easily add a Simply Recipes icon to your iPhone home screen which will point to the iPhone web application. Just direct your iPhone Safari browser to http://elise.com/recipes/m/ and click on the "+" sign at the bottom of the screen. Select "Add to Home Screen".

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Don't have an iPhone but are using another type of cell phone with web access? I would love to get your feedback. We already know there are issues with IE Windows Mobile 6. Seems to be working okay on Blackberry.

Before anyone starts giving me undue credit for this idea, my friend Heidi Swanson of the gorgeous food blog 101 Cookbooks came out with her iPhone recipes over a year before mine. Her clean, streamlined mobile pages are the inspiration behind the Simply Recipes iPhone version. Many thanks also to web designer Jesse Gardner of Plasticmind Design who I think you will agree did a beautiful job.

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Comments

Every food blog needs to do this! I always bookmark recipes, but I forget to print them out when I go grocery shopping. To have the recipe right there in my phone would be perfect! Now I just need to get an iPhone. Your app is top of the list of good reasons right now. :-)

Posted by: Fran Magbual on November 1, 2008 4:46 PM

Elise, congrats! The iPhone is so useful; I cannot imagine my life without it now. I already used the Pick & Choose to keep my grocery list with me all the time. Now, if I am missing inspiration for What's for dinner, I will think to visit your site.

Posted by: Kim Vallee on November 1, 2008 5:18 PM

I too would marry my iPhone -- or have it surgically attached to my hand! And now with the new Simply Recipes site, I'll be able to find some food product at the market, look up a recipe that uses it, and buy whatever else I need to finish the dish -- in one trip to the market! Thanks, Elise.

Posted by: Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) on November 1, 2008 5:22 PM

Wow Elise, you sure are an expert at all this technical stuff!! I wouldn't know the first thing about making my blog mobile-friendly. I have an iPhone (they released them in Australia earlier this year! Hooray!) and I would marry mine too!! I didn't even expect to use it as much as I do now that I've got it. I'll be bookmarking your page straight away!

Posted by: Lauren on November 1, 2008 6:09 PM

Now I won't forget the ingredients I needed from the grocery store. I have been using it since you mentioned it on Twitter a few days ago and I love it!

Posted by: Katie on November 1, 2008 6:13 PM

I have the LG Dare but I don't use the web access all that much. However, I went on via my phone and was easily able to access your site. Perhaps with something like this I will find it more useful to go online using my phone. I did however post this note via my computer's access. Thanks!

Posted by: Robbie on November 1, 2008 6:28 PM

How cool is this!? Thanks, Elise!!

Posted by: Gary on November 1, 2008 7:38 PM

I'm getting closer and closer to being sucked in by the iPhone. I've resisted this long, but I doubt I'll be strong enough to last another year...

Posted by: Kandee on November 1, 2008 8:17 PM

I too would have my iPhone implanted, given half the chance. Oddly enough, I have never had any issues with your blog or Heidi's blog on my iPhone, used in conjunction with my iGoogle RSS feeder. I guess I am just very comfortable zooming in and out of web pages etc on the iPhone. Usually mobile versions of web pages are a watered down version of the native site (which annoys me) and often times their mobile site is all I can access on the iPhone because their site auto-detects that I am using a mobile device. (grrrrr!)

But I will give the mobile site a try in the morning. *yawn* I need to go gain an extra hour of sleep right now...

Posted by: Maggi on November 1, 2008 8:34 PM

Nice touch!
Now, I will have to get an iphone

Posted by: Wilder (aka Mr. Elizabeth Abbott) on November 1, 2008 9:06 PM

That is so neat! Thanks for showing us. Your recipes are fabulous.

