Quick Facts
- The word ‘recipe’ is from Latin ‘recipe’ meaning ‘take’
- The earliest known recipes from 1600 BC
- Ancient Egyptians painted hieroglyphics to show the preparation of food
- Mithaecus’s cookbook was an early Greek recipe book
- Some recipes also give variations of a dish
Expert summary
A recipe is a set of instructions that tell us how to prepare some culinary dish. A typical recipe will contain several pieces of information like the name of the dish, the time taken for the preparation of the dish, Correct quantities of the various ingredients needed, equipment necessary for making it, a structured preparation guide, and the number of servings that recipe will provide. A recipe may also tell us how long the food item will keep. You may also get information about how best to keep for longer intervals. In the past recipes only contained instructions about how to make a dish and a short reminder of the ingredients and their quantities.
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