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This article discusses culinary recipes. For a discussion of the semiconductor IC recipes used by the semiconductor fabs, see, for example, integrated circuit.

• The name (and often the locale or provenance) of the dish,
• How much time it will take to prepare the dish
• The required ingredients along with their quantity
• Equipment and environment needed to prepare the dish
• An ordered list of detailed preparation procedures (called Method).
• The number of servings that the dish will give.

Recipe writers sometimes also list variations of the traditional dish.

Recipe suggestions are welcome for the Wikibooks .

Table of contents

1 A sample recipe 2 Other considerations 3 What else might be included 4 Additional facts often included in recipes 5 Where are recipes to be found 6 External links

A sample recipe

Title:

Fried eggs (two sides done)

About 5 minutes to prepare.

Popular breakfast dish in the USA and Western Europe.

Often served with toast or other fried dishes.

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons of butter (or olive oil)

2 or 3 large eggs, depending on appetite

Seasoning to taste

Equipment:

A small (10") frying pan

A spatula

Gas ring, at medium heat

Method:

1. Melt the butter in the pan over medium heat

2. Crack open the eggs into the pan and let fry until the yolks begin to harden at the edges (indicated by a lightening in the yolk color).
3. Using the spatula, flip the eggs over and allow to cook for one minute.
4. Add seasoning to taste, and serve.

What else might be included

Where are recipes to be found

The composer Leonard Bernstein set four recipes to music in his set of songs, La Bonne Cuisine (1947).

External links

• The Art of Writing Workable Recipes is a history of recipe writing, an analysis of contemporary recipe styles, and a treatise on what constitutes a well-written recipe.
• Free Recipe Archive1000's of free access Recipes
• Computerized Cooking, an analysis of recipe styles, including 14 familiar styles and some unfamiliar computer software styles. Mundie, the author, is a recipe purist who discusses what does and does not belong in a recipe.
• Veggie Life Magazine has published their guidelines for writing recipes. Almost all professional cooking publications have similar guidelines.