Best Recipe App Finalists

The 2012 Readers' Choice Awards on About.com

The winners have been announced. Find out who won here.

	BigOven Developer: BigOven.com/Lakefront Software Inc. Price: Free You'll never head into mealtime without a good idea for what to eat again with BigOven. Not only does it offer over 170,000 recipes, it also includes grocery list functionality to make sure that you get everything you need for those recipes at the store. It also offer a meal planner that helps you get a sense of what you'll be eating today, this week, and this month. Download at iTunes
	Epicurious Developer: Conde Nast Digital Price: Free Over 30,000 gourmet recipes--including drink recipes--are at your fingertips in the Epicurious app. The app allows you to create shopping lists to get all the ingredients you need. You can use the app to sync your favorite recipes to your Recipe Box account at Epicurious.com and share favorite recipes and shopping lists via Twitter and Facebook. Download at iTunes
	How to Cook Everything Developer: Culinate Inc. Price: $4.99 This recipe app is drawn from the cookbook of New York Times columnist Mark Bittman. The app features 2,000 recipes and hundreds of how-to illustrations to help you prepare dishes as they were envisioned. The app also features a shopping list capability and various timers to ensure you don't over- or undercook your meals. Share your favorite recipes by email or social media. Purchase at iTunes
	Pepperplate Developer: Pepperplate Inc. Price: Free Say goodbye to boxes full of personal recipes written on index cards thanks to Pepperplate. This app lets you create and store your favorite recipes in the app or import them from websites and cookbooks. It also offers shopping list and meal-planning features that help take charge in the kitchen. Sync your data to your Pepperplate.com account so you can access them even when you're away from your iOS device. Download at iTunes
	VegWeb Vegan Recipe Finder Developer: VegWeb, LLC Price: $2.99 Vegans aren't left out of the recipe-app fun thanks to this app from VegWeb, a leading website for vegan and vegetarian foodies. In it you'll find over 13,000 user-submitted recipes for dishes ranging from cookies to tofu and beyond. New recipes are added all the time and they can be shared on Twitter and Facebook. Like the other apps on here, the shopping list feature can help you make sure you've got all the ingredients for the dishes you're planning. Purchase at iTunes

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3. Voting runs from Feb. 22 through 11:59 pm ET March 21, 2012.

Results

Winners will be announced March 30. There's no prize -- just the bragging rights that come with getting recognized by the readers of one of the biggest networks on the web.

Check back with iPhone/iPod at About.com on March 30 to see if your favorite iPhone/iPod accessory or app was nominated and to vote on the finalists. You can also visit our central awards page to learn about finalists in other categories.

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Sam Costello
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