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Smart devices, apps, video tutorials a 21st-century chef’s best friend

› What you get: The brainchild of Israeli celebrity chef Meir Adoni, "Look & Cook" bills itself as "the most gorgeous cooking app." Each of the 50-odd recipes is presented via an elegantly simple interface of swipeable cards packed with photos and beginning with an overview of the dish and its ingredients (the "look") followed by a step-by-step list of instructions (the "cook"). A the end of each recipe, a "tools" section offers links to purchase the equipment the chef recommends for preparing the dish.› Price: Free (Android/iOS)› In-app purchases: None › What you get: The brainchild of Israeli celebrity chef Meir Adoni, "Look & Cook" bills itself as "the most gorgeous cooking app." Each of the 50-odd recipes is presented via an elegantly simple interface of swipeable cards packed with photos and beginning with an overview of the dish and its ingredients (the "look") followed by a step-by-step list of instructions (the "cook"). A the end of each recipe, a "tools" section offers links to purchase the equipment the chef recommends for preparing the dish.› Price: Free (Android/iOS)› In-app purchases: None

By Casey Phillips July 29, 2015 10 min read

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From farm to tablet

› What you get: The app's signature feature — which is exclusive to smartphones — combines random selection with the massive library of dishes on AllRecipes.com. When users shake their phones, the spinner randomly chooses combinations of dish types, ingredients and prep time to generate a list of recipes. Some combinations, such as beef cookies or shellfish beverages, might not yield results, but the app generally finds at least something to try. Less-adventurous types can lock down one or more categories and limit some of the randomness or use the super-search feature to find only recipes that include ingredients they have on-hand or for which they have a hankering.› Price: Free (Android/iOS)› In-app purchases: Add-on packs including a

› What you get: Although most cooking apps offer instructions in a static form,

* What you get: After registering for a free account,

› What you get: The companion app to one of the Internet's most popular culinary sites,

› What you get: The culinary-minded cousin to popular notetaking/archiving app

* What you get: This app is the digital doppelgänger of the best-selling cookbook of the same name by New York Times columnist and food writer Mark Bittman. In addition to all 2,000 recipes and variations from the book, the app includes hundreds of how-to illustrations for tasks such as butchering poultry and julienning vegetables. When navigating recipes, highlighted links let chefs automatically set the appropriate timer at the proper time. On an iPad, the app features additional tutorials, photos, recipe annotations, voiceovers from Pittman and a constant-on function to prevent the screen from going dark mid-prep.* Price: $10 (iOS)* In-app purchases: None

› What you get: This app by one of the most-respected names in grilling hardware offers access to hundreds of

Who needs Food Network?

Here are the most-popular YouTube cooking channels:1. Rosanna Pansino (RosannaPansino) — 4.27 million subscribers, 872 million views2. My Drunk Kitchen (MyHarto) — 2.15 million subscribers, 177 million views3. Tipsy Bartender (TipsyBartender) — 2.01 million subscribers, 273 million views4. RR Cherry Pie (RRCherryPie) — 1.92 million subscribers, 1.75 billion views5. Laura in the Kitchen (LauraVitalesKitchen) — 1.86 million subscribers, 237 million views6. MyCupcakeAddiction (MyCupcakeAddiction) — 1.84 million subscribers, 228 million views7. How To Cook That (HowToCookThat) — 1.70 million subscribers, 194 million views8. Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube (JamieOliver) — 1.70 million subscribers, 125 million views9. Sorted Food (SortedFood) — 1.25 million subscribers, 136 million views10. Cookies, Cupcakes and Cardio (CupcakesAndCardio) — 1.14 million subscribers, 209 million views

Whether she’s watching cooking programs on TV, streaming them on Netflix or eating out while on vacation, Stephanie Clark is constantly absorbing culinary inspiration.

When it comes time to act on her foodie muse, however, the 30-year-old physical therapist is far more likely to turn to her MacBook than a cookbook.

“I wouldn’t say that I have chucked the whole idea of cookbooks, personal creativity or recipe cards passed down by family members. I still use all of these things,” White says. “But usually [I use them] in conjunction with technology.

“I make my weekly menus and shopping lists using a document I have created on Google Docs, and [that] is usually linked to all of the recipes I’m going to use if they can be found online or have page number references for cookbooks.”