ERMster is a Napster-like search engine for recipes. This tool provides a link to the ERMster network, which is a group of recipe lovers from all over the world. ERMster is designed to allow users to share recipes, chat with other users, search for a specific recipe, and provide a place where recipe lovers can collaborate. Although ERMster is stand-alone, it has added functionality when installed with the Electronic Recipe Manager (ERM). A freeware version of ERM is available at the developer's site. Without the freeware version of ERM installed with ERMster, users cannot print directly from ERMster or import recipes.
Editor's review of ERMster Instead of searching your peer-to-peer network for music, you can search ERMster for recipes that cover food, drink, and household. While it's not the prettiest application in the world, the tabs and functions make it easy to navigate and operate the program. The search function runs quickly and lets you find ways to use rosemary or Jagermeister. If you want to save a recipe or print it directly from the program, you need to install the publisher's Electronic Recipe Manager, but you can easily copy and paste the text into a document. On the other hand, if you're the type of person who wants to keep a database of recipes, it's probably worth your time to check out ERM. We couldn't figure out how to upload our recipes, but that probably also requires ERM. When we first started the program, it alerted us it was updating some server information, which struck us as convenient, rather than alarming. The program takes up less than 8MB of memory. Just about anyone looking for new home and kitchen ideas should look into ERMster.