BigOven.com is a website that describes itself as a social network that will make you a better cook. In order to get the full benefit of the app, then, you’ll need to sign up online. Once you are registered, you’ll be able to use BigOven to browse recipes, create shopping lists and mark interesting dishes to try soon.

Visually, the BigOven app isn't much to look at. It's unattractive and pretty badly designed – in order to see the app's features, you must hit the menu button first. BigOven will let you search or browse its recipes. Once you've found them, you can add them to your Try Soon list, mark them as favorites or narrow the search with the Leftover Wizard. In order to use the Grocery List function, however, you’ll need to be a member of BigOven Pro.

If you're already an enthusiastic BigOven.com member, installing this app is a good idea. It gives you access to your recipes on the go, and syncs automatically, so website and phone are always updated. If you’re not already a dedicated fan, however, don't bother. It's ugly, often struggles to connect and lacks anything even resembling a stand-out feature.

If you're already a fan, download the BigOven app. If you're not, don't even bother.

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A location-based app, Foodspotting allows users to take pictures of the food that they are eating, give a quick review, and post it to Foodspotting for others to view and comment on. Rather than comment on the restaurant itself or service, Foodspotting is focused on the food of a restaurant.

Foodspotting uses location services to locate the area the user is in and load reviews of nearby food. If there is a specific type of food that users want to look up, it only takes a few seconds for Foodspotting to pull relevant reviews.

The interface is straight forward and easy to use. The separate tabs guide users to the search or latest reviews easily. The continuously growing user base will assist in adding more dishes and reviews for unknown places.

The app works well because of the location related focus. Rather than offer food that might be halfway across a city, it will post relevant reviews and show the closest places possible. Foodspotting is a great app for constant travelers who might want a particular type of food, but are not aware of what the best dish at a restaurant is.

The only issue with Foodspotting is based on the location service that the app relies on. Sometime it may not locate the exact location of the device and show review locations that are far away.

Foodspotting is great for users who want to know about the food of a restaurant.

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If you keep up to date with the news, you’ll know that certain types of fish are getting into trouble. Certain fishing methods and over-extraction mean that stocks of certain fish are getting low. If we want to save them from extinction, we’ll have to stop eating them – at least for long enough to give them a chance to recover.

That’s all very well, but how are you meant to know which fish are OK and which are on the danger list? Well, that’s where FishPhone comes in. This iPhone app contains a searchable list of common fish. Each fish has an entry, briefly describing it, and letting you know how advisable it is to eat it. Some fish also have recipes, and most come with a wine recommendation.

FishPhone also has a glossary of common fish terms, a health guide and a note from the developer of the app describing why he thinks it is necessary. Although not mindblowing, FishPhone is undoubtedly a good app for environmentally-aware shoppers to have with then when they are out and about. The FishPhone rankings are ordered alphabetically and by how sustainable they are, which makes assessing both eating out and cooking in really easy.

Like eating or cooking fish? Then FishPhone is a must-have!

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Pizza Hut for iPhone is designed to offer a revolution in pizza ordering. Whether you're hungry for pizza, pasta, or chicken wings, the application lets you quickly order what you want for delivery from your nearest Pizza Hut.

The app is designed to make it as easy as possible to place your order, utilizing the iPhone's touch capabilities to full effect. Choosing what to order is as simple as spinning a wheel and tapping the item you want. You can add orders to your favorites to save time in future, and browse special offers in the 'Deals' section.

The topping selection section in Pizza Hut for iPhone is excellent. You just tilt your device on its side and you'll be able to visually add toppings from the selection available before completing the order.

Although making orders is easy enough, getting to this stage is a lot tougher. In order to place an order you need to have a PizzaHut.com account. Unfortunately, you can't sign up for this within the application and you'll need to quit and complete the lengthly sign-up process on your browser. If you live outside the USA then prepare to be disappointed, because Pizza Hut for iPhone only works in The States.

If you couldn't complete the sign-up process then you could always just play the Hut Racer game that's bundled with the app. It's a simple racing game where you need to tilt and turn your iPhone in order to avoid the pizza boxes and get to the finish line in the fastest time possible.

