software and cookbooks

Question
Hi,

I'm not sure where to post this but I'm hoping you can point me in the right direction as you might be using the software and know about the kinds of books I'm looking for.  

I'm looking for software that can calculate the nutritional value of my recipes.  For example, I input the quantities of the ingredients and indicate the volume per serving and the program will tell me how much of each vitamin and mineral, the carb content, the protein content, etc are in that dish.   Because I do a lot of regional cooking the software should have a database with Asian, European, and, well, South American ingredients.  Do you know of anything out there?  Or something approximating that kind of software?  It would also be great if it could help me balace out a meal (in terms of nutrition).

Also, I love to adapt recipes.  Do you know  of any good textbook quality cookbooks that explain the chemistry of what's going on in the recipe?  I like to adapt recipes and make them carb free or dairy free or sugar free and sometimes vise versa.  I have no special dietary restrictions, I just enjoy playing in the kitchen but would like more -- how to say -- "structure" about what I can do.

 
Thank you for your time (smile),

steven  

Answer
Steven,
I don't know of any software you can put on your computer, but you can bootstrap with www.fitday.com. It's meant to track daily food intake, but you can just put your ingredients in. You can create custom ingredients and save them. It will show you the detailed nutritional summary.
As far as your second question goes-you might look into food science classes at your local university.
Melissa

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