Recipe

A recipe is a set of instructions that show how to prepare a dish. It normally consists of four or five components; the title of the dish, the ingredients, preparation technique and the number of servings. The optional fifth component is a list of variations. Consider the following:

Title:

            Fried eggs

Ingredients:

            Three large eggs
            2 teaspoons of butter

Technique:

            In a small (10") frypan over medium heat, melt the butter.  Crack
            open the eggs.  Let fry until the yolks have begun to harden at 
            the edges (indicated by a lightening in the yolk color).  Flip the
            eggs and allow to cook for one minute.  Serve with salt and pepper.

Serves:

            One 

Variations:

            Cover with a clear lid and allow the white over the yolk to cook.
            Sprinkle grated parmagian.

You will discover recipe cards, recipe books, recipes worked into needlepoint and computer recipe databases, among others. Take notes when making your a favorite dish and share your recipe in the list of recipes.

Not truly a part of the recipe, but found with many, are the dietetic specifics of the dish (Calories, vitamin content, etc.).