Bring Good Cooking Home for the Holidays with Williams-Sonoma Guide to Good Cooking Culinary Gift Pack; The Perfect Holiday Gift for Your Favorite Cook.NOVATO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1997--Computer savvy cooks will thank Broderbund Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BROD BROD Big Bike Riders of Dagupan (Motorcycle Club in the Philippines) ) this holiday season for the Williams-Sonoma Guide to Good Cooking(TM) Culinary Gift Pack which is available in stores immediately. Including the award winning Williams-Sonoma Guide to Good Cooking CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , a Williams-Sonoma holiday cookbook from the Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Library Series and a cotton chef's apron, the Culinary Gift Pack is just what the chef ordered. The Williams-Sonoma Guide to Good Cooking CD-ROM is a culinary resource that allows users to quickly access a wealth of popular and proven recipes, video clips on cooking techniques and an illustrated glossary of ingredients and cooking terms. "This is the ultimate gift for any cooking enthusiast," said Joe Durrett, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Broderbund Software. "The combination of printable recipes, menus and step-by-step video tips in the software plus the single-subject cookbook and kitchen attire makes this an obvious choice for holiday shoppers." Williams-Sonoma Guide to Good Cooking CD-ROM features rich, full-color photography, a nutritional analysis and time guidelines for each recipe. In addition, the software automatically and accurately scales the recipe to different serving sizes. The easy-to-use software streamlines and organizes the entire cooking process and provides both experienced and novice cooks alike with a complete resource for practical and fun cooking. Easy-to-Use, Beautiful Meal Planning Tool The Williams-Sonoma Guide to Good Cooking utilizes an attractive user interface to present 1,000 recipes and a host of added features including: -0- -- Easy Search features: The recipe finder is a powerful search tool that allows the home chef to access the perfect recipe for any occasion from appetizers to desserts. Search by specific ingredients, dietary restrictions, cooking method, season, geographic region or preparation time and a list of available recipes that fit the chosen criteria will appear. -- Print shopping lists, recipes and menus: The home chef has all the tools necessary with the comprehensive printing capability. Print out recipes for convenient use in the kitchen or create a selection of decorative menu cards that can be used for holiday dinner parties and more. The program also features a shopping list print-out that checks the selected recipe or menu and quickly creates a shopping list of all the ingredients and cooking utensils needed to complete the meal. -- 60 Video demonstrations: Step-by-step video demonstrations help the home chef master a variety of cooking techniques from dicing onions to rolling pastry dough. The video clips are accessible through recipes that utilize the techniques and through the comprehensive glossary. -- Glossary of cooking terms and ingredients: The software offers a glossary which gives cooks of all skill levels access to a comprehensive and easy-to-find explanation of terms and techniques. Simply click on any cooking term or ingredient and a glossary explanation will appear on screen. -- Master menus compiled by the founder of Williams-Sonoma: 50 complete menus have been compiled by Williams-Sonoma founder Chuck Williams
terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the for creating their own master menus. Incredible Value The Williams-Sonoma Guide to Good Cooking offers the consumer one of the best values of the holiday season, combining the software, cookbook and apron for an estimated street price of $44.95. The total combined value of the items in the Culinary Gift Pack, if sold separately, is over $75. In addition, consumers may take advantage of a $20 mail-in rebate that lowers the cost of the Williams-Sonoma Guide to Good Cooking Culinary Gift Pack to just $24.95! The rebate is good until June 30, 1998, to ensure consumers plenty of time to participate. Availability and System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. The Williams-Sonoma Guide to Good Cooking Culinary Gift Pack is available immediately in retail outlets for an estimated street price of $44.95. The hybrid CD-ROM works on both Windows-based and Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. computers. For Windows, the software requires Windows 95, a 66Mhz 486DX2 or faster processor, 16MB RAM, 37MB hard disk space 2X CD-ROM drive A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. CD-ROM drives generally also play audio CD discs by sending analog sound to the sound card via a 4-pin cable. For specifications of 10x, 20x, etc. drives, see CD-ROM drives. See CD-ROM, CD-ROM changer, CD-ROM server and CD-ROM audio cable. or faster, SVGA monitor (hardware, graphics) SVGA monitor - A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card. supporting thousands of colors and a Windows-compatible sound device. Macintosh users will require a Power Macintosh computer, System 7.1 or higher, 12MB RAM, 31MB hard disk space, 2X CD-ROM drive or faster, color monitor See monitor. supporting thousands of colors. May require minor adjustments to the configuration of your operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and/or updates to hardware component drivers. More Information For more information about the Williams-Sonoma Guide to Good Cooking Culinary Gift Pack, point your web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. to http://www.wsgoodcooking.com . The site features a downloadable interactive demonstration of the Williams-Sonoma Guide to Good Cooking, a self-guided tour A self-guided tour is where one navigates a route themselves as opposed to an escorted tours where a tour guide person directs the route, times, information, and places toured. Many self-guided tours come with suggestions, maps, instructions, directions, and items to see or do. , links to cooking sites and a culinary skills quiz. About Broderbund Broderbund Software, Inc. develops, publishes and markets a broad line of interactive content for use in homes, schools and small businesses. Since its founding in 1980, Broderbund has pioneered innovative award-winning products that take advantage of the latest technologies. Broderbund has a successful track record of identifying and capitalizing on emerging trends through its studio development approach. Broderbund's web site is located at http://www.broderbund.com . -0- Note to Editors: Broderbund is a registered trademark and Guide to Good Cooking is a trademark of Broderbund Software, Inc. Williams-Sonoma is a registered trademark of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. CONTACT: Porchivina & Associates Rudy Porchivina, 415/893-8184 rudy@papr.com or Broderbund Software Robin Linstrom, 415/382-4449 (Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. ) robin_linstrom@broder.com |
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