recipe

A recipe is defined as "a set of instructions that show how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish." In addition to step-by-step instructions for preparation and cooking, recipes also contain the necessary list of ingredients and sometimes instructions for variations on the dish. While more experienced or freewheeling cooks often like to work by the seat of their pants, recipes are necessary for some people, useful for beginners, and helpful if one is learning a new dish or experimenting in an unfamiliar cuisine.

Up until recently, home cooks depended on cookbooks in print and recipes handed down from family members or exchanged with friends. However, today's Internet-connected cook will find the number of recipes available from a variety of sources to be seemingly limitless. There are many Web sites devoted to collections of recipes, many of which include articles on various aspects of food preparation. Many celebrity chefs have their own official sites, and there are many bloggers who share their recipes with the online community.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “recipe”

• Crispy Baked Cauliflower

  
  Chow Times — Authority: 428
  Minoo made a side dish to go the Arabic Lentil Soup.  It is an amazing Crispy Baked Cauliflower.  Accompanying the cauliflower were Kale Chips . The Crispy Baked Cauliflower has a hint of spiciness and they are really crispy. A great finger food and healthy snack. Ingredients 4 cups cauliflowerets ...
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• Homemade Kahlua

  
  Plating Up — Authority: 474
  When I was first married I was given this recipe by a co-worker in the Provosts Office at Old Dominion University. So, its one that Ive had since around 1970...
  4 hours ago

• Dish on Dining: Starbelly

  
  Cooking With The Single Guy — Authority: 422
  Beretta Clones Itself in the Castro 3583 16th St. (at Market), San Francisco Castro neighborhood PH: 415.252.7500 Open Mon.–Fri., 11:30 a.m.–11 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 10:30 a.m.–11 p.m. (till midnight on Friday and Saturday), weekend brunch served till 4 p.m. Major credit cards accepted Reservations for 6 or ...
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• Food Stop : The Recipe Corner :: Who is Hungry?

  
  XciteFun.net — Authority: 176
  Author: laiq.shahid Subject: Who is Hungry? Posted: Nov 21, 2009 (GMT 0) Who is Hungry? The traditional form of sushi is fermented fish and rice, preserved with salt in a process that has been traced to Southeast Asia, where it remains popular today. The term sushi comes from an archaic grammatical form ...
  6 hours ago

• Food Stop : The Recipe Corner :: Who is Hungry?

  
  XciteFun.net — Authority: 176
  Author: laiq.shahid Subject: Who is Hungry? Posted: Nov 21, 2009 (GMT 0) Who is Hungry? The traditional form of sushi is fermented fish and rice, preserved with salt in a process that has been traced to Southeast Asia, where it remains popular today. The term sushi comes from an archaic grammatical form ...
  6 hours ago

• Rachael Ray: Weeknight Two Sauce Lasagna Bowls

  
  Michelle Cooks Everyday Blog on Cooking Rachael Ray Recipes Everyday — Authority: 130
  This Rachael Ray recipe is good stuff. The little one loved it, especially the white sauce. I liked to mix my sauces together after I put half and half one. It’s almost like a Alfredo/marinara sauce combo. It does taste similar to lasagna without the ricotta cheese; which is fine by me. This one cooks up in no time, ...
  8 hours ago

• How the heck do you cook tofu?

  
  Do They Have Salsa in China? — Authority: 126
  Ro and Ree love tofu, unfortunately their mama is a crappy cook and doesnt know the first thing about making good tofu... Heh. Usually I buy the medium firm stuff, cube it, then toss it in some broth and call it "soup." Yeah... not so imaginative, huh? The other day I decided to get all wild and crazy and try to make ...
  9 hours ago

• Che Alexs Magic Bread

  
  Happy Cup — Authority: 415
  I had such a tiring day at ICA on last Tuesday. I was there since 10am, and didnt get the papers done until past 6. A torturously long 8+ hours! Well, just a day before I am due to leave for another work trip, I discovered to my horrors that my passport is just 1 week shy of the required 6 months validity. After ...
  9 hours ago

• Top Recipe, Top Chef Las Vegas Episode 12

  
  All Top Chef — Authority: 139
  See a printable version here . Watch Bryan Malarkey prepare a healthy version of the dish here .
  9 hours ago

• WHAT? NO PUMPKIN PIE FOR THANKSGIVING?

