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IPAD 2 BUYERS’ GUIDE
IPAD LIFESTYLE GUIDE
COOK AND DINE OUT!
FIND A PERFECT RECIPE. CHOOSE GREAT RESTAURANTS. OR RUN YOUR OWN.
Gourmet Live,
Epicurious + OpenTable for iPad
After a bumpy start on the technical side, Conde
Nast’s free digital magazine Gourmet Live has
become a reliably good weekly read about dining and food culture. It
provides a locker to hold every free issue you grab, plus a store with $1 back issues and
recipes you missed. We do most of our recipe hunting in Epicurious, an awesome collection of
wonderfully presented recipes from Conde’s collection. They’re impressively organized - and
reorganized seasonally, with holidays - including a shopping list tool that holds or e-mails
whatever you need to purchase. If you’re looking for reservations at top local restaurants,
there’s a good chance you’ll find them on OpenTable, a free app version of the popular site.
The interface really simplifies hunting for times and dates, presenting a list of viable options.
Run A Restaurant From Your iPad + iPhone
It’s one thing to turn an iPad into a menu, and another
to make it the heart of a reservation, ordering, billing,
and payment system. Refulgent Software’s Ambur
dispenses with computers and notepads, so servers
can carry
iPod touches,
iPhones, or
iPads to take
orders and
handle checks.
The impressive
app is free with
a $1,000 in-app
purchase.
Previously Covered
Urbanspoon and Yelp list topreviewed
restaurants. Numerous
iPhone-formatted cocktail apps,
including Cocktails+, offer drink
recipes. Safari lets you access
web sites for most restaurants.
Accessorize It
Mount your iPad in the kitchen.
Wireless speakers set the mood
for a meal. Cases can turn iPads
into menus. Square’s Credit
Card Reader can ring up checks.
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