Hi:
You can share individual recipes via email. Not sure about the actual database.
On Jan 3, 2014, at 1:29 AM, Jim Gatteys <[email protected]> wrote:

> And if you import those 10 thousand recipes can you share that database with 
> others?  I use MacGourmet and that is a feature that I like, it is easy to 
> share recipes.  I have not tried paprika although maybe I should give it a 
> shot.  I just like the iTunes-like interface that MacGourmet has.
> Jim
> 
> On Jan 2, 2014, at 10:10 PM, Sean Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Are you aware that the app can import files? It depends on the format of the 
>> file. If you look at the documentation you will find the info. I am in the 
>> process of importing over 10,000 recipes that have collected over the years. 
>> 
>> Sean
>> On 03/01/2014, at 11:26 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thank you Ester!
>>> This helps a lot. I have a big recipes folder that I'm trying to import, as 
>>> well as some recipes I've bookmarked off the web. I also love the search 
>>> feature. I can do a search of my receipes in the database. Thanks for the 
>>> detailed instructions. I appreciate it.
>>> On Jan 2, 2014, at 3:59 PM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Sarah, Eileen, and Others,
>>>> 
>>>> Here are some tips on using the recipe clipping feature in the Mac version 
>>>> of Paprika Recipe Manager.  As Laura described, you press the "Save 
>>>> Recipe" 
>>>> button in the toolbar of the Paprika Mac app window to clip recipes from 
>>>> web sites.  As a quick overview, you can navigate to recipes in web sites 
>>>> in the Browser view either by using the Google search text field in the 
>>>> HTML area to do a general search of recipe sites, and then select links 
>>>> that you want, followed by using the "Save Recipe" button, or you can 
>>>> select one of the web site links in the HTML area under the headings for 
>>>> "Recommended Sites", such as "Foodnet.com", then search for the the recipe 
>>>> you want at that site's web page, followed by using the "Save Recipe" 
>>>> button to clip the recipe.  
>>>> 
>>>> Alternatively, since the Browser's "Getting Started" HTML page with 
>>>> information on how to get started with clipping recipes, the general 
>>>> Google 
>>>> search field, and the links to popular recipe sites only loads up when you 
>>>> first launch the Browser view, you can also navigate to the Google search 
>>>> text field on the window toolbar, or use the Bookmarks button on the 
>>>> window 
>>>> toolbar to navigate to popular web sites (including favorites that you 
>>>> add), and then use the "Save Recipe" button on the toolbar to clip 
>>>> recipes. 
>>>> This may be a little less convenient than using the corresponding 
>>>> locations for search and links in the startup browser HTML area unless you 
>>>> set an application specific hotspot for these locations, since there are 
>>>> no 
>>>> pre-existing keyboard shortcuts for navigating to the Google search field 
>>>> or to the Bookmarks on the toolbar of the Paprika Recipe Manager app in 
>>>> Browser view the way there are for Safari, but it only takes a few 
>>>> VO-arrow 
>>>> key presses (or flicks if you use the Trackpad) to move between the HTML 
>>>> area and these buttons on the toolbar.   If you prefer to use the "Getting 
>>>> Started" startup HTML page to navigate, you can always move back to it by 
>>>> using VO-Up arrow from the HTML area to navigate to the Browser's "Back" 
>>>> button, VO-space until you get to the beginning, and focus moves to the 
>>>> "Forward" button, then VO-Left arrow back to the (dimmed) "Back" button 
>>>> and 
>>>> VO-Down arrow to return to the HTML area.  (Note: I had to use VO-slash to 
>>>> label the four toolbar buttons to the right of the Paprika window's 
>>>> "Minimize", "Close", and "Zoom" buttons.  These are "Back", "Forward", 
>>>> "Bookmarks", and "Refresh". The remaining toolbar elements to the right of 
>>>> these buttons are the URL address field, the "Browser - Paprika" view 
>>>> identifier, the "Search" text field, and the "Save Recipe" button.)  
