Noodler: The Noodle Soup Oracle at Mac App Store analyse

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I havent been able to stop tapping refresh to get new bowls of noodles since I got this last night. Endless combinations, beeeeautifully drawn, and EVERY BOWL comes with a recipe! Coconut curry broth, here I come!

Mouth-watering recipes and phenomenal cooking knowledge. However, information is often frustratingly out of reach due to faulty app that hides part of the info. Fix it and I will happily pay for this free app, and give it five stars.

Beautifully presented, very "zen"ish. Excellent detailed cooking directions and descriptions of ingredients. (Looks great on iPad too - no landscape mode tho.) Wish there was a way to "go back" to last recipe when using the Oracle in case you mistakenly hit the cycle button. Majority of recipes are not strictly vegetarian so youll be making some substitutions if thats an issue for you. Would also be nice to perhaps be able to select an ingredient and access recipes which contain it. As it is, youre stuck with whatever the Oracle pops up for you. Ingredient descriptions contain hyperlinks as well for easy "just tap" access to more info on ingredients or names you dont know. This app is wonderfully put together and well thought out at every turn.

I love soup. Instantly gratifying in a way that few meals can replicate. Almost always a healthful option and a universal one. Wherever you travel, there’s a steaming bowl waiting be slurped or spooned or sipped. But in my kitchen taking stock of the right ingredients and recipe can stir up indecision and inaction. What to make? Someone smarter than I faced this exact problem and created “Noodler.” The app randomly selects from more than 100 ingredients and always creates a perfect combination. (It won’t ever put together clams, butternut squash and chili oil, for example). If you don’t like the outcome, you simply try again until you find a result that you want to see in a pot on your stove. I like the suggestions “Noodler” has offered so far and hope in future updates I can insert supplies I have on hand and ask the app’s advice. Sometimes I don’t always have the pantry to match the program’s imagination.

I like this app, but I only wish there was a way to set your diet. The only option is a "regular" diet. There should be an option to set vegan or vegetarian. Thats the only reason it lost stars.

As beautiful as it is useful, Noodler suggests an almost endless combination of broths, noodles, and toppings — and then gives you recipes for all the components. Not sure whether I find the elegant illustrations the main draw or the info-packed instructions. In truth they are both part and parcel in making this app a delight to peruse and use.