Pizza Hut for iPhone offers a unique and simple way to order takeout. However, it only works in America and the sign-up is a pain in the neck.

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Thankfully, Fast Food Calorie Counter is here to help. This Android app is designed to help you keep track of what you're eating when you're dining out. The program includes details of more than 4,700 menu items from the 41 most popular fast food chains in the USA. These include the likes of McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Starbucks, Subway and Pizza Hut.

For each item, Fast Food Calorie Counter displays the amount of calories, fat, carbohydrates, fiber, and protein. This information is shown in graph format, as well as numerically. To use the program you simply click on the logo of the fast food joint you're visiting then select an item from the list of food, or search for it in the box provided.

Fast Food Calorie Counter is dead easy to use and all the information is displayed very clearly. One of the main problems with the program is that it's focused on the top American fast food chains, so if you live outside the States you may not find it as useful.

Overall though, Fast Food Calorie Counter provides a handy way of watching what you eat when you're dining out.

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The app acts as a kind-of pocket cookbook, allowing you to input your own recipes, download them from the Internet, and share them with friends via SMS. Bites is compact and easy to use. There are three tabs in the user interface: 'Recipes', 'Ingredients' and 'Method', and you simply use the 'Insert' option from the menu to add the info.

One thing I liked about Bites is that you can quickly set a reminder to buy certain ingredients. If you have a shopping list app, such as Trolly, installed on your phone, you can select the 'add to shopping list' option and it will automatically get added. You can also send ingredient lists via email or SMS.

Importing recipes into Bites is dead easy. There are lots of cooking sites that offer downloadable recipes via QR codes. If you scan one of these using your Android device, it will be downloaded and automatically associated with Bites, so that when you click the file it will be loaded into the program with all the right formatting.

There are a few improvements that I'd like to see from Bites. One major one would be to include support for images in the app. I don't know about you but I always like to see what a dish looks like before I decide to cook it or not. Another time-saving enhancement would be to add the ability to select ingredients from a food database rather than having to type each one manually.

On the whole though, Bites is a useful and practical app for anyone who loves to spend time in the kitchen.

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A location-based app, Foodspotting allows users to take pictures of the food that they are eating, give a quick review, and post it to Foodspotting for others to view and comment on. Rather than comment on the restaurant itself or service, Foodspotting is focused on the food of a restaurant.

Foodspotting uses location services to pinpoint the area the user is in and load reviews of nearby food. If there is a specific type of food that users want to look up, it only takes a few seconds for Foodspotting to pull relevant reviews.

The interface is straight forward and easy to use. The separate tabs guide users to the search or latest reviews easily. The continuously growing user base will assist in adding more dishes and reviews for unknown places.

The app works well because of the location related focus. Rather than offer food that might be halfway across a city, it will post relevant reviews and show the closest places possible. Foodspotting is a great app for constant travelers who might want a particular type of food, but are not aware of what the best dish at a restaurant is.

The only issue with Foodspotting is based on the location service that the app relies on. Sometime it may not locate the exact location of the device and show review locations that are far away.

Foodspotting is great for users who want to know about the food of a restaurant.

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With more than 28,000 recipe entries, Epicurious has quite an extensive inventory of instructions on how to cook a variety of foods. It even has an international inventory of recipes. If you want to give that dish from your favorite Indian restaurant a try, for example, Epicurious might just have it on file.

In addition to having an extensive selection, Epicurious categorizes its recipes to make dishes easy to search. During the holidays, there are even appropriately specific categories like holiday sides and Christmas cocktails. If you find a recipe you love or simply want to try, you can place it into a favorites folder for easy access as well. There's also a regular search screen to type in your query if you can't find what you want via Epicurious's pre-made categories.

Epicurious is truly a useful resource for a cook or those who aspire to be one. The only frustrating feature becomes clear after you use the app for a while. On occasion, notifications pop up, inviting you to sync your favorites so you can share them between devices. This is great if it's something you want to do. If not, there's no way to stop the notifications from appearing from time to time, which can get annoying.

Overall, Epicurious is a fantastic recipe app for food lovers of all types of cuisine.

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