>>>> 
>>>> Here are a few detailed examples of how to clip recipes, written with new 
>>>> users or those who don't yet have the Mac app in mind. Switch from the 
>>>> Recipes view to the Browser view with VO-Down arrow to the "Browser" check 
>>>> box and VO-Space. VO-Left arrow to the HTML content, and interact to read 
>>>> the "Getting Started" instructions.
>>>> 
>>>> You can launch your first search from within the HTML area instead of from 
>>>> the toolbar. If you have Quick Nav turned on, and you have enabled single 
>>>> letter navigation under VoiceOver Utility in Commanders under the Quick 
>>>> Nav 
>>>> tab by checking the box, you can use all the standard web navigation 
>>>> shortcuts (e.g., "h" to move to the next header or "f" to move to the next 
>>>> text field). So, press "h" to move through the headings for "Getting 
>>>> Started", "How to clip a recipe online", and "Search for recipes". Or 
>>>> press 
>>>> "f" to move directly to the "Google Recipe Search" text field under the 
>>>> "Search for recipes" heading, then toggle Quick Nav mode off (by 
>>>> simultaneously pressing the left and right arrow keys) so you can type in 
>>>> the text field.  Using this field, your search will not specify any 
>>>> particular recipe sites, so if I type in text, such as "Latin Black Bean 
>>>> Soup", and then either press "Return" or navigate to the "Search" button 
>>>> and press it, I'll get a Google search of many different recipes sites, 
>>>> with links to results within the HTML area. Navigate through the heading 
>>>> links of the results and activate the one that you want. 
>>>> 
>>>> Now, to just read the recipe content instead of browsing the web page in 
>>>> the HTML area, you VO-Left arrow twice, out of the HTML area to the 
>>>> "Recipes" check box and then to the "Save Recipe" button, and press this 
>>>> button with VO-space. Then you can simply navigate to the pane that now 
>>>> contains the information clipped from the recipe to view the contents.  
>>>> Not 
>>>> all fields may be filled in, and in particular you will want to press the 
>>>> "Categories" button to assign this recipe to an organization category of 
>>>> your selection, like "Soups", "Main Courses", "Deserts", "Salads", etc. 
>>>> This assumes that you have previously created categories under the 
>>>> "Recipes" section of the app using the "Add Category" button -- otherwise 
>>>> the table under the Categories button will be empty, and you will have to 
>>>> edit the recipe later by finding it under the "Uncategorized" category. 
>>>> Press escape to leave the table pop up. 
>>>> 
>>>> You can navigate to and read the ingredients and directions.  If the site 
>>>> has additional Nutritional Info, or you want to add Notes, you can also 
>>>> select and examine those tabs.  Navigating to the "Done" button at the end 
>>>> and pressing it will save the recipe to your Paprika library.  You can 
>>>> also 
>>>> shortcut this by pressing "Return" to save and "escape" to cancel and 
>>>> leave 
>>>> this dialogue window. The actual clipping process is very fast, especially 
>>>> if you choose to read the recipe content from the "Save Recipe" dialogue 
>>>> window instead of the web HTML content in order to decide whether you want 
>>>> to save it.  You don't actually have to wait for the full web site 
>>>> contents 
>>>> to finish loading to get the clipped content up for view with the "Save 
>>>> Recipe" button.  It's worth adding the category at this time, but most 
>>>> other editing changes, such as rating the difficulty or prep time for a 
>>>> recipe, if this is not already present, can be added later.  Since the 
>>>> source URL of the recipe is automatically filled in, you don't even need 
>>>> to 
>>>> note this, unless there are comments about the site that you want to add 
>>>> under the Notes tab. If there is nutrition content in a format that can 
>>>> automatically be recognised, it will also be added on the nutrition tab.
