Lifehacker's got all the details, but here's the gist:

• Allrecipes.com stores and organizes your recipes IN THE CLOUD, to put it sensationally, or on their servers, to put it reasonably. It's an informational site first and foremost, but it seems to handle recipe management pretty well too. It's free, or $17.50 for a full membership.

• SousChef is a bit like Allrecipes, except it's got a fancy-pants Mac app, and a cool enlarged-interface option so you can read recipes from afar, keeping your laptop out of harm's way. It'll set you back $30.

• Evernote is a amazing all-purpose notetaking/organizational system that just happens to be pretty great at dealing with The Victuals. Basic version is free and sufficiently food-capable, while the full license is $45 a year, with apps for Mac, Windows and iPhone.

• Big Oven looks a lot like SousChef, except it works on Windows, has a highly functional website, not to mention an iPhone companion app. It's $30.

• And, if course, paper! It's great if you're worried about ruining your laptop with an errant sauce splatter, or if you need to round out a blog listicle with something cute. Lifehacker's sentimental readers overwhelmingly favor this one, and to be fair, it's probably the most practical. But, you know, technology!

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Taste Test is our weeklong tribute to the leaps that occur when technology meets cuisine, spanning everything from the historic breakthroughs that made food tastier and safer to the Earl-Grey-friendly replicators we impatiently await in the future.

Users will now be able to drop any file into a note which is then synchronized with the Evernote Service. The note is made instantly available to all versions of the app, including the one for the iPhone. While you won't be able to edit those files on the iPhone, you will be able to view, listen to, and even email them. Currently, this feature is limited to Evernote Premium. The service costs $5/month or $45/year if you pay annually. [Evernote via Wired]