Posted by: SUSAN on November 1, 2008 10:01 PM

What a great idea. I don't have an iphone, instead I use a Samsung blackjak with MSFT windows. I plugged in the url, everything works great except that I don't see your logo or company name. The colors are there, but it's a blur. The recipes with the photos are very clear, and its easy to navigate. Hope this helps. Ursula

Thanks Ursula! ~Elise

Posted by: ursula on November 2, 2008 12:15 AM

Very cool Elise, that will come in very handy. Gotta love the iPhone.

Posted by: Tom on November 2, 2008 6:28 AM

Thanks. You are already on my Google home page... and I was already planning on buying an iPhone this week. This app will be the icing on the cake.

Posted by: Jon on November 2, 2008 7:09 AM

OMG! This just made my day. I love your site and I love my iPhone. And now they're together!!

Posted by: L. Cancel on November 2, 2008 7:31 AM

YES! Thank you. I've basically used your recipes exclusively for the last year and a half. It's awesome for you to realize that people use their iPhone's to get to your website and have done something great to help them out.

I've been recommending your site to all of my friends and family, having this to tell them about makes it even cooler to recommend your site.

Posted by: Eric Ferraiuolo on November 2, 2008 7:44 AM

Wow- this is amazing, Elise! Congrats- it's beautiful. Now all I need is an iPhone!

Posted by: Karina on November 2, 2008 7:50 AM

Grats on getting this project up and running. The iPhone is amazing and it looks like getting your recipes on it will certainly be a winner.

Posted by: Patrick on November 2, 2008 8:45 AM

I love my iphone!! It is the greatest invention for doing just what you've described here. I will often look up things if I'm out and about - it makes life so much easier to have access to information like your recipes when you need them!

Posted by: Tabitha (From Single to Married) on November 2, 2008 10:01 AM

YEAHHHH!! Thanks for introducing this great APP! I have to wholeheartedly agree on the expressed love for our I-phones. I have been a proud I-phone owner/user for over a year and I am in deeply, madly and totally in love with it. This phone is the most used tool for me and if there was one thing I have to choose to take on a deserted island, my I-phone would probably be it (as for "things" that is). I use it for everything, my alarm clock, my on-the-go internet, email, phone, my notebook, camera, music device, shopping etc. It is phenomenal. AND NOW EVEN BETTER, since I have Elise's food blog on there, available on my fingertips anytime I want it. Thank you so much for that, it will be coming in so handy when I am at the store. Thanks!

Posted by: Dunja on November 2, 2008 11:47 AM

AWESOME! I commute by train three hours a day, so the web browser on my Treo 700 is a godsend. Thanks so much for giving us mobile access to your wonderful web site!! I just brought it up - other than the banner, which has a funny faded-out quality to it, all looks good and seems to be functioning well.

Posted by: Kristi on November 2, 2008 12:29 PM

That's awesome! Congratulations!

Posted by: isabella on November 2, 2008 2:32 PM

This is beautiful! Thanks for putting it together!

Posted by: Jennifer on November 2, 2008 6:54 PM

What else have you got up your sleeve? I see a Food Network show in your future. But please be sure your parents are on the show too!

Posted by: lavonne on November 2, 2008 6:57 PM

Congratulations on the design! I wish I had an iPhone, all in good time though :) The site looks so great on the phone, well done!

Posted by: Rockaroo on November 3, 2008 5:42 AM

I've been using my iTouch for looking up your recipes for a little while now in my kitchen. Not the phone version but has the same browser capabilities. I love it, it's so convenient since it doesn't take up a lot of room I can quickly consult your site while I cook away!

Posted by: Wendy on November 3, 2008 6:39 AM

LisaB--You are too cool! How's life sweetie? I need inspiration for cooking family meals again so perhaps this is it!


Posted by: Susie on November 3, 2008 9:16 AM

Thank you so much for this! Though I must say that I could have used this just last night when referencing your Goulash recipe. ;) I use my 3G all the time in the kitchen, and it's had more than its fair share of flour and sauce on the screen (which is why I have a really good case).

