Thanks for the clearing up of the Synergy comment I had made. Indeed it is an application, and not a pref pane. I totally missed that.

Jim

You can download a free copy of MaxMenus from: www.darwinports.com/download. The web site requires for you to download DarwinPorts, after providing your email address. After you supply this info, a download link for the free copy of MaxMenus appears, click on it, and enjoy the free software. You do not have to install the copy of DarwinPorts that you downloaded. Enjoy!

I have been looking for a cookbook/database program that I could use to help me with planning and preparing meals, and I have found it with MacGourmet Deluxe. Wow! I don't write many reviews, but this app is perfect for what I need. I am retired on disability, and one of my chores, while my wife works, is to have dinner ready when she gets off work. This is an all in one application that is making cooking different things so easy. You can publish to your .mac account, and since I have an iWeb family blog that my adult children read (they live literally all over the U.S, in Colorado, Texas, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas), I can share some of the wonderful recipes that I find, in addition to sending them some of the families all time favorites, which they always seem to call for, telling me "I can't find the recipe, Dad". Another neat feature is the ability to sync to iCal. For meal planning that is awesome. The way this application works with the best that OS X has, makes using it a pleasure. It is intuitive, and I did not need to dig to find out how to do things. You can also export to your PDA, making shopping at the grocery that much easier. One more thing: Within the first hour of trying out this application, I was able to download so many recipes, you wouldn't believe it. Lots of recipes from Rachael Ray, Mario Batalli, and many of the chefs from Food Network. I rate this application five stars, easily.