St. Augustine, FL.--September 20, 1992--Set the table, call your friends and get ready to cook with the hottest kitchen accessories of the 90s. Lifestyle Software Group is pleased to announce that Betty Crocker's Cookbooks on disk have arrived for home PC users. First in the series is an unabridged edition of Betty Crocker's 40th Anniversary Cookbook for under $35. This electronic edition contains more than 1,000 recipes and 300 Betty Crocker heritage recipes with complete nutritional data. Also available is the electronic edition of the bestselling microwave cookbook of all time, Betty Crocker's Microwave Cookbook, for less than $30. Everything a cook wants--and needs--in a microwave cookbook will finally be at hand on the PC. This complete version features over 600 quality-tested recipes. Betty Crocker's Old-Fashioned Cookbook, Shortcut Cooking for the SmartCook and Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook are available for under $25 each. In all, the series offers the home PC user over 4,000 selections from Betty Crocker's Kitchens. This series couples some of the best loved cookbooks of all times with the latest technologies to create an indispensable aid to meal planning and recipe management. Searching for recipes, planning menus and organizing shopping lists has never been easier. Betty Crocker's Cookbooks, electronic editions are completely compatible with LSG's new Micro Kitchen Companion meal planning and nutrition system and are available in both multimedia Windows and DOS versions. All of the recipes, nutritional information, tips, shortcuts and fascinating food history from the Betty Crocker editors are easily accessed with the PC using Micro Kitchen Light, a simple to use, abridged version of LSG's popular Micro Kitchen Companion. Micro Kitchen Light's attractive pull-down menus allow the user to locate the right recipe in seconds. Each edition has an exclusive TimeSaver Recipe Selector to effectively plan time in the kitchen. An instant nutritional and time analysis can be computed for each recipe and meal plan. Automatic resizing of each recipe-s ingredients for up to 999 servings is also easily accomplished. The multimedia Windows versions include on-screen color photographs to illustrate creative presentation and preparation ideas. As well, a talking lexicon helps with pronunciation of foreign cooking terms. LSG is a publisher and developer of home leisure computing products. The Betty Crocker series is produced under license from Prentice Hall. Betty Crocker's Cookbooks on disk and Micro Kitchen Companion are available nationwide from software and other retail outlets. Lifestyle Software Group, 63 Orange St, Saint Augustine, FL 32084 904-825-0220 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America Online - New Product Information Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed from data provided by the | | above mentioned company. For additional details, contact the | | company at the address or telephone number indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+