Posted by: devlyn on November 3, 2008 10:48 AM

Thanks, Elise! Love it, love it, love it! My iPhone keeps getting more and more useful! :)

Posted by: Melissa on November 3, 2008 1:35 PM

I had to laugh when you said you would marry your iPhone. Since getting his, my boyfriend is so in love with it, I'm starting to think the phone will get a marriage proposal before I do ;) While I don't have an iPhone I love that you've done this. I admit that the iPhone is so amazing, that quite frankly, it scares the cr*p out of me but I will be adding your site to my boyfriends' phone. Brilliant!

Posted by: Madeline on November 3, 2008 3:26 PM

I LOVE my iphone, and I'm constantly using it to plot our vineyard trips, store shopping lists and visit blogs - I love that you made it easier! Thanks!

Posted by: Dana N on November 3, 2008 3:49 PM

I use Simply Recipes on my iPhone all the time, best way to impress girls with a nice home cooked meal!!! Thanks!

B

Posted by: brain on November 3, 2008 8:26 PM

YAAAAAAAAAAY!

Posted by: Liz on November 4, 2008 2:05 PM

Thanks for the info, and I have the iPhone. Probably wouldn't marry it though. I'll do that when they get the voice dial added, and more signal towers in my neighborhood. We have a lot of hills! Bad AT&T service here. Your website is where I get all of my recipes! I love it, and my children enjoy learning from you. :-)

Posted by: Abby Lanes on November 4, 2008 6:52 PM

Great stuff! Thanks for this.
Now you just need to use the iPhone GPS feature to give me recipes according to my location ;)
... ooh maybe use the iPhone camera as a barcode scanner for getting the right stuff at the supermarket - together with a neato recipe-linked shopping list to check each item as you go ..

OK - getting carried away here (and that would require an App rather than a WebApp) but the iPhone gets you dreamin ..

Keep on truckin!

Posted by: Andrew on November 5, 2008 7:35 AM

I just added this bookmark to my iPhone. We already utilize recipes on this site at least once a week. Now I won't have to bother with writing down ingredients for shopping purposes. Yesterday, my wife was at the grocery and decided to make a pecan pie. She had never made one before and used her iPhone to get a recipe for one from this site. (The pie was great, btw.)

For those of you without an iPhone who think you will get one sooner or later, go ahead and get it now. You will not regret it. Why put it off any longer since you're going to get one anyway?

Posted by: Scott on November 5, 2008 10:53 AM

Oh, my goodness. What will you think of next?! That's fabulous! I barely even have a cell phone (think TracFone), but your app for the iPhone is making me desperately wish I had that puppy. Maybe one day. . . . Congratulations!

Posted by: Lisa on November 5, 2008 1:47 PM

Thanks so much for "going mobile"! I love my iPhone and finding great new uses for it. Glad to be able to punch up Simply Recipes right from the grocery store :-)

Posted by: PaniniKathy on November 5, 2008 9:47 PM

I love that there are more comments about the iPhone than some recipes :) But I love both the iPhone AND your recipes so this is definitely one huge hit, as always!

Posted by: Amanda on November 6, 2008 7:31 PM

I don't have an iPhone, but I do have an IPOD Touch. I added you to my home screen and it works GREAT!! Thank you so much!

Posted by: Gail on November 7, 2008 5:32 AM

I use a Blackberry - and your mobile site works great. Love to be able to pull up a recipe at the market and get what I need. Thanks!

Posted by: Evelyn on November 7, 2008 12:40 PM

I just got my iPhone two weeks ago and I'm loving it! I was so excited when I saw this post my husband thought I had won the lottery!

Posted by: Mrs. L on November 7, 2008 12:52 PM

LOVE THIS!!!!! Now I don't have to wait to get home and get on the computer to view your recipes!

Posted by: Renni on November 10, 2008 11:18 AM

Works fantastic on my Nokia N95 connected straight to my router! Fantastic idea, thanks!

Posted by: Matthew on November 26, 2008 10:48 AM

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