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/rˈɛsəpi/ Listen

noun

Recipe n. (pl. recipes)

A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt.

A prescription for medicine. (archaic)

A set of directions for preparing food from its ingredients.

A method or procedure for accomplishing a goal by defined steps; implying a high probability of achieving the goal; as, a recipe for success. Also used in a negative sense, as, a recipe for disaster.

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Etymology of 'Recipe'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Recipe" Quotes from Famous Books

... been there when the subject of Miss Parsons' School for Young Ladies was broached to Mary, I think it would have reminded you of that famous recipe for rabbit pie which so wisely begins "First catch ...

— Mary Minds Her Business • George Weston

... a dish of tea, as sober women will after fatigue or in anticipation of exertion, and making occasional reference to some shabby, well-worn volumes and printed sheets piled up beside her. Her attitude was studious, for days when a chapter of the Bible, a cookery recipe, a paper by Addison or Dick Steele, or a copy of verses, included all the knowledge after which the gentler sex aspired; her retirement was remarkable at that gay era, and in that gadding neighbourhood; and her morning ...

— Girlhood and Womanhood - The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes • Sarah Tytler

... Uncle Felix was in hiding. Only it had no result. Mother's mind was too diffuse to carry conviction. It was soaked in servants and things. In another sense it was too exact. The ingredients of her stories were like a cooking recipe. Besides, hers was the unpardonable fault of never forgetting the time. On the very stroke of the clock she broke off abruptly with "Now it's bed-time; you shall hear the rest another night." Daddy forgot, or pleaded for "ten minutes more." Uncle Felix, however, said flatly, "They can't go till ...

— The Extra Day • Algernon Blackwood

... that, she laughed almost convincingly. "Must one be distracted to enjoy an occasional moment of solitude? It's the favorite recipe ...

— The Tyranny of Weakness • Charles Neville Buck

... Use the recipe for doughnuts, adding one egg and a little more butter. Roll a small piece of the dough to the size of your finger, and eight inches long, double it, and twist the two rolls ...

— Things Mother Used To Make • Lydia Maria Gurney

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