>>>> 
>>>> Even the process of switching back to "Recipes" view to add a recipe 
>>>> category before specifying this using the "Categories" button in the "Save 
>>>> Recipe" dialogue window is pretty fast. If you didn't create categories 
>>>> (e.g., if you started browsing to clip recipes as your first use of the 
>>>> Paprika app so the table of categories is blank), or if you decide you 
>>>> want 
>>>> a new category that isn't in the table, you can switch to the "Recipes" 
>>>> view, add the category, then switch back to the "Browser" view and press 
>>>> the "Save Recipe" button again to get back to the dialogue window with the 
>>>> clipped recipe content and proceed with saving.  The keystroke sequence 
>>>> would go like this: press escape to leave the categories table pop up, 
>>>> then 
>>>> press escape again to leave the "Save Recipes" dialogue window. Switch to 
>>>> "Recipes" view either by using the "View" shortcuts (Command-1 for 
>>>> Recipes, 
>>>> Command-2 for Browser, etc.) or by navigating to the check box option for 
>>>> you desired view in the sidebar and activating it. After pressing two 
>>>> escapes, I can VO-Right arrow to the Recipes check box, VO-Space to switch 
>>>> to "Recipes" view, VO-Right to the "Categories" table, use the 
>>>> Command-Shift-N shortcut to add a new category. VO-Left back to the 
>>>> "Recipes" check box and VO-Down to the "Browser" check box and VO-Space to 
>>>> change views, then VO-Left back to the "Save Recipes" button and press it 
>>>> with VO-Space to get back to the "Save Recipes" dialogue window again to 
>>>> resume your review/editing.  The actual navigation process is faster than 
>>>> the description.  Also, for new Mac users who are used to the iPhone, the 
>>>> above navigation can be performed with Trackpad gestures (if you're using 
>>>> a 
>>>> Mac laptop or a Desktop Mac with an Apple Magic TrackPad connected via 
>>>> Bluetooth).  Just substitute right flicks on the TrackPad for VO-Right 
>>>> arrow and down flicks for VO-Down arrow.  Interact with the HTML area with 
>>>> a two finger flick right.  Double tap to press buttons and activate links 
>>>> instead of using VO-Space. The help menu (VO-H-H, then TrackPad Commander) 
>>>> lists the equivalent gestures.
>>>> 
>>>> The first example used a general Google search of all recipe sites to find 
>>>> and save a recipe. Another way to search for recipes is to select a web 
>>>> site from the HTML area of the startup page for the browser and then type 
>>>> in a text search at that web site.  If you are starting on the browser 
>>>> app, 
>>>> you can simply navigate to the heading for "Popular Sites" and then select 
>>>> a link to one of the listed sites, like "Foodnet.com".  If you used the 
>>>> general search field and saved (or decided not to save) a recipe, and you 
>>>> want to navigate back to the browser startup page, VO-Right arrow from the 
>>>> "Save Recipe" button to the HTML area and then VO-Up arrow to the "Back" 
>>>> button. (Note, this is one of the buttons I had to label, as described 
>>>> earlier.)  Keep pressing (VO-Space) the "Back" button until you reach the 
>>>> first page, at which point focus will move to the "Forward" button. 
>>>> VO-Left arrow back to the "Back" button and VO-Down arrow to the HTML 
>>>> area. If Quick Nav is on, navigate to the links for listed sites (for 
>>>> example, move to the "Popular" heading pressing "h", and then explore the 
>>>> links)  and activate one of your choice.  Generally, there will be a 
>>>> search 
>>>> field for that web site, so you can press "f" and type in your search text 
>>>> (after turning Quick Nav off), then press "Return" to launch a search. 
>>>> You'll have to navigate the links of results to choose a particular recipe 
>>>> web page, but then you can VO-Left arrow twice to the "Save Recipe" 
>>>> button, 
>>>> and proceed as before to read the recipe content in the dialogue area with 
>>>> the option of saving it. 
>>>> 
>>>> Finally, you don't need to run your searches or selection of linked sites 
>>>> from within the HTML area.  That's simply a way that I've found 
>>>> convenient. 
>>>> Alternately, you can select your web sites from the "Bookmarks" button on 
>>>> the toolbar of the Paprika Recipe Manager window.  Then move to the HTML 
>>>> area and do your search, select your recipe links, etc. and navigate back 
>>>> to the "Save Recipe" button to clip your recipe as before.  If you have 
>>>> come across a recipe web page in Safari that you want to clip in Paprika, 
>>>> you can also copy the URL from Safari (Command-L then Command-C) and 
>>>> Command-Tab to switch to the Paprika App, then navigate to the URL address 
>>>> field on the toolbar of the Paprika Browser view, paste this in, and press 
>>>> "Return" to go that page and proceed with recipe clipping.  These are just 
>>>> a few different ways to clip recipes using the "Save Recipe" button 
>>>> feature.
>>>> 
>>>> The Paprika Recipe Manager Mac App is convenient to have for recipe 
>>>> importing, but also because it's easier to integrate many other functions 
>>>> and sources, such as consolidating older scanned recipes, importing 
>>>> recipes 
>>>> from other Mac apps like MacGourmet, Sous Chef, Yummy Soup, etc. Adding 
>>>> annotations, and working with other paired devices, or doing any 
>>>> keyboard-specific work.  Yes, you can cut and paste content.  It's also 
>>>> possible to bulk import existing text recipes directly into the iPhone or 
>>>> iPad app if you format them with keywords, and then use iTunes file 
>>>> sharing, but it's not so easy to get the formatting right the first you 
>>>> try 
>>>> this, so even this type of recipe importing is easier to learn how to do 
>>>> in 
>>>> the Mac app version.  And the big plus of Paprika Recipe Manager over 
>>>> other 
>>>> good recipe apps like MacGourmet is the quality and reliability of its 
>>>> cloud syncing with iOS devices.  This is something that apps like 
>>>> MacGourmet still haven't managed to get right.
>>>> 
>>>> Finally, a response to Alex's comment about the desirability of being able 
>>>> to use a web site interface like Pepperplate.  There are design trade-offs 
>>>> in any apps.  One advantage of Paprika Recipe Manager over simply storing 
>>>> your recipes as text files in Dropbox is that it is using a database 
>>>> structure rather than simple file structures.  That is easier to set up 
>>>> under individual user accounts in the Mac app.  What this gets you are the 
>>>> functions that are built into the database relational structure as part of 
>>>> the app.  This includes features like the integration of the recipes with 
>>>> meal-planning and calendars, or nutrition information, along with the 
>>>> shopping list functions, and is one of the reasons I like the Paprika 
>>>> Recipe Manager app on iOS.
>>>> 
>>>> There are probably more ways of navigating and using the Paprika 
>>>> application, so others may wish to post their suggestions. 
>>>> 
>>>> HTH.  Cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> Esther 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 3:00:26 AM UTC-10, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've had no luck with food network. Do you paste it in the google search 
>>>>> bar? 
>>>>> On Dec 30, 2013, at 11:17 PM, Laura ann Grymes wrote: 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have used the browser and food network or the pioneer woman and had 
>>>>> great success with save recipe. 
>>>>>> I use the browser and go to the recipe I want then vo left arrow to save 
>>>>> recipe and select it. 
>>>>>> then it pops up with name of recipe and prompts to make sure all info is 
>>>>> correct. 
>>>>>> It usually is for both those sites and I change whatever needs to be 
>>>>> then select done. 
>>>>>> It then appears in my recipes . 
>>>>>> Make sure you select which categories you want and it will add the 
>>>>> recipe there. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The developer is nice and responsive if you email them for help. 
>>>>>> Laura Ann 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Laura ann Grymes 
>>>>>> [email protected] <javascript:> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Dec 29, 2013, at 8:59 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi: 
>>>>>>> I have Paprika on my Mac, and iOS devices. I cannot figure out how to 
>>>>> clip recipes from the web. I keep getting recipe errors. I can manually 
>>>>> add 
>>>>> recipes, add and select categories, as well as email them to people. I 
>>>>> cannot figure how to clip them from the web. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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