  
  Carolyncholland's Weblog — Authority: 412
  CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS WHAT? NO PUMPKIN PIE FOR THANKSGIVING?      Will Mother Nature’s 2008 and 2009 weather conditions deny many Americans their traditional pumpkin pie? If so, the holiday dinner tables will look more like that of the first Thanksgiving in 1621.      The menu for fifty-three ...
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• Bulk Fermentation Times @ 58 - 60 Degrees

  
  The Fresh Loaf — Authority: 158
  Hi! Are there any TFL bakers with experience with retarded bulk fermentation at temperatures greater than a typical refrigerators.  I have a separate basement area where temperatures range from 58 to 60 degrees.  My confusion stems from the many baguette recipes that call for primary (bulk) fermentation times in ...
  9 hours ago

• Dried Gooseberry Gravy(Sukkil AvaLe Kadi/Tambli)

  
  Aayi's Recipes — Authority: 113
  This is another classic recipe that I got from V’s grandmother. Kadi is usually a very thin-almost watery dish. I would think this is more like tambli than kadi. She called it amla kadi. So I thought of mentioning both names. Few pieces of the dried gooseberries are fried with spices and then ground with [...]
  10 hours ago

• How to Make Thanksgiving Cookies

  
  Buried With Children — Authority: 132
  
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• Cranberry Tea

  
  Gracious Hospitality — Authority: 124
  Cranberry Tea 1 bag fresh cranberries (or 1 1/8 cup unsweetened cranberry juice) 3 cinnamon sticks 5 whole cloves 1 1/2 quarts water 1/2 cup sweetener of choice 1 1/2 cups water (to be added after cooking) Combine ingredients in a large kettle and simmer over medium heat for 45 - 60 minutes. Add additional ...
  10 hours ago

• Buttermilk Cheddar Biscuits

  
  Handle the Heat — Authority: 448
  Theres something rewarding about making anything with your own two hands from scratch. Whether it be curtains that you sewed yourself or a patio deck you built yourself, working hard for something makes you appreciate it that much more, like these biscuits. Sure, they leave your sink filled with dirty dishes ...
  10 hours ago

• Beaver Recipes

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 790
  Mmmm, beaver! Bug Girl posted these beaver recipes from a 1960 pamphlet entitled Good Eating from Woods and Fields, which also includes instructions for cooking muskrat. Link -Thanks, ersatz soubriquet! See more from the booklet in her Flickr stream .
  10 hours ago

• Mutta Thoran ( Egg Thoran, Motte Sukke in Konkani Cuisine )

  
  niya's world — Authority: 138
  Mutta Thoran ( Egg Thoran , Motte Sukke in Konkani Cuisine ) Serves: 3 Ingredients 2 eggs 2 teaspoon cooking oil 1 teaspoon mustard seeds 2 onions, finely sliced 1 spring curry leaves 2 green chillies, slit lengthwise 1/4 cup grated coconut 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder 1/4 teaspoon turmeric ...
  11 hours ago

• Delicious Cheese Cupcakes Recipe

  
  Notecook — Authority: 157
  Delicious Cheese Cupcakes Recipe   Ingredients: 1 cup butter ½ cup sugar 3 eggs 2 cans condensed milk 3 cups all purpose flour ½ cup water Grated cheese   Procedure: Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until well-blended. Add the eggs, condensed milk ...
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• Flaky Mooncake

  
  Happy Cup — Authority: 415
  I made these teochew flaky mooncake when clearing the fridge - badly needed more storage space in preparation for Sheen birthday party! I used the recipe from Anncoo - do see her blog for the photo illustration to get the layering. Actually the colour wont show up if you are deep-frying them. But its a lot ...
  11 hours ago

• Soup-er Saturday: Cheesy Vegetable & Ham

  
  A Listmaker's Life — Authority: 126
  Happy Saturday! Perhaps you will {heart} this creamy, rich and simple to prepare soup. Even if you dont sample the soup, youll want to stick around long enough to read about my Soup-er Challenge! Velvety Vegetable Cheese (and Ham) Soup 1- 160z. frozen broccoli, cauliflower, and carrot mix 2 - 14oz. cans ...
  11 hours ago

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