Gadgetory

these days it doesn't take a lot of effort to find great recipes online whether you're looking for the perfect way to make Thanksgiving stuffing or a way to make tofurkey tastes like like anything apps like all recipes and epicurious have you covered but there's a difference between having the instructions for great food and actually having the skills and tools to make it I'm Donnell Bell and this top 5 i'm counting down 5 apps for the iPhone and iPad that will make you a better cook even if you've been banned from the kitchen having these apps on hand could get you back in the cooks good graces starting off at number 5 knife skills carving the turkey shouldn't remind your dinner guests of a crime scene to reaffirm everyone's belief in mankind's mastery over the animal kingdom take a minute to really learn how to use a knife whether it's the cleanly slice an avocado or to cleave a leg from a pig carcass this five-dollar app will get you up to speed at number four time egg pro timer built into your phone is great but what about when you need to run five timers simultaneously one for the turkey one for the yams the green beans the stuffing the casserole great cooking requires great timing just make sure you enable notifications in this app so it can do this job coming in at number three kitchenaid ur is your recipe measured out in pints and ounces and all you have around the kitchen or cups and tablespoons have no fear for 99 cents the kitchen a tarap quickly dials in any conversion you want leaders quarts pints cups this app will make sense of everything the only thing I can't do is keep track of how much Chardonnay your grandma's been thrown back but number two is a real lifesaver substitutions you're halfway through your recipe it says you need cardamon and quinoa but you're holding a box of shake and bake you're not going to go back to the supermarket a4 p.m. on thanksgiving day what you need is a solid substitution that's what you get here whether you're looking for a replacement for yogurt or you need to make a pumpkin pie that's gluten-free for your hippy uncle this 99-cent app does all the heavy lifting now before we get to number one a lot of you are probably wondering hey donald where's the android love all i can say is go cry to the mothership with the exception of the timer I couldn't find any of these apps on the Google Play Store and what's worse who doesn't even have a category for food and cooking apps android has caught up to iOS in a lot of ways but there are still some dark corners in the App Catalog all right and finally my number one recommended apt to save Thanksgiving dinner from the brink of disaster the Escoffier cooks companion this free app has a little bit of everything has conversions timers ingredient information the glossary everything you need to up your cooking game all in one place plus just saying Escoffier makes you sound like you know what you're doing so there you go five ways to increase your cooking potential to the power of technology more top 5s for me including the top five must-have android tablet apps head over top five cnet com I'm Donald Bell thanks for watching you