Byline: NANCY J. STOH Milwaukee Journal
SCENE 1: You've just arrived home from work. Let's see, you've got chicken breasts in the refrigerator, some mushrooms, a few leeks and just 30 minutes to get dinner on.
Whatever can you fix?
Enter the family computer. Punch a few keys and up pops a list of suitable recipes, some from your own files, some from cookbooks. Yes - that stir-fry that your family liked so well. Perfect. Within a minute, you have a recipe printout in hand.
SCENE 2: You're planning a brunch. You type in "brunch" and a menu appears on your screen. Oops - you're inviting 12 people instead of the eight you had the last time. No problem, punch a few more keys and your recipes are revised for 12 servings.
Shopping list? Easy. Highlight the ingredients you will need in each recipe, type a few more keystrokes and, in an instant, you're ready for the store. Your computer is so smart that it even combined like ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds cream cheese, for example, from 1 pound for the cheesecake and 1/2 pound for